Principal Boni Hall, Wrightsboro Elementary
Traditional Calendar
Year-Round Balanced Calendar
Year Round /Traditional
Calendar
Instruction in School
9 months (185 days)
Breaks for Holidays
:
Thanksgiving (3 days)
Winter vacation (2 weeks)
Spring vacation (1 week)
Summer Break
(9 weeks)
Traditional Calendar vs.
Year-Round Calendar
Instruction in School
9 months (185 days)
45/15 design - school for 9 weeks then a 3 week break
Intercessions and Breaks for Holidays
:
Fall Intercession - 3 weeks
Thanksgiving - 3 days
Winter Intercession - 1 week
Winter vacation - 2 weeks
Spring Intercession - 1 week
Spring vacation - 2 weeks
Summer Break
- 4 weeks
Welcome Back to School!
Back to school sales...summer is over.
You know summer is coming to an end by the endless amounts of school supplies you begin to see at the front of stores. Advertisements are everywhere. Everyone knows that the long summer break is coming to an end. However, those students in year-round schools know nothing of this hustle and bustle of back to school after summer break.
Does a long break in the summer benefit children?
Or do several balanced breaks over the course of a year offer students a better chance at success?
New Hanover County
Year-Round Calendar Schools
History
Traditional School Calendar
Traditional school calendars were originally created for the planting and harvesting of crops.
Time in the summer for children to work on family farms
Benefits of
Year-round Calendar:
With a 15 day break after 45 days of instruction, students are able to recover and refresh.
Breaks often land near holidays
Opportunities for remediation at different times of the year.
More vacation opportunities
Reduce teacher burnout
Short term childcare
Benefits of
Year-round Balanced Calendar
Teach 45 - Break 15
Balanced calendar provides consistent teaching framework
Teachers may pre-teach concepts prior to the break to provide students with a preview of what they will learn when they return
More time is spent on teaching new material as opposed to reviewing old material because of summer loss
Benefits of Traditional Calendar :
Extended time for summer camps and travel
Traditional calendar aligns to middle and high school calendars
Disadvantages Traditional
School Calendar
Lost learning - "Summer Slide
"
Student data drops from the end of the year to the beginning of the year
Student Interest
lost interest in learning over the long summer break
Time Spent Reviewing
Teachers use more instructional time at the beginning of the year reviewing previously taught concepts after a long break
References:
-Bennecke, T. (2012). Yay summer! or not. Retrieved from http://www.redapplereading.com/blog/2012/07/
-Education Week. (2004). Year-round schooling. Retrieved fro,m http://www.edweek.org/ew//issues/year-round-schooling
-Harpaz, B. (2012). Year-round and traditional schools elicit debate. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/12/debate
-Huebner, T. (2010). What research says about year-round schooling. Educational leadership, 67 (7), 83-84. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadersh.ip/apr10/vol67/num7/year-Round_Schooling.aspx
-Scholastic. (2013). The pros and cons of year round school. Parent and child, Retrieved fromhttp://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/choosing-schools-programs/pros-and-cons-year-round-schools
What do we want for Wrightsboro's students?
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Wrightsboro Traditional / Year Round Calendar
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