5. Violence Prevention

Students need to know:

5.1 ways to avoid interpersonal conflict

5.2 conflict resolution techniques

5.3 how to avoid fighting/bullying

5.4 importance of not carrying a weapon

5.5 how to report weapons

5.6 gun safety

5.7 ways to prevent child abuse

5.8 causes of conflict in schools and communities

5.9 valid sources for getting help

The school board shall ensure that health education and physical education are taught to pupils as part of the basic curriculum. The school board shall ensure that all studies prescribed by the state board of education are thoroughly taught, especially physiology, hygiene, and health and physical education as they relate to the effects of alcohol and other drugs, child abuse as established in the definition of “abused child” under RSA 169-C:3, II, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and sexually transmitted diseases on the human system.