The mission of the Oregon Department of Education and David Douglas School District is to foster equity and excellence for every learner.  Health Education standards help define the knowledge and skills students will need throughout their K-12 experience.  Standards also provide consistency in what is taught to students across our state to ensure equity in education. At David Douglas School District, we understand how concepts for lifelong health must be taught in an age-appropriate way. Our lessons practice these key health skills.

Health Education Foundations

The 2023 Oregon Health Education Standards have specific grade level requirements that outline what
students should know and be able to do by the end of specified grades. According to OAR 581-022-2030, each school district shall provide a planned K–12 instructional program, including the academic content standards adopted by the State Board of Education. These standards serve as a valuable tool for schools in selecting, designing, or revising curriculum and instruction.

Oregon Standards reflect the National Health Education Standards and the National Sexuality Education
Standards, which focus on knowledge and skill development for health literacy. Like the National
Education Standards, student knowledge and skill development are interwoven throughout K-12.
Oregon’s grade-level standards point to and imbed the overarching 8 knowledge and skill standards set
forth by the National Health Education Standards. Knowledge 1 focuses on knowledge attainment and
skills 2-8 focus on the practices necessary for students to maintain and promote individual, family, and
community health.

Knowledge & Skills
Based on the National Standards for Health Education

Knowledge 1: Students comprehend functional health knowledge to enhance health.
Skill 2: Students analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, social media, technology, and
other determinants on health behaviors.
Skill 3: Students demonstrate health literacy by accessing valid and reliable health information,
products, and services to enhance health.
Skill 4: Students demonstrate effective interpersonal communication skills to enhance health.
Skill 5: Students demonstrate effective decision-making skills to enhance health.
Skill 6: Students demonstrate effective goal-setting skills to enhance health.
Skill 7: Students demonstrate observable health and safety practices.
Skill 8: Students advocate for behaviors that support personal, family, peer, school, and
community health.

Topic Areas

● Wellness and Health Promotion (WHP)
● Safety and First Aid (SFA)
● Substance Use, Misuse, and Abuse (SUB)
● Food, Nutrition, and Physical Activity (FNP)
● Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEM)
● Healthy Relationships and Violence/Abuse Prevention (HRVP)
● Growth and Development (GD)
● Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)

The Great Body Shop

David Douglas School district has adopted The Great Body Shop for its K-5 Health Curriculum.

THE GREAT BODY SHOP is a comprehensive health education curriculum that is sequential, developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, and medically accurate.  THE GREAT BODY SHOP is aligned to Oregon Health Education Standards. It is also aligned to the Healthy People 2020 initiative, the National Education Standards, the National Sexuality Education Standards, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Characteristics of Effective Health Education Curricular and the core concepts recommended by the CDC’s HECAT.

THE GREAT BODY SHOP is designed primarily for children and their families.  Student Issues are sent to schools every month.  The Student Issue looks like a health magazine and is used like a periodical or informational text.  At the end of the unit, students take the Student Issue home and use them for family activities and discussions.

View the K-5 THE GREAT BODY SHOP topics

Health Lessons also cover topics related to Human Sexuality Education. For more information about Human Sexuality Education in grades K-5 at David Douglas, click on this link to Human Sexuality > K-5 Curriculum.

Note: We want to make sure families have access to the elementary health curriculum while also adhering to copyright guidelines. We cannot post the materials online due to copyright law, so we invite you to visit your child’s school to review them in person. Just reach out to the school office to set up a time that works for you—we’re happy to help and answer any questions you may have!