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 The
academic calendar year at Queen’s College is divided into
three terms, followed by vacations that begin in mid-December,
mid-April, and late June. The first and third terms culminate
with students sitting formal exams in most academic
disciplines, with exams lengths ranging from 75 to 150
minutes.
The
school makes use of a five-day academic week. Monday through
Thursday classes run from 8:40 a.m. to 2:55 p.m., while on
Friday the academic day is shortened with classes meeting from
8:40 a.m. to 1:55 p.m.
On
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings for 20 minutes the
entire High School gathers in a religious assembly in the
quadrangle or auditorium. The programme is sometimes a
presentation by a student organization or a student musical
performance, sometimes a talk by the principal or another
faculty member, and sometimes a talk or performance by an
outside speaker or artist. On Tuesday at the same time
students remain in their Form Rooms with their Form Teacher
and prefect for S.Q.U.I.R.T., an acronym for Student Quiet
Uninterrupted Individual Reading Time. Students and teachers
are encouraged to bring an interesting novel and read for 20
minutes. And on Thursday morning students again remain in
their Form Rooms, but for a more spiritual/uplifting devotion
period.
The
daily schedule provides ten periods, which permits classes
to last for a single, 30 minutes, or a double, 60 minutes,
lesson. But in a typical day, students would have only five
double lessons, with most subjects having double periods that
meet three times a week. Most lower school students at Queen’s
College High School take 10 subjects each term, while most upper school
students take 11 subjects. All courses run for the entire
school year.
The
school day has two recesses for students – a twenty
minutes break and an extended 45 minutes lunch break. The
first and last five minutes of the day require all students
to return to their Form rooms for attendance registration and
school notices and announcements.
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