Interview with Lowell Student

Describe an average day at your school (give us a feel of a walk through the halls)

So lowell's schedule is a little difficult to understand but i'll give you a quick overview (wikipedia also does it quite well haha if you still don't get it...i didn't get it til sophmore/junior year its pretty clever)
anyways, Lowell goes by a modular (or mod) schedule system where a day is split into twenty 20-minute periods. So a student can have a class any time during the day between mods 1 and 20
Each class is either A code (2 mods, 40 minutes), or B/C code (3 mods on alternating days, 60 minutes)
mondays and wednesdays are B code days where B code classes are long (60 min) and C code classes are short (40 minutes)
tuesdays and thursdays are C code days where C code classes are long (60 min) and B code classes are short (40 min)
Everyone has every class everyday

here's my schedule (if it helps)
mods 1/2 American Democracy (A-CODE: always 40 minutes)
mods (3)/4/5 AP Studio Art (C-CODE: 60 min on tuesdays and thursdays)
Registry - (like homeroom)
mods 6/7/(8) AP English (B-CODE: 60 min on mondays and wednesdays)
mods (8)/9/10 Lunch
mods 11/12/(13) physics (B-CODE: 60 min on mondays and wednesdays)
mods 14/15 Leadership (A-CODE: always 40 min)
mods 16/17 Precalculus (A-CODE: always 40 min)
mods 18/19/20 - off

early classes (mods 1/2 - american democ) start at 7:35 and mod 20 ends at 3:30

we do self scheduling at the end of every semester so we can choose our own teachers and the times we want them at.

i hope thats an okay explanation!!

anyways an average day at my school is different for everyone. because of the mod schedule, anyone can be off during any given time of the day (making it hard to keep lowell a closed campus and making it easier to cut classes).
For me, i usually get to school around 7:10 so i can get good parking haha. about half the school or more starts early at mod 1 so the hallways are usually pretty busy in the morning with people going to their lockers or rushing to their classes. there are people who come early to study in the library or the cafeteria or the hallways.
mods 3, 8, and 18 are swing mods so i get 3 and 8 off some days when my B/C code classes are only 40 min (2 mods).
I usually go to the cafeteria during mod 3 to cram homework or hang out with people

then i got to AP studio art. the art wing isn't usually that busy but there are some junior/sophomore lockers

Before and after registry are the only times during the day the bell rings. reg is only 10 minutes and the hallways are usually jammed with people trying to get to their reg in time...this is one of the only times during the day everyone is out at the same time.

After registry i go to english and usually fall asleep especially during the 60 min classes

Lunch. Since mods 3, 8, and 18 are swing mods those are the times when a lot of people are out at once (like free periods that are only 20 min). i usually hang out in the cafeteria or courtyard where there are a lot of picnic tables that people can push together and hang out at. there's also an arcade (covered area next to the courtyard) where the footballers/cheerleaders usually hang out. First week of every semester you figure out who of your friends have the same free mods as you usually...there's always people around during this time (library, halls, basketball courts, etc.) sometimes i cram hwk before class during swing mods. Lunch i usually go off to stonestown, lakeshore, irving st, taravel st., ocean st....west portal...

11/12 i have physics in the science building, which is the nicest building. usuallly people hanging out in the hallways there as well

I have leadership in "the cave", which is actually the old teachers lounge...no windows though. Its a class for people on student government.

16/17 precal i usually have to run to class (always late) becuase its on the 3rd floor of the main building...sometimes i just cut class because it's better than being really late (depends on the teacher)

i'm off after precal though some people are still in class. i get off at 2:20 ish. it's usually pretty busy during mod 18 (a swing mod) but most people who have class 19/20 leave and its pretty quiet. i'm usually in the courtyard again and if its nice people are throwing frisbees or playing tennis or sunbathing or whatever. sometimes there are booths (for clubs) on the catwalk next to the courtyard that are giving away things or spreading social awareness (like peer resource)