Choosing the Best Journey Program Overview

NEISD adopted and utilizes the Choosing the Best Journey program for high school students. It is a research-based, medically accurate,
abstinence-centered sexual risk avoidance approach that strongly promotes abstinence (delaying sex, ideally until marriage) as the best and healthiest choice. The curriculum uses a teaching approach that moves students from an understanding of the facts to a personal awareness that leads to changed behavior.

Lessons include the following segments: video or case study, discussion, presentation, activities, personal application, and parental involvement through interviews. 

The program consists of nine lessons, structured to be taught over ten 45-minutes class periods in high school health credit courses, including Principles of Health Science.

Topics include:
○ anatomy,
○ puberty,

○ goal-setting,
○ decision-making,
○ healthy relationships,
○ risks associated with sexual activity,
○ the benefits and limitations of contraception (but always in the context  of promoting abstinence as the healthiest choice),
○ refusal skills, and
○ character building.

Click here to watch a video overview of NEISD's HSAE & Abuse Prevention Program along with directions on how to access individual lesson previews through the HSAE Portal on Skyward Family Access.

Parents may view the specific program materials through Skyward Family Access (https://portal.neisd.net/hsae) or in person by scheduling an appointment at their student’s campus anytime after September 18, 2023, during regular business hours.

Click here for directions on how to access the HSAE & Abuse Prevention pages in Skyward Family Access.

Permission slips will be sent to parents no later than 14 days prior to the time when the instruction is provided, and the form will include information on parent preview dates, times, and locations.