This is a required one semester course designed to follow the State Core Curriculum. Wellness, fitness, self-concept, emotional needs, decision-making skills, stress, friends, relationships, dating, mental health and disorders, nutrition, balanced diets, eating disorders, Refusal Skills, drug prevention, peer pressure, communicable and non-communicable diseases, first aid, bullying, child abuse, and internet safety are topics that will be covered. There will also be a week-long abstinence unit requiring parent/guardian consent.