Exams: Everything You Need to Know!

During the week of exams (Thursday, December 15 – Wednesday, December 21), students are only required to be in school during their exam periods.  They may be on campus when they do not have exams if they choose. Please make plans with your child regarding your expectations for where s/he should be when not taking an exam. If your child will be absent from an exam, please follow the usual procedure for reporting an absence.

Below is the exam schedule for next week.  For make-up exams or exam conflicts, students should contact Peter Hamblin at or at extension 1230.

Please note: Weather could alter the exam schedule so that rescheduled exams could run as late as 3:00 on Wednesday, 12/21.  Please do not plan to travel before then.    

In case even the thought of mid-term exams is casting a long shadow over your household, here are links to two ideas about how to manage stress productively.  The first is a TED talk by health psychologist Kelly McGonical entitled, How to Make Stress Your Friend.  The second is an article by Gavi King ’15, whose article,  Relax, Silly: Advice for Exam Week, which first appeared in the Waynflete Flyer in the spring of 2014.  Each offers wise counsel.

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Exam Schedule for December 2016
All exams will be held in Sills, except computers exams in the library and extended time exams in Emery-20.

Thursday, December 15, 2016
8:30-10:30    U.S. History I, African American History, and 11/12 History electives
Extended time exams 8:15 – 11:15

10:45 – 12:45  English 9
Extended time exams 12:00-3:00

1:00 – 3:00   Chemistry, Environmental Science I and Marine Biology I
Extended time exams 12:00 – 3:00

Friday, December 16, 2016
8:30-10:30    Geometry (all levels) and 11/12 English electives
Extended time exams 8:15 – 11:15

10:45 – 12:45   History 9 & Literature of Genocide
Extended time exams 8:15 – 11:15

1:00 – 3:00    English 10, Music Theory and AstroPhysics
Extended time exams 12:00 – 3:00

Monday, December 19, 2016
8:30 – 10:30   Algebra 1 & 2 (all levels), Computing, and Business & Finance Math
Extended time exams 8:15 – 11:15

10:45 – 12:45   History 10
Extended time exams 8:15 – 11:15

1:00 – 3:00   Physics (all levels) and Advanced Biology
Extended time exams 12:00 – 3:00

Tuesday, December 20, 2016
8:30 – 10:30 – Spanish III (all) and Foreign Language for all 11’s and 12’s
Extended time exams 8:15 – 11:15

10:45 – 12:45   Foreign Language 9’s and 10’s
Extended time exams 12:00 – 3:00

1:00 – 3:00    Function, Stats, Trig; PreCalculus and Calculus
Extended time exams 12:00 – 3:00

Wednesday, December 21, 2016
8:30 – 10:30 – Biology (all levels)
Extended time exams 8:15 – 11:15