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Middle School Sexual Health (Amy)

Note: This class is open to middle school students only.

In this year-long class, we will cover a wide range of topics that all fall under the beautiful umbrella of Sexual Health.  Join us to learn and talk about relationship skills like communication and consent, self-advocacy skills like knowing and setting boundaries, and body-knowledge related to reproductive systems.  

 

Learning will happen through videos, discussions, activities, reading, and art!

 

This class takes an inclusive approach to Sex Ed, centering the experiences of the expansive range of gender identities, sexual orientations, and bodies.  

 

We will read from the book You Know, Sex by Cory Silverberg.  The book will be acquired for you.

Required texts/materials: The instructor will procure the texts/materials.

  • Outside work: Occasional throughout the term
  • Mature themes: sex, consent, birth control, STIs and prevention, sexual abuse
  • Minimum students: 3
  • Sessions per week: 2

MS Disability Visibility

One in five people in the US lives with either a visible or hidden disability.  

This class, centered on the book Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults), edited by Alice Wong, will dive into understanding the perspectives, experiences, challenges, and celebrations of individuals with disabilities by learning about them through their own words.

As we strive to build a world that has empathy, compassion, and understanding at its core, widening our view of the lived experiences of others will be the key to such a realization.

Goals for this class do NOT include pity or negative self-view – rather we will gain a greater understanding of how we can increase true inclusivity while recognizing ways in which our own biases may prevent us from seeing others (and maybe ourselves) as fully whole.

This class is similar to the high school class, but will meet only once a week.