Minneapolis Public Schools

Learning about good communication, safety in relationships, and growth and development lays a foundation that can support healthy relationships and healthy behaviors throughout a person’s life. This class will focus on age-appropriate and medically accurate topics like puberty, reproduction, consent, and communication skills.

This class is for students who identify as male or are non-binary.

About the instructor: Jill Farris, MPH, is a LNCS parent and Director of Adolescent Sexual Health Training & Education at the University of Minnesota Healthy Youth Development Prevention Research Center. Jill provides training and capacity building assistance to youth workers in a variety of settings, as well as helping parents have open and honest dialogue with their children. Jill also teaches middle school sexuality education at First Universalist Church of Minneapolis.

Note: Community Education uses a sliding scale model for program fees so our afterschool programs can be financially sustainable and more equitable. Families are asked to pick the price that they are able to pay. By more clearly articulating our lower cost options, we have removed the barrier that some may have felt in making scholarship requests. When families participate at the higher price levels, they help make the program more sustainable. Extended Learning (ALC) classes are free.