By Kate Hamilton, Staff Writer
Change can be hard, but it can lead to new opportunities. This is a thought staff and students should keep in mind for this upcoming school after rumors have been spread out about the new class requirements.
There will be just a few new modifications for the upcoming school year, but never fear upperclassmen, most of these revisions will only affect the rising freshmen.
In past years, First Flight students have been required to take four English, four Math, four Social Studies, three Science and eight elective classes. The required number of four Social Studies hasn’t changed, but the specific classes required for credits are going to be different for uprising freshmen.
“It’s confusing,” rising freshman Mary Ann Story said with concern. “We kind of just picked our classes and some teachers recommended us for other things, so we just went with that.”
The freshmen will now be required to take World History, American History, Civic Literacy, and Economics and Personal Finance. The big difference is that in the past, it has been a single Civics and Economics class and two American History classes. Now it will be two separate classes for Civics and Economics and a combined class for American History.
Some First Flight students are concerned that the new rules will apply to them and they will have to take the new required classes, but the changes will not affect them. There will be separate classes for the students to take the original Civics and Economics and American History 1 and 2.
As a sophomore who has yet to take Civics, Hadley Hedges has been worried about what she was going to be required to take.
“I don’t really know what’s going on,” Hedges said, “I would be really annoyed [if she had to take the new Civics] because I didn’t fit Civics into my freshmen year, I shouldn’t have to take a different class.”
It may seem very confusing for the students, but it can be just as hard for the teachers and staff. In past years, teachers have been moved to other subjects and have even had to go through training to be able to teach the students a class that they hadn’t taught before.
“For teachers who are very used to a set routine, a set schedule, and set content that doesn’t change very much, that could be difficult,” said Johnny Waters, a teacher who moved from English to Civics this year.
All of these modifications are going to be a little confusing, but everyone is going to be experiencing it together. The teachers and the counselors are trying their best to keep the students well informed, but our school is waiting for everything to be set in place at the state level before any information is really shared.
“The one thing we don’t like to do is provide little bits of information when it’s not fully there because it can get confusing,” said Amy White, a counselor at First Flight High School.
Counselors encourage everyone to be patient and wait for the time when all the official information is released. While these adjustments may be hard and may take time to adapt to, it will be beneficial for everyone in the future.
Sophomore Kate Hamilton can be reached at [email protected].
