Friday, June 5, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
What? Still in school on June 9th?
With the summer approaching it seemed that more and more seniors were out of school enjoying their last few months living at home, instead of sitting in school still taking tests and doing homework. It seems that Eastview High School is one of the last schools in the state to be getting let out of school. We all know that they have to keep us until the late date of June 9th for seniors, and June 11th for the rest of underclassmen because of the long breaks we have over the 9th months of school. Now, I can’t complain about the week we get off for MEA, the 2 weeks for winter break, the one week for spring break, and all the other random days that add up throughout the year, I love it when we have them but I would much rather have a few more days in school in winter, and get out earlier for summer.
Most schools begin to start getting let out of school as early as May 26, but for Eastview that’s not the case. St. Thomas Academy seniors get out 2 weeks earlier than their fellow underclassman, and as a senior class they go around doing service projects and field trips, not sitting in a classroom listening to a teacher “trying to fill the time”. I personally think that by June 9th, seniors’ minds are long gone out of school. They have most likely already been accepted to college, and finished most of their dreaded AP testing. The last thing on their mind is finishing these last few weeks strongly, even for the kids who have never had a late assignments are falling into the senior slide.
By shortening the ever so long breaks we get throughout the year, and letting school get out a few weeks earlier would be the best thing for both the students and the teachers. That way teachers don’t have to try and “fill the time” with pointless activities and students are bound to not slide as much, on that ever so evil senior slide. Overall I think getting out a few weeks earlier, like other schools around the state, would be the most beneficial thing for everyone.
Most schools begin to start getting let out of school as early as May 26, but for Eastview that’s not the case. St. Thomas Academy seniors get out 2 weeks earlier than their fellow underclassman, and as a senior class they go around doing service projects and field trips, not sitting in a classroom listening to a teacher “trying to fill the time”. I personally think that by June 9th, seniors’ minds are long gone out of school. They have most likely already been accepted to college, and finished most of their dreaded AP testing. The last thing on their mind is finishing these last few weeks strongly, even for the kids who have never had a late assignments are falling into the senior slide.
By shortening the ever so long breaks we get throughout the year, and letting school get out a few weeks earlier would be the best thing for both the students and the teachers. That way teachers don’t have to try and “fill the time” with pointless activities and students are bound to not slide as much, on that ever so evil senior slide. Overall I think getting out a few weeks earlier, like other schools around the state, would be the most beneficial thing for everyone.
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