Summer school = success in sunshine state.While most kids spend their summers far removed from learning, students at Hallandale Hallandale (hăl`əndāl'), city (1990 pop. 30,996), Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast and the Intracoastal Waterway; settled 1897, inc. 1927. A retirement center, it is especially popular with French Canadians. (Fla.) Elementary School elementary school: see school. are hard at work. The school is among 3,000 in the U.S. with a year-round calendar. Kids attend school 180 days, but the year is peppered with two- to three-week breaks. The calendar works, says Curriculum Specialist Sharon Sharon, city, United States Sharon (shâr`ən), city (1990 pop. 17,493), Mercer co., NW Pa., on the Shenango River, near the Ohio line; settled c.1800, inc. as a city 1920. Scales. For the last five years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time inner-city school has earned an "A" grade from the state. Scales credits the school's high achievement to continuous learning made possible by the year-round calendar. "Parents and kids love it," continues Scales. "There's no remediation because students are only out of school two to three weeks at a time." The good news for Hallandale students is that the school will be exempt from proposed legislation prohibiting early starts as it does not include schools on a year-round track. The secret to successfully implementing year-round schooling Year-Round School is the operation of educational institutions on a calendar-system that tracks students into class schedules throughout the entire calendar year. A primary motivation is that higher student throughput is accomplished via more effective scheduling of school is open communication with parents and the community, Scales adds. |
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