Guides to the Colorado Academic Standards in Comprehensive Health

The Comprehensive Health and Physical Education standards focus on personal decision-making around emotional and social well-being, positive communication, healthy eating, physical activity, tobacco, drug, and alcohol abuse prevention and violence prevention. The standards underscore important skills for navigating today’s society with its complex and often confusing messages around health, beauty, and happiness. 

In partnership with the Colorado PTA, family and community guides to the Colorado Academic Standards (in English and Spanish) have been created to help families and communities across Colorado better understand the goals and outcomes of the Colorado Academic Standards. The guides describe the “big picture” purpose of the standards, as road maps to help ensure that all Colorado students graduate ready for life, college, and careers. They also provide overviews of the learning expectations for each of the ten content areas of the standards and offer examples of educational experiences that students may engage in, and that families could support, during the school year.

View guides for all of Colorado's core content areas.

High School Guide to Comprehensive Health

Middle School Guides to Comprehensive Health 

• 8th Grade 
• 7th Grade
• 6th Grade

Elementary School Guides to Comprehensive Health

• 5th Grade
• 4th Grade
• 3rd Grade 
• 2nd Grade 
• 1st Grade
• Kindergarten