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The School Day

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
7:30 – 9:00	Before School informal gathering (1)	Before School informal gathering	Before School informal gathering	Before School informal gathering	Before School informal gathering
9:00 – 9:30	Morning Exercises (2)	Morning Exercises	Morning Exercises	Morning Exercises	Morning Exercises
9:35 – 10:00	All-School Meeting (3)	All-School Meeting	All-School Meeting	All-School Meeting	All-School Meeting
10:05 – 11:00	Advisory (4)	Advisory	Advisory	Advisory	Advisory
11:00 – 11:45	Reading/ Cooperative Learning (5)	Internship (8)	Reading/ Cooperative Learning	Internship	Reading/ Cooperative Learning
11:50 – 12:20	Lunch		Lunch		Lunch
12:30 – 3:00	Projects (6)		Projects		Projects
3:05 – 4:00	Computer Based Learning (7)		Computer Based Learning		Computer Based Learning

The weekly schedule above is only an approximation of what will happen during each school day. As the WLCS methodology is highly individualized, students may spend more or less time in varying activities. As an example, a student will not likely be involved in an internship during the whole year in which case the student will be with his/her advisory or at work elsewhere in the WLCS facility. The items in the weekly schedule are described below.

1. Before school informal gathering – Students may enter the building at 7:30 am. This is time to have breakfast, chat, read, sleep, study, or work on projects. Advisors and administrators will hold their morning meeting at 8:15 am. Here, advisors can brainstorm and get support or otherwise prepare themselves for the day.
2. Morning exercises – Research has shown that the development of coordination also results in the strengthening of language. Students and teachers will engage in stretching, Yoga, Tai-Chi, Karate, Ballroom Dancing or other non-competitive exercise to prepare the mind for the work of the day.
3. All school meeting – Twenty five minutes of announcements and student presentations. Project presentation is an important culmination of learners work. The all-school meeting provides a forum for peer review.
4. Advisory – Students check in with each other and with their advisors. Advisory allows students to brainstorm together, look at each other’s work and get assistance in a group setting.
5. Reading/cooperative learning – This time is specifically set aside for project research and development, reading for pleasure, and study.
6. Projects – A 2.5 hour block devoted to student projects. It is a flexible period during which learners can work with their advisors, other students or on their own to move their work towards completion and presentation.
7. Computer Based Learning – With the addition of their advisors guidance, students will use the self-paced Pearson Learning System to prepare for and improve their scores on standardized tests like the PSSA’s and SAT’s.
8. Internship – Students will have an internship for a minimum of six weeks outside the school with a mentor involved in an area of interest to the student. Internships offer learners the opportunity to obtain real-world experience so as to better understand the realities of working in it. In this way, students will be able to experiment in fields of interest and see if they are occupations that they might wish to pursue. Students will not merely take from their mentors. It is the student's responsibility to create something of value as part of the agreement to occupy a mentors time. A student might; design a brochure, fix a car, write a computer application, or prepare a report all from the research done as part of the mentorship and the student's project.