It’s Sunday night, and you can’t believe you’re still tired. You slept all weekend but are still exhausted. You still have schoolwork to do, but you’re still exhausted. Suddenly, it’s 6:00 am, and your alarm goes off! It’s so hard to keep your eyes open, and you just slept all weekend and have to wait another 5 days to tell you can get another 8 hours of sleep. Sounds impossible? This is what students and teachers have to go through every day on top of homework. If schools started 4-day school weeks, students and teachers would have another day to complete work and to catch up on sleep, and it would benefit them in many ways.
When it comes to being focused, students need a lot more to help them learn best at school. Isn’t focusing on your best at school important? If students don’t focus, then they won’t get good grades. According to a study (https://www.ncsl.org), some school districts have already gone to a 4-day school week. One reason for this is to attract and retain teachers. If you went to a 4-day school week, it would give students and teachers an extra day to catch up on sleep and to catch up on grades.
If schools went to a 4-day school week, teachers and students could get more time to sleep and more time to catch up on grades. If students got an extra day for sleep, they wouldn’t be grumpy and could focus more on getting good grades. https://www.nwea.org states, “Proponents of the schedule claim that it improves school climate and student behavior, but the evidence is mixed. In support of the claim, research shows the four-day week significantly reduces high school bullying and fighting incident rates and increases the amount of sleep elementary students get. If students got an extra day, like a fifth day, then they could have an extra day for sports and activities while also doing some work, like NTI and homework. If schools started a 4-day school week, you would see an increase in your students’ grades.
If schools went to a four-day school week, you would see an increase in your students’ attendance. They would be behind because they would miss so much. A 4-day school week will help the school system by allowing kids to have a 3-day weekend so they can rest and have better school attendance, so they are not falling behind in class. https://www.ncsl.org states, In addition, some studies have shown that student attendance improves under a four-day school week. With a longer weekend, students have more time to rest and engage in extracurricular activities, which can lead to better attendance during the week. This, in turn, can lead to improved academic performance. If schools started to do a 4-day school week, you would see an increase in your students’ attendance, and they wouldn’t be behind.
You can make an impact on every one of your students with one little change. Don’t you want all your students to come to school with a smile on their faces and full of energy? All you have to do to change that is to make a 4-day school week.