Calendar Magnets (Year-Round)
Many parents find that a year-round calendar is best suited to their child’s learning style, as well as to the family’s lifestyle. Three elementary schools—Easley, Holt and Pearsontown—and one middle school—Rogers-Herr —operate on a year-round calendar, which divides the year into 9-week quarters with a 3-week break (intersession) at the end of each quarter.
The basic instructional program is the same at year-round schools and traditional schools. Any elementary or middle school student can apply for an assignment to a year-round school. Transportation within the designated year-round regions is provided.
Advantages
- Continuity enhances the learning process.
- Intersessions offer opportunities for enrichment and remedial help for students during the school year. DPS Community Education offers the Young Explorers Intersession Day Camps during the fall and spring intersessions. The program offers enrichment and recreational activities to students who enroll (fee-based).
- Teachers have planning time throughout the year that allows them to better prepare for the needs of each student.
- Regular breaks energize students and teachers, reducing the effects of “burn-out."
- Parents are provided opportunities for year-round child care.
- Families have flexibility in arranging vacations during all seasons
throughout the year.
