Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart

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Anonymous wrote:There are so many questions on here that I would think would be answered by the school directly? Isn't there a new student packet or something? New parent asking questions just know that most schools sign off for a month or so after school ends. You may not receive info for a bit. Do you really need to know about a syllabus now?

There is a new student page but my question isn't answered there. My daughter was wondering because she wants to know what to study.

Your daughter should work on her summer assignments. That is what she should study for now. Relax.

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers send out a link to join their class closer to the start of school. Some include a syllabus at that time, some give the syllabus on the first day of class. If you “need” something beyond the summer packets and reading assignments, contact the school. But maybe take a deep breath first.

DP but what do you mean deep breath?

I said take a deep breath because this poster was asking for a syllabus so her daughter could start studying. Just relax. Have her do the summer assignments and go to the pool or camp or whatever.

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Anonymous wrote:So how is the rising 9th grade.cohort? Now Im nervous.

+100

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Anonymous wrote:How are the kids of 2029 overall academically? Do they use AI a lot? Are they below average? I know that many kids in Gen Alpha have been below grade level because of covid. (Prospective family).

As far as I know there hasn't been much AI use.

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Anonymous wrote:Are there grade specific whatsapp group chats? Specifically for 9th. Id love to be able to connect with other parents over the summer and during the year. Hoping there's one for students too. Seems like there are tons of ways to get involved. We can't wait!

Wondering about this too.

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Anonymous wrote:Wondering about this too.

I asked my mentor family and they had no clue.

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Is the math/science summer packet a review of stuff they should have already mastered or preparation for what’s to come? Some of the concepts DD gets and recalls from this year, others I had to spend hours on YouTube relearning it so I could help her. Just trying to get a sense of whether we should be drilling these things over the summer or if the fall classes will.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the math/science summer packet a review of stuff they should have already mastered or preparation for what’s to come? Some of the concepts DD gets and recalls from this year, others I had to spend hours on YouTube relearning it so I could help her. Just trying to get a sense of whether we should be drilling these things over the summer or if the fall classes will.

The math packet is meant to be a review. If your daughter is struggling to understand/recognize concepts in more than a couple of the problems (ie needs more than a refresher), you might want to reach out to the school for suggestions how to handle. My DD had forgotten how to do a few things but she was familiar enough with the concepts that she could figure it out on her own. The class went over the packet when they got back to school and her teacher invited girls to check in with her on areas where they felt shakey, but for the most part they were expected to be familiar with the summer packets contents.

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She will have SO much free time during the school day to study with peers and meet with learning specialists and teachers. She’ll be fine.

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Anonymous wrote:She will have SO much free time during the school day to study with peers and meet with learning specialists and teachers. She’ll be fine.

This was not my DD’s experience. Teachers were welcoming and happy to meet with her and the block schedule was very helpful in terms of managing workloads. She had two days in the schedule that were lighter (had a free period on those days) but I’m not sure I’d call that “tons of free time.” Obviously it depends on what courses you are taking.

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Anonymous wrote:She will have SO much free time during the school day to study with peers and meet with learning specialists and teachers. She’ll be fine.

This was not my DD’s experience. Teachers were welcoming and happy to meet with her and the block schedule was very helpful in terms of managing workloads. She had two days in the schedule that were lighter (had a free period on those days) but I’m not sure I’d call that “tons of free time.” Obviously it depends on what courses you are taking.

One 80 minute period of free time every other day. One hour for lunch every day. One of the 4 religion blocks is another 80 minute free period. The 30 minute morning break is free several days a week when there isn’t an assembly of advisory meeting. Plus, I doubt teachers are lecturing for 80 minutes straight, so kids have time to get started on work in class with the teacher. This is a LOT of free time!!!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She will have SO much free time during the school day to study with peers and meet with learning specialists and teachers. She’ll be fine.

This was not my DD’s experience. Teachers were welcoming and happy to meet with her and the block schedule was very helpful in terms of managing workloads. She had two days in the schedule that were lighter (had a free period on those days) but I’m not sure I’d call that “tons of free time.” Obviously it depends on what courses you are taking.

One 80 minute period of free time every other day. One hour for lunch every day. One of the 4 religion blocks is another 80 minute free period. The 30 minute morning break is free several days a week when there isn’t an assembly of advisory meeting. Plus, I doubt teachers are lecturing for 80 minutes straight, so kids have time to get started on work in class with the teacher. This is a LOT of free time!!!

Not true!! For freshman year, a total of two 80 minute blocks per 8 day cycle. That's 2 out of 32 blocks. Hardly "SO much free time." Yes, they have an hour for lunch, but they have to eat and usually there are club meetings scheduled during part of the lunch periods.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She will have SO much free time during the school day to study with peers and meet with learning specialists and teachers. She’ll be fine.

This was not my DD’s experience. Teachers were welcoming and happy to meet with her and the block schedule was very helpful in terms of managing workloads. She had two days in the schedule that were lighter (had a free period on those days) but I’m not sure I’d call that “tons of free time.” Obviously it depends on what courses you are taking.

One 80 minute period of free time every other day. One hour for lunch every day. One of the 4 religion blocks is another 80 minute free period. The 30 minute morning break is free several days a week when there isn’t an assembly of advisory meeting. Plus, I doubt teachers are lecturing for 80 minutes straight, so kids have time to get started on work in class with the teacher. This is a LOT of free time!!!

Not true!! For freshman year, a total of two 80 minute blocks per 8 day cycle. That's 2 out of 32 blocks. Hardly "SO much free time." Yes, they have an hour for lunch, but they have to eat and usually there are club meetings scheduled during part of the lunch periods.

DD often had club meetings, met with a teacher, had a sports team something at lunch, sometimes had labs that ran into the lunch block. Religion is a class—perhaps less strenuous, but a class nevertheless so I don’t count that as a free. Yes, two free periods in an 8 day schedule for freshman which seems reasonable. I suppose if you took a less strenuous course load you might end up with more free blocks?

IMO the teachers use the longer class block very well—e.g., English might be a combo of an in class writing exercise with peer critique plus discussion of whatever book they are reading, a science class with lecture + lab, or a math class with homework review + new material instruction. She had more long lectures in her AP history classes.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She will have SO much free time during the school day to study with peers and meet with learning specialists and teachers. She’ll be fine.

This was not my DD’s experience. Teachers were welcoming and happy to meet with her and the block schedule was very helpful in terms of managing workloads. She had two days in the schedule that were lighter (had a free period on those days) but I’m not sure I’d call that “tons of free time.” Obviously it depends on what courses you are taking.

One 80 minute period of free time every other day. One hour for lunch every day. One of the 4 religion blocks is another 80 minute free period. The 30 minute morning break is free several days a week when there isn’t an assembly of advisory meeting. Plus, I doubt teachers are lecturing for 80 minutes straight, so kids have time to get started on work in class with the teacher. This is a LOT of free time!!!

Not true!! For freshman year, a total of two 80 minute blocks per 8 day cycle. That's 2 out of 32 blocks. Hardly "SO much free time." Yes, they have an hour for lunch, but they have to eat and usually there are club meetings scheduled during part of the lunch periods.

You must not understand the schedule. Only 4 of the 8 blocks meet per day, so it ends up that each class meets every other day. That means exactly what I said above. 80 minute free period + 60 minute lunch every other day. That’s a lot! Even a 60 minute lunch is more free time than most HS kids get. It take less than 10 minutes for kids to eat and your child chose the lunch clubs. Again, it’s free time

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She will have SO much free time during the school day to study with peers and meet with learning specialists and teachers. She’ll be fine.

This was not my DD’s experience. Teachers were welcoming and happy to meet with her and the block schedule was very helpful in terms of managing workloads. She had two days in the schedule that were lighter (had a free period on those days) but I’m not sure I’d call that “tons of free time.” Obviously it depends on what courses you are taking.

One 80 minute period of free time every other day. One hour for lunch every day. One of the 4 religion blocks is another 80 minute free period. The 30 minute morning break is free several days a week when there isn’t an assembly of advisory meeting. Plus, I doubt teachers are lecturing for 80 minutes straight, so kids have time to get started on work in class with the teacher. This is a LOT of free time!!!

Not true!! For freshman year, a total of two 80 minute blocks per 8 day cycle. That's 2 out of 32 blocks. Hardly "SO much free time." Yes, they have an hour for lunch, but they have to eat and usually there are club meetings scheduled during part of the lunch periods.

You must not understand the schedule. Only 4 of the 8 blocks meet per day, so it ends up that each class meets every other day. That means exactly what I said above. 80 minute free period + 60 minute lunch every other day. That’s a lot! Even a 60 minute lunch is more free time than most HS kids get. It take less than 10 minutes for kids to eat and your child chose the lunch clubs. Again, it’s free time

I understand it quite well. There are only two free periods in the 8 day block schedule. Another PP confirmed that above. You must be looking at sophomore year, which does have 4 free periods in an 8 day block schedule. Also, it isn't 10 minutes to eat. It takes that much time to stand in line to get your food. Maybe your daughter brings her lunch and doesnt have anything else to do during lunch.