Mesa Public Schools offers four lessons for seventh-graders and four lessons for ninth-graders on the physiological and psychological aspects of human sexuality.
The program encourages sexual abstinence before marriage and emphasizes possible consequences of teenage sexual activity, including pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. The ninth-grade curriculum also includes the subject of dating-violence prevention.
Mesa Public Schools wants parents to be completely aware of this OPT-IN program. Parents throughout the district are invited to attend an informational meeting to hear an overview of the lessons that will be presented and to meet the instructors, Mr. Matt Berzins and Dr. Cindy Maguire. The instructors will be available to answer parents' questions about their student’s classroom instruction on this important topic. Project MESA is coordinated by the MPS District’s
Science, Social Sciences and Math Department.
For a Project MESA overview, visit www.mpsaz.org/ssrc/projectmesa.
For more information, parents may call Dr. Maguire or Mr. Berzins, Project MESA instructional specialists (480) 472-0262.
Meeting schedule:
9th Grade Parent Meeting:
7:00PM, Monday, August 7, 2023 @ Mesa High Auditorium, 1630 E. Southern
Ave. Mesa
7th Grade Parent Meeting:
7:00PM, Monday, August 14, 2023 @ Kino Jr. High Auditorium, 848 N. Horne,
Mesa