Friday, May 1, 2009

May Goes Track E!

As you have heard by now, May will be a Track E year round school beginning with the 2009-2010 school year. Technically, students will be in school the same number of school days as every other CPS school. However, on the Track E schedule students will have breaks throughout the school year. School begins August 10, 2009 for students. Students and faculty will have 2 weeks off in October, 3 weeks off at Christmas, and 2 weeks off for Spring Break.

I am excited for this new opportunity and want to share the reasons I think this will work for May.

1. Summer break will be shorter, so there will be less time for students to "lose" knowledge gained throughout the school year.

2. With a shorter summer break teachers will not need to spend as much time "catching up" in September and will have more time to cover new content.

3. There will opportunities to have enrichment programs during the breaks in October, December, and April.

4. Because there are scheduled breaks after 45 days of instruction, teachers and students have a chance to rest and rejuvenate which decreases "burn out".

What are your thoughts about Track E? Do you have concerns? Are you excited?

Let me know!

Mr. Lewis

29 comments:

  1. I think that tracke E is good for this school. Some students need the extra time in school.Some students think it will be boring to be in school for more school days than they usually have.But being a track E school is good for MAY School.

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  2. I think the Track E is a good thing for some students because they have extra long breaks during the school year. The con is the weeks taken off summer vacation. People have things to do,so a lot of people might transfer. But it wouldnt matter to me because i am a 8th grader.

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  3. May becoming a Track E school will be a fun adventure and will be a different opinon for all. I think it will be good that May is going to become a Track E school!

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  4. I think that track E for this school is good because we get to see our old friends a little longer.

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  5. I think this is a good thing because more students need more time in school to leaarn even if we have school on sayurday or sunday just cut the time short a little.

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  6. may track E school will be fun for students. I think it will be fun to students. I think it will be great thing that may is going to be track E school.

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  7. I think track e should be like because Isaw some people did was losing some smartness out of there head.

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  8. I think may going all year round is a good idea but if you have to go to summer school you will only have 1 week out of school then you will have to go right back to school but i think its a good idea and some students need the extra help thats why i say its a good idea.

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  9. i think that maybecoming a track E school will be good because people will have a greater chance of rembering what they learend and noot coming back in school not knowing anything

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  10. I think may becoming all year round school is a great thing because if a student is lacking that student can catch up and be up to pare with the other students.Also it will be a good opportunity for students to be introduced to many other things.

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  11. I think may ecoming a year around school is a ok idea. I thing its bad because more people would ditch school in the fall and hang out wit there frends. I think its good cause some people need more tie in school.

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  12. This is going to be the rawest thing ever MCA becoming a Track E school. We would have more days out for example: we would have 2weeks of spring, 3 weeks of christmas, and 2 weeks out october. also students wouldn't be so far behind on school work. And we would have so much FUN!

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  13. That's great because kids are getting more knowledge by staying in school. May will be a great Track E school to educate the kids. Maybe if students stay in school longer they will study more and learn what their teachers taught them.

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  14. I belive it will be a positive switch for educating the students, however I worry about attendance during the hot month of August.

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  15. I think that this will good for the scooland the kids it will help kids.Track e is the bestthing to going for may scooland good educaion for me and other student.

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  16. I THINK THAT TRACK E SCHOOL IS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE LOTS OF KIDS NEED TO GET A GOOD EDUCATION. BEING IN SCHOOL LONGER WILL KEEP KIDS OUT OF TROUBLE.

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  17. That great because kids getting more knowledge by learning in school.

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  18. It is good to read that OVERWHELMINGLY, readers find it a good idea to move to the Track E Calendar. It is an abbreviated summer however, be safe and have fun - see you August 10th!

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  19. I think that we will have a good chance of doing good chance at being a Track E school. I think that it's a great thing to be track e. It will help students learn more, and teachers will not have aq blow out.And they can do things over the summer to help them with there class. Track E school.

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  20. i think going to school all year around is kind or wrong for the students and the teacher because both of us need our break.and i think the teachers the most because there coming up with all these dirrent things for us to learn and helping us get ready for our high school life and our college life.but me i think it will be a little more funner and there never anything to do over the summer any way.i really looking forward to comming to school a and learning newer things from the day befor.

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  21. I think may becoming a track e school is going to be fun but also not fun. One because we have more summer days off in regurlar school, But not in Truck E. I think it is a fun thing because you see your friends more. ( not saying you sholud go to school just to talk )

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  22. I dont want to go to scshool when it becomes track e because I dont like long school years!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  23. I think may going track e ia srazy people got stuff to do over the summer.

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  24. i think going all year round is agood idea so we can learn more the following school year..

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  25. I think a trackie school is very good because we get a lot of breaks off of school and that was a great idea mr louis

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  26. well track e MIGHT be fun and very LONG... but I might like it... by the way we really need lockers...

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  27. i think it is ok but we do need lockers

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  28. i think that it is a good idea for this school to become a track-e school because students get extra time in school.last year lots of kids lost track of thier school work and other important things now they have a better chance of keeping up.

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  29. I think us becoming atrack is goning to be kind of ok.

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