Roving Reporter: New Bell Schedule
Hannah Albers, Hanne Brabander, Arielle Chin, Satoshi Conway, Jaclyn Faulconer, Emily Harmon, Sophie Hjerpe, Natalo Maggiolino, Adrian Mathew, Cass Melo, Vivian Simopoulous, Lili Torres, Jasmine Yee, and Niamh O'Sullivan
Harbinger reporters asked students and faculty about their thoughts on the new 2022-2023 bell schedule.
Senior Grecia Corado
How do you think the new schedule has improved or worsened? “It’s not as bad as I initially thought it would be, and I actually ended up liking it.” How are you feeling about going into the rest of the school year? “Pretty good. I’m excited for all of the new things.” What do you like about the schedule? “I ended up liking it because of the rotations and how refreshing...
Senior Caroline Dane
How do you think the new schedule is better or worse than the previous bell schedule? “I don’t actually mind it. I thought it was confusing at first, but now I am getting the hang of it.” What do you like about the schedule? “I like how it rotates and how we get all classes during all times of the day. I like how we drop classes.” How are you feeling about going into the rest...
Sophomore Bri Franchitto
How do you think the new schedule has improved or worsened? “I definitely feel like it’s worsened because I liked the consistency of each day with the old schedule. This new schedule really throws off my day especially with the 75 minute period and it also throws off my day not seeing every class each day.” How are you feeling about going into the rest of the school year? “I’m defin...
Sophomore Ella Gamache
How do you think the new schedule is better or worse than the previous bell schedule? “I think the new schedule is worse because of more day to day changes to keep track of.” What do you like about the new schedule? “I like the double block because it gives you more time during class.” How are you feeling about going into the rest of the school year? “I feel pretty good and excite...
Spanish Teacher Evan Greenwald
How do you think the new schedule is better or worse than the previous bell schedule? “It’s better. I appreciate the rotating classes. I like seeing different ones at different times of the day.” What do you like about the schedule? “I really like the longer classes. ” How are you feeling about going into the rest of the school year? “I’m super excited. I feel good about it al...
Senior Jay Guarino
How do you think the new schedule is better or worse than the previous bell schedule? “Worse, a lot worse. It is so much more complicated, I never know what day it is. I have seven lunches and I never know who is in them.” What do you like about the schedule? “I like that some classes get to have longer blocks. Especially for photography, having a 75 minute block lets me actually get stuff done....
Freshman Yaliana Jimenez
How do you think the new schedule is better or worse than the previous bell schedule? “Honestly I'm not really affected by it, because I didn’t even know there was a new bell schedule. It’s a little confusing because some classes are Fine Arts and Applied Arts so some people keep going to the wrong lunches, so that's the only confusing part about it.” What do you like about the schedule? “The lunches. ...
Junior Mia Kurdi
How do you think the new schedule is better or worse than the previous bell schedule? “I think the new schedule is awful because every morning I never know what class to go to next.” What do you like about the schedule? “I like how I don’t have a class every day and I get the day off for that class.” How are you feeling about going into the rest of the school year? “I’m fe...
Junior Sean Mathews
How do you think the new schedule is better or worse than the previous bell schedule? “I don't really mind it that much. Either way, I think both of them were okay. This schedule took some time to get used to, but overall I think i've adjusted to it What do you like about the schedule? “I’m not sure to be honest. The long blocks are cool, depending on what class you have because then y...
Senior Ayan Niyogi
How do you think the new schedule is better or worse than the previous bell schedule? “It’s better because you miss some classes. Also, it’s a different order, so you don’t start with the same class everyday” What do you like about the schedule? “I get to miss a class everyday, and sometimes I have a double study period.” How are you feeling about going into the rest of the sc...
Junior Lipi Niyogi
How do you think the new schedule has improved or worsened? “I think it’s definitely worsened. I don’t like the seven day schedule with the rotating periods because it feels awkward during the week and I can’t really memorize it.” How are you feeling about going into the rest of the school year? “I’m looking forward to just getting used to all of my classes.” What do you like about ...
Freshman Gilbert Prepetit
How do you think the new schedule is better or worse than the previous bell schedule? “I think it’s better because it’s easier to have one route to classes.” What do you like about the schedule? “ It's easier to know which classes you have because it’s lettered A-G.” How are you feeling about going into the rest of the school year? “ Excited; everyone is really frien...
Applied Arts Teacher Patricia Riley
How do you think the new schedule is better or worse than the previous bell schedule? “I was against rotation in the beginning, but it’s not bad now. It’s growing on me, but Titan Monday kind of disrupts the flow.” What do you like about the schedule? “With the rotation, the rowdy class is more quiet in the morning.” How are you feeling about going into the rest of the school year? ...
Sophomore Jacob Setser
How do you think the new schedule is better or worse than the previous bell schedule? “I think it’s better because we rotate classes each day and don’t repeat classes one and two like we used to.” What do you like about the schedule? “I like the rotating schedule a lot, it adds more variety and the days don’t feel that redundant anymore.” How are you feeling about going into the res...
Junior Sindhu Veeramaneni
How do you think the new schedule has improved or worsened? “I feel the idea that I have to stop a class is confusing because I’m not sure which class I’m dropping since it changes every week.” How are you feeling about going into the rest of the school year? “I feel normal but like the double periods are really overwhelming.” What do you like about the schedule? “I don�...
Sophomore Meredith Wu
How do you think the new schedule is better or worse than the previous bell schedule? “I like the new schedule more than the previous one, but I don’t like Titan Mondays. They feel longer than every other day because we have each class.” What do you like about the schedule? “I like that we drop a class so we have more time to do homework.” How are you feeling about going into ...
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