Barren County High School
Course Syllabus
Course Title: Health Education
Instructor: Coach Gillon
Contact Information:
Course Resources: Glencoe Health textbook, a health notebook, pencil or pen and paper.
Course Objective and/or Description:
Students will learn health information on which to base important lifestyle choices.
Units of Study:
The units that we will study are health/wellness, mental health, physical fitness, general safety, first aid. You will also turn in a portfolio piece as well as open response items and on-demand writing.
Grading Policy:
90-100/A
80-89/B
70-79/C
60-69/D
59-below/F
Missed work will be given a zero unless arrangements are to make up work has been cleared with me.
Attendance Policy: Students have up to five school days to make up assignments and/ or tests due to an excused absence. Work may be made up before or after school and must be scheduled with the course instructor.
Semester Test Policy: Students with any unexcused absences in a course or have been assigned to ASP are required to take the semester exam which counts as part of the semester grade.
Plagiarism / Academic Dishonesty Policy: Plagiarism and academic dishonesty are serious offenses. The academic work of a student is expected to be his/her own effort. Students must give the author(s) credit for any source material used. To represent ideas or interpretations taken from a source without giving credit is a flagrant act. To present a borrowed passage after having changed a few words, even if the source is cited, is also plagiarism. Students who commit any act of academic dishonesty will receive a failing grade in that portion of the course work. Acts of academic dishonesty will be reported to the administration.
Optional: May be used as first grade or extra credit if returned promptly.
The teacher reserves the right to alter this syllabus at any time during the course.