Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)

  • In October 2018, SUSD adopted the Positive Prevention Plus (PPP) curriculum to be taught to 5th grade and 8th grade students each school year.  To learn more about the multi-year decision-making process, please visit the Comprehensive Sexuality Education Working Group (CSEWG) webpage. 

Parent Workshop "Bridging the Gap: Communicating with Your Kids about Sexuality"

  • On January 10, 2019, Saratoga Union School District hosted a parent workshop by Ivy Chen, MPH
    Bridging the Gap:
    Communicating with Your Kids about Sexuality

    If you missed the presentation, please view the video online (see link below).

    Topics covered:
    Learning how to start the talk and answer sexuality questions for kids of ALL ages. Helping your kids to make smart choices regarding boundaries, puberty, friendships and crushes in today’s culture.

    About the presenter: Ivy Chen is a sexuality health educator, and has been working with Bay Area communities for 22 years. She teaches students ranging from the 4th grade through college age, as well as parent groups, community based organizations, teachers, and other health professionals. Ivy was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to the Bay Area with her family at age 7. She received her bachelor’s degree in integrative biology in 1996 and her master’s degree in public health in 2001, both from UC Berkeley.  Ivy presently works as an independently contracted health educator. She has also taught as a lecturer for the health education and psychology departments at San Francisco State University for the last 16 years.

For Parents/Guardians of 5th Graders

For Parents/Guardians of 8th Graders

Additional Information and Links to Prior CSE Events

CSE Library