Staff Editorial
Students should stay home from school if sick Illness is a comthat just simply feelmon occurrence ing bad constitutes for a high school sickness. The Booststudent, especially er believes that if during the winter you feel lesser than season. During the what your every-day midst of testing, self feels like, that projects and scholyou should consider arship season, illvisiting a doctor and THE BOOSTER STAFF staying home from ness puts a halt in students’ routines. SUGGESTS THAT school, especially if Students are often you have a temperaIF STUDENTS FEEL ture or are throwing encouraged to stay in their routines and UNWELL...DUE TO up. come to school if The Booster staff ILLNESS, THEN IT suggests that if stuthey are sick and do not present a fever, WOULD BE MORE dents feel unwell to yet this can prove to the point that they are BENEFICIAL FOR ILL unable to participate be pointless for the student. The Booster STUDENTS TO STAY in class as normal staff suggests that if due to illness, then it HOME, REST AND would be more beneyou feel ill or worse than your every-day COMPLETE ASSIGN- ficial for ill students self feels, stay home to stay home, rest MENTS ON THEIR and complete assignfor the benefit of yourself and those OWN TERMS AND ments on their own around you. terms and time. We, TIME.” however, are not sugWhat can be defined as sickness is gesting that students The Booster staff miss school/class for often left up to interpretation. Some every single headbelieve that sickness is defined by run- ache or wave of lethargy. ning a temperature while others believe The Booster staff also believes that
it would be beneficial to fellow peers if students were to stay home when presented with sickness. Not only can students spread illness to those around them, but students can also provide a distraction to the education of those around them. We as a staff encourage students who are sick to get in contact with their teachers as soon as possible to get make up work and assignments. If students are aware that they are going to be absent for a day or t w o , t h e y should let the teacher know so that one can prevent falling behind as much as possible. The sooner
Trimester schedule system would improve SHS Donald Arbuckle Staff Writer
Many schools in the United States follow the semester system where 180 school days (some school days differ depending on the state) are split into two 15-week semesters. Schools require students to take courses each semester, and for some students, some courses differ each semester. On the other hand, trimesters are three, 12-week sessions. Trimesters would be beneficial for students who would want to take different courses for each session. Trimesters
may be shorter, but the same amount of teaching could possibly be fit into these 12 week-long intervals. Days off and if students will be receiving the same duration of receiving educational material seem to deter schools from having the trimester system. But, with trimesters students have an advantage to receiving more credits for school. If a student took 12-week classes, they would have two more 12-week sessions to take another class to earn credits. The idea of trimester could also give students much needed change. Instead of
sitting in a class for two semesters, they can take the class for two sessions while having another session to take another class they may be more interested in. The trimester system may seem like a way for schools to cram curriculum into 12 rushed weeks, but this is simply not the case. With the trimester system, students will be able to take full advantage of the class they are currently in while having the opportunity to take more much needed and career-based classes. The trimester system seems more beneficial to students and their futures.
one contacts a teacher, the more considerate they will be regarding your make up assignments. Teachers, The Booster asks that you be patient with those who are sick. The majority of the time, illness presents itself without warning. If students are unable to learn to their utmost ability, the need for them to rest and get better trumps the need for them to be in class. In conclusion, students, if you feel that sickness is affecting your ability to perform at your normal pace in the classroom, take time to rest and take a trip to the doctor. Also, do not forget to contact your teacher before you return in regards to your make up work. All of these suggestions go to prevent headaches for every party involved and will smooth out the process for all.
Benefits of Trimesters: • May receive more credits • Able to take more courses over time • Able to take advantage of more courses for your future career Opinion
March 2020
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