The school finally scrapped the Senior Seminar requirement and restored our ability to choose our own paths. My head is still spinning from how long this took but I am relieved I can finally exhale. Keep watching the administration to make sure they stick to this change.
May 20, 2017
Final supporters
Immaculate High School recently made decisions about scheduling for the 2017-18 school year. The decisions made include changes that drastically change senior year scheduling plans for students. Immaculate High School has made a required elective called "Senior Seminar" that will teach students personal finance skills and health/wellness. This class is a CP class which is weighted much less on the student's gpa than an honors or AP class. In some cases, this class will bring down the GPA for students who take all AP and honors classes. Immaculate High School encourages students to challenge themselves and try new things, however this takes away that opportunity to take challenging classes and electives. Student should who plan to take certain classes will now have to change their plans because of conflicts. This "Senior Seminar" takes away an extra period seniors typically get which they use to take an extra study hall or double up on a certain subject they have interest in. For example, a student who wants to take both AP Physics and AP Biology cannot because their elective period is being taken up by the required "Senior Seminar." Immaculate also made the decision to make gym required for only 2 years meaning Juniors and Seniors will not have to take gym. In the previous years, seniors were the only students who did not have to take gym giving them a study hall everyday. This new change will give the Juniors more study hall time than the seniors, because of the "Senior Seminar." Even though many students expressed interest in an elective that would help with real life skills such as personal finance. There are many students who had other plans for their senior year. It is good to have the option, but as previously stated making it a required course is detrimental to those who take advanced classes that benefit their GPA.
Immaculate High School wants to also start a daily rotating schedule. This means that classes will be 55 minutes instead of the current 40 minutes and everyday we will drop two classes. This means that students won't have every class everyday which have a bad effect on their daily routines. For example, any student who takes a language will not be getting daily practice. Daily practice of a language or any subject, is crucial for students. In some cases, a student may not have a class for 3 or 4 days in row, because of weekends. Immaculate needs to stick with their current schedule arrangement which includes 8 periods with 40 minutes classes, giving them daily practice of each class, and seniors should not have a required elective that hurts their GPA
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
March 1, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
March 1, 2017
February 27, 2017
The climb toward one hundred names is exhausting but necessary if we want the administration to acknowledge our frustration. Please reach out to those who still haven't signed so we can build the momentum required to force a conversation.
59 Comments
I don't believe it's fair to put a last minute graduation requirement on students who are planning their last year in high school . Students knew those requirements in 9th grade and generally have a strategy they follow. You are now taking away their elective choices just as they reach the finish line. This new requirement should be phased in with the new in coming freshman class.
This course change is inappropriate and impacts some students negatively. If it is a requirement of the Diocese or State, then the school should find some other way to accomplish this objective. Many parents, myself included, can teach these subjects to our children at home on a "pass/fail" basis (with no impact on overall grade). I, for one, would be open to doing this, administering a test, and signing an affidavit attesting to having covered the material with my daughter.
The block schedule is not important. Why fix something if it's not broken? Immaculate has been around for 50 years and it's been going great so far! Why risk something that might make the school worse? I understand the senior class, but why not offer it as a class elective? Thank you
I think senior seminar is a good class but it maybe shouldn't be required. There are still many ways of learning whatever is taught afterwards. And being a veteran of the block schedule, it doesn't work. It only creates slackers and insights procrastination as some students won't do the work until the day before it is due instead of every night like now. Good job to whoever wrote this. As a graduate, I support you guys.
The block scheduling really doesn't bother me, but having to take the Senior Seminar will bring down my GPA, and ruin the opportunity to take classes I am interested in.
Lol that meeting
What a great idea
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The school finally scrapped the Senior Seminar requirement and restored our ability to choose our own paths. My head is still spinning from how long this took but I am relieved I can finally exhale. Keep watching the administration to make sure they stick to this change.
May 20, 2017
Final supporters
Immaculate High School recently made decisions about scheduling for the 2017-18 school year. The decisions made include changes that drastically change senior year scheduling plans for students. Immaculate High School has made a required elective called "Senior Seminar" that will teach students personal finance skills and health/wellness. This class is a CP class which is weighted much less on the student's gpa than an honors or AP class. In some cases, this class will bring down the GPA for students who take all AP and honors classes. Immaculate High School encourages students to challenge themselves and try new things, however this takes away that opportunity to take challenging classes and electives. Student should who plan to take certain classes will now have to change their plans because of conflicts. This "Senior Seminar" takes away an extra period seniors typically get which they use to take an extra study hall or double up on a certain subject they have interest in. For example, a student who wants to take both AP Physics and AP Biology cannot because their elective period is being taken up by the required "Senior Seminar." Immaculate also made the decision to make gym required for only 2 years meaning Juniors and Seniors will not have to take gym. In the previous years, seniors were the only students who did not have to take gym giving them a study hall everyday. This new change will give the Juniors more study hall time than the seniors, because of the "Senior Seminar." Even though many students expressed interest in an elective that would help with real life skills such as personal finance. There are many students who had other plans for their senior year. It is good to have the option, but as previously stated making it a required course is detrimental to those who take advanced classes that benefit their GPA.
Immaculate High School wants to also start a daily rotating schedule. This means that classes will be 55 minutes instead of the current 40 minutes and everyday we will drop two classes. This means that students won't have every class everyday which have a bad effect on their daily routines. For example, any student who takes a language will not be getting daily practice. Daily practice of a language or any subject, is crucial for students. In some cases, a student may not have a class for 3 or 4 days in row, because of weekends. Immaculate needs to stick with their current schedule arrangement which includes 8 periods with 40 minutes classes, giving them daily practice of each class, and seniors should not have a required elective that hurts their GPA
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
March 1, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
March 1, 2017
February 27, 2017
The climb toward one hundred names is exhausting but necessary if we want the administration to acknowledge our frustration. Please reach out to those who still haven't signed so we can build the momentum required to force a conversation.
59 Comments
I don't want this for my senior year. I already had it planned out. A cp class will bring down my GPA. Can this at least be an honors class for the Senior Seminar,
I don't believe it's fair to put a last minute graduation requirement on students who are planning their last year in high school . Students knew those requirements in 9th grade and generally have a strategy they follow. You are now taking away their elective choices just as they reach the finish line. This new requirement should be phased in with the new in coming freshman class.
This course change is inappropriate and impacts some students negatively. If it is a requirement of the Diocese or State, then the school should find some other way to accomplish this objective. Many parents, myself included, can teach these subjects to our children at home on a "pass/fail" basis (with no impact on overall grade). I, for one, would be open to doing this, administering a test, and signing an affidavit attesting to having covered the material with my daughter.
The block schedule is not important. Why fix something if it's not broken? Immaculate has been around for 50 years and it's been going great so far! Why risk something that might make the school worse? I understand the senior class, but why not offer it as a class elective? Thank you
I think senior seminar is a good class but it maybe shouldn't be required. There are still many ways of learning whatever is taught afterwards. And being a veteran of the block schedule, it doesn't work. It only creates slackers and insights procrastination as some students won't do the work until the day before it is due instead of every night like now. Good job to whoever wrote this. As a graduate, I support you guys.
The block scheduling really doesn't bother me, but having to take the Senior Seminar will bring down my GPA, and ruin the opportunity to take classes I am interested in.
Lol that meeting
What a great idea
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I don't want this for my senior year. I already had it planned out. A cp class will bring down my GPA. Can this at least be an honors class for the Senior Seminar,