The Tiger Print — May 2007

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tigerprint Blue Valley High School 6001 W. 159th Stilwell, Kan. 66085 May 4, 2007 • Vol. 37• Issue 9

Summer homework re-evaluated Some departaments still undecided jakefaber

SUMMER W HOMEWORK?

staff writer

ill there be summer homework,summer reading? Various academic departments are currently making this decision that will affect many students’ summer plans. The Communications Arts Department has decided to assign some reading in a reversal of last year’s policy. All current students will have reading, but the amount depends on the grade level and the course. According to CA teacher Britt Qualls, summer homework is meant to keep students on their CA game. “[Summer homework] is like a car tune-up; it helps you keep your reading skills over the summer` and helps you prepare for the AP tests,” Qualls said. The incoming freshmen, the eighth graders of this year, will be reading, this summer as well. They will have one book for regular CA students, and that book plus an additional book for honors.

Though the CA Department made an early decision to assign some students homework, other departments have yet to decide. According to AP History Teacher Mark Klopfenstein, he is probably going to assign summer homework, but nothing is determined yet. It is the same situation with Spanish teacher Anita Lemons. In Lemons’ opinion summer homework doesn’t seem to affect her students as much as she expected. “It seems that students do the work at the last minute, so I don’t think it helps them very much,” Lemons said. Though many students appreciated the no summer reading and homework policy from last year, many departments felt the good outweighed the bad. So check your local listings, and find out if summer homework is coming to a class near you. Check with your CA teacher, foreign language, social studies and don’t forget your math and the science teachers, too.

photo by Karen Melton

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