Seniors not left napping during STAR testing

Sandra Ruiz
Staff Reporter
Seniors are responsible for being here during testing days. It is like a regular school day. They will attend first period which will be shortened to 30 minutes. Before testing begins, they will head to second period. Second period is extended to 145 minutes.
According to assistant principal David Hodges, seniors will either be in their second period or put into a class of 30 students. Those seniors who are in mixed classes will be put into study halls during the testing period. Testing will be from Monday through Thursday next week.
Study hall is an opportunity for students to focus on getting things done if they are behind and to take advantage to really get help from their teachers. Students will be allowed to work on anything from another class and be offered something else educational.
One day out of the four testing days will be an assembly for seniors which will offer different opportunities such as a hand book that will be handed out about graduation.
Hodges said the main goal is graduating. “Students need to remember that they are graduating soon and don’t have much time and should really focus on graduating,” he said. With less than two months left before graduation, there is little time left and so much to do.
That is why students should use this time to start working on whatever they need to get done and really use their time efficiently.
Seniors are required and expected to be responsible to be here. Many seniors may be upset that they need to be here but this is not the time to miss school. The school loses a lot of money every year for students who do not come to school especially during testing days.
ASB president Jackie Zupsic said that the school has lost millions of dollars per year in absences. Testing week will be both fun and educational.
Hodges said there will be fun events during lunch.
ASB has organized a drawing. Teachers will hand out tickets to students during class. During lunch there will be a DJ and tickets will be drawn. There will be all sorts of cool prizes for the winning tickets.