What's with the new calendar?
Pardon me for this sudden dose of reality, but "Calling all my fellow SOH Raiders!" Yes, we are back in school as of July 27, 2009 and school will end on June 4, 2010 (May 28, 2010 for seniors). And yes, I know it's frustrating to know that we had to had to rearrange 6 weeks of our summer, but it's not all bad. There are several benefits will come from this calendar modification.
As most of us may know last Fall the Sweetwater District School Board voted on standardizing the schools in the district into a single calendar, for about half the schools were in either a year- round, traditional, or as in Montgomery High's case a quarter system. Now with all those schools being in session and out of session at different times, energy, water, and other resources (i.e. school buses) were being used almost at all times of the year and made the transition of transferring from one school to another a lot more of a hassle than it should have been. Now, all the students in the district are in school at the same time. We must also not forget how much this will help AP and IB students prepare for their exams as well for those taking SATs and ACTs.
Let's focus on another significant benefit of this change, one that you probably care about the most. It is that most schools now have extended breaks( SOH being one of them), because of those 6 weeks that were taken from summer we will now have a 2-week Fall Break, a now extended 3-week Winter Break , and an also extended 2-week Spring Break. And of course we will also end early. This will also benefit any current and future graduating class for if they go into the UC system after high school they will start school around mid-September and it's similar for the CSU system, so that means a much longer summer before college begins, which give you more time for anything you may have wanted to do after high school like a trip or project. Who knows? Be creative.
On another level of importance of this change was that thanks to this change the school district was able to save money and thus it helped out in balancing the budget which was a major issue in the Spring when it came to laying off teachers due to budget cuts.
In conclusion, I would like to wish you good luck on this upcoming school, and let's remember to make lemonade out these lemons that fell from a short Summer Break.
why are you biased
ReplyDeletewhy dont you talk about the bad things that come along this schedule