We parked and ate at Mother Bear’s amongst the students, and this alone was extremely exciting for a middle schooler. As we approached the Sample Gates amidst the beautiful Fall Foliage in all its glory and began to walk around the historic campus.
people dismiss the idea as a plan they would never want to be a part of. The image of year-round schooling is that students must go to school every day throughout the entire year with no breaks. This is a false image. Students are given frequent breaks throughout the school year to make up for the short summer break. It was first used in the 1800s, which goes against many people’s thoughts that it is a new alternative schooling proposal (Research). At that time, year-round schooling was used in…
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Year-Round School Is year-round school more beneficial to students and teachers then the normal school year? The traditional school year features the long 3 month summer break in between school years. Year-round school schedule features frequent breaks during the year but goes through the summer as well. Both schedules are the same length of school days and how many days students and teachers receive off. Although the traditional school seems to be working fine, having Year-Round school is more…
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have summer vacation for almost three. Lately, there have been debates about whether that is the most beneficial way to attend school. The other option is for kids to go to school year round. This way you would go for a few months and then have a few weeks of break all year. I disagree with this; I think we should keep school the way it is. Some people believe it would be better to have school year round because then schools wouldn't have to spend so much time reviewing in the fall. Another reason…
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Year-round schooling has signs of stress nerves rising. I believe that year-round schooling is miserable for kids. Once it’s summer, kids feel accomplished after 10 months of school. They’re many major flaws with year-round schooling. To finish it off, it gives children more space in life. Once the sun hits more than usual, kids wanna go outside. A quote from Julia Child reveals that, “You must have discipline to have fun” At school, kids have to be obedient, and follow orders all the time. To be…
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Summerville, SC -- Spring break 2015 and once a month from 2015 to present -- I was on a spring break trip in Summerville helping to build a home and organize and clean their Re-Store. As part of UNI Habitat for Humanity, I volunteer one day a month either helping clean and organize the Re-Store or building the houses. Camp Counselor -- Okoboji, IA -- One weekends every Fall and Spring since 2014, and August 7th to the 13th, 2016 -- I work recharges with middle school age kids every fall and spring where…
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is starting to get pushed to the side with the thought of implementing a method used in history: year-round school. Within a traditional school system calendar, students attend usually for two nine week periods in the fall and in the spring with breaks for holidays and summer break. How would students feel about attending school year around? Would they…
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adopting an all year-round schooling system. There are many basic and positive benefits to this plan, and some are easily reachable. School should be all year because without summer students could have more breaks throughout the year, teachers would prefer it, and students would learn better. Summer vacation for schooling originated in the early 1800’s when farming was a major industry in the US and other countries. During the summer months parents and children would all be required to work and get the farming…
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ARE THOSE KEYS,” he barked loudly. The woman nextWhat do you expect when you go on a vacation? A one night stand maybe? Perhaps it’s getting to drunk and waking up somewhere you didn't go to sleep. The party never really stops on vacation, and we all know no one goes on vacation alone. It would be so mundane, there would be no one to converse with or connect to. There are little things we hope happen to us on vacation. We all have hopes of meeting some attractive woman or man and having an…
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from receding, and the Sharon High School Theatre Company (SHSTC) doing Hairspray for their fall musical. Our warm-hearted director, Mrs. Dennis, is better known by our company as “mama”. She has longed to direct Hairspray, but acknowledged our paucity of black performers due to a history of white-focused musicals. Not only would those black…
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school year is a far better option because it is more advantageous than a year round school. Finally yet importantly, year round schooling does not provide as much of an opportunity for learning as the regular school calendar. During the summer break, students can get opportunities to gain experience through summer jobs. This experience can be considered equivalent to learning in school because it provides the students to face the real world and understand what it is like. If year round schooling…
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