Intensives are in progress. When it comes to homework, some receive a lot, some receive a little bit, and others get none. It all depends on the class they are taking.

Seventh  grader Jemre Tuniman, thinks that his graphic novel teacher, Sean Patella-Buckley, assigns about thirty minutes of homework on most nights. 

“It’s not too much work, but even if it is a lot of work, it’s fun because it’s drawing,” Tuniman said. 

He thinks he receives a reasonable amount of work from his intensive teacher. 

“I think it’s pretty good,” Tuniman said.

Eighth grader Jacob Gendelman spends 15-30 minutes working on homework from his Project Science teacher, Brent Slattengren. 

“Most of the stuff we do is unfinished classwork and that’s usually the homework assignment,” Gendelman said.

 When comparing the intensive workload to the workload he receives from his normal classes during the year. Gendelman said,

“Oh, it’s nothing. It’s not even close,” 

Sixth grader Kiran Mukerji is taking French for an intensive, taught by Amy Pasterczyk. She spends about 20 minutes on homework every night. 

“It’s like practicing, and sometimes we have worksheets that we have to fill out, so it’s really fun,” Mukerji said.

Compared to her normal classes she receives a lot less homework. 

“Some of my teachers, not during intensives, give me tons and tons of homework,” Mukerji said. 

She enjoys the amount of work from French A.

Eighth grader Gus Anderson is in Ceramics. His teacher, Beretta Ballou Ringo, assigns about 10 minutes of homework every night. The main type of homework he does is researching ceramic artists.

When comparing his work to normal classes, “It’s a lot less work,” he said.

He feels that he receives an appropriate amount of work, though no homework would be great.

“It’s fine, but I’d rather have none,” Anderson said.

Most students spend around 10-30 minutes on intensive homework every night, and believe they are assigned a reasonable amount. Compared to the normal six class schedule, students receive a lot less work.