How many classes is typical at your high school?

ThatPurpleKoala
Thu, 28 Aug 2014 22:50:47 +0000

We have 8 periods a day, but one (4th for freshmen and sophomores, 5th for juniors and seniors) is a mandatory lunch period. Everyone is required to take classes during at least six of the remaining periods.

However, on Wednesdays and Thursdays, we have block schedules. Wednesdays we have 1st, 4th or 5th (whichever is NOT your lunch period), and 7th periods; Thursdays are 2nd, 3rd, 6th, and 8th periods.

Each period on non-block days is 45 minutes or so, while blocks are approximately 90 minutes long. Because we only have three block periods on Wednesdays, we get to go in an hour and a half later than usual (Except for the one Wednesday a month where the entire school - about 800 people, teachers included - crams into a church for a 90-minute Catholic mass…fun, right?).