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Elementary & Middle School
Comprehensive Health & Physical Education
Philosophy
Physical Education is an important part of every student's development. Health Education helps student's develop important skills and good health throughout their life.
Comprehensive Health & PE in NJ Public Schools
Overview
Health & Physical Education in grades K-8 in Fair Lawn is aligned to with the NJ Student Learning Standards.
In middle school, students switch classes for health and physical education.
Elementary Health
Beginning in 2020, our district adopted The Great Body Shop as our elementary health resources.
Fair Lawn educators have dissected the NJDOE requirements and cross referenced them with our resources to make a user friendly guide for parents.
Addressing Sensitive Issues in K-4 Health Education in Fair Lawn
For additional information on The Great Body Shop, please follow these links. Note: We don't cover all the topics from The Great Body Shop in our classes. Refer to the Fair Lawn Schools Curriculum for details and when in doubt, speak to your child's teacher.
The Great Body Shop Unit Descriptions
When reviewing curriculum pay close attention to our objectives.
Middle School Health
Beginning in Grade 5, students are taught and health physical education in a specialized health and physical education setting. For continuity, Grade 5 & 6 teachers continue using The Great Body Shop. A transition begins in grade 7 & 8 where other resources are used.
Fair Lawn educators have dissected the NJDOE requirements and cross referenced them with our resources to make a user friendly guide for parents.
Addressing Sensitive Issues in Grades 5 & 6 Health Education in Fair Lawn
Students in Grade 5 & 6 will also benefit from our LEAD program. Information is provided below.
High School Health & Physical Education
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NJ Health Education Opt Out Law
The following statute provides an opt-out option for any instruction in health, family life education or sex education and would apply to any instruction in accordance with the New Jersey Student Learning Standards – Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
18A:35-4.7
Any child whose parent or guardian presents to the school principal a signed statement that any part of the instructions in health, family life education or sex education is in conflict with his conscience, or sincerely held moral or religious beliefs shall be excused from that portion of the course where such instruction is being given and no penalties as to credit or graduation shall result therefrom.
L.1979, c. 428, s. 2, eff. Feb. 11, 1980.
Beginning in 2022-2023, classroom teachers will provide parents with information about opting out rather than having this information collected via Genesis Portal.
If your child lost their opt out letter, they can be downloaded from this website (See Above).
Please contact your child's teacher for additional information.
LEAD
Fair Lawn Public Schools and the Fair Lawn Police Department partner with each other through the LEAD Program.
Law Enforcement Against Drugs (L.E.A.D.) is a non profit (501C3) organization, supported by dedicated police officers, committed to protecting our youth and communities from the proliferation of drugs, drug related crimes, peer to peer/cyber bullying and violence.
For more information, click here.
Too Smart to Start
Thank you to The Fair Lawn Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention, FLASAP for your partnership!
Health & PE Legislation
Content taught in health & PE in NJ public schools is governed by the NJ Student Learning Standards (link at the top of this page) as well as several state statutes and laws. A list of the statutes is provided within the NJSLS, but new laws are passed every year.
Please note that NJSA 18A:35-4.35-36 Contributions of Disabled & LGBT Individuals applies to all content areas taught in public schools and is not included in the Health Opt Out Law NJSA 18A:35-4.7.
Community Health Resources
The Fair Lawn Schools comprehensive health & physical education department believes in promoting health education throughout our school community. For this reason, we are providing information about health-related community resources in the area. Click here for information.