White Station High – Human Growth and Development

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

Health Components Emphasized: The student will demonstrate knowledge of and appreciation for the family in its many and varied forms as the primary source of identity and self-esteem for its members. This course is a yearlong, co-educational, heterogeneously grouped academic class. It provides for an examination of the physical, cognitive, social, emotional and psychosexual components of human growth and development from birth to death. The course was designed to be a unique opportunity for serious consideration and discussion of human sexuality within the framework of the study of human development. Students receive information to help them acquire skills necessary to their future as individuals, family members and members of society. Central to the curriculum is the nine-week adolescence unit.