Health and Fitness Curriculum

FLASH and Human Growth and Development – 6th Grade Parent Overview – Updated for 2024-25

Puyallup School District Approved Curriculum

These are the only materials approved by the Puyallup School District to be used for 6th grade. No other materials should be used without the permission of the Puyallup School Board.

• Family Life and Sexual Health (FLASH) lessons 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15 (HIV/AIDS)
• “A Time of Changes” Booklet
• Understanding HIV/AIDS: Learn the Facts, Fight the Stigma, Stay Safe (Video)

*** Note: all lessons from the Family Life and Sexual Health Curriculum (FLASH) curriculum online are NOT taught in the Puyallup School District. See the Requirements and Redactions document in preview materials.

Previewing Materials

Puyallup families are invited to preview FLASH and Human Growth and Development curriculum materials each fall, which are available through Schoology to provide parent access from home. Lessons and videos have been uploaded to Schoology for preview during the 2024-25 school year.

Opting Out of Lessons

After viewing materials (preview night, online, etc.), families can choose to sign an opt-out form for their child. The opt-out form gets returned to the school, which will forward a copy to the classroom teacher and the Director of Instructional Learning at Sparks Stadium.

Any students who are opted-out should discretely be sent to another classroom, the office, or possibly help with younger students in a different classroom. No grading penalty will occur for those excluded.

Parents who use the opt-out form are choosing to remove their child from ALL of the FLASH lessons, unless specified to the teacher.

 
Booklets and Human Growth Lesson

Most schools teach the lesson in the spring. The lesson is approximately 60 minutes in length, which includes setting appropriate discussion boundaries, reviewing the student booklet, written questions by students, teacher answering the questions, and a short video.

In sixth grade, boys and girls are do not need to be separated during the HGD lessons. During the HGD question and answer period students are typically separated. Human Growth and Development Booklets should be sent home to parents approximately 2 weeks prior to beginning the lesson.

Suggested Pacing for Teaching the Curriculum

• Family Life Lessons
  • #1 – Introduction 20-30 minutes (Flash Lesson 1)
  • #2 – Family 35-45 minutes (FLASH Lesson 2)
  • #3 – Consent/Reporting 45-60 minutes (FLASH Lessons 7/8)
• Human Growth and Development Lessons
  • #4 - Reproductive System 1 and 1 (FLASH Lessons 9/10)
• HIV/AIDS Lessons
  • #5 – Basic Facts about HIV/AIDS – 45-60 minutes (Video and FLASH Lesson 15)

Establishing Classroom Norms

It is okay for students to feel uncomfortable during these lessons. Some suggested norms to establish prior to the lesson to help students feel more comfortable include:

1.    Respect feelings of other people.
2.    Protect people’s privacy (i.e. questions about friends or family members should not contain names or identities. Use “Someone I know….”
3.    Questions are in written format. This helps ensure student questions are appropriate for 6th graders. Questions not related to the sixth-grade content should NOT be answered during the lesson. Refer students to their families for these questions. Example response— “If your question was not read aloud, this is a question that is not covered with the information in today’s lesson. Please discuss the question with your families.”

Resources

5th-6th Gr Puberty Booklet "A Time of Changes"
 

7th Grade Curriculum

In seventh grade the sexual education and HIV/AIDS curriculum is taught as part of the 7^th Grade Health & Fitness class.

Puyallup School District Approved Curriculum:

These are the only materials approved by the Puyallup School District to be used for 7^th grade Human Growth and Development and HIV/AIDS lessons. No other materials should be used without the permission of the Puyallup School Board.

• McGraw Hill, Teen Health

Note: all lessons from the middle school Family Life and Sexual Health Curriculum (FLASH) are NOT taught in the Puyallup School District. See the 7-8 FLASH Matrix in preview materials.

Previewing Materials:

Puyallup families are invited to preview FLASH and Human Growth and Development curriculum materials each fall, which are available through Schoology to provide parent access from home. Lessons and videos have been uploaded to Schoology for preview during the 2024-25 school year.

Opting Out of Lessons:

After viewing materials (preview night, online, etc.), families can choose to sign an opt-out form for their child. The opt-out form gets returned to the school, which will forward a copy to the classroom teacher and the Director of Instructional Learning at Sparks Stadium.

Any students who are opted-out should discretely be sent to another classroom, the office, or possibly help with younger students in a different classroom. No grading penalty will occur for those excluded.

Parents who use the opt-out form are choosing to remove their child from ALL of the FLASH and HGD lessons, unless specified to the teacher.

Suggested Pacing for Teaching the Curriculum:

• Puberty Lessons
  • McGraw Hill, Teen Health, Life Cycle Lessons: “Changes During Puberty”
  • McGraw Hill, Teen Health, Life Cycle Lessons: “Male Reproductive Health”
  • McGraw Hill, Teen Health, Life Cycle Lessons: “Female Reproductive Health”
• HIV/AIDS Lessons
  • McGraw Hill, Teen Health, Communicable Diseases Lesson: “HIV/AIDS”

Establishing Classroom Norms:

It is okay for students to feel uncomfortable during these lessons. Some suggested norms to establish prior to the lesson to help students feel more comfortable include:

1.       Respect feelings of other people.

2.       Protect people’s privacy (i.e. questions about friends or family members should not contain names or identities. Use “Someone I know….”

3.       Questions are in written format. This helps ensure student questions are appropriate for 7^th graders. Questions not related to the seventh-grade content should NOT be answered during the lesson. Refer students to their families for these questions. Example response— “If your question was not read aloud, this is a question that is not covered with the information in today’s lesson. Please discuss the question with your families.”

 

8th Grade Curriculum

In eighth grade the sexual education and HIV/AIDS curriculum is taught as part of the 8^th Grade Health class.

Puyallup School District Approved Curriculum:

These are the only materials approved by the Puyallup School District to be used for 8^th grade Human Growth and Development and HIV/AIDS lessons. No other materials should be used without the permission of the Puyallup School Board.

• Family Life and Sexual Health (FLASH)
• McGraw Hill, Teen Health

Note: all lessons from the middle school Family Life and Sexual Health Curriculum (FLASH) are NOT taught in the Puyallup School District. See the 7-8 FLASH Matrix in preview materials.

Previewing Materials:

Puyallup families are invited to preview FLASH and Human Growth and Development curriculum materials each fall, which are available through Schoology to provide parent access from home. Lessons and videos have been uploaded to Schoology for preview during the 2024-25 school year.

Opting Out of Lessons:

After viewing materials (preview night, online, etc.), families can choose to sign an opt-out form for their child. The opt-out form gets returned to the school, which will forward a copy to the classroom teacher and the Director of Instructional Learning at Sparks Stadium.

Any students who are opted-out should discretely be sent to another classroom, the office, or possibly help with younger students in a different classroom. No grading penalty will occur for those excluded.

Parents who use the opt-out form are choosing to remove their child from ALL of the FLASH and HGD lessons, unless specified to the teacher.

Suggested Pacing for Teaching the Curriculum:

• Family Life Lessons
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy (FLASH Lesson 1)
  • Healthy Relationships (FLASH Lesson 3 and 4, or McGraw Hill, Teen Health: “Healthy Dating Relationships”
  • Preventing STD’s (FLASH Lesson 5, McGraw Hill, Teen Health, Communicable Diseases)
  • Birth Control (FLASH Lesson 7)
• HIV/AIDS Lessons
  • McGraw Hill, Teen Health, Communicable Diseases Lesson: “HIV/AIDS”

Establishing Classroom Norms:

It is okay for students to feel uncomfortable during these lessons. Some suggested norms to establish prior to the lesson to help students feel more comfortable include:

1.       Respect feelings of other people.

2.       Protect people’s privacy (i.e. questions about friends or family members should not contain names or identities. Use “Someone I know….”

3.       Questions are in written format. This helps ensure student questions are appropriate for 8^th graders. Questions not related to the eighth-grade content should NOT be answered during the lesson. Refer students to their families for these questions. Example response— “If your question was not read aloud, this is a question that is not covered with the information in today’s lesson. Please discuss the question with your families.”

FLASH 9th Grade Lesson 2-Touch

FLASH 9th Grade Lesson 2a-Abstinence

FLASH 9th Grade Lesson 9-Exploitation

FLASH 9th Grade Lesson 10-Exploitation

FLASH 9th Grade Lesson 11-Exploitation

FLASH 9th Grade Lesson 12-Exploitation

FLASH 9th Grade Lesson 20-Contraception

FLASH 9th Grade Lesson 21-Contraception

FLASH 9th Grade Lesson 22-Contraception

FLASH 9th Grade Lesson 23-Contraception

FLASH 9th Grade Lesson 23a-Contraception

FLASH 9th Grade Lesson 29-Sexual Health Care

FLASH Redactions 9th-12th Grade Rev.

HIV KNOW Curriculum 9th Grade-Pt 1

HIV KNOW Curriculum 9th Grade-Pt 2

HIV Teacher Resources

Videos HIV-AIDS 9th-12th Grade

HIV-AIDS & Health Education Exclusion Form

FLASH Lesson 2-Touch

FLASH Lesson 2a-Abstinence

FLASH Lesson 9-Exploitation

FLASH Lesson 10-Exploitation

FLASH Lesson 11-Exploitation

FLASH Lesson 12-Exploitation

FLASH Lesson 20-Contraception

FLASH Lesson 21-Contraception

FLASH Lesson 22-Contraception

FLASH Lesson 23-Contraception

FLASH Lesson 23a-Contraception

FLASH Lesson 29-Sexual Health Care

FLASH Curriculum Redactions 9th-12th Gr Rev.

High School Advisory HIV Lessons

KNOW Curriculum 9th-12th Gr-Pt 1

KNOW Curriculum 9th-12th Gr-Pt 2

KNOW HIV Teacher Resources

Video Bibliography High School HIV-AIDS-HGD
 
HIV-AIDS & Health Education Exclusion Form

Families of elementary and junior high students in grades 4 through 9 are invited to preview Human Growth and Development & HIV-AIDS curriculum in Schoology.  This preview opportunity replaces the yearly in-person preview night held each fall.  

Curriculum preview for all grade levels can be accessed through Schoology by joining the “Human Growth and Development Preview” group:

1. Login to Schoology – parent login at app.schoology.com
    • Enter email/username and password.
    • Select Puyallup School District, not your child’s school.

2. Click GROUPS in the menu bar at the top.

3. In the upper right corner under your profile name click ‘My Groups.’

4. Click the blue ‘Join Group’ button on the right side.

5. Enter the group access code: NGR6-XBJ7-2DRNB

On the initial page click the video link under START HERE. This 7-minute video introduces the Human Growth and Development curriculum in the Puyallup SD. After viewing the introductory video, parents can click on Resources tab in the left menu, then choose the grade level to preview curriculum and videos adopted by the Puyallup SD.

Questions may be addressed by your child’s teacher, administrator, or by contacting Jim Meyerhoff, Director of Instructional Leadership for Athletics, Health, and Fitness, at meyerhja@puyallupsd.org.