The Berlin Area School District believes that a family plays an essential role in their child’s human growth and development education. Human Growth and Development is one aspect of an overall health curriculum that follows the Wisconsin Health Education Standards. The importance of the human growth and development curriculum is to help students understand their body and its changes, develop a positive self-concept, and acquire factual knowledge to develop strategies for responsible decision-making that will impact their well-being.
Below are the topics discussed by grade level. Wisconsin State Statute sec. 118.019 allows parents to exempt their child from instruction in Human Growth and Development with a written request. If you would like to exempt your child from all, or specific topics, please write a letter to the building principal that includes:
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Date
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Student Name
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Student Grade Level
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Specific topics that your child should not participate in
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Parent Name
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Parent Signature
Please address this letter to the building principal and send it to school with your child or mail it to the school office no later than October 1 of the current school year. Excluded students will be furnished with and required to complete alternative assignments on health-related issues.
*Please note, students that pass 8th-grade health will not be required to take health again in high school. A student that does not pass, or transfers in from another district, will have to take health in high school to be eligible for graduation.
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