School Days

Do you think that a four day school week would be beneficial to students and teachers? A four day school week would mean longer days, but a shorter week. This would give students and teachers an extra day added to their weekend. Research proves that a four day school week would be beneficial to students and teachers. A four day school week is beneficial for the schools financial gain. Research from the article, "Focus on the School Calendar: The Four Day School Week" states "As savings were…

a high school student is composed of restless nights, and eight exhausting hours of classes in which you are obligated to stay awake in. A normal school day begins with me snoozing my alarm about ten times before my dad walks into my room telling me the dreaded “time to get up for school” reminder which I just take as a suggestion. Normally I will drag myself into the bathroom about ten minutes later to begin my routine. I spend about 40 minutes in the bathroom preparing myself for school and by…

Longer school days have been a debate for years. Nowadays, school and getting into a good college is vital. Passing classes and getting good grades is expected, but do we not have long enough school days? Students work very hard, making the day longer would be giving them too much work, and it may not be as beneficial as we think. Extending the school hours would be way too expensive. Schools would have to pay the teachers/staff members more money because they are working longer hours. Raising…

ever had to choose between to excellent schools? I have to because now I am going to high school. I am comparing and contrasting the Stem high school and Carolina Day School. Stem and CDS are both good school, but they have their differences like Stem is free, CDS has a huge tuition. Also Stem is a lottery and CDS I can get into because it go there, and Stem has the same schedule each day until the end of the semester and CDS has a different schedule each day. The first difference I am going…

For years, many people involved in the school community, teachers and students alike, have argued that school should begin later in the day. There are many pro’s and con’s when it comes to this area of discussion, because of both the positive and negative aspects that would follow such changes within the school system. Many students believe that beginning school later in the day would lead to improvement in their learning and listening capabilities, due to the fact that they have obtained more…

The Impact of a Later School Day School is a necessity of life, which is why it’s important that students are able to go through a day of school able-minded and ready to learn. In order for students to achieve to their full potential and to the best of their abilities, there are many factors deemed necessary for them. Making sure you get proper sleep and are at school on time are two vital parts to getting the most out of your success. A later school day can be positively influenced by the time…

So on day in august after school started I started to try to hide my homework in my locker!Over the next couple days when he checked the grade book he was like Corey did you complete that I told him yes dad I did. So I thought to myself oh shoot he is probably going to find out about it so I thought to myself again no he is not going to find out about it nah.So over the next couple of day after school he came inside I saw him in the office I was like oh shoot I know what's about to go done…

A four day school week has been a thought of for school for a few years. Mary walker states that in her article “ A four Day School week” can help students and hurt students education.A four day school week has been tested in a school to see who it would do for a school year or four a couple of weeks. Mary walker says that a four day school week gives the students a positive impact to mathematics. So they tested that method and compared their fourth grade class and there fifth grade class to…

Faced with a rise in operating costs, schools across the country have scrambled for solution to operate at a lower cost. Some of these incentives have included upgrading to LED lightbulbs, new energy efficient computers, not running air conditioning, and as the last resort, the four day school week. Schools in many states, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon,…

benefit from shorter school days. Shorter school days would help students develop socially, mentally, and physically. “Longer school hours put much pressure on students.” according to the Huffington Post. This could make students not want to go to school or cut classes. Because of longer school days, students tend to be too tired to concentrate in class because they are too exhausted. Students get up at 6 o’clock in the morning to get ready for school. They arrive at school at 8 o’clock in the…