My admin has told me we are probably going to a block schedule next year. We are also moving to a 4.5 day week. We would run block schedule Monday - Thursday, and all classes on Friday on a shortened schedule.
Does anyone else in 1A or anyone with an 8-12th grade band do something similar? Block schedule makes me nervous, especially for my 5th-7th grade bands. Getting them to remember what we did the day before is hard enough sometimes.
Re: 1A Block Schedule
Posted by small school on 4/14/2022, 9:42 pm, in reply to "1A Block Schedule"
I've never been in that situation but exploring the option of splitting 6th/7th band with PE - might be a possibility.
Day A
Block 1 Block 3 Block 5 - 6th Band while 7th in PE (halfway) 7th Band while 6th PE Block 7
Day B
Block 2 Block 4 Block 6 - 7th PE while 6th Band (halfway switch) 6th PE while 7th Band Block 8
Essentially run a regular 45 minute daily period for your middle school/beginner kids and split with PE. The issue I see is the size of the class and PE not happy with how many kids they are working with. Usually 6th/7th/8th is put together in a 1A for JH athletics.
The benefit is you and the coaches, get to see their kids every day.
