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12, 2017
Grade 5 Puberty Lesson: Thursday, February 9th, 2017
Dear Grade 5 Parents,
On Thursday, February 9th, Grade 5 students will be participating in a lesson on Puberty in the classroom.
Lessons will be provided in separate venues for boys and girls and will focus on the physical, emotional
and hormonal changes that take place during puberty, with emphasis on health and hygiene during this
very important stage in their lives. The lesson will be approximately 60 minutes in length and will be
followed up with a question and answer session. As we have a large population of grade 5 students, the
students will be divided into two groups to ensure students are in a smaller setting.
We believe it is very important for your child to receive information about puberty and body changes in a
structured way, presented by adults they are familiar and comfortable with. The girls session will be
facilitated by our counseling team (Mrs. Sharpe and Mrs. Garza-Taskin) accompanied by Mrs. Nash and
Mrs. Moquin who will be attending. The boys session will be facilitated by our P.E department, Mr.
Winders, with Mr. Wheeldon, Mr. Brewster, Mr. Wolfe and Mr. McInnis attending.
Understanding that this puberty lesson will be taking place will help you to initiate conversations at home
with your child and will prepare you to be supportive of any questions your child may ask you. All
information that will be shared with students in their lesson will be shared with you through a Power
Point document in an email attachment in the upcoming weeks.
If you do NOT wish for your child to participate in the puberty lesson on February 9th, please email your
childs teacher. Alternative arrangements will be made for non-participating students that day.
Thank you for your support,
Kimberly Sharpe
Nina Garza-Taskin
Dean Winders
ES School Counselor
ES School Counselor
PE Department
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