Monday, January 9, 2012
Fair Lawn middle school students have moved from a 7- to an 8-period school day this year
On top of the social rigors that already can make adjusting to middle school life a trying endeavor, Fair Lawn’s sixth, seventh and eighth graders have had to take on an additional academic challenge this school year: more classes per day. Beginning this fall, all of Fair Lawn’s middle schools transitioned from a 7- to an 8-period instructional day. The school day’s length has remained the same, but individual classes and the time in-between classes has been shortened to carve out an additional period. Classes now run for 40 minutes rather than 44 minutes. Among other things, Superintendent Bruce Watson said the move was made to provide more focused instruction time via double-blocked periods for students who are lagging behind …
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Memorial School is expected to re-open for class on Monday, Oct. 3
Just about a month after they were originally slated to start there, displaced Memorial students, currently split out at three separate locations across the district, will reunite for Memorial’s re-opening Monday, Oct. 3, following the Rosh Hashanah holiday. Superintendent Bruce Watson said the school’s restoration and renovation work was on schedule, and that next week Wednesday would be the final day that Memorial students would attend classes outside of their designated building. In the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, extensive flood damage to the school’s boiler room forced the district to delay the start of school and temporarily educate students in various community locations until the school building was suitable for use. Memorial …
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Pending Fair Lawn council approval tonight, Memorial Middle School students will return to class Friday
So much for that week of extended summer vacation. Memorial School students could be back in their seats as early as Friday morning, if borough council approves a motion coming its way tonight. The catch: It won't be at Memorial School. Superintendent Bruce Watson said that when contractors readying the flood-damaged school for class told him it might be two to three weeks before it was ready, he was forced to adopt an alternative plan. That alternative plan, which will be voted on at tonight's council meeting, would put Memorial students back to work starting Friday, at three separate locations across town. Sixth graders would head to the Community Center, seventh graders to Thomas Jefferson Middle School; and eighth grade students would …
Joe
12:32 pm on Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Leadership? Hahaha Where are the kids gonna eat at the rec center? Where are the kids who are in 6th grade taking 7th grade Math going to do? Questions unanswered! more ›