During the week of December 10th, students of FHS were able to partake in the Course Carousel, which was an opportunity to help students with their academic and career planning. Bell schedules were shifted around to accommodate for a longer gold block period for each grade, except for seniors who, unfortunately, are graduating. As a junior, this meant that my Course Carousel day would be on Tuesday the 11th. Each session was 3 separate ~20 minute blocks, and teachers gave a basic rundown of the class and what to expect from each of them.
Personally, I decided to check out the AP Stats, Environmental Science, and Behavioral Sciences sessions. The teachers were pretty open about their classes and loved to talk to us about them. Initially, I was apprehensive about some of the classes that I wanted to take, but after these sessions I feel more confident in my decisions. I feel that this is beneficial towards students because they get to find out in a more “hands-on” way about the classes they want. Many of the students that I’ve asked already know pretty much what they want to do their senior year and were set on their decisions. If you’re uncertain about which classes to take, it’s nice to talk to teachers and ease that anxiety about future classes.