Mercy Manor is now offering lessons with ESTEEM
ESTEEM curriculum takes your students on an enlightening journey to help them develop the life skills needed to become successful, healthy adults. This valuable program is evidence-based, medically accurate, proven effective, and adheres to the Texas Health TEKS.
Age appropriate lessons for
Grades 5-12
5th Grade
(Ages 10-11)
6th Grade
(Ages 11-12)
7th Grade
(Ages 12-13)
8th Grade
(Ages 13-14)
9th Grade
(Ages 14 and up)
Watch: ESTEEM Overview Videos
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How it works
ESTEEM is a peer-reviewed curriculum that teaches the same core topics throughout all five grades/levels while appropriately increasing the maturity level of the content each year.
Each 100-page workbook acts as an interactive personal journal for every student to workout important life decisions. Trained facilitators deliver each lesson in about 1 hour.
Topics Include
Lesson 1: Personal health - eleven body systems
Lesson 2: Physical health and hygiene - health literacy, communicable/non-communicable disease
Lesson 3: Healthy eating & physical activity - major nutrients, food labels, physical basics
Lesson 4: Healthy eating, dietary choices, injury prevention, first aid, CPR
Lesson 5: Goals - career choices, internal/external factors, success sequence, distractions, overcoming obstacles
Lesson 6: Communication, emotional intelligence, conflict resolution steps, apology/timeout steps
Lesson 7: Mental health, brain development, depression, refusal skills, resiliency, personal boundaries
Lesson 8: Relationships, friends, dating, end unhealthy relationships, positive peer influence, bullying
Lesson 9: Substance/addiction, vaping, opioids, fentanyl, brain development, treatment, peer influence
Lesson 10: Puberty, emotional/physical changes, brain/human/fetal development, reproduction
Lesson 11: Teen pregnancy, abstinence, STIs, emotional consequences, avoidance - benefits, family support
Lesson 12: Laws, abuse/reporting, gangs, weapons, trafficking, safety plan, family/dating violence
Lesson 13: Media influence, social media, sexting, pornography, cyberbullying, online trafficking
Lesson 14: Goals review, dating/marriage, benefits of waiting, success sequence, character contracts
ESTEEM Journey
Is a Facilitator-Friendly Curriculum
Promotes Risky Behavior Avoidance
Develops Healthy Relationships
Offers Education Components for Parent Involvement
Contains Up-to-Date Family and Criminal Law Lessons
Focuses on Academic and Career Goal Setting
Uses Interactive Scenarios and Games
Perfect For
Public Schools
Community Organizations
Church Youth Groups
Non-Profits & Social Services for High-Risk Youth
Did you know?
One in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease (STD).*
Teen sex can deflate self-esteem, erode optimism, and spoil the quality of intimate relationships.*
66% percent of teens who have had sex wish they had waited longer.*
Get Involved
If you are interested in attending a day camp, hosting a class, sponsoring a service project, or you need volunteer service, contact us today to get started.