[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Question for British list members/PS for Goddlefrood

[Sheryll Townsend]

--- Mike <mcrudele78 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> > Carol responds:
> > <snip>
> > 
> > In the U.S., they enter kindergarten (half-days of
> school) at age 
> > five and first grade at age six. 
> 
> Mike:
> The Charter school I worked for runs things a little
> differently. 
> They call Kindergarten through 2nd grade their
> "Primary School" 
> kids and they all (Kindergarten too) have shortened
> but full school 
> days. They get out at 3:15 pm at this school.
> 
> Grades 3 through 5 were called "Elementary School"
> and Grades 6, 7, 
> and 8 were called the "Junior Academy". That's as
> high as the school 
> went. All of these grades got out at 4:00 pm at this
> school.
> 
> Obviously, Junior Academy corresponds to what is now
> called "Middle 
> School" in most public school systems nowadays. In
> my day, we called 
> it Junior High and it was made up of 7th, 8th, & 9th
> graders. We 
> didn't go to High School until the 10th grade. But I
> know other 
> school systems even in our day had 9th graders in
> High School.
> 
> I lived in Michigan and "in my day" means the
> beginning of the 70s, I 
> graduated in '74. I'm curious, for anybody else
> around my timeframe 
> but in different states, when did you start High
> School?
> 
Sheryll:

Okay, not in a different state but a different country
altogether. But responding anyway, even if I am a few
days late. :)

Kindergarten here in Ontario is sometimes full days,
though alternate days. That's for those who attend
schools out in the country. Cuts down on the cost of
running buses so many times a day. I remember well
having to wake my nephew up a few times to take him
off the bus. Don't know if any of the schools still
have pre-K, but it did exist for a while for the 4
year olds. 

Intermediate or middle school is grades 7 & 8 and high
school starts with the 9th grade and runs to 12th
grade. Up until a few years ago high school here ran
until grade 13. In fact, my daughter was in the double
graduating year, which made things very difficult for
those trying to get into universities and colleges. In
fact, she ended up taking a year off after high school
and then applying for university. 

Quebec is an entity all it's own. Not sure how it is
now, but when I was in high school there it only went
to grade 11. After that you headed off to CEGEP.
Really messed me up doing my grade 10 there and then
moving to Ontario. For example, grade 10 and 11
chemistry class used the same textbook, doing half
grade 10 and the other half in grade 11. When I moved
to Ontario I found out the same text book was used for
grade 13 chemistry. All too confusing. *sigh*

Sheryll

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