Bowling Green High School goes through several schedule changes every year. Just last year, students saw the reintroduction of clubs and a revamped lunch schedule. This year has introduced an additional period meant to encompass a brand new advisory class, WIN (“What I Need”), and club periods. WIN will take up this time Monday through Thursday, while club and advisory will alternate every other Friday.
Adding a new period to the daily schedule will modify the rest of the traditional itinerary, which may throw off many upperclassmen who are already adjusted to the past schedule. Senior Liam Reeder said, “The separate WIN classes make my day feel much longer.”
Each of the core class periods are now fifty minutes, making them five minutes shorter than they were in previous years. Teachers may see this as an obstructive change, since it will reduce total instructional time, but this minor reduction in daily class time may help students and teachers stay focused on the work since they’ll have less down time to get distracted or off track each day.
Keeping students on track in each of their classes is the actual intention of the new advisory period. Any miscellaneous testing, surveys or paperwork should be taken care of in this bi-weekly class, as well as grade checks and meetings with students who are struggling in any of their classes. Using this period for each of these things should take away less instructional time from core classes that would usually have to make room for these formalities. Additionally, setting aside time to review students’ grades and meet with those who are struggling should further benefit students by allowing them to receive the guidance and motivation they may need to improve their grades.
WIN and club periods are nothing new this year, but WIN has been refined in an attempt to give students more supplemental time every day. Now taking up four days a week instead of two, WIN feels more like a traditional class than ever. Students have a variety of options, including classes like yearbook, intro to law enforcement or even a more traditional study hall option. These extension periods can give students more opportunities to get involved with programs around the school, explore possible career pathways or just to work on any work they may have. Liam claims that joining a study hall has been beneficial for him. “Everyday that I have study hall is another half hour I can save on homework,” he says.
With the additional time each week, WIN is a more viable option for getting introduced to new things or further developing old skills through AP seminars or ACT supplement classes without having to fully commit since WIN periods switch every nine weeks.
Adding a new period to the daily schedule will modify the rest of the traditional itinerary, which may throw off many upperclassmen who are already adjusted to the past schedule. Senior Liam Reeder said, “The separate WIN classes make my day feel much longer.”
Each of the core class periods are now fifty minutes, making them five minutes shorter than they were in previous years. Teachers may see this as an obstructive change, since it will reduce total instructional time, but this minor reduction in daily class time may help students and teachers stay focused on the work since they’ll have less down time to get distracted or off track each day.
Keeping students on track in each of their classes is the actual intention of the new advisory period. Any miscellaneous testing, surveys or paperwork should be taken care of in this bi-weekly class, as well as grade checks and meetings with students who are struggling in any of their classes. Using this period for each of these things should take away less instructional time from core classes that would usually have to make room for these formalities. Additionally, setting aside time to review students’ grades and meet with those who are struggling should further benefit students by allowing them to receive the guidance and motivation they may need to improve their grades.
WIN and club periods are nothing new this year, but WIN has been refined in an attempt to give students more supplemental time every day. Now taking up four days a week instead of two, WIN feels more like a traditional class than ever. Students have a variety of options, including classes like yearbook, intro to law enforcement or even a more traditional study hall option. These extension periods can give students more opportunities to get involved with programs around the school, explore possible career pathways or just to work on any work they may have. Liam claims that joining a study hall has been beneficial for him. “Everyday that I have study hall is another half hour I can save on homework,” he says.
With the additional time each week, WIN is a more viable option for getting introduced to new things or further developing old skills through AP seminars or ACT supplement classes without having to fully commit since WIN periods switch every nine weeks.