Questions about American High Schools?

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So I'm from Australia, and I wanted to know the differences between my Australian school and an American school for a story I'm writing.
so I just have a lot of questions about american highschools:
** i realise that most schools will be different, so if the answer depends on the school, just write what happens at your own school (:


1. Do you have uniforms?
2. Do you have sport uniforms?
3. Do you have a normal locker AND a sport locker?
4. What are you year levels, and how old are the students in each level? (we have years 7 - 12, are yours different?)
5. What time does school start?
6. Are you allowed to leave the school grounds during lunch without permission?
7. Do you have any breaks between classes? (we have a break 2 classes before lunch)
8. Does everyone have lunch at the same time?
9. Do you have the same timetable everyday?
10. Are your study periods like a free period, or do you actually have to go to a room and study?
11. How long do your classes last for?
12. What are all the possible subjects you can do?
13. Do you have multiple buildings, or are all the rooms in one building?
14. How many floors do the buildings usually have?
15. What is the numbering system for classrooms? (
15. Can you go to your lockers whenever you want? (we have rules about when we can go get books from out locker, so we usually have to get books for two classes)
16. Are you allowed bags inside classrooms, or do you keep them in your locker?
17. What is a normal detention like?
18. Do you pay for the food at the cafeteria in school fees, or do you pay when you get your food like at a restaurant?
19. When are your holidays? (we get 2 week holidays after a 10 week term, and then a 6 week holiday at the end of a year)
20. When does your school year start?

Answer
1. No
2. Yes
3. Yes but the sports lockers are much smaller
4. We have kindergarten ( age 5) through 12th grade (age 18)
5. 8:05 am
6. Until you are in 10th grade, no. After tenth, yes.
7. A 3 minute passing period between each class and a 12 minute break at about 10 am.
8. At my school, all sixth and some seventh graders eat at 6th period. Some seventh and all eighth eat at 7th period which is at 1 pm.
9. At my school yes. In high school many schools have the same schedule every other day. So they have A schedule for odd calander days and B schedule for even days.
10. We have to go to a classroom and we have 30 minutes to do homework/study/ read/ draw. We're not really supposed to talk but they're a little more layed back than other periods so were allowed to talk quietly as long as we're still on task.
11. 45 minutes
12. I take Math, honors English, honors science, advanced drama, Spanish, newspaper, study hall, health, geography and p.e.
13. At my school, one building

I'm making kindergarten gift bags for the kids, any ideas on what to put into them?

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Or any cute ideas on how to make them?

Answer
Don't put candy! I've seen parents with kids that age go flat out ballistic when their child was given even one or two pieces of candy.

I would suggest that the bag be an actual small tote bag (about $1 at most craft stores) or some kind of of cup. You can get ones with cartoon characters on them at the dollar store, or you could use pencil cups. Then, since it's Kindergarten maybe some school supplies. A couple novelty pencils, rules, erasers in fun shapes, glue-sticks, and crayons. You may want to use "filler" (explained below), if you do I would sugggest tinsle, easter grass, or save and shred the sunday comics.

As for making them
If you're using a tote bag: Put a small handful of filler into the bag. This is partly for looks, partly to hold the items in place, and partly to help lift the items up so it looks nicer. Now put pencils, rulers, and other long/tall items at the "back" and arrange the other items up coming closer to the "front." Sprinkle any small items (like the shapped erasers I mentioned) around the other items to help fill up any gaps. Using a length of curly ribbon (or several contrasting colours) tie the handels together and present them just like that.

If you're using cups: arrange the filler and items the same way as with the tote bag. Center each one on a sheet of tissue paper (bright primary colours would look great, or some dollar stores have white tissue paper with bits of conffettie in it). Bunch the paper up at the top, over the items, and tie with curly ribbon.

Just as a note; all of the items I mentioned can be found at a dollar store or in large packages you can easily split up at places like Target.

Good luck, it's a cute idea!

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