New Town High School has 800 boys. We started the day with a visit with their principal Darryl Moir who answered many of our questions about the school. The tuition for the school is $450.00 to $500.00 a year plus uniforms. Their school day begins with a 15 minute homeroom. After second period, they have a 20 minute recess. After fourth period, they have a 45 minute lunch. The day ends after 5th period. Sports are outside of the school day. Students bring their lunches because there is no cafeteria.
We observed a 9th grade English class which was set up much like the classes at Kempner except there were windows on two walls of the room. The class first did some journaling. Next, the teacher distributed a new novel and began asking questions about the cover. From there, they began making predictions about the novel. At the end of class, the students wrote the answers to 2 questions.
Next, we visited a history class in the library where the students were researching different topics. Some students were on computers and other students were watching a DVD. The students showed us some of their projects on Captain Cook. We saw power points and my face book pages that the they had created.
Overall, the students were well behaved, and the teachers were friendly and eager to share ideas with us. I was even given a Tasmanian curriculum guide. Jill Alexander suggested that we visit Rosette High School to see their lesson cycle and "big picture" curriculum. That's the next school to visit.
We observed a 9th grade English class which was set up much like the classes at Kempner except there were windows on two walls of the room. The class first did some journaling. Next, the teacher distributed a new novel and began asking questions about the cover. From there, they began making predictions about the novel. At the end of class, the students wrote the answers to 2 questions.
Next, we visited a history class in the library where the students were researching different topics. Some students were on computers and other students were watching a DVD. The students showed us some of their projects on Captain Cook. We saw power points and my face book pages that the they had created.
Overall, the students were well behaved, and the teachers were friendly and eager to share ideas with us. I was even given a Tasmanian curriculum guide. Jill Alexander suggested that we visit Rosette High School to see their lesson cycle and "big picture" curriculum. That's the next school to visit.
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