SHARE Program
Sexual Health and Relationship Education
Middle School Program
High School Program
Outcomes for Students
School/Community Responses
Middle school program:
Importance of “Guarding Your Heart”
Guidelines for Healthy, Successful Relationships
Peer Pressure and Its Influence
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI’s) Interactive Presentation*
Importance of Goal Setting
Consequences to Sexual Activity- Physical & Emotional
High school program:
Components of Healthy Relationships
Safeguards to Protect Oneself from Unhealthy Relationships
Michigan Laws on Sexual Contact for Teens
Pregnancy and Fetal Development
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI’s) Presentation*
- Symptoms
- Transmission
- Short-term and Long-term effects
- Prevention
- Who is at risk
Outcomes for Students:
- Creates positive peer pressure
- Places sexual intimacy after marriage**
- Strengthens character
- Builds strong relationships
- Promotes self respect
- Teaches self control
- Reduces teen pregnancies, abortions, and STI’s
- Encourages testing for STI’s if they are sexually active
- Establish goals, values, and safeguards for themselves and future relationships
- Improves parent-teen relationships***
*All STI classes are taught by nurse volunteers. We adhere to all the state mandated A-K modules within the sexuality guidelines for teaching.
**Marriage: Crossroads Pregnancy Center believes that life long, mutually faithful marriage is the best relationship to provide a male/female couple with more satisfaction and general overall wellbeing than any other substitute or alternative relationship. Marriage, ideally, is the life-long monogamous covenant between a man and a woman.
***Parent seminars and workshops are available to aid parents on various ways to effectively communicate the importance of healthy sexuality with their adolescents. A lending library is available from Crossroads to aid individuals with information.
School/Community Responses:
“Thank you for your updates and obvious concern for the health of our students. Your programs have added such quality, clarity, and relevancy to our sexuality education programs. Thank you.”
Chair of Health Advisory Board
“The professionalism and education of the speakers is always apparent, no matter who comes to talk at each school. We are always impressed with how they field questions and involve the students throughout the lesson.”
Local middle school health teacher
“I think the speaker is really good and the presentations were not boring and it was very educational and worthwhile to hear about this. It makes me think about something that seems so simple!”
High school senior after STI presentation
“This was a great presentation! I learned a lot of useful information that I didn’t know anything about.”
High school sophomore after STI and Pregnancy presentation
“The information helped me to decide to make better choices about sex.”
High school freshman
