Every Day

Here is this year's daily schedule.

Joanna spent many hours this summer gazing at the white board in her office, concocting a daily flow that would magically enable students and teachers alike sufficient time to concentrate, to mix their experiences, to collaborate, and, above all else, to personally excel. For seventh and eighth graders, features of the resulting schedule include:

• smaller groups and more frequent time in math, music, and Latin
• time specifically allocated for humanities, especially historical study
• shorter and more frequent time in physical education, integrated with academic work
• time specifically allocated for health
• integrated time for art and homeroom project work
• weekly meeting time for all middle school faculty

Mondays

8:45 assembly (all-school)

9:00 homeroom (with Karl; theme-based academic & project work)

9:55 math, music, or Latin (7s & 8s rotate through all three disciplines)

10:45 math, music, or Latin (teachers: Sam, Josh, and Imogen, respectively)

11:30 recess

12:00 lunch

12:30 math, music, or Latin (Sam, Josh, and Imogen)

1:30 physical education (with Karl)

3:20 gather (with Karl)

3:30 release

Tuesdays

8:45 collection (7s & 8s gather together with Karl upstairs)

9:00 wake-up physical education (with Karl)

9:40 French or Mandarin (with Imogen or Shiyu, respectively)

10:30 math (with Sam, Jason, and Karl)

11:30 recess 

12:00 lunch

12:30 art (with Monica)

1:30 homeroom (with Karl; theme-based academic & project work)

3:20 gather (with Karl)

3:30 release

Wednesdays

8:45 collection (7s & 8s gather together with Karl upstairs)

9:00 wake-up physical education (with Karl)

9:40 French or Mandarin (with Imogen or Shiyu, respectively)

10:30 art (with Monica)

11:30 recess

12:00 lunch

12:30 work crews (with Nick and other adults; beginning September 18)

1:30 science, technology, engineering & math (with Jason and Sam)

2:30 humanities (with Karl)

3:20 gather (with Karl)

3:30 release

Thursdays

8:45 collection (7s & 8s gather together with Karl upstairs)

9:00 health (with Karl and Rachel; begins early October)

9:55 math, music, or Latin (7s & 8s rotate through all three disciplines)

10:45 math, music, or Latin (teachers: Sam, Josh, and Imogen, respectively)

11:30 recess

12:00 lunch

12:30 math, music, or Latin (Sam, Josh, and Imogen)

1:30 writing workshop (with Jason)

3:20 gather (with Karl)

3:30 release

Fridays

8:45 collection (7s and 8s gather together with Karl upstairs)

9:00 wake-up physical education (with Karl)

9:40 French or Mandarin (with Imogen or Shiyu, respectively)

10:30 math (with Sam, Jason, and Karl)

11:30 recess 

12:00 lunch

12:30 homeroom (with Karl; theme-based academic & project work)

3:20 gather (with Karl)

3:30 release! release! sweet weekend release!