Saturday
6:30
AM
7:00
AM
8:00
AM
3:00
PM
3:00
PM
4:00
PM
7:00
PM
9:00
PM
10:00
PM
11:00
PM
4:00
PM
7:00
PM
wake
up
leave
for
work
at
High
Jump
teach
at
High
Jump
commute
home
homework
sleep
babysit
siblings,
do
chores,
hang
with
family
or
friends,
have
dinner
The schedule of
an upper school
student juggling
two jobs
Monday - Friday
wake up
Monday - Friday
5:30 AM
6:30 AM
6:30 AM
7:00 AM
7:30 AM
8:15 AM
8:25 AM
3:20 PM
4:30 PM
5:30 PM
5:45 PM
7:15 PM
7:45 PM
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
12:00 AM
12:30 AM
3:30 PM
4:30 PM
take the Red Line from
Edgewater/Rogers Park
activity
(Club/Student Government)
classes
homework
basketball practice
clean locker and pack bag for
the night, commute home and
do homework on the train
eat dinner, do homework, hang
with family, reply to emails and
run babysitting service
sleep
meet with teachers to get help
with assignments
by scheduling Latin
students who are
part of the service
to babysit for faculty
and families
45-60 minute
commute
23
L AT I N S C H O O L O F C H I C A G O
SLEEP
Few adolescents get as much sleep as they
need. Latin students are getting as much (and
as little) as students in comparable schools.
7%
22%
31%
29%
11%
fewer than
5 hours
5-6 hours
6-7 hours
7-8 hours
8+ hours
Researchers say that adolescents need 8-9 hours of sleep
per night for optimal functioning. Deregulation and loss of
cognitive efficiency are common symptoms of sleep deficits.*
COMMUTE
More than a quarter of Latin students spend over an
hour commuting to and from school each day .
20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
30 minutes per day
60+
minutes
per day
62%
27%
Sunday
is
babysitting
day
*The National Sleep Disorders Research Plan
