Understanding your Schedule

Background:

The schedule at USM is drastically changing in the 2014-2015 school year. The reason the schedule is being changed is because the USM administration wanted to decrease the homework load for the students without decreasing how much we learn. After we completed a survey at the beginning of the year, the administration has been working hard to improve the academic and social lives of their students. 

How to Read Your Schedule:

1. Currently (2013-2014), we have a six day cycle with eight classes a day. Next year, we are going to have an eight day cycle with a maximum of five classes everyday.
2. Classes do not meet at the same time everyday. For example, your first period class on A-day (highlighted in yellow) will not meet at first period on B-day, but rather it meets after lunch.
3. We will have “Flex/conference” periods (first white box on schedule above). These periods are where all students and teachers are free. Therefore, you have the opportunity to go in and talk to a teacher, hang out with friends, or do your homework.
4. The schedule reads as A-H days or 1-8 days of the cycle.

- Lexie