Sexual Health Education

This school year students will receive Sexual Health Education as part of the CPS Sexual Health Education Policy.  The lessons for Grade 9 are:

• Lesson 1: Introduction to the Deciding to be in a Healthy Relationship Unit – Classroom Expectations
• Lesson 2: Whose Relationship is the Healthiest? – Reviewing Relationship Characteristics
• Lesson 3: The DECIDE Decision Making Model
• Lesson 4: Sexual Health Questions for Teenagers to Consider and Practice Asking
• Lesson 5: Sexual Orientation, Behavior and Identity: How I Feel, What I Do, and Who I Am
• Lesson 6: Understanding Gender
• Lesson 7: Helping Others Make Positive Sexual Health Decisions
• Lesson 8: Options for Protection – Review of STIs and Protection Methods
• Lesson 9: Creating Condom Confidence – Review How to Use a Condom
• Lesson 10: What If…? (Pregnancy Review)
• Lesson 11: They Love Me… They Love Me Not (Healthy vs Unhealthy Relationships and Personal Safety)
• Lesson 12: It Wasn’t My Fault – Discuss Sexual Assault 
• Lesson 13-14: Teaching Others How to Make Healthy Sexual Decisions with the DECIDE Model

The Board acknowledges that parents/guardians are the primary sexuality educators for their child/children.  Alcott College Prep is committed to partnering with you to provide supplementary instruction to students via the sexual health education lessons.

In alignment with Illinois law  (“No pupil shall be required to take or participate in any class or course on AIDS or family life instruction if his parent or guardian submits written objection thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the course or program shall not be reason for suspension or expulsion of the pupil.”  105 ILCS 110/3), a parent/guardian must provide a timely written objection to opt their child/children out of participating in any CPS Sexual Health Education course. No student with a written parental objection will be suspended or expelled for refusal to participate in any such course. If you wish to have your child excused from participation, please inform Mr. Barrow in writing by emailing him at [email protected].