{"id":8599,"date":"2020-04-14T18:01:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T23:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/?p=8599"},"modified":"2020-04-30T12:27:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T17:27:08","slug":"the-start-of-a-new-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liftoffnews.com\/?p=8599","title":{"rendered":"The Start of a New Period"},"content":{"rendered":"

The arrival of the new athletic period\u00a0will yield\u00a0benefits for players, coaches, and dinnertime<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Above: <\/em>“There Are Battles We Go Through In Life”: Rocket football players ready themselves for the 2019 season. Coaches and players are applauding the new athletic period that allow a class period to begin practice. Photo by Nick Gowen ’02<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0An athletic period has always been on the mind of some students. However, since 1986, the school has not had a said period. Next school year will be the first in over thirty years to have one at this school.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Next school year there will be an extra class period at the end of the day. It will work just as a normal class period; however, those who participate major sports will begin their daily practice for their sport.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mr. Dempsey said, \u201cWe are going to schedule some sports that have coaches here on campus to start during the last period of the day. If you are not on one of those teams, then you will have a regular class. We did that so we keep an academic period but that we will start some sports during that time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI am super excited,\u201d said junior Alex Davis. \u201cIt gets pretty old getting home late every night, then having to do homework after a long football practice.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a big burden on athletes and coaches,\u2019\u2019 said Mr. Dempsey. \u201cThey have to start practices at 3:30 or later and don\u2019t get home till later. We are expecting to start practice forty-five minutes earlier and hopefully, if we start practice earlier, then they will get home earlier.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The period isn\u2019t only for athletes. It is also for the coaches of the various sports. Teaching all day and then not getting home until after six o\u2019clock every night can be tough.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cYou gotta understand our coaches do it year end year out for decades,\u2019\u2019 said Mr. Dempsey. \u201cAs bad as it is for the athletes, the coaches are the ones who really live with it while trying to raise families, and that is why we are making this change.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI am going to enjoy getting home when the sun is still out,\u201d said Mr. Keegan Doan. \u201cFor basketball from October until February, I don\u2019t ever see sunlight in the afternoon. As far as being home and seeing family, it’s huge for me. That goes for the athletes as well. They sacrifice a lot just to participate in a sport. I think that is a big reason why we don\u2019t have a lot of guys wanting to play multiple sports,\u201d said Mr. Doan.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cNext year will be the first time in a while that I will be able to sit down to eat dinner with my family,\u201d said Davis. \u201cI live in Sherwood, so it’s hard to get home at a reasonable time [after practice]. It will be nice to be able to get out of practice an hour or so early everyday.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIt will be huge because right now our athletes don’t go home till six every night,\u201d said Mr. Doan. \u201cI think one of\u00a0the underlying benefits is this will give us an extra elective at the school. Now students can start to pick different classes that they are interested in taking.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWe will be assigning a grade because it is an academic period,\u201d said Mr. Dempsey. \u201cDoes that mean it’s a pass\/ fail, maybe. Does that mean it will be a letter grade, maybe. We don\u2019t know exactly where that is headed quite yet. But there will be some sort of credit given.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cJust recently a rule was passed that allows all schools to count an athletic class as one P.E. credit. So some of those athletes might be able to opt out of P.E. ultimately,\u201d said Mr. Dempsey.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI love that this will count as a credit,\u201d said Davis. \u201cI don\u2019t know how it will be counted; however it is, I am all for it. It might even motivate some kids to join a team in order to receive those credits.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThis is something that we have been discussing for a little while now,\u201d said Mr. Dempsey. \u201cUltimately it’s for the benefit of the athletes as well as the coaches while still keeping the normal class structure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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