Students are more alert and focused when getting the right amount of sleep each night. Students can focus more on their teacher’s lessons, comprehending the material. When at a 7:00 a.m. start time, many students are zoned out or even falling asleep in their morning classes. 20% of teens have confessed to dozing off in the middle of class (“High Schools Starting Later.”) If students are waking and engaging into the lessons, their homework and test grades will improve greater. Researchers have studied more than 9,000 high school students and found that shifting the school day later in the morning concluded in a rise in attendance, test scores, and better grades in the core subjects. Students will improve better in school if the school day is later in the…
Later sleep times are important for many reasons. First, it has been proven that adolescent brains contain a hormone that makes it challenging for teens to fall asleep before 11 at night and be alert before 8 in the morning (Spinks). This observation shows that even though students may be sleeping 7 or 8 hours, by having school start at 7:20, student’s brains aren’t functioning as efficiently as they will be an hour later. Another…
Most students go to school early, come home longing for sleep, and stay up long hours into the night doing homework. However, this is detrimental to their health and performance. Many school boards assume that tired teenagers are just part of the high school experience. They do not see sleep deprived teenagers as being a big enough problem to change the school start times. On the other hand, many sleep experts recommend that schools begin later because teenagers require more sleep and naturally have a different sleep cycle. Many benefits occur because of later school start times. For this reason, school start times should be delayed.…
Students simply are not awake that early in the morning which prevents them from performing cognitive functions needed to be successful in school. {8:03}That's too early, Wheaton says. Teens are experiencing shifts in their natural sleep cycles. Their bodies’ circadian rhythm makes it hard for them to go to bed before 10:30 or 11:00 p.m. But to get to school on…
Many schools in America start school earlier than 8:30 a.m, resulting in tired students, most generally teens. Here at The Preston High School the start time is 7:53 a.m. According to the National Sleep Foundation’s 2002 Sleep in America poll, 80% said high schools should start no earlier than 8:00 a.m. each day. Many students complain throughout the school day of being tired because there are getting less than the recommended 8.5-9.5 hours of sleep due to homework and extra-curricular activities. Later start times could improve mood, performance, attendance, and alertness in students. The only downfall to starting the day later means that the end of the day is later as well. However, academic performances would improve if the school day started later.…
Although students might say teenagers should go to bed earlier if they are tired and need more sleep but these people do not understand how different an adolescents sleep cycle is.Even if students wanted to go to bed earlier it can be proven challenging.this is because of the small gland in the brain that controls sleep cycles that is not produced until later in the…
Over 15% of middle school students fell asleep in class because of lack of sleep. School start times should be later. Later school start times have students that have better grades. Schools that start later, having students with better moods. Earlier school start times have a negative effect on students’ mental health.…
According to BBC news, wake up for school too early will affect the student’ learning and health, it also can cause sleep deprivation. Most parents would like their kids’ school to start late and ends later. Teenagers wants their high school classes to start late and ends later because they would have enough sleep, have time to eat, have more energy, and so their brain can be more functional.…
A national sleep foundation poll found that 59% of 6th through 8th graders, as well as 87% of high schoolers, are getting less than the recommended amount of sleep on school nights. This often affects how attentive kids are when they get to school and can have a negative impact on the rest of their day. When students are tired they often don't take in the information they would otherwise pick up with an adequate amount of sleep. Starting classes at middle school and high schools no earlier than 8:30 a.m. would help teens arrive alert, healthy and ready to learn, U.S. sleep medicine specialists say (Lehman, 2017). Schools should start later to ensure the success of its students.…
If school started later students would be more alert,focused,and ready to learn.They would be getting more sleep,”teenagers who regularly sleep eight to nine hours at night learn better” in school.That also results into “less tardy slips”,kids getting in fights or sustain”athletic injuries.” Sleeping well can also”help moderate their tendency towards risky…
One reason schools should start later is that students can get extra sleep. It’s best that students have extra sleep which results in increased focus. On average, teens need at least 9 hours of sleep every night. With the school schedules that we currently have, teens sleep less than 7 hours every night. Your sleeping habits also reflect how much melatonin is in your body. The darker it is outside, the more tired you are. This produces melatonin that is released in the blood. Scientists say that extra sleep can also benefit your memory and health. Sleep…
Many teens have died from accidents resulting in school starting early in the morning. A leading cause of death is car accidents, car accidents can be caused by a number things including sleep deprivation. For many new drivers / teenagers, drowsy driving is the cause of many accidents. Some adolescents who get out of school at 3:00 p.m. or earlier have plenty of free time to do anything they want until the work day ends. Also sleep deprivation can increase risk taking behavior and can impair decision-making abilities (Lewis). When decision making abilities are impaired then students are more likely to not attend school or make good choices. Another benefit of schools starting earlier is the educational…
Studies show that students are more alert after nine o'clock. With school starting at 7:44, the first two periods seem like a waste. Students aren't learning to their full potential, and as a result aren't getting the grades they are capable of. Over twenty percent of all high school students fall asleep in school at one time or another. It's hard to learn while you're sleeping. Also, part of the reason why students don't get enough sleep is because they are up late studying. You can't expect students to come home from school, study, eat dinner, do their homework and then go to bed right away. Teenagers need to watch TV, talk to their friends, and run errands after school. We aren't machines; we need fun in our lives. With an extra hour of sleep, we will be refreshed and ready to learn for our first couple of classes.…
Furthermore, while earlier start times may encourage adolescents to be responsible for managing their time to get ready and be on time for school, teens would create poor sleep habits as they develop anxiety and stress from being required to wake up early. Furthermore, even if they would have to face trying to manage their extracurricular activities, students would be able to sleep earlier and wake up the next morning to finish school responsibilities while gaining concentration from meeting the recommended hours of sleep. Without a doubt, if schools change their starting times later, one major leap is taken to ensure students’ and teachers’ sleep needs are met so that they are able to sleep and function during the school…