As part of your child’s education, elementary schools in Utah schedule a maturation presentation for 5th grade students each year. UTVA 5th grade students will be invited along with their parents/guardians to participate in a maturation program of instruction, which includes Health Core Standards outlined by the Utah State Board of Education.
On Tuesday, December 12th at 12:30 pm, we will be holding our 5th grade maturation program at UTVA. For our virtual environment at UTVA, we will meet together for 30 minutes online to introduce maturation. Then we will send everyone a link to maturation videos with a video presentation prepared for boys and a video presentation for girls, that can be watched at home.
The online 30 minute video presentation will cover the following information:
- It will help students identify body changes that accompany puberty, which includes a description of the basic structures of the male or female reproductive and endocrine systems and functions.
- It will describe how the timing of puberty and adolescent development varies, including that there is a wide range of what is healthy or typical.
- It will help students identify behaviors that contribute to healthy body image (posture, hygiene, exercise, diet).
- It will help students identify physical, social, and emotional changes that occur during puberty and adolescence and healthy ways to manage these changes.
- It will help students recognize fluctuations in emotions and will discuss ways of dealing with emotional changes.
- It will help students recognize physical changes that occur during puberty and how puberty prepares human bodies for reproduction.
- It will help students identify characteristics of teasing, bullying, harassment, and inappropriate contact.
- It will help students identify trusted adults to talk with about puberty.
In order for your student to attend this program, you must fill out the form below granting them permission to attend. A link will then be added to your student's class connect schedule so that they will be able to attend the presentation. Your student will not be allowed to participate in class activities without this permission. Thank you.
*Please note: If you do not fill out the form by December 12th, we will assume you do not want your student to attend and he/she will not be invited.
