A yearly parent meeting about sex health took a new twist this year with the inclusion of Sexual Health Club (SHEC) member senior Dave Herrera.

SHEC adviser and health teacher Allison Luskey said the meeting included information about embedded health as well as a presentation from two guest speakers with HIV.

“In the shift from the semester health to embedded health, we felt like we wanted to be more clear about what embedded health is,” Luskey said. “One purpose was to explain about embedded health, and two, was to give some information about sexual health.”

Luskey said Herrera suggested SHEC talk to parents about sexual health and ‘The Talk.’

“It can be an awkward topic, and it’s good to partner with parents in providing messages about sexual health,” Luskey said.

Herrera said in order to prepare for his talk, he read a book called “For Goodness Sex” by Al Vernacchio, a sexual educator.

“I gave a short presentation based on that book, on the knowledge I have from Ms. Luskey and the knowledge I have from working at the teen clinic. We talked about sexual values and tips and tricks for talking to your kids about sex,” Herrera said.

Herrera said the sex talk is very important especially now that we live in an overly sexualized society.

“The sex talk is a really taboo thing and it is something that should be a normal, regular conversation about sex with your parents,” Herrera said.

Information about SHEC meetings will be posted around the school when the club organizes the plans for their upcoming meetings.