Written by an Avalon Sophomore
8:00 am
The doors open to students.
I like to arrive early so I can hang out with friends or catch up on homework.
9:00 am
I head to my advisory for check-in. For the next twenty minutes we will answer a (typically original and amusing) check-in question as well as hear important community announcements. Today’s check-in: “What is your preferred mythical method of transportation?” (I choose Pegasus)
9:20 am
Time for the first seminar period of the day. I don’t have a seminar right now, so I finish my Geometry homework and talk to my advisor about my project plans for the week.
10:20 am
I have Spanish 2 with Anni for second seminar. “Voy a la clase de espanol.”
11:20 am
For third seminar I have Geometry.
12:20 pm
Lunch time! Students who arrive on time have open lunch, and everyone else eats in the cafe or cafeteria.
1:00 pm
One o’clock to one thirty is Reading Time. Students sit around quietly reading or writing journals. Today I’m reading a book my friend lent me called Nurture Shock.
1:30 pm
During fourth seminar I have my shift in the library. I spend the hour shelving books and weeding out four extra copies of the fifth Harry Potter book.
2:30 pm
Time for the last seminar period of the day. I stay in my advisory and begin editing my reflection for my “Healthy Choices” project.
3:30 pm
Check-out time. Students report back to their advisories to clean up, log their hours and rush through a check-out question.
3:40 pm
School is over. Some students stay until five o’clock to do project work, participate in theater or help out around the school. I begin writing a thesis paper for my American Studies seminar on the Civil War.
5:00 pm
Advisors ask me to leave. I take the city bus home to finish my Geometry homework for tomorrow.