Welcome Parents January 21st 2015 Comprehensive Sex Education Ms. DiCarlo Ms. Lin Anne Valentino

Your child & Sexual Education Comprehensive sex education covers the wide array of topics that affect sexuality and sexual health. Its goal is to promote health and well-being in a way that is developmentally appropriate. It includes information and communication skills building as well as values exploration. Ideally, sex education in school is an integrated process that builds upon itself year after year, is initiated in kindergarten, and is provided through grade 12.

It’s important! Sexuality is an integral part of each person’s identity. Learning about our sexuality and achieving sexual health and well-being are lifelong processes that begin at birth and continues throughout our lives. Although parents and guardians are the primary sex educators of their children, children also receive messages about sexuality from many other sources. Some of them may have more negative than positive impact.

Simon Baruch & Sexual Health 6th grade – all co-ed classes Our curriculum: Self Esteem Body Image Puberty Reproductive systems Abstinence HIV/AIDS Identification of the virus Methods of transmission

Simon Baruch & Sexual Health 7th grade Our curriculum: Puberty Hygiene Reproductive systems Abstinence Gender Identity Relationships Sexual Orientation HIV/AIDS Identification of the virus Methods of transmission

Simon Baruch & Sexual Health 8th grade Our curriculum: Puberty Reproductive Systems Pregnancy HIV/AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Symptoms of infection Methods of Transmission Medical options for treatment Contraceptives Intimacy

Other topics Class discussions and lessons are driven by student knowledge and inquiry. Sexual health is composed of a wide variety of topics that require several years of health classes Suggested topics that maybe important to discuss with your child: Masturbation Pornography Sexting Intimacy in relationships

Questions? Email Anne Valentino Ms. DiCarlo Ms. Lin Annevalentino@gmail.com Ms. DiCarlo Mdicarlo2@schools.nyc.gov Ms. Lin Alin3@schools.nyc.gov