School Year RoundKimberly W. Lauren P.

Kimberly B. Misty D.

Table Of Contents• Written Statement

• Our Message

• Opposing Sides

• Stories

• Benefits of School Year Round

• Resources & Collaboration Groups

• Reference

Written Statement: We chose to advocate for year-round education, because if an effective, properly planned year-round program is put into place, there are more advantages than disadvantages for students and their families. Year-round education relates to childhood education, because the early years of schooling are critical foundational years for young learners’ development, and year-round education programs provide students with many opportunities to maintain high levels of academic achievement, when actively involved in school throughout the year.

Introduction

Our Message

Getting the message across:

Do you ever wonder what it would be like for your child to go to school year-round?

Did you know the original U.S. school schedule originated based on the agricultural calendar, when the majority of children worked on farms?

Today’s educational society has vastly changed since then. According to the National Association for Year-round education: “(There) is the pretense that because yesterday’s calendar was good enough for us, it should be good enough for our children – despite major changes in the larger society.”

Here is an example of a year-round education program to give you some foundational knowledge on what the schedule of an average year-round educational program consists of:

• Doesn’t benefit academically

• Scheduling child care problems

• Extracurricular activities suffer from scheduling practices and competitions.

• Students may miss out on remedial classes for the summer

• Teachers cant continue their own education

• Difficulty scheduling staff development days

• Increase cost of operation

• Difficulties communicating with parents

OPPOSING SIDES

Example Stories• Lassen had negative feelings toward year round schooling because of the

title. She tried it and loved that type of schooling. Her children go to school for nine weeks and is out for three weeks. She thinks that the name needs to change and not the type of education year round schooling provides. She was convinced the students would never be out and would go more than traditional schools. When the teachers and other people in the community told her about the school she thought she would give it a try and never thought her students would love it.

• Brigid Schulte said that her kids love year round education. The students get to experience hands on activities that will teach them their lessons. Her daughter had chemistry and they called it “Harry Potter” class because that was how the students could understand it. Her son had to make a movie and he learned about plots and characters because he had to include them. When they are on break they can enjoy the break and reflect on what they learned.

Benefits of School Year Round

• Increased performance because students have less time to forget information during the summer.

• More frequent breaks • Students are engaged in learning for the majority of the year.• Beneficial for working parents• High levels of academic achievement, especially for students with learning disabilities. • Intersessions allows teachers to work elsewhere and students to take remedial or advanced

classes• More use of school facilities• Improved student and teacher attendance• Reduction in discipline problems• Reduction in teacher stress• Increased motivation after breaks

Resources & Collaboration

• Cross County School District: charter school and focuses on a mindset of a year round school

• U.S. Department of Education: They provide all the information about education and this is the group that goes through and approves of the schools.

• National Association of Year Round Education (NAYRE): This is an organization that supports year round education. This is who the schools go to get approved for this type of schooling.

• Communities in the school district: When it comes to their students education the communities will go with the best to help their students.

Referenceshttp://www.nea.org/tools/17057.htm

http://education.seattlepi.com/yearround-school-advantages-disadvantages-2521.html

http://www.ericdigests.org/1992-4/year.htm

http://tcf.org/work/education/detail/all-day-all-year-schools-rev.-2004

http://www.cehd.umn.edu/carei/publications/documents/Year-round.pdf

http://articles.latimes.com/1985-12-08/local/me-14970_1_lassen-elementary-school

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/06/05/ST2009060503702.html?sid=ST2009060503702