Summer classes can be taken at TASD

By Rhett Everhart

 At TASD summer classes are offered to all students.

 Classes are available to students who wish to acquire extra credits for classes in the upcoming school year or classes are available to students who have failed out classes the past year so they can make them up and pass.

 The classes for students who have failed are in place so that students can complete the courses over the summer and they won’t have to take them the next school year.

 Some of these classes are available directly through TASD and others are held at Altoona Area to accommodate for the size of the classes because students from other school take them as well.

 Summer gym is a class held at TASD that allows students to take gym in different time slots over the summer.

If students were to take this class they would get the half credit just like they would if they took it during the year.

 The only change is that the physical education course is condensed and it will free up the next year’s schedule for the student.

 “I am taking summer gym to open up my schedule next year so I can take college classes,” Alyssa Brisbin, junior, said. “If I take these college classes I will get college credits so I can get a head start. Also I believe these summer classes at TASD are a great option for students.”

Other classes are also available for students to take such as some of the five core classes so students can get credit for the course without having to take it during the school year.

 “Summer programs help the school,” Mr. Everhart, English and summer school teacher, said. “On the student’s end, the advantage is a chance to keep on track for the diploma—summer school helps some kids to recover lost credits either because a course was too difficult or because they did not apply themselves.”

 The classes are English, gym, and math.

“I’ve considered taking summer classes so I can get credit for my core classes but I haven’t yet. I might this upcoming year so I have a flexible schedule my senior year,” Jared Beckwith, sophomore, said.

Alfie Dehil, senior, has taken summer gym at TASD for the past two years because he is enrolled in Votech at Altoona studying heating ventilation, and air conditioning.

All students who take Votech at Altoona during the school year must take summer gym due to scheduling.

 “I really like summer gym because it is condensed and everything is fast paced and my favorite unit in summer gym is the swimming unit,” Dehil said.