Students will investigate concepts to support healthy living. Topics include self-concept, drug use and abuse, loss, death, depression, suicide, violence, stress, aging, friendships, dating, human sexuality, and digital citizenship. Students will practice critical thinking regarding their personal lives, apply problem solving and decisionmaking skills, to deal with societal pressures. The theme throughout the course is abstinence from risky behaviors. In this course, the Millard Public Schools Character Traits: Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Respect, and Citizenship are incorporated into lessons and student activities. Healthy Living fulfills the Health Education Graduation Requirement. The curriculum meets local, state, and federal mandates for dating violence, drug education, health education, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training. Current Board policy enables parents/guardians to request, for philosophical, religious, or ideological reasons, that their son/daughter be excused from units within this course or this graduation requirement. Students excused from Healthy Living would register for one of the Human Resources courses and provide proof of CPR/AED instruction within Millard Public Schools as a replacement. This replacement course is in addition to the required Human Resource course and means that students excused from Healthy Living will be required to take two Human Resources courses. Parent/Guardian should contact the principal s office for direction and assistance. Prerequisites: None