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Get Real: Comprehensive Sex Education for Middle Schoolers

Get Real is a middle school program that provides accurate and age-appropriate information on sexuality, emphasizing healthy relationships and family involvement. The curriculum is mapped to national and state standards and focuses on social and emotional learning. Parents are supported as primary sexuality educators through take-home activities and community resources.

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Get Real: Comprehensive Sex Education for Middle Schoolers

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  1. October 19, 2018 WESTON MIDDLE SCHOOL 1

  2. What is Comprehensive Sexuality Education? * 2

  3. What is Get Real Middle School? • Get Real: Comprehensive Sex Education That Works is a middle school program for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders that delivers accurate, age-appropriate information and emphasizes healthy relationship skills and family involvement. • Get Real empowers parents to communicate their values about sexual health and staying healthy. Most lessons have a take-home family activity to encourage ongoing conversations between students and the caring adults in their lives. * 3

  4. Get Real Curriculum Foundation • Framed in Social and Emotional Learning, emphasizing the importance of relationship skills, effective communication and responsible decision-making • Mapped to National Sex Education Standards and National Health Education Standards • Mapped to Massachusetts State Health Education Standards: • Standard 1 – Human Growth and Development • Standard 3 – Emotional and Mental Health • Standard 4 – Social Health • Standard 5 – Disease Transmission • Standard 8 – Violence Prevention and Resource Utilization • Based on current research that shows effectiveness of long-term, comprehensive sexuality education programs * 4

  5. Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) SEL is the theoretical foundation of Get Real. The curriculum focuses on the following 5 SEL life skills. • Self-awareness • Self-management • Social awareness • Relationship skills • Responsible decision-making * 5

  6. Family and Community Involvement • Get Real supports parents as the primary sexuality educators of their children • You have the right to exempt your child from the unit of instruction and an alternative unit will be developed for him or her. • Most lessons have a take-home family activity, complete with resources for parents • Students are directed to trusted adults in their lives and resources in their community * 6

  7. Implementation Timeline • 8th Grade will be covering the material during their Health rotation within Physical Education • 6th and 7th grade will be covering the material after in the new year * 7

  8. Weston Middle School Curriculum Adaptation • Use of community data • Knowledge of community norms • Past practices • Alignment with high school curriculum • Class variation / modification

  9. Grade 6 Unit Outline * 9

  10. Grade 7 Unit Outline

  11. Grade 7 Unit Outline continued

  12. Grade 8 Unit Outline

  13. Thank you for your time • Exemptions are due by Monday, October 22nd to Carrie Rainville-Collins at the Middle School. • Please reach out to us with any questions or concerns.

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