Family Life Curriculum / Overview

Family Life Curriculum

Virginia's standards for family life education provide a comprehensive, sequential K-12 curriculum. They include age-appropriate instruction in family living and community relationships, abstinence education, the value of postponing sexual activity, the benefits of adoption as a positive choice in the event of an unwanted pregnancy, human sexuality and human reproduction. Instruction is designed to promote parental involvement, foster positive self concepts and provide mechanisms for coping with peer pressure and the stresses of modern living according to the students' developmental stages and abilities. Parents have the right to review the complete family life curricula, including all supplemental materials used in any family life education program.

View information from Virginia Department of Education on Family Life Curriculum

Curriculum Content by Grade Level

	FLE Lesson 1 (Family Life Education)	FLE Lesson 2 (Family Life Education)
4th Grade	Puberty/Hygiene	Safe Touch
5th Grade	Puberty/Hygiene	Healthy Friendships, Relationships, & Boundaries (SMS)
6th Grade	Puberty/Hygiene	Recognizing Child Abuse & How to Get Help
7th Grade	Abstinence	Healthy Relationships (SMS - Social Media Safety)
8th Grade	Human Reproduction & Development; Parenting	STDs/HIV
9th Grade	Healthy Relationships, Consent, and Assertiveness	Dating Violence; Date Rape; Human Trafficking
10th Grade	Being a Teen Parent; Importance of Family	STDs, HIV, & Reproductive Health

*Parents have the option to OPT IN when completing their child's infosnap or fill out the form below and submit it to his/her classroom teacher.

OPT-IN FAMILY LIFE HEALTH EDUCATION LETTER (ENGLISH)

OPT-IN FAMILY LIFE HEALTH EDUCATION LETTER (SPANISH)