The school finally scrapped the midterm requirement. It has been a long and draining fight but I am relieved we can move forward without that added burden.
June 7, 2020
Final supporters
PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION IF YOU BELIEVE MAPLEWOOD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL STAFF AND TEACHERS SHOULD RE-EVALUATE THEIR DECISION ON MID-TERM EXAMS.
Maplewood International School has never provided Midterms for students in the past, so why are they starting now? Why implement a lot of rules, when school is online, and times are hard? Students already found it hard to learn at school, and now with a screen between them and their teacher, it just makes it harder.
This will negatively impact all students, particularly seniors because their grades will suffer. Students cannot be expected to do something completely new, especially under these difficult circumstances. These exams can be the barriers that prevent grade 12's from getting into university because they are not accustomed to taking midterms.
It does not make sense to have a set of exams in May and then another set in June. This is asking too much of the students. Midterms are scheduled during Ramadan, and students already find it difficult to work without eating or drinking anything.
During the January diploma exams, students could eat and drink because Alberta Education understands that the brain works better, and it helps improve our concentration. How do you expect students to sit through a three-hour exam without drinking or eating anything?
Online learning is completely new to all students, and the students are still adapting to it; it would be unfair to the students to introduce Midterms. Midterms are also scheduled the same week as the Ministry of education Islamic exam, and a week after the Ministry of Education Arabic exam, these exams are worth 70% of grade 12's final grade. How are students expected to study for several different midterm exams and two ministry exams?
Midterms are usually scheduled at the end of March as it is supposed to be an assessment that evaluates how much students have learned halfway through the semester, however, we are approaching the end of the year. Students will have to study tirelessly for the midterms, and then without a break, they would have to study again for their finals. This can have an impact on their mental health as they would have no time for themselves or their family.
The school has also stated how they are trying to make this transition for students and parents as smooth as possible, but placing midterms in the middle of it is just doing the opposite. It is stressing out students and parents during these difficult times.
Updates
April 14, 2020
Seeing this kind of movement confirms that my concerns about the midterms are shared by so many of you. This process is exhausting but knowing I am not alone in this fight keeps me going. We have to keep putting pressure on the school until they listen.
Reached 100 supporters
April 14, 2020
38 Comments
Online schooling is already confusing adding on mid terms will damage all of the students marks and we are working hard to gain marks by adding mid terms and in Ramadan will decrease our marks instead of increasing it.
students and teachers are both confused, this is new to everyone and it isn't fair to make it harder for us. we have been working so hard these past fee months and i think if we take these midterms our marks will drop and it's not exactly a good time for our marks to drop since seniors are graduating. i hope you consider this.
this online school is not helping any of us ( students), it’s so hard to understand anything, and it’s not fair to have exams when u don’t understand anything, and not all students can concentrate in online school
We are already under pressure from self-studying chapters and units in all the subjects. Arab native students must do a ministry final exam for Islamic and Arabic which is 70%, this is extremely important because I can't risk getting a bad or low grade and also causing my grades in other subjects to suffer from midterm exams.
I believe mid terms will put more burden on us. We are already struggling to learn through e learning. Distance learning is hard and challenging. Midterms will make our grades much worse since it is not the same as to learning face to face. On top of that I believe, we are given enough assignments that will determine our grade.
Would like physical exams
All of this is bad for my mental health & students should be your first priority as a school.
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The school finally scrapped the midterm requirement. It has been a long and draining fight but I am relieved we can move forward without that added burden.
June 7, 2020
Final supporters
PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION IF YOU BELIEVE MAPLEWOOD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL STAFF AND TEACHERS SHOULD RE-EVALUATE THEIR DECISION ON MID-TERM EXAMS.
Maplewood International School has never provided Midterms for students in the past, so why are they starting now? Why implement a lot of rules, when school is online, and times are hard? Students already found it hard to learn at school, and now with a screen between them and their teacher, it just makes it harder.
This will negatively impact all students, particularly seniors because their grades will suffer. Students cannot be expected to do something completely new, especially under these difficult circumstances. These exams can be the barriers that prevent grade 12's from getting into university because they are not accustomed to taking midterms.
It does not make sense to have a set of exams in May and then another set in June. This is asking too much of the students. Midterms are scheduled during Ramadan, and students already find it difficult to work without eating or drinking anything.
During the January diploma exams, students could eat and drink because Alberta Education understands that the brain works better, and it helps improve our concentration. How do you expect students to sit through a three-hour exam without drinking or eating anything?
Online learning is completely new to all students, and the students are still adapting to it; it would be unfair to the students to introduce Midterms. Midterms are also scheduled the same week as the Ministry of education Islamic exam, and a week after the Ministry of Education Arabic exam, these exams are worth 70% of grade 12's final grade. How are students expected to study for several different midterm exams and two ministry exams?
Midterms are usually scheduled at the end of March as it is supposed to be an assessment that evaluates how much students have learned halfway through the semester, however, we are approaching the end of the year. Students will have to study tirelessly for the midterms, and then without a break, they would have to study again for their finals. This can have an impact on their mental health as they would have no time for themselves or their family.
The school has also stated how they are trying to make this transition for students and parents as smooth as possible, but placing midterms in the middle of it is just doing the opposite. It is stressing out students and parents during these difficult times.
Updates
April 14, 2020
Seeing this kind of movement confirms that my concerns about the midterms are shared by so many of you. This process is exhausting but knowing I am not alone in this fight keeps me going. We have to keep putting pressure on the school until they listen.
Reached 100 supporters
April 14, 2020
38 Comments
Students are in a very bad mental health with all of the work that’s assigned for them, it doesn’t sound like the school cares about the students at all. Their goals are to decrease their grades so alberta can say that they didn’t “give us marks” when they are bashing them with assignments and quizzes and now midterms IN RAMADAN.
Online schooling is already confusing adding on mid terms will damage all of the students marks and we are working hard to gain marks by adding mid terms and in Ramadan will decrease our marks instead of increasing it.
students and teachers are both confused, this is new to everyone and it isn't fair to make it harder for us. we have been working so hard these past fee months and i think if we take these midterms our marks will drop and it's not exactly a good time for our marks to drop since seniors are graduating. i hope you consider this.
this online school is not helping any of us ( students), it’s so hard to understand anything, and it’s not fair to have exams when u don’t understand anything, and not all students can concentrate in online school
We are already under pressure from self-studying chapters and units in all the subjects. Arab native students must do a ministry final exam for Islamic and Arabic which is 70%, this is extremely important because I can't risk getting a bad or low grade and also causing my grades in other subjects to suffer from midterm exams.
I believe mid terms will put more burden on us. We are already struggling to learn through e learning. Distance learning is hard and challenging. Midterms will make our grades much worse since it is not the same as to learning face to face. On top of that I believe, we are given enough assignments that will determine our grade.
Would like physical exams
All of this is bad for my mental health & students should be your first priority as a school.
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Students are in a very bad mental health with all of the work that’s assigned for them, it doesn’t sound like the school cares about the students at all. Their goals are to decrease their grades so alberta can say that they didn’t “give us marks” when they are bashing them with assignments and quizzes and now midterms IN RAMADAN.