What type of schedule does the Freshman Academy follow?
Students at Jordan High School are on a 4×4 or “block” schedule which means that a student has four classes per day first semester, then four new ones second semester. Each class meets for 90 sessions in a semester. Freshman Academy courses are scheduled differently, as A/B courses. This means that all four Academy classes meet on alternating days, or A/B days. A typical student might have English and Health/PE during periods 1 and 2 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday this week, with World History and Science during the same periods on Tuesday and Thursday. The following week, this would be flipped. The Academy staff sees merit in having students for the full year, instead of just one semester. Students often struggle during the first semester of 9th grade, due to the escalation of expectations from 8th to 9th grade. This type of schedule allows Academy staff to monitor and support the growth and maturity of new high school students over the course of the full year, as well as defers exam
