A Day Then B Day
Megan Wolfe
April 28, 2010
Filed under News, Top Stories
- Classes changing
This fall the student body of Brashier Middle College will walk into Brashier and get their schedules. But something will be different.
The school year of 2010-2011 will bring new changes to the schedule. Brashier will adopt a new class schedule. Monday and Wednesday will be A days; students will go to first, second, third and fourth periods. Tuesday and Thursdays are B Days; students will go to four different classes. Students will take eight classes a year instead of the current six, and there will still only be 2 lunches. This leaves a few extra minutes of school time each day. Administrator Trina Freeman said, “Right now were looking at incorporating an advisory/student assistance period.”
Fridays will alternate from A to B days. It will have four classes that will be shorter so students will still leave at 1:30. The schedule is changing to better fit the college class schedule. Freeman said, “[We need] access to college classes without interrupting high school classes.”
Freeman says some pros of the schedule are being able to double block classes. Double blocking would be necessary for students who take college classes that meet four days a week. Students can take more electives per year too. A big factor in the changing of the schedule is a new teaching style. This new teaching style is more hands on, and it gives teachers more time per class to do activities instead of just straight lectures. Students will also be able to take college classes at the main campus during the day. And, students taking classes at the Brashier campus won’t miss as much seat time. “The teachers aren’t (going to be) rushing to get stuff in,” Sophomore Avery Hellams said.
However, the schedule will have some challenges. Freeman says, students will have to keep up with eight classes instead of the current six. Currently Brashier students receive 1.25 credits per class; next year they will only receive the normal 1 credit per class. In classes like math, you build on what you have learned, but it’s harder with a day in between. The new schedule will bring a new teaching method, teachers have to learn. The students have already learned the current schedule and will have to learn the new one. Sophomore Trey Sanders said, “It’s like throwing a kid in a pool and hoping it swims!”
The AB block schedule was approved by the BMCCHS board right after spring break. The teachers had multiple meetings to discuss it, and the majority voted for it. A few teachers didn’t agree because their subjects would be harder to teach with a day missed in between class meetings.
Freeman said, “I think students will enjoy the opportunities the new schedule will allow for them.”
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