Human Growth & Development Virtual Parent/Guardian Informational Session

Amanda Roy, the K-12 Physical Education & Wellness Department Supervisor, will facilitate a virtual informational session for parents/guardians on Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 6:00. Parents/guardians will have the opportunity to hear about the topics to be discussed with grade 5 and grade 6 students during the Human Growth & Development units. Here is the Google Meet link for the information session. 

If parents/guardians would like to preview the materials on their own, they may access the videos via the links provided below:

Grade 5 - Overview for parents & videos (your child will watch only one of these videos):

• Grade 5 Overview for Parents/Guardians
• Grade 5: Always Changing and Growing Up - Puberty Education for Biological Males 
• Grade 5: Always Changing and Growing Up - Puberty Education for Biological Females

Grade 6: Overview for parents and videos:

• Grade 6 Overview for Parents/Guardians
• Grade 6: 10 Things to Expect, Puberty for Biological Females 
• Grade 6: 10 Things to Expect, Puberty for Biological Males 
• Grade 6: Biological Females and Males

Please feel free to email Amanda Roy with any questions you may have:

Amanda Roy

K-12 Department Supervisor of Health, PE & Wellness

Simsbury Public Schools

aroy@simsburyschools.net

 

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