As the school year winds down to a bittersweet end, End of Course testing takes a toll on the majority of the students here at Northshore. With the testing taking place in the computer labs, the administration had to come up with a complicated, yet intriguing, schedule to keep all the students occupied with the remainder of the days we have left. The method used is called block scheduling; it has been used in many private schools in New Orleans, and now there is buzz going around saying Northshore might be the next to take on this interesting agenda. 

                Although the students were baffled at the beginning of the week, towards the end, they seemed to have picked up on the elaborate schedule. Some students, like Brennan Labauve, like the idea of permanently changing it to the block method. “It would give us ample time to actually understand what is happening in class. I would feel less rushed!” says Labauve about the rumors of changing the schedule. 

                However, there are some students complaining that the one hour and forty five minutes seems to drag on endlessly which only makes the day seem longer. My personal opinion is that the extra time in class would be spectacular when needed, and the two extra days given to do homework would be a blessing. Nonetheless, if the schedule was to change, many students and faculty members would have to adjust to it similarly to how we adapted to the change of the grading system. 

                The changing in the schedule is not bound to happen anytime soon, but maybe it will be implemented in the near future! Perhaps as soon as this upcoming year we will see some changes in the schedule.  Until then, the students have been focusing on the summertime before heading back into the halls of NHS next year.