Fusion scheduling comes to Jim Thorpe High School

After two years with a simple schedule, students at Jim Thorpe Area High School were issued a new schedule, for the 2017-2018 school year to try a schedule that many schools around the state have; a modified block schedule.

“It’s an alternative to full block scheduling that combines the benefits of block scheduling and traditional scheduling. It’s challenging for teachers and students to adapt to a varied schedule,” said Mrs. Schaeffer, a teacher at Jim Thorpe High School, when asked what she thought about the new schedule.

The modified block schedule is a schedule comprised of five days. Days one, four, and five, being a regular schedule day, forty-five minute classes, and days two and tree, classes that last approximately ninety minutes.

“No. I think it would be exhausting to have a 90-minute period for a subject every time. If you had a modified block (every other day) you might lose some continuity. If you had a 1/2-year block with new subjects in the second half, you could lose continuity over time (example – if you took Spanish 1 in Fall of Freshman year and didn’t take Spanish 2 until Spring of your Sophomore year),” said Mr. Ellison, a teacher at Jim Thorpe High School.

Though classes are longer, dismissal time has shrunk by seventeen minutes. It may not seem a great deal of time shaved off the school day, but it lets kids who live farther from the school get home a little earlier than usual.

“I would change day two mostly because I think kids still should have pods at the end of the day since most kids have sports, me being one of those kids,” said student Madison Santos, a freshman at Jim Thorpe High School.

 

About the Author

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Anthony Ortiz is a current Junior attending Jim Thorpe Senior High School and is class of 2019. He is affiliated with the FBLA program at JTHS. He also participated in Varsity Track and Field for two years. He is an athletic kind of guy and that reflects his personality in many ways. He was Born in Edison, New Jersey on June 4th, 2001, at JFK medical center. Having been born at a hospital named after one of the most intelligent and most progressive presidents our country has known, makes me want to think like him. He, in Anthony’s opinion, is one of the most influential U.S. Presidents of all time. He was Raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey for a number of years until moving to this area. Some of his hobbies consist of baseball and being active in other sports. He is a huge fan of other sports as well. His interest in sports also leaves an imprint on his personality. He is a huge fan of most New York teams. This city influence also plays a big part of his personality, as he is mostly friendly, and very outgoing, and always willing to try new things

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