143hill

In America, the system varies widely because the schools are controlled by the state governments. There are two main types of schedules that a school district may use. "Traditional" is with shorter breaks throughout the year, with a long summer and "Year-Round" is when medium length breaks are taken throughout the year and summer break isn't especially long.

For individual class schedules, my school has seven periods. First period starts at 7am and 7th period ends at 3pm. Most students take periods 2-7 and go from 8-3, however upperclassmen usually go from periods 1-5 or 1-6, as the the earlier you start, the earlier you get out. There is a lot of freedom with schedules at my school. I take 6 classes a day with 56 minute periods. I have 5 minutes between classes because my campus is huge (20 buildings). Schedules greatly vary even within school districts, though. One high school in my city has eight periods and goes from 7am-4pm.

Some schools work on block scheduling which is going to 3 classes one day and 3 classes the other day, so you'd only go to a certain class every-other day. The only downside is that classes are generally over an hour and a half. So... what are schools like where you live?

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English Lit
Theatre Studies
Music
Philosophy

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AP Computer Programming
Auto
Biology
English
Civics/Econ
Tech Solutions (1 person computer fixing class)
CAD 2

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dragon072891

im not really sure yet, havent got my schedule yet, but im on the block schedule, so i have 4 classes a day (98 mins long) and they change at the mid year...

1st semester, 1)lmarine biology, 2) german I 3) english 12 (online) 4) games and rec.
2nd semester, 1)government and economics, 2) german II 3) senior release 4) senior release,,

so second semester, i only have to come to school til 10:45 =]]]

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143hill

nice! block scheduling doesnt seem all that bad to me anymore...

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Space_pinapple

Just to be English and/or annoying:
Biology A2, German A2, Physics A2, Beginners Portuguese.
OOO and Japanese AS/A2 but off timetable...

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t.A.T.u.

yea, my school's on the block schedule as well. I have 4 classes a day and each class is 90 mins.. They're the same 4 classes everyday until after Christmas Break, when they change. Though I haven't gotten my schedule yet this is what it should look like:
1st semester:
1. German I
2. American Studies (all-year class)
3. Civics*
4. Chemistry

2nd semester:
1. German II
2. Trigonometry
3. American Studies
4. Skills for Success*

*Freshman classes (they're making me take 2 freshman classes cuz I never took them as a Freshman)

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dominico

Precalc
Italian 3
Chemistry
MicroBio
AP Government

143hill

wow, that is hard! good luck with that :]

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