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YEAR
ROUND SCHOOLS: THE SAME NUMBER OF DAYS SPENT DIFFERENT WAYS
A full report about year-round schools can be found on
the Virginia Beach City Public Schools’ website at www.vbschools.com
under the category “Our Schools.” The year-round elementary
school calendar can also be found here.
The National Association of Year-Round Education maintains an Internet
address at the following website: www.nayre.org.
The mission of the Virginia Beach City Public Schools, in partnership
with our entire community, is to ensure that each student is empowered
with the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the challenges of the
future.
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Schools that adopt a year-round school schedule
report:
• Improved student achievement
• A higher rate of student knowledge retention
• Less time spent on review
• Improved student and staff attendance
• Reduced stress
• Improved student behavior and attitude
• Reduced discipline referrals and truancy
• Additional remediation and enrichment opportunities through intersessions
• Less school vandalism and reduced construction costs
Corporate Landing Elementary
Home of the Dolphins
The mission of all those involved and committed to Corporate Landing Elementaryis
to educate students to participate responsibly and successfully in a changing
society by promoting lifelong learning.
What is year-round school?
Year-round school is instruction arranged over 12 months rather than the
customary 10-month schedule most school divisions currently follow. Students
are taught the identical curricula but receive instruction in 45-day blocks
of learning, with vacations and intersessions of 5-15 days distributed
throughout the year. Year-round school represents a change in when students
learn, not in what and how they learn.
Why year-round school?
Year-round school offers students increased opportunities for successful
learning. Research studies show that students who attend classes under
a year-round schedule learn better and retain knowledge longer. The year-round
schedule allows students to utilize learning blocks of 45 days, have a
holiday break, and then return to classes as part of the intersession-learning
block. Students may use the intersession for review or to accelerate their
learning.
Are students required to attend intersessions
between the 45-day instructional blocks?
No. However, students who have not mastered the learning objectives for
the previous instructional block will be strongly encouraged to attend
the next intersession for special help. Other students may wish to attend
intersessions for enrichment activities to broaden or deepen their learning.
What about family vacations and child care issues?
For many families, the year-round school schedule will offer more flexibility
for vacations since students will get holiday time in the fall, winter,
spring, and
summer. With careful coordination, families will be able to accommodate
varying schedules, especially since the summer year-round
school break will be from three to six weeks, depending on intersessions.
Likewise, childcare opportunities will continue to be available through
Parks and Recreation in all communities, schedules not-withstanding. In
addition, most childcare providers adapt to a child’s schedule and
the needs of the family. Many families have found arranging childcare
for shorter holidays is easier to budget.
Are there any additional considerations?
Some families with children on different Levels-- elementary, middle,
and/or
high school—may experience changes in traditional family patterns,
holidays, and day care.
Teachers and administrators may have difficulty scheduling summer university
classes
And attending professional conferences and workshops.
Are fees charged for intersessions?
Students participating in remediation (“catch up”) activities
will not be charged fees. However, nominal fees may be charged for those
students enrolled in enrichment intersession sessions. Students participating
in the Parks and Recreation childcare program during intersessions will
be charged for those services.
Intercessions
During the year-round school year, there is a two-week break in October,
a two-week break in January after the winter holiday, and a two-week break
in April.
During each two-week break, one week is set aside for an intersession.
During this week, some students would come to school for 5 half-day sessions.
There will be remedial intersessions for those students needing extra
assistance and enrichment intersessions for students wanting to expand
on a topic.
Students will be recommended for the remedial intersession based on identified
needs during the grading period. These students would work on skills identified
as needing extra work. This approach is more effective than waiting until
summer school to remediate skills.
Students participating in the enrichment intersession would be volunteers
and sessions would be on a first come, first served basis. These sessions
would expand on a topic or subject area covered during the previous grading
period.
Intersessions are voluntary; however, students recommended for the remedial
intersessions are strongly encouraged to attend. In addition to the three
5-day intersessions during the school year, there will be a 9-day intersession
immediately following the last day of school.
What are the benefits of year-round
school?
Year-round school provides numerous benefits and advantages to students
and teachers:
• Increased student achievement
• Improved attendance, attitude, and behavior
• Expanded opportunities for remediation and enrichment
• Minimized holiday learning loss
• Improved motivation and morale
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