This year at Bowling Green High School, multiple schedule changes have taken place. WIN (“What I Need”) classes now occur everyday rather than only Tuesdays and Thursdays like last year. Besides the new WIN class schedule, the seniors have the option to change their schedules completely taking a cohort-style schedule instead.
Elliot Stone, a guidance counselor at BGHS, said, “We wanted to be more purposeful with [WIN], and we wanted to use Friday as an advisory time. Plus we thought a modified schedule for two days was kind of confusing, especially for freshmen.”
Advisory is a new addition to the BGHS schedule. Each student received an advisory class to replace WIN for the first three weeks of school. Afterwards, students started to attend WIN each day, and advisory and clubs will be on alternating Fridays.
Stone said, “Advisory will be a time where teachers get to meet students. We want students to be able to find a teacher or place to go to when they’re stressed about anything. We want our students to have a contact person.”
Maya Ganesh, a sophomore at BGHS, feels that WIN is “a great time to finish homework ahead of time or get help on certain subjects.”
Another change to the schedule is the senior cohort schedule. This year, BGHS has 80 seniors participating in this new program. According to participating teacher Jacob Schwandt, students participating have four college classes that are an hour and twenty minutes each and the option of taking a sixth period or participating in work-based learning.The four classes are labelled as Purple One and Purple Two, which are taught on Mondays and Thursdays, and Gold One and Gold Two, which are taught on Tuesdays and Fridays. On Wednesdays, all students meet in the auditorium for college knowledge, where they learn skills they will need in college. (The program marks a larger shift in BGHS’s academic priorities from the traditional focus on college prep into a variety of services geared to those pursuing alternative post-secondary goals.)
Melanie Morrison, a guidance counselor at BGHS, said, “We wanted every student to have the opportunity to be prepared for college if that’s what they want to do after high school, so we wanted to make sure senior year was the best that it could possibly be and that it would meet the needs of every student.”
Even though it’s the first year implementing the new schedule, all the seniors enrolled have stayed in their classes and hope to see the long-term benefits of gaining college experience.
“As the students adjusted, they realized it’s worth while and saw the benefit. No one dropped, which was really good,” said Schwandt.
“The college cohort schedule took some getting used to. I one hundred percent recommend the cohort because we’re learning things for class, but also learning how to manage our time wisely and be totally prepared for our next class,” said Rachel Redden, a student in the senior cohort.
Elliot Stone, a guidance counselor at BGHS, said, “We wanted to be more purposeful with [WIN], and we wanted to use Friday as an advisory time. Plus we thought a modified schedule for two days was kind of confusing, especially for freshmen.”
Advisory is a new addition to the BGHS schedule. Each student received an advisory class to replace WIN for the first three weeks of school. Afterwards, students started to attend WIN each day, and advisory and clubs will be on alternating Fridays.
Stone said, “Advisory will be a time where teachers get to meet students. We want students to be able to find a teacher or place to go to when they’re stressed about anything. We want our students to have a contact person.”
Maya Ganesh, a sophomore at BGHS, feels that WIN is “a great time to finish homework ahead of time or get help on certain subjects.”
Another change to the schedule is the senior cohort schedule. This year, BGHS has 80 seniors participating in this new program. According to participating teacher Jacob Schwandt, students participating have four college classes that are an hour and twenty minutes each and the option of taking a sixth period or participating in work-based learning.The four classes are labelled as Purple One and Purple Two, which are taught on Mondays and Thursdays, and Gold One and Gold Two, which are taught on Tuesdays and Fridays. On Wednesdays, all students meet in the auditorium for college knowledge, where they learn skills they will need in college. (The program marks a larger shift in BGHS’s academic priorities from the traditional focus on college prep into a variety of services geared to those pursuing alternative post-secondary goals.)
Melanie Morrison, a guidance counselor at BGHS, said, “We wanted every student to have the opportunity to be prepared for college if that’s what they want to do after high school, so we wanted to make sure senior year was the best that it could possibly be and that it would meet the needs of every student.”
Even though it’s the first year implementing the new schedule, all the seniors enrolled have stayed in their classes and hope to see the long-term benefits of gaining college experience.
“As the students adjusted, they realized it’s worth while and saw the benefit. No one dropped, which was really good,” said Schwandt.
“The college cohort schedule took some getting used to. I one hundred percent recommend the cohort because we’re learning things for class, but also learning how to manage our time wisely and be totally prepared for our next class,” said Rachel Redden, a student in the senior cohort.
By Addison Kolzow & Emma Hines