Our district is committed to ensuring that all of our students have a safe, healthy, and enriching educational experience. In addition to academic instruction, we also provide students at all grade levels access to curriculum promoting resiliency and healthy living initiatives. These curriculums help our students learn and apply skills such as empathy, perseverance, gratitude, responsibility, critical thinking, problem solving, honesty, and citizenship. When students acquire these skills personally and collectively, they develop healthy identities, manage their emotions, and achieve goals. 

HLI Curriculums 

Grades K-5

The Studies Weekly Well-Being helps teach and support a growth mindset, respect, responsibility and resilience.

Grades 6-12

With our new district-created curriculum, students engage in highly interactive paired, small group, and whole class activities. There are nine (9) lessons that will be delivered throughout the school year. Lessons are comprised of short inspirational videos, activities, and/or small group or whole class discussions. For example, the lesson on critical thinking and problem-solving asks students to pair up and try to solve a logic puzzle called the Towers of Hanoi, but they have to do so without speaking to each other. Afterward, the class is asked to discuss how they applied critical thinking and problem-solving skills to solve the puzzle without speaking. Please contact your child's school if you would like to set up an appointment to review the lessons. 

Lessons reflect the Florida requirements for resiliency instruction and cover topics such as empathy, perseverance, gratitude, problem solving, responsibility, critical thinking, mentorship, and honesty. Health and safety topics are also covered, such as internet safety, substance use prevention, child trafficking prevention, and dating violence prevention. Florida requires that every public school provide a minimum of 5-hours of resiliency instruction each year to students in grades 6-12. This curriculum meets state requirements. There is no language stipulating opt-out procedures for the 5-hour requirement. Therefore, all students in grades 6-12 are required to participate. For more information on the 5-hours of resiliency education requirement, please visit the Florida Department of Education Resiliency and Mental Health Resources page. 

HLI Supplemental Programs  

Grades K-5

Safer Smarter Kids is a prevention program delivering developmental information teaching students the tools and language they need to protect themselves from abuse. Each lesson is taught in the classroom by a school counselor.  

Grades 7 & 10

Signs of Suicide is a one day, one lesson, suicide prevention training delivered by our school counselors teaching students about the relationship between depression and suicide, and encouraging them to seek help from a trusted adult if they have concerns about themselves or someone else. 

Grades K-12 

Say Something is a prevention program developed by the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation with the goal of helping individuals before they hurt themselves or someone else. During the Say Something call to action week in March, all students in grades 6-12 are taught to recognize warning signs, signals and threats, to take it seriously, and to tell someone. This program kicks off with a week of school-wide activities and the SAVE Promise Club works to ensure this important message is continued for the remainder of the year. 

Grades K-12

Start with Hello is another prevention program developed by the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation to combat social isolation, which has been associated with suicide and violent behavior. During the Start with Hello call to action week in September, all students in grades K-12 are taught to notice when someone is alone, reach out and help, and to start with hello. The program kicks off with a week of school-wide activities and then the SAVE Promise Club works to ensure this important message is continued for the remainder of the year.