Before the start of every school year, students at St. Paul Academy receive their schedules, telling them which classes they are going to take and when. This is a highly anticipated moment for the majority of the students because they are able to find out which classes and electives they are enrolled in and find friends who have the same classes. Although this may seem like a simple process, it is far from that, as there is only one person who makes all the schedules for SPA students: MS math teacher Jenny Borovsky.

With many tasks to complete to ensure all students have the schedules they want, Borovsky has a very difficult job.

“What is complicated is that we have two different schedules with middle school and upper school that have to talk to each other because we have teachers that go between divisions. We have to plan for teachers who do that and lock them in parts of the schedule,” Borovsky said.

Being able to integrate the MS and US schedule is a crucial part of the process, and the two parts of the school having a different number of classes every day makes it even tougher.

“The other complicated part is that the middle school has six classes in six periods so there is no wiggle room like there is in the upper school,” Borovsky explained.

The task of scheduling classes for every student with all the electives at SPA is difficult enough as it is, but the addition of the Schilling Center and the new classes that will be available next year makes it even harder.

“It makes my job exceedingly more difficult the first year through,” she said.

The classes in the Schilling Center will add a new dimension to the schedule that Borovsky will have to work around over the summer to get ready for next year.

With the school year coming to a close, most are looking forward to being off from school and not focusing on their schedules until the fall. Most students are not aware of the process that goes into making their schedules, but thanks to Borovsky, every year students start the year with the classes they want to take. While Borovsky has an incredibly difficult job she always pulls through and delivers every student at SPA a schedule with classes of interest.