Health is a required single trimester course designed for students to explore and expand their understanding of health related topics. The course focuses on self-awareness to examine the connections between physical, mental, and social health, and the impact it has on their lives and others.
Students are encouraged to increase their self-awareness as they explore decision making, conflict resolution, stress management, physical health, mental/emotional health, social health, online safety, personal health habits, healthy relationships, and the biology of sex. These topics are serious and often personal and require an increased level of maturity. The course provides the working knowledge for students to make healthy lifelong decisions but leaves the standard and expectation setting to the parents or guardians. Parents or guardians are encouraged to engage their students in discussion about the topics put forth in class. While this course is an elective, the pace and depth requires students to invest and engage in order to maximize their experience. Students work collaboratively in and out of class while developing strong personal discipline to complete their work.
Best option for new students to get familiar with Parish’s Upper School!
Attendance Expectations & Requirements
Course Attendance Requirements: 6 in-person classes
While the course content is online, the nature of the course is “blended.” Meaning there are required in-person class meetings in addition to the online course content. These in-person meetings include time to work on course content (alone or with classmates), check in with the instructors on student progress, and seminar lectures where students hear from the instructor and subject-field experts about specific topics from our Health curriculum, including Fitness & Nutrition, Stress Management, Health Relationships, and Substance Use.
Total Number of in-person sessions required to attend: SIX + orientation
Required Intro Meetings: (Must attend ONE)
(a) Tuesday, May 20, 4:00 – 5:30 pm
(b) Saturday, May 31, 10:00 – 11:30 am
New Parish students who are unable to attend one of the two intro meetings should contact
Mr. Craig Savage (csavage@parish.org) to make other arrangements.
Students must attend SIX in-person sessions
➜ ONE Seminar on Healthy Relationships
(a) Monday, June 9 (10:30 am – 12:30 pm)
(b) Monday, July 14 (10:30 am – 12:30 pm)
➜ ONE Seminar on Substance Use
(a) Thursday, June 12 (10:30 am – 12:30 pm)
(b) Thursday, July 14 (10:30 am – 12:30 pm)
➜ Students MUST attend FOUR Additional in-person Class Meetings
(a) Thursday, May 29 (10:30 am – 12:30 pm)
(b) Monday, June 2 (10:30 am – 12:30 pm) [includes seminar on Mental Health]
(c) Thursday, June 5 (10:30 am – 12:30 pm) [includes seminar on Fitness & Nutrition]
(d) Monday, June 16 (10:30 am – 12:30 pm)
(e) Wednesday, June 18 (10:30 am – 12:30 pm)
(f) Thursday, July 10 (10:30 am – 12:30 pm)
(g) Monday, July 21 (10:30 am – 12:30 pm) [includes seminar on Mental Health]
(h) Thursday, July 24 (10:30 am – 12:30 pm) [includes seminar on Fitness & Nutrition]
(i) Monday, July 28 (10:30 am – 12:30 pm)
(j) Thursday, July 31 (10:30 am – 12:30 pm)
Final date for all Coursework – Friday, August 2 at midnight.
Students must complete and turn in an attendance plan to the instructors showing how they plan to meet the minimum attendance requirements.


“Taking Health over the summer is probably the best way for a student to become oriented to the Upper School at Parish. The course requires them to navigate the portal and practice time management, while allowing them the opportunity to make friends, get comfortable being on the 3rd and 4th floors of campus, and get to know faculty and admin in a more relaxed environment.
Upper School Administration