{"id":4776,"date":"2012-04-27T07:44:47","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T12:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=4776"},"modified":"2014-04-07T07:15:54","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T12:15:54","slug":"year-round-schooling-viewed-in-the-students-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=4776","title":{"rendered":"Year Round Schooling Viewed in the Students\u2019 Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Students can imagine the hallways being filled throughout their four years of high school. Photo by: Michaela Moreno<\/p><\/div>\n

By Michaela Moreno<\/em><\/p>\n

Imagine going to school for nine weeks and then getting three weeks off. That is the most typical representation of year round schooling.
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\nGoing to school year round has different definitions. Freshman Cheyenne McIntire explains her definition of year round schooling using the Rochester schedule as an example. \u201cIt\u2019s where you go to school for six weeks then get two weeks off. Plus your summer vacation,\u201d explains McIntire. Sophomore Nate Mahan\u2019s example was a little different. Mahan explains \u201cyear round schooling as going to school all year round, with a little break here and there, every nine weeks.\u201d Mahan also explains how summer vacation would be shorter than it typically is because of the breaks in between schooling.<\/p>\n

Since Plymouth High School does not have school in session all year round, it is interesting to know that some of its students are acquainted with people who do attend school year round. Freshman Samantha Grant\u2019s sister actually went to school year round. \u201cShe liked it because everyday she would be able to learn something new, but after awhile she just wanted it to end,\u201d clarified Grant. Grant\u2019s fellow classmate, McIntire, also knows many who go to a school where their education session is year round. According to her, \u201cthey go to Rochester and they like it,” including her sister and two brothers who all loved it.<\/p>\n

Although student\u2019s family and friends seem to enjoy year round schooling, PHS students are not hesitant to point out its flaws. Sophomore Benjamin Lapp theorizes that a lot of students would not be able to focus with school being year round. Grant\u2019s theory is a little similar, but different nonetheless. \u201cKids might work less because they\u2019re tired and staff might be less strict because they\u2019re tired,\u201d explains Grant. Junior Jessica Group points out that \u201cKids would miss out on going to summer camps or vacations.”\u00a0 This\u00a0 would be a major downfall for those students that have a summer routine that involves either activity. In a more professional manner, Mahan rationalizes about the \u201cCost of maintaining the facility year round [and how it] would increase with more school time.\u201d Another negative outcome, to Mahan, is that \u201ckids would get tired of school all year round. Summer break is the favorite part of the year for most because it’s just a time to unwind, and I think it should be 10 weeks like the normal school schedule.\u201d McIntire is the only one who did not see any\u00a0 downfall in year round schooling.<\/p>\n

Even though year round schooling has its negative qualities,\u00a0 students saw good outcomes of it as well. Grant believes that with year round schooling, \u201cmore kids would be staying in school,\u201d leading to a \u201cbetter percentage of graduates.\u201d Besides better graduation rates, students would also learn more. At least that is how Group and Mahan both see year round schooling in a positive way. \u201cStudents wouldn’t forget the stuff they learned the year before over the summer,\u201d explains Group. McIntire, on the other hand, points out the two weeks that students would be getting off. She explains that those two weeks could be spent with family or friends from anywhere.<\/p>\n

If Plymouth High School were to be in session year round, students would have many varying reactions. Junior Randa Jones would be stunned and unsure of what to do if it ever came down to going to school year round. Mahan would be the same way but he reveals that he would most likely give it a shot. He would not know for sure unless he were put in that position. Lapp would be upset because he feels that students \u201cneed to have a break from school and be able to enjoy [themselves].\u201d Grant feels that if PHS turned to year round schooling she would most likely cry or transfer to Marian. She believes that she would cry because she would then have no breaks to see her family who live in Illinois. Grant\u2019s next option would be to \u201ctransfer to Marian because Marian doesn’t have year round schooling and [she] was supposed to go there anyways.\u201d McIntire believes that if she attended PHS all year round she would enjoy school more.<\/p>\n

Grant feels that while year round schooling may look good in parents\u2019 eyes, they are not the students. \u201cWhen they were in school they didn’t have as strict rules as we do,\u201d explained Grant. Besides the whole idea of year round schooling sounding ridiculous to Grant, she also thinks that both students and staff need breaks. Mahan feels the same way. \u201cI like the normal schedule how it is and hope we don’t ever go to year round schooling, at least while I’m here,\u201d said Mahan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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