Fork Union Military Academy announced today that due to higher-than-expected enrollment in the 7th Grade for this school year, new teachers have been added for the 7th grade and the daily schedule has been updated.
The school's Academic Dean, COL Mike Goad, explains, "We wanted to make changes to the schedule and add to the teaching staff in order to yield the student-teacher ratio that we feel is appropriate for this age group and to provide an optimum learning environment throughout our middle school level."
The 7th grade year is divided into five grading terms. The 7th grade cadets have now been divided into two groups and will travel to two different teachers throughout the day. After terms one and two, the groups will be rearranged in order to make sure that students are not in the same class with the same fellow students throughout the year. During term five, 7th graders will take a Cultural Studies course. It is still to be determined whether or not the 7th graders will be combined into one large group during this course. This will be based on several factors, and school officials will communicate this decision closer to term 5. Likewise, one of the residual effects of the new format was an open seminar period for all 7th graders. During this open period, all 7th grade cadets will take an exploratory Spanish course. This will be a very basic language course that introduces cadets to basic vocabulary, sentence structure, and cultural customs of Spanish-speaking countries.
Below, you will find the new schedule in very general terms.
7th Grade - Terms 1 and 2 (Monday-Thursday)
| Time | Minutes | Daily Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| 0745-0815 | Devotion | |
| 0815-1000 | 105 | Group 1: STEM 7 (CPT Stephen Barnette) Group 2: Humanities (CPT Cris Higginbotham) |
| 1000-1015 | Break | |
| 1015-1115 | 60 | Group 1: Humanities (CPT Cris Higginbotham) Group 2: STEM 7 (CPT Stephen Barnette) |
| 1115-1200 | Seminar | |
| 1200-1245 | Lunch | |
| 1245-1330 | 45 | Group 1: Humanities (CPT Cris Higginbotham) Group 2: STEM 7 (CPT Stephen Barnette) |
| 1330-1415 | Seminar |
7th Grade - Terms 1 and 2 (Friday)
| Time | Minutes | Daily Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| 0745-0815 | Advisor/Advisee | |
| 0815-1000 | 105 | Group 1: STEM 7 (CPT Stephen Barnette) Group 2: Humanities (CPT Cris Higginbotham) |
| 1000-1030 | 30 | Group1: Humanities (CPT Cris Higginbotham) Group 2: STEM 7 (CPT Stephen Barnette) |
| 1030-1100 | Commandant’s Call | |
| 1100-1215 | 75 | Group1: Humanities (CPT Cris Higginbotham) Group 2: STEM 7 (CPT Stephen Barnette) |
| 1215 | Lunch/Dismissal |
7th Grade - Terms 3 and 4 (Monday-Thursday)
| Time | Minutes | Daily Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| 0745-0815 | Devotion | |
| 0815-1000 | 105 | Group 1: STEM 7 (CPT Cris Higginbotham) Group 2: Humanities (CPT David Mitchell) |
| 1000-1015 | Break | |
| 1015-1115 | 60 | Group 1: Humanities (CPT David Mitchell) Group 2: STEM 7 (CPT Cris Higginbotham) |
| 1115-1200 | Seminar | |
| 1200-1245 | Lunch | |
| 1245-1330 | 45 | Group 1: Humanities (CPT David Mitchell) Group 2: STEM 7 (CPT Cris Higginbotham) |
| 1330-1415 | Seminar |
7th Grade - Terms 3 and 4 (Friday)
| Time | Minutes | Daily Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| 0745-0815 | Advisor/Advisee | |
| 0815-1000 | 105 | Group 1: STEM 7 (CPT Cris Higginbotham) Group 2: Humanities (CPT David Mitchell) |
| 1000-1030 | 30 | Group1: Humanities (CPT David Mitchell) Group 2: STEM 7 (CPT Cris Higginbotham) |
| 1030-1100 | Commandant’s Call | |
| 1100-1215 | 75 | Group1: Humanities (CPT David Mitchell) Group 2: STEM 7 (CPT Cris Higginbotham) |
| 1215 | Lunch/Dismissal |
7th Grade - Term 5 (Monday-Thursday)
| Time | Minutes | Daily Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| 0745-0815 | Devotion | |
| 0815-1000 | 105 | Cultural Studies (CPT Cris Higginbotham or CPT David Mitchell) |
| 1000-1015 | Break | |
| 1015-1115 | 60 | Cultural Studies (CPT Cris Higginbotham or CPT David Mitchell) |
| 1115-1200 | Music and Culture (CWO4 Bruce Patterson) | |
| 1200-1245 | Lunch | |
| 1245-1330 | 45 | Cultural Studies (CPT David Mitchell) |
| 1330-1415 | Spanish 7 (Mrs. Gloria Boyd) |
7th Grade - Term 5 (Friday)
| Time | Minutes | Daily Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| 0745-0815 | Advisor/Advisee | |
| 0815-1030 | 135 | Cultural Studies (CPT Cris Higginbotham or CPT David Mitchell) |
| 1030-1100 | Commandant’s Call | |
| 1100-1230 | 90 | Cultural Studies (CPT Cris Higginbotham or CPT David Mitchell) |
| 1230 | Lunch/Dismissal *Note: 1230 dismissal is different than Terms 1-4 for 7th Grade |