School Hours and Timetable  All subjects given at school will be taught throughout the whole school year for a number of periods per week. In total students follow 36 to 38 periods in form 1, 2 and 3. In Form 4 it may be a little more or less, depending on the number of subjects for which they will sit the exams. One period is 45 minutes. School starts at 7:30 sharp and finishes between 12:30 and 3:00pm. On Monday, the timetable moves up 15 minutes after the fourth period, because the Homeroom Teacher has a short mentor session with the students from 11:00-11:15.
| Period 1 | 7.30 - 8.15 | | Period 2 | 8.15 - 9.00 | | Period 3 | 9.00 - 9.45 | | Period 4 | 9.45 - 10.30 | | RECESS | 10.30 - 11.00 | | Period 5 | 11.00 - 11.45 | | Period 6 | 11.45 - 12.30 | | Period 7 | 12.30 - 13.15 | | Period 8 | 13.15 - 14.00 | | Period 9 | 14.00 - 14.45 |
Curriculum
| CURRICULUM | Form 1 | Form 2 | Form 3 | Form 4 | Form 5 | | ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | | MATHEMATICS | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | | SOCIAL SCIENCE | 4 | 4 | | | | | SOCIAL STUDIES | | | 2 | 4 | 4 | | HISTORY | | | 2 | 4 | 4 | | GEOGRAPHY | | | 3 | 4 | 4 | | FRENCH | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | | DUTCH | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | | SPANISH | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | | INFORM. TECHNOLOGY | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | | PHYSICS | | | 3 | 4 | 4 | | CHEMISTRY | | | 2 | 4 | 4 | | BIOLOGY | | | 2 | 4 | 4 | | INTEGRATED SCIENCE | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | PRIN. OF BUSINESS/ ECONOMICS | | | 2 | 4 | 4 | | PRIN. OF ACCOUNTS | | | | 4 | 4 | | GUIDANCE/CAREER GUIDANCE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | MUSIC/ DRAMA/ DANCE | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | ART & CRAFT / VISUAL ARTS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | | PHYSICAL EDUCATION | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | RELIGION | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Extra help offered for students with problems in certain subject areas. | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | TOTAL: | 36 | 35 | | | |
1 period = 45 minutes. School year has 40 effective “learning/teaching ” weeks. After Primary School, students on St. Maarten go either to a vocational secondary school, called VSBO. (Preparatory Secondary Vocational Education) or to an academic secondary school (HAVO/VWO/CXC), depending on their academic level.The St. Dominic High School is an academic college preparatory  school with English as the language of instruction. It will take a student five years to complete the whole program. During all these five years the student is obliged to take the following subjects:English, Mathematics, Dutch, Information Technology, Religion and Physical Education. The last two subjects are not exam subjects. The other subjects offered within our school are characterized as electives as of Form 3 and may be dropped under certain conditions. The electives are: Spanish, French, English, Social Studies, History, Geography, Integrated Science, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Principles of Business (replaced by Economics for Form 4 as of August 2005), Principles of Accounts and Visual Arts. Click on the "Read More" button to read more about Liturgies / Assemblies, The Caribbean Examinations Council, Homework and assignments. |
