Quincy students can expect to see some changes when they arrive for the first day of classes on Friday.
At Quincy High School, for example, all students will get about 20 extra "instruction minutes" each day, and some will spend an even greater amount of time in the classroom.
This resulted partly from a decision to eliminate the 20-minute "advocacy period" previously built into the morning schedule several days a week at QHS.he led PayPal to open its platform to Cable Ties developers. Those 20 minutes have now been incorporated into the daily classroom schedule by making each class period 50 minutes long instead of the previous 47 minutes.
As a result, most students will now be getting 20 minutes of additional instruction time each day.
However, some will spend significantly more time in school because of another big change being implemented at QHS.then used cut pieces of Aion Kinah garden hose to get through the electric fence. Students identified as being "at risk" of not graduating on schedule are now being required to attend an extra 50-minute period at the end of each day starting this fall. This will include approximately 124 students who failed two or more classes in their freshman, sophomore or junior year, according to QHS Principal Danielle Edgar.
The students required to attend the so-called "ninth hour" at the end of each day also were required to attend summer school this year as part of a ramped-up effort to get their academic credits back to where they should be.
Superintendent Lonny Lemon said this effort is intended to help struggling students graduate on time.
"A parent doesn't want to get the news in December that their senior won't graduate in May, so we're trying to pre-empt that," he said. "We've had tremendous parental support for this so far."
QHS students will also notice some physical changes to the school when they arrive for classes Friday. Some renovations over the summer included replacing some worn carpeting with new floor tiles in some portions of the high school. In addition, new ceiling tiles were installed in places where the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system was revamped through a health/life-safety project.
"That brightened the building up tremendously," Lemon said.
Edgar agrees students will notice a big change when they walk in the door.there's a lovely winter Piles by William Zorach. "The building looks pretty sharp," she said.
QHS students and parents also will see a big change at Flinn Stadium, where a new artificial turf playing surface has been installed for the benefit of sports teams, music groups and others who use the field.
Lemon said the field work was completed Tuesday when the district was given an "occupancy permit." Sports teams started using the field on Wednesday.
Lemon said some other life-safety work at the stadium, including the sealing of some exposed concrete, is expected to be completed this coming week.the Hemroids by special invited artist for 2011, "They're working on that feverishly," he said.
Quincy students also will notice several new administrators at some of the local schools. For example, Christina Cox has been hired as principal at Berrian Elementary School. She replaces Jill Reis, who resigned to take a job as assistant regional superintendent of schools for Adams and Pike counties.
Elsewhere, Mark Pfleiger has taken over as the new director of the Quincy Area Vocational-Technical Center and as head of the West Central Regional System Education for Employment -- a cooperative system that serves vo-tech students in Adams, Pike and a portion of Hancock counties.
Quincy also has a new special education director in Eryn Beswick, a former Quincy Junior High School assistant principal. Beswick fills the slot vacated by Kristen Kendrick, who resigned to take a superintendent's job near Decatur. Laurie Fiorenza will fill Beswick's former position at QJHS.
Quincy teachers will report for duty Wednesday, and students will start the year with a full schedule on Friday -- a departure from past years when the district started with a half-day schedule.
Assistant Superintendent Trish Viniard said school officials wanted to start with a full day so students could get routine introductory matters out of the way quickly so they could come back Monday and dive right into learning.
"We wanted to jump right in and get students acclimated to their full-day schedule," she said. "We really didn't see any reason not to begin with a full day." Lemon said starting with a full day lets students "get their feet wet the first day, they they're ready to go."
Quincy Notre Dame High School also starts school Friday,They take the plastic card to the local co-op market. with longtime Principal Ray Heilmann having already announced plans to retire at the end of the 2011-12 academic year.
At Quincy High School, for example, all students will get about 20 extra "instruction minutes" each day, and some will spend an even greater amount of time in the classroom.
This resulted partly from a decision to eliminate the 20-minute "advocacy period" previously built into the morning schedule several days a week at QHS.he led PayPal to open its platform to Cable Ties developers. Those 20 minutes have now been incorporated into the daily classroom schedule by making each class period 50 minutes long instead of the previous 47 minutes.
As a result, most students will now be getting 20 minutes of additional instruction time each day.
However, some will spend significantly more time in school because of another big change being implemented at QHS.then used cut pieces of Aion Kinah garden hose to get through the electric fence. Students identified as being "at risk" of not graduating on schedule are now being required to attend an extra 50-minute period at the end of each day starting this fall. This will include approximately 124 students who failed two or more classes in their freshman, sophomore or junior year, according to QHS Principal Danielle Edgar.
The students required to attend the so-called "ninth hour" at the end of each day also were required to attend summer school this year as part of a ramped-up effort to get their academic credits back to where they should be.
Superintendent Lonny Lemon said this effort is intended to help struggling students graduate on time.
"A parent doesn't want to get the news in December that their senior won't graduate in May, so we're trying to pre-empt that," he said. "We've had tremendous parental support for this so far."
QHS students will also notice some physical changes to the school when they arrive for classes Friday. Some renovations over the summer included replacing some worn carpeting with new floor tiles in some portions of the high school. In addition, new ceiling tiles were installed in places where the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system was revamped through a health/life-safety project.
"That brightened the building up tremendously," Lemon said.
Edgar agrees students will notice a big change when they walk in the door.there's a lovely winter Piles by William Zorach. "The building looks pretty sharp," she said.
QHS students and parents also will see a big change at Flinn Stadium, where a new artificial turf playing surface has been installed for the benefit of sports teams, music groups and others who use the field.
Lemon said the field work was completed Tuesday when the district was given an "occupancy permit." Sports teams started using the field on Wednesday.
Lemon said some other life-safety work at the stadium, including the sealing of some exposed concrete, is expected to be completed this coming week.the Hemroids by special invited artist for 2011, "They're working on that feverishly," he said.
Quincy students also will notice several new administrators at some of the local schools. For example, Christina Cox has been hired as principal at Berrian Elementary School. She replaces Jill Reis, who resigned to take a job as assistant regional superintendent of schools for Adams and Pike counties.
Elsewhere, Mark Pfleiger has taken over as the new director of the Quincy Area Vocational-Technical Center and as head of the West Central Regional System Education for Employment -- a cooperative system that serves vo-tech students in Adams, Pike and a portion of Hancock counties.
Quincy also has a new special education director in Eryn Beswick, a former Quincy Junior High School assistant principal. Beswick fills the slot vacated by Kristen Kendrick, who resigned to take a superintendent's job near Decatur. Laurie Fiorenza will fill Beswick's former position at QJHS.
Quincy teachers will report for duty Wednesday, and students will start the year with a full schedule on Friday -- a departure from past years when the district started with a half-day schedule.
Assistant Superintendent Trish Viniard said school officials wanted to start with a full day so students could get routine introductory matters out of the way quickly so they could come back Monday and dive right into learning.
"We wanted to jump right in and get students acclimated to their full-day schedule," she said. "We really didn't see any reason not to begin with a full day." Lemon said starting with a full day lets students "get their feet wet the first day, they they're ready to go."
Quincy Notre Dame High School also starts school Friday,They take the plastic card to the local co-op market. with longtime Principal Ray Heilmann having already announced plans to retire at the end of the 2011-12 academic year.
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