<p>I was looking at the "post your next year's schedule" thread, and I saw that people LOVED block scheduling. My high school's switching over next year. I'll have 4 classes a day (+ lunch, obviously), about 80 minutes a piece. At 3rd MP, i'll take the other 4 i signed up for. How does it help, and what are the pros and cons?</p>
<p>What is block scheduling?</p>
<p>Oh, I just looked it up.
so it's just 4 classes per day instead of 7 classes per day?</p>
<p>Block scheduling allows you to cover 2 years of a subject in one year, by taking the first year the first semester and the second year the next. I love block scheduling.</p>
<p>There are different kinds of block scheduling, but I'll describe how mine works. I have four classes a day, which are 90 minutes long. In the fall, we have one set of classes and take final exams in December. In the spring, we have a new set and take finals in May. Since we have two sets of classes, we can take an equivalent of four years of foreign language in only two. So, instead of taking Spanish I, II, III, and IV, in separate years, in block scheduling, you could take Spanish I and in the fall, Spanish II in the spring, and then take III and IV the next year. I like it, but we have to take APs all year so it does have its flaws.</p>
<p>ok. i'll try to explain this as best i can. at the end of the previous year, you sign up for all your classes for the next year (usually 8, maybe 9 depending on your school). Instead of having all of the classes everyday for about 40 minutes, you'll only have 4, 80 minute classes a day for 1/2 the year. Then you'll take the other 4 classes for the other 1/2 (like the 1st, 80 minutes). Some schools do it differently (on a daily basis), but i'm not sure how that works.</p>
<p>My block scheduling has a day 1 and a day 2. Day 1 are periods 1, 3, 5, and 7
Day2 are periods 2, 4, 5, and 6. Our 5th period is half the class time as the other periods since we have i everyday. This year I had physics 5th :'(!!!!!</p>
<p>I love the block schedule! We have 4 classes a day--each 90 minutes long. Next day, you have a different 4 classes. It's nice because you get 2 days to do homework. I like to get mine done on the day that it's assigned, but it's nice to have 2 days.</p>
<p>Some of you guys have weird block scheduling. Ours works so that instead of having every class every day, you have class every other day for double the time and they still go for the full year. Usually it's 4 classes a day plus lunch/a music group--periods 1&2 are something, then 3&4 are something else, 5 is lunch/music, then 6&7 and 8&9 are different classes.</p>
<p>^^What? (10 char)</p>
<p>Ours works like chocolatelover03's, except classes are 82 minutes long and the whole school has a study hall for 25 minutes each day.</p>
<p>yeahallie: Ours is kind of weird. It's kind of like chocolatelover03's--4 double period classes per day. So we have 9 periods, but usually 2 periods are only one class except for lunch and music groups. Therefore, 4 double period classes per day and one lunch/1 period class. </p>
<p>Periods 5-7 are where the schedule is really screwy. Some people have classes 5&6 and then lunch 7th or class 5&7 and lunch 6th...it's messed. Music groups like orchestra and band and stuff are 5th period, so some people have no lunch and they have to eat in the class they have 6&7. </p>
<p>Our school is weird.</p>
<p>My school's switching next year to 8 periods per day :(</p>
<p>kat41911: That is so confusing. They have to eat lunch in class? That's odd.</p>
<p>my school is charter so it decided to have 7 period while the other schools in the county are on block</p>
<p>At my school, we have the whole</p>
<p>1,3,5,7
and
2,4,6,8</p>
<p>and lunch is always during 5th and 6th block. We have 4 lunch periods with each being 34 minutes long. For 1st and 4th lunch, passing period counts as part of lunch.</p>
<p>mine is like the above, except block 5/6 is 20 minutes longer, and the entire school rotates through lunch in that block.</p>
<p>Hmm...some of this seems weird. I think the terminology is different in different areas. We have block scheduling, so there are four 90 minute classes per day, and only 4 classes per semester, so you have a total of 8 classes by the end of the year. There are 3 lunches (A, B, and C) and they all occur during 3rd block.</p>
<p>1st Semester: 1, 2, 3, 4
2nd Semester: 5, 6, 7, 8</p>
<p>The last two years my school used a combination of A/B scheduling and block, where some students had classes year-round, therefore only every other day, and other students had classes that occurred everyday, but only for 1 semester. We had "Blue" days and "Gray" days. It was quite confusing when it changed, but we're going back to only block next year, I think.</p>
<p>Some of your school's scheduling is awesome...
I have block scheduling, same 1,3,5,7 or 2,4,6,8 type of deal, but we don't get to take two years of classes in one year. Someone mentioned Spanish I and II in one year. Well, for us, Spanish I would be one year, Spanish II would be one year... The only actual classes that switch at semester are semester-long classes (like Chemistry I and II are both semester-long). Our schedules change because of these changes, and sometimes we end up with different teachers, even though the course hasn't changed (like a new teacher for English, even though its still English I).</p>
<p>My school sucks :( Especially since we might switch back to 7-classes-a-day scheduling. Btw, 4th period is study hall - 90 minutes long, but every monday when we have all classes, its just our 7 "real" classes. Only on B days, or 2,4,6,8 do we get study hall, and that's twice a week.</p>
<p>Our school wanted to switch, so people made presentations to the board of education to convince them it wasn't a good idea. We won. :D</p>