The Spartan Blog

As the once loved Coldplay says… “When you try your best, but you don't succeed” … sometimes we try something, and it just doesn’t work. A couple of years ago, we moved our fourth and fifth graders to our nine period a day “high school schedule”, which at the time we needed to, in order to utilize our staff and resources well. However, we recognize that the schedule for those students is not ideal. So now we pivot, and we make changes for the better! In our continuous journey to improve student learning and well-being, we are thrilled to announce that we are moving our fourth and fifth grades back into an “elementary schedule”. This strategic move aims to better align with developmental needs, foster a supportive learning environment, and maximize educational opportunities for our students. While the schedule will not match completely with our K5-3rd grade students, it will give more opportunities for the teachers to collaborate and for the students to learn in a more age-appropriate learning environment.

Here is what the schedule will look like in the fall for our fourth and fifth graders! We have four incredible core subject teachers (language arts, math, science, and social studies). The fourth and fifth graders will start their day and end their day with their homeroom/Bible teachers (one of the core teachers), as well as having a built-in enrichment period/ study hall with their homeroom teacher. During this enrichment period/study hall, the 5th grade students will still be given the opportunity to be involved in band. The students will also go back to a specials rotation where they will go to PE, choir, Spanish, computer, and art once a week like our elementary special schedule.

We are very excited about this change! As administration, we pray that this schedule allows for a better transition between our lower elementary students moving into that middle school realm. This new schedule will walk our third-grade students (who have two teachers a day) to four teachers a day as they prepare to jump into the “high school” schedule in sixth grade.