Hi Laurie,
Beginning this year we have moved to a late start schedule
<http://www.tka.org/uploaded/Calendars/Rotating_Schedule_2016-2017_mod_11-16.pdf>
on Wednesdays. Monday, Tuesday, and Fridays all periods meet for 45 minutes
but on Wednesday/Thursday classes are 70 minutes. A,B, and C periods meet
Wednesdays while D, E, F, and G periods meet on Thursday.
It's my first year at my school so I cannot compare it to past years but I
have only heard positive feedback on the schedule change. Our students love
having the option of sleeping in on Wednesdays (school starts at 10:00) or
meeting with teachers during Advisory. Middle school students can sign-up
to take Enrichment courses which include a wide variety of topics like Art,
Basketball, Chess, and Money Management. It also is a blessing
homework-wise as it give students more time to complete assignments.
The longer periods also have allowed for teachers to incorporate more
technology and interactive activities into their lessons.
Hope this is helpful!
Christine
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Marilyn Kimura <mkimura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
At Pre-K- 8 Nueva, we have a fixed weekly schedule for grade Pre-K through
3rd grade. 4th grade comes as a weekly elective choice once/week. Middle
School comes as needed, but since the library has two MS classrooms, we
have MS students around all the time. So, we are a combo of
fixed/flexible scheduling, but our library is big enough to host more than
one activity at a time.
best, marilyn
On Mar 27, 2017, at 11:31 AM, Lissa Crider <lcrider@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,
Here at Lick-Wilmerding we have an 8 day block schedule. 4 periods a day,
75 minutes each, so students meet with teachers 4 times over the 8 day
period.
Also included is 40 min tutorial mid-day, all students and faculty
available to work outside of class.
Lissa
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:41 AM, Cathy Rettberg <
crettberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We moved to new schedules in the middle and upper school this year. We've
had rotating schedules in the US for years so the change was more in the
fact that they meet less often but for a longer period. The middle school
schedule was a big change as for the first time they also have a rotating
schedule. I haven't heard a lot of positive comments about it but I haven't
asked much either. What I have mostly heard is that middle schoolers aren't
ready for rotating schedules, they need more consistency, they need to see
their teachers every day. Below is a link to the page that explains the
changes, with links to the two division schedules.
https://www.menloschool.org/academics/schedule.php
Cathy
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What I'm reading now:
*Hillbilly Elegy/*Vance
*Goodbye Days*/Zentner
Cathy Rettberg, Head Librarian
Menlo School
Atherton, CA
http://library.menloschool.org
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Laurie Prothro <laurie@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Good morning, all,
Help needed! I would really appreciate some data on the number of K-8
schools in BAISL that currently use block or other forms of flexible
scheduling, as opposed to the traditional 45 or 55 minute, 6-period day,
along with a few highlights/drawbacks of that alternative scheduling.
Thank you so much!
Laurie
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*Laurie Prothro*
*Librarian*
*Sonoma Country Day School*
*Santa Rosa, CA 95403*
Marilyn Kimura, Librarian
The Nueva School
6565 Skyline Blvd.
Hillsborough, CA 94010
Voice: 650-350-4564 <(650)%20350-4564>
Email: mkimura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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