With FSAs looming, students worry about prep time
Jesse Bratman, Bennett Kent, Mohammad Abdullah
The move to a block schedule means some have 10 weeks instead of the usual 28 to prepare for high-stakes tests.
February 3, 2021
In most years, teachers have at least 28 weeks to prepare their students for FSA testing. This year, spring semester students will need to be ready after only 10 weeks of instruction.

















![Students, teachers, and parents visit Omaha Beach in Normandy, France on June 7 as part of an EF tour group. "In 7th grade I had signed up for a [field trip to] Canada but it was canceled because COVID pushed it off so much, so when Mrs. Pietrzak brought up that they were doing a D-Day field trip to Europe, I thought that was really cool and I knew that I definitely wanted to do a trip while I was at West Shore so I took the opportunity," Amelia Bailly '25 said.](https://westshoreroar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/edbc27cd-da37-43d3-9ac9-0f38a21bbe02-1200x675.jpg)
















