Block Scheduling Letter

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Block Scheduling Dear Mr. Eppler, I hope this letter finds you well. My name is Grace Karanja, I am in twelfth grade and attend Plano East Senior High School. As the principal of Plano East, you know you can make effective changes to the school campus, specifically when it comes to student schedules. Many students, as you may know, have different schedules with big variations for each grade. Students, such as me, also tend to have schedules outside of school, mainly circling around school-related activities and other school-related activities. As students get older and move to higher grades, there is an increased school workload and higher expectations and goals, making it harder to juggle all the different needs. I believe the best way to help us students is by creating block schedules in order to avoid conflicting times and to help us easily balance our …show more content…
At the end of the school day, there's barely enough time left to do extracurricular activities, finish homework, study for any upcoming test, go to a part-time job for those who have one, or participate in volunteer activities. All these tight schedules can leave many students exhausted, and with no time for rest or play, which is known to be important for the individual's mental and physical well-being. Block scheduling can provide a better alternative with fewer days with well organized hours assigned to specific lessons, which would give the students more time needed at the end of the day to finish assignments while also being able to participate in extracurricular activities. You may wonder what a block schedule is, as stated by researcher Dickson K, “Block scheduling is one approach to school scheduling. It typically means that students have fewer classes (4–5) per day, for a longer period of time (70–90