Class_policies

CLASS POLICIES

Physical education meets four times a week for one semester each year. This gives consisitency to class content and class behavior.
Semester classes also mean that the class sizes are a bit smaller, but we still get the occasional class size of 60+ students with boys and girlas combined.
To reduce class size to a safer level. This year, there are a few classes with over sixty students. We not have enough equipment for these classes and we do not have enough space for them to be in a safe situation during class time.
To hire a new person to fill in the gap of free space in the gymnasium. Those times would be when both Mr. Dunn and Miss Heuitson have prep period and during the classes with only boys or only girls.
At this writing, there are 322 girls projected for the 2003-2004 school year. There will likely be about 270 boys for next year. The semester would better serve the student by providing consistency and continuity in scheduling and programming.

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Excuses such as forgotten gym clothes and not knowing that it was a gym day would be cut down.

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Physical education would be easier to schedule as a semester course for students.

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Attendance would be easier to monitor. We would be seeing the student four days each week, therefore discipline problems would have a more immediate feedback.

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There would be more accountability of the student with semester scheduling.

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The physical education units could be more sequential in nature.

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With a more homogeneous grouping, the teacher could concentrate more on specific skill development.

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Students would be able to maximize outdoor types of physical education classes.

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There could be about six graded units per semester.

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There would be more cognitive retention.

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Physical education classes could return to a more age-appropriate grouping through scheduling.

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Semester one would include seniors and sophomores, and semester two would include juniors and freshmen. This scheduling approach would allow the teacher to conduct the sophomore physical assessment in the fall, and this method would allow the senior who fails the fall semester to take the spring semester in order to graduate in June.

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This type of scheduling would fit more easily into the normal academic system.

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Students would get the opportunity to regularly have physical education classes. Right now, they are on schedules that meet twice a week and if the period is deleted, the student might miss several classes during a unit.

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There would be the possibility for increased enrollment in elective courses.

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With semester classes in health, p.c. applications, women & history, individualized reading, general English, civil war era, art classes, and civics scheduling may become more simplified.

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