Regular homework allows you to practice various skills and/or reflect on various problems or issues outside of School hours so that teachers can make more efficient and creative use of the time for classroom instruction. It reflects the School’s commitment to a more active learning style, where students develop educational skills through actual practice rather than through passive observation. Finally, it establishes habits of study which will be useful in later educational experiences as well as in a life-style that will surely include continued learning.
The primary purpose of homework is to develop your power to think on your own. To rely on another person’s thinking to do your homework is hampering your own development. It is to your advantage to complete your homework with as little assistance as possible. Outright copying of another person’s work, in whole or in part, with the intention of submitting it as your own is prohibited and subject to disciplinary action. When homework is assigned, the teacher will assign the work with a due date. Homework must be completed on time, and is due at the beginning of the class period.
As a general rule, you should find that work assigned outside of class requires 30 to 45 minutes a day for each course taken. You will need to make good use of your study time so that your homework is completed on time. Outlined below are some approximations for homework time needed for each grade:
- Grade 7: Time per evening 110 minutes
- Grade 8: Time per evening 120 minutes
- Grade 9 and Grade 10: Time per evening 2 – 3 hours
- Grade 11 and Grade 12: Time per evening 3 – 4 hours.
NOTE: Students in the Advanced Placement program may find that these courses will extend the amount of time spent on work outside of school.
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Student Planners Hot Off the Press |
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One of the goals of a GSAD education is to engender those habits and behaviors that ensure success. To that end, GSAD students are expected to maintain an up-to-date planner of their assignments. Students will be required to purchase a GSAD Student Planner at the beginning of each year. Each student will be required to bring this planner to every class unless instructed to do otherwise by the teacher.
GSAD staff reserve the right to look at student planners to assess the degree to which they are being used. Students who do not consistently maintain their planners will receive a conduct referral. The purpose of the planner is to help students organize homework and keep track of important assignments and due dates. When a teacher assigns homework, students should write the details and the due date clearly in the planner.
Students should bring the planner home every day to remind themselves of assignments due. Parents should review the planner frequently, to determine whether the student has homework or not. Occasionally, parents may be asked by a teacher to sign their child’s planner to make sure their child is doing their homework.
Additional GSAD student planners can be purchased at the School Store.
NOTE: Because the use of mobile phones is prohibited during the academic day, using a planner on a mobile phone is not allowed. |
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