Wellness Education

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Bringing out the best in every student.

The Wellness Education program at Culver is an essential component of “whole student” education. The department is committed to enhancing Physical, Emotional, Mental, Moral, Spiritual, and Social (PEMMSS) well-being in students through student-centered methodologies that emphasizes awareness, understanding, application, and integration of developmentally appropriate wellness information for the purpose of promoting responsible life-long wellness enhancing behaviors.

A student graduating from the Culver Academies Wellness Education program will:

Comprehend wellness knowledge and concepts
Access and analyze information on wellness topics
Understand influences in the decision making process
Demonstrate application of wellness knowledge and concepts

9 Competency Areas of Wellness Education

Physical Fitness
Nutrition
Relationships and Sexual Behavior
Mental/Emotional Health
Sleep
Chemical Substances
Epidemiology
Lifesaving Skills
Choice/Happiness/Brain/Decision Making

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Honors Opportunities

The Wellness Education Journey

Wellness Education at Culver is about preparing students to be at their best – mind, body, and spirit! Our program provides an integrated curriculum for students to become aware of, to assess, and to form and improve their physical, emotional, mental, moral, spiritual, and social well-being (PEMMSS). 

9th Grade

Living, Learning and Leading

Discovering Wellness - What does it means to be healthy using the PEMMSS model.

Four weeks of this course will be focusing on the basics of Wellness Education with an introduction to the PEMMSS model and a strong focus on Exercise, Sleep, Nutrition and Developing Positive Relationships for students new to a Boarding School. The class meets 5 times each week for 2 terms.

10th Grade

Foundations of Health Behavior

Integrating Wellness – How to apply the PEMMSS model in your daily lives here at Culver.

There is much more classroom time allotted to specific Wellness Education topics in this class compared to the 9th grade. For most classes students will be in daily uniforms or Regulation Recreation Attire (Reg. Rec.). Students look at a variety of health topics and apply the PEMMSS model to their own lifestyle here at Culver. This class meets 4 times each week for 2 terms.

11th Grade

(2 Choices) Principles of Lifetime Fitness or Lifeguarding Certification

Wellness in the Community - Students may choose Principles of Lifetime Fitness or Lifeguarding

Students are guided in CPR training and lifetime sports skill development or students are guided in CPR and Lifeguard certification. These are two separate classes and students choose 1. Classroom sessions are combined with physical activity each class period. Either class meets 2 times each week for 1 term. Instruction and certification at the community level is the goal.

12th Grade

Health Issues

Applying Wellness concepts for the future of good health.

This is a classroom environment where students study the question of “Why we do what we do” and apply it to major health issues in the community, national and globally. This class meets 5 days each week for 1 term.

Grade 12 (Option in addition to Health Issues) - Honors in Wellness Education

Honors students learn valuable research skills by creating a hypothesis and completing an actual research study on a Wellness topic of their choice. This class meets 5 days each week for Term 1, 2 days a week for Term 2 and 2 days a week for Term 3.

Grade 12 Elective – Healthcare Experience

Students who are looking towards a career or college study in the field of healthcare can take this class focusing on working with the Juno Simulator and diagnosing and treating various illnesses. This class meets 5 days each week for 1 term.

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