Block scheduling vs 7 period day

rrah
Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:51:27 +0000

In our town one of the HS’s is on a block schedule with semesters and the other is on a trimester schedule with 5 classes a day. Our D has definitely appreciated only having 5 classes at a time. I do think her grades are better because she can focus more on those classes.

Both seem to work. It’s a matter of what one is used to doing. The biggest problem with the trimester schedule is in math and foreign languages. One could go one or two trimesters without a class. Teachers do a lot of review.