i built a HIGH SCHOOL in the sims (to replace the yucky default one)

[@brit8932]

The default hs is so large, my sim is always late to class. Especially in the morning when you’re tasked to run on the treadmill, going from there up to the class takes 4 years

[@noahheijkoop4805]

Mine too

[@summer.bubble.tea.]

accurate to real life tbh. i always had to half-jog half-speed-walk to my classes to not be late, which was hell on my poor disabled joints

[@keilasanchez1518]

Plus the fact we can have more then. Certain amount of sims making look empty

[@Eventide215]

@@summer.bubble.tea. Yeah I was similar. We had 2 minutes to get from class to class and that was ridiculous.. in middle school the building was a large sprawling mess of hallways. If you ran you'd get in trouble.. if you didn't run you'd get in trouble for being late.. in the intermediate school it was even worse where you had 2 minutes to get from floor 3 to the basement on the entire opposite side of the building for a class.. First day of the year that happened for me I told the teacher that I'm going to be late every single day because I'm not running that. He just agreed and said he won't mark me late lol

[@faz_87]

@@Eventide215damn I thought 5 minutes was bad

[@PajamaFeet]

The detective cork board in the detention room kind of makes sense since that’s where four unlikely protagonists would meet and overcome their differences while solving a local murder mystery

[@ashhhyyyy]

@@PajamaFeet one of us is lying reference??? i love that book lmao

[@sierragarcia3163]

Popular thing I love to add to the schools. A "nurses" office. A little place in the school that has a bed in it, decorated like a typical highschool's nurse's office. Good place if your sim is exhausted or uncomfortable

[@angela1895]

@@sierragarcia3163 having a nurse's office in public is literally super. I also do this, even in other packs like the university commons and recreation center. just needs healthcare NPC, sims 4 need not to shy away from sickness and disabilities gameplay

[@idwtbkabbam]

That's also such an American concept to me! I've only ever heard of a nurse at school in tv shows and movies. But seems like a smart addition for the sims :)

[@Eventide215]

Yeah in my real life school the nurse's office was 4 rooms connected.. a little waiting area, the actual room where she'd give you whatever you need and look you over, a supply room, and another room with 4 beds in it so you could lay down if needed. There were a few times I ended up in one of those beds just from exhaustion or feeling sick.

[@idwtbkabbam]

@@Eventide215 That's crazy! Is that just because regular health care is inaccessible/expensive for students? How often were these 4 beds occupied? Where I live, you just go home when you're sick and it's up to the parents to look after you. I'm in the Netherlands, so most kids that were sick just cycled back home. Some were picked up by their parents if they were really hurt.

[@TasteThaKayla]

@idwtbkabbam usually id lie down in the nurse's office just for long enough for the nurse to call my mom and her to come pick me up. its a good place to rest and wait for your ride. america is too car-centric for us to bicycle home; we live way too far from the school for that

[@bathroomshoes]

girl you’re not missing out, i’ve always went to schools that’s been just one giant building and it sucks. we’re not allowed to go outside unless it’s with your class. being stuck in a building for 7 hours is torture.

[@SweetieTartxx]

@@bathroomshoes as someone who’s in Florida and was in both type of schools in life. I would rather be in the building after experiencing Florida schools. The heat makes you sweat before you make it to first and you’re all sweaty 😭 especially in near summer heatwaves. And my HS had like outside stairs and it was horrible 😭 the AC also sometimes sucked and all you smell is sweaty ppl. Not to mention my HS was way too over populated so there was lots of traffic in the halls so your side by side sweating kids and always late for class 😭

[@erinm1373]

@@bathroomshoes it actually is, i mean even prisoners get outdoor time 💀

[@XinnaBun]

I'm now at a school which is four buildings (middle school, high school, lab/auditorium and extra new classrooms) and even though it can be like 35-40c(85-105f) it's so nice having that break between classes instead of being inside a stuffy building 5-8 hours a day

[@SweetieTartxx]

@@XinnaBun I can see what you mean, I just would much prefer some good ac over the hell of air we got here. It’s not even fun kind of sunny it’s the type of sunny that melts your skin 😭 makes you sweat badly and ruins your hair.

[@Strutsiina]

What the heck, you're not allowed outside??? In Finland we have mandatory recesses outside, and the temperature limit for them is -20 degrees celsius 🥶

[@elenacreemades_]

Hey!! I’m from Spain and we typically start high school around September 15th. We have 3 full months of rest in the summer starting around June 20th, but then we only get one week of rest in Easter because we don’t celebrate it the same way, and 3 weeks off on Christmas. It’s so fun to see how others cultures do the holidays!! Btw I love you Kayla, this building is amazing!!

[@Marianaouioui]

Im from Portugal and its the same

[@owl_bary1692]

Im from Czech Republic and we have 2 months in the summer. School starts 1th/2th September. And we have around 10 days on Christmas, around 3 days in Easter, autumn holidays - one week and spring holidays - around week.

[@StephanieSnydereng]

From the US (NY) and and older now but the general timeframe for school is the same! However, we only got about a week off for various holidays, though we got a week for our Thanksgiving, one for Christmas/New Year's, One for "spring break," etc.

[@gdlhsgjsgdgmsczx]

Im also from the US. in my school we have a fall break(just a four day weekend), 3 days for thanksgiving, 2 weeks gor christmas and new years, then a mid winter break( also a 4 day weekend) then we have spring break, snd then have about 2 ish months for summer break.

[@S1reWolf]

A shower in a science room actually makes complete sense to me! Our science rooms had "showers" boat loads of water would immediately pour onto you if you spill something on you or even light your clothes on fire as well as eye cleaners.

[@PupGamer93]

Same with my high school. My adhd and impulsive thoughts forced me to sit the furthest from it because it was so tempting! XD

[@sirgaykrovos]

okay it's probably sm well known??? but using stone wallpaper in the corners, where we'd usually put columns, is SO COOL??? I never thought of doing it and it looks amazing 🤩

[@banannapotato2595]

girl you are so right

[@ShadoeLandman]

Yeah, Kayla did it and I was like, I bet that’s what it was always made for and I’ve been using it wrong 😅

[@sirgaykrovos]

chat was so wrong for that!! I went to three different schools (long story) and they all had bathrooms near the cafeterias it makes no sense not having them close??? like, yeah, bad smells and stuff, but tbh none of them has ever had that problem. so idk how common that issue is

[@Grey0730]

Yeah, my high school had one on both sides of the cafeteria AND one directly next to the stairs on the second floor (which were in the cafeteria). Since it’s a common area, I don’t see why there shouldn’t be??

[@skyechimes658]

The ones in my high school were kinda down the hallway a bit, so they were central to the auditorium, cafeteria and gym (even though the gym had its own in the lockers, these were what parents used when watching games).

[@scott4279]

Same here, we had bathrooms connected to our canteen (cafeteria) and another set of bathrooms just down the hallway from the canteen also!

[@YouKnowImOnMyPeriodYah]

Fr! The bathrooms are *in* the cafeteria (except they always lock them because people…inhale Devil’s lettuce in them all the time)

[@ShadoeLandman]

Yeah, if someone has to stand in line for cafeteria lunch, you don’t have time to go far to go to the bathroom.

[@nymphaliora3211]

France here ! school ALWAYS start in september. At the beginning in primary & secondary, in college it can be later and some schools in post-high school with stages can have weird calendar

[@sophia3863]

i’m from australia, and school usually starts early-mid february and ends early-mid december. we have three two-week holidays between every term which are usually 7-10 weeks long. and our end of year holidays is about six weeks long.

[@emelizamurray1086]

@@sophia3863 that sounds so amazing compared to the way American schedules are set up

[@sophia3863]

@ it’s good but our work is really jam packed

[@fall2720]

this is so unique

[@andreaharthorn4327]

You're totally right about the principal's desk. There should be a desk mat or name plate/sign item that acts as the "desk". You could place it on any type of desk but still gives the game a way to designate their office.

[@DoveJS]

Since the Elevator lets your Sims spawn inside the school, it actually IS an accessibility feature, just not in the way people would expect lol. Also I too am loving the use of the stone on the corners, I didn't think of that before, and it's better than adding columns to mimic it!

[@nataliatkaczyk8631]

In Poland, we always start school on the first (work)day of September! It usually aligns with the start of WWII, which was always mentioned when we gathered for the official start of the school year.

[@user-zh5vc8bb9q]

that's such an... interesting explanation for it 😅, I'm from CZ, we also start in September here but I always thought (idk if also taught) that it aligned with the end of time when children were needed for farm labor in the past

[@emmashand7249]

UK also starts back first week back of September!

[@Lola-jh8bw]

where you start school in America depends on what region you live in. where i’m from in we start first week of september.

[@Maj.xa92]

@Lola-jh8bw Poland is smaller than most states 😂 everything works the same everywhere

[@AJVD2123]

France is also around then too

[@calliexebur]

hey! i know that chances are you’re not going to see this, but i’m a junior in high school and it’s been really stressful and anxiety provoking in the last few weeks. your videos have always helped me when i’m drained or stressed, watching you make these beautiful intricate builds while listening to you talk about whatever is going on, it’s like catching up with an old friend. in any case, thank you for the content you make, it helps me and i’m sure tons of other people

[@Itskryztal]

I would love to see Simsie make a realistic outdoor high school. I guess Florida & California are similar. Every school I’ve been to in California has been an outdoor campus as well. & school started 8/12 where I live.

[@sirgaykrovos]

the secret access roof is genuinely the coolest element I've ever seen implemented to the high school THAT to me is the most high school rep now; cause to every single one I've ever studied on, there were always a secret corner the students stole to themselves lmao

[@Anni-zf6zn]

Appreciate the shower in the science lab. It actually makes perfect sense and there are emergency showers in most lab spaces/just outside of the lab :)

[@kenziehouchens1208]

The shower in the lab is actually so accurate, we had a full body shower in my high school in case you got chemicals- specifically acids lol- on your skin! My high school also wasn't very large so I'm surprised you didn't have one! Great build :)

[@karmacantcatchlena]

in Brazil the school year starts in february and ends at mid december, we dont have spring break at all, only 2 days for easter, as we have inverted seasons, we have only the second half of july for vacation

[@denise6726]

I live in Austria and we basically have summer break for the whole months of July and August. So school ends at the end of June and it starts again at the beginning of September :)

[@Cleo-h3x]

In South Africa our school year usually starts mid January and ends early November. Our summer holidays would include most of the November, December and January..

[@letrucalahache4445]

Make sense since north winter is south summer. That's really interesting.

[@antonizajkowski9698]

Interesting 👍 do you also celebrate Christmas twice a year, like Australians do? Or I guess most of Africa isn't Christian

[@amandamorera4848]

Similar to Costa Rica, during school and high school we start our scholar year around the first week of February, have a small break during the July for two weeks and go back to school until late November. University is a whole different schedule depending on the college you go to

[@simmerelise]

​@@antonizajkowski9698 sorry but Australians don't celebrate Christmas twice a year. Christmas in July is not a real thing to majority of Australians. Some do it for the laughs or because its a cheaper time of year to get everyone together. But the vast majority don't acknowledge it at all. We celebrate Christmas in December like the rest of the world.

[@spazpaz]

same here in australia except we usually go back in February and leave in december. we only get six weeks holidays in the summer, and we have two week breaks in between each term

[@estelledelport2494]

In South Africa our school year usually starts mid January and ends early November. Our summer holidays would include most of the November, December and January.

[@littleflick]

Same in Australia. Although the school year ends maybe more mid-late November.

[@thalitaschinaider]

Same in Brazil, but I think here we go until end of November usually

[@cozy.matcha]

omg ive never thought that you guys from southern hemisphere start school in january, like yes it makes sence since you havee summer in december-february but it never come to my mind that school also will work like that i feel a bit dumb but so nice to learn something new

[@thalitaschinaider]

​@@cozy.matchawhen I learned that north hemisphere started school in the middle of the year I thought it was so odd, because then your school year is split between two actual years... But yeah, it also makes sense for you to enjoy summer months on school break

[@melcorbett2685]

Same in New Zealand, kids start early Feb, and finish mid November early December depending on high school and exams 🌼

[@lixyororke]

I really recommend everyone try and build their own high school. It's a really fascinating experience (at least to me) You never realise how weird school buildings can be until you're trying to figure out how to make their weird strange layouts

[@Muttfree]

Mine would be uncomfortably small in the sims lmao

[@t_sizzler_2032]

There would be so much open space and the building would literally just be a large box lmaooo

[@Yumi_Jay]

The high school I graduated from is 3 stories with a performing arts stage plus two exterior buildings. I feel like it will take up the entire lot.

[@antonizajkowski9698]

​@@Yumi_JayOmg I'm so jealous of the stage!!

[@becrimesdogay5244]

My highschool has such a weird layout that even some of the who have been there for decades teachers don't find rooms (because the room numbers are weird as well)

[@louiserosado4389]

In Brazil, our school year starts usually on late January or first week of February. Then, we usually have a one month long holiday in June/July. And the school year generally ends in late November (if you weren’t reproved in any subject). It start in the summer and end in the summer

[@katanah3195]

My middle school had those tables! We didn't have a cafeteria, just a gym that was used as a lunchroom, so the tables had to be portable and storable. So, those monstrosities (affectionate) were what we were stuck with. They were fun, the middle stools wouldn't quite reach the floor, so they bounced like Tigger. I loved it.

[@MamaZ89]

Here in Australia, we start school late January- Early February and school ends late November- Early December. We have about 4 terms and between each term, you have two weeks off of school and Christmas holidays is about 5-6 weeks.

[@00_UMAXCI_00]

wait... does that mean other countries don't split their school years up into terms?? (also Australian)

[@juqicktv255]

​@@00_UMAXCI_00 in Poland I have only 2 terms and we don't have like hudge exams after them only at the end of high school we have exams called ,,matura" thats count in university applications, oh and we statr school 1 september and end at last friday in june

[@idkwhattoputheresorry]

@@00_UMAXCI_00 in the uk we do, we have 3 terms and 6 half terms, So term 1 is september - december with a weeks break in october, term 2 is january - april with another weeks break in february and then term 3 is april - july with a weeks break in may and then off 6-7 weeks for summer.

[@HonoOkami_]

Yo, another Aussie! G'day mate!

[@stacie1595]

Some do, some don't. I think the most common format is the 2 semester format with one semester being in the spring and one in the fall 🤔 at least that's how it was in the US. Now I teach in Korea and the public schools do 2 semesters while the after school academies do 4 terms. Then international schools follow the format of their curriculum (USA, UK, Canadian, or Aussie).

[@Anni-zf6zn]

Finnish schools (elementary and middle/lower secondary schools actually have wood working classes and there are the rooms just like the one you built (but they are usually in first floor or even more often in a basement). We also have textile art/work class (separate from arts class where you would paint and draw mostly, maybe craft if you were young). In these classes knitting and sewing are teached. As you get older you get to choose if you want to do more wood working or textile and historically of course it has been heavily endorsed for boys to do more wood working and for girls to do more textile work but nowadays I think even mixing the two means of working in a project has been endorsed. Love the build! The rooftop hangout is so cool!

[@MauraChristina]

I actually downloaded and started playing with this lot a few days ago! It's fantastic, and I really enjoy playing in it. The one bit of feedback I have is that the whiteboard in the science classroom seems too close to the wall. The first day i loaded up the lot, my sim was unable to go to class, and none of her classmates were able to, either. I had to adjust the placement of the whiteboard to get it to work. Again, this lot is great! Thank you for all the work you put into it!

[@hyuneflwrz]

hey!! i live in brazil and our school year usually starts mid feburary and ends early december (some schools starts mid january and goes untill mid december)! we also have a break that lasts about 2-4 weeks in july cuz of the Festa de São João!! loved the video, rly cool :)

[@haileemilam1388]

In the nicest way possible, your videos help me fall asleep. Your voice is so comforting it feels like a warm hug :) thank you for popping out videos everyday I can't even imagine how tiring that must be

[@StragProductions]

I honestly forget what the default school even looks like until I get jumpscared by it in videos because I always use Simsie's other high school renovation in my saves.

[@kinder204]

In Australia, we go to school from the end of January and break early to mid December, depending on your school. Giving you a 6-8 week summer holiday. We also get 3 x 2 week breaks through the year (April, July and September roughly) in to separate our year into 4 terms. Each state doesn’t generally line up their school holidays dates to match either, so they’re all a little different date wise as to when they’re happening.

[@igamarurbytes]

Australia too, we also have campus-like schools like Kayla had, not one massive multi-storey building. Actually my school didn't even have stairs, except into the 3 demountables next to the oval.

[@rachelwolfe1751]

You actually can have different classes in different rooms if you're willing to be really micro-manage-y about it. If you make separate classrooms for every subject and put a whiteboard in every single one, you can monitor your sim's schedule and click on the whiteboards to switch which one is assigned to "Class 1" between every class. Your sim and their classmates will now go to the new room for the new class. Happy simming!

[@Penguins875]

Smart!!

[@sofiaguerrero3711]

7:46 Well I'm from Argentina so our school year starts on March 1st, we have a 2 week break in July because it's winter here and then we close our school year in late November. This is an example from 7th grade to 12th grade, 1st grade to 6th grade starts 1 week earlier and ends 2 weeks later. We love it this way because we have a 3 month summer vacation, so we literally spend the whole summer with our family, loved ones, or just having fun

[@gabriellef]

20:14 thank you so much for saying this Kayla!!! It breaks my heart when people say that “oh my beta can survive in there” meanwhile there’s not flowing water, etc.. also it can’t SEE out of a bowl. It distorts their vision. yeah it CAN live, if you wanna call it that. Or the SMALL little bowls they keep them in at PetLand with no filter. It’s saddening and no wonder their fish are on their last breaths (or well whatever fish do) They take care of it like that and have the audacity to say the fish didn’t live long.. gee I wonder why!! I had a beta fish live for ~3-4 years by actually taking care of it

[@RSStarfire]

I play this pack using a ridiculous amount of mods- my high school has four classes and about 60 students. I made all of the teachers actual teacher characters (Miss Frizzle, Will Schuester from Glee, Dewey Finn from School of Rock, and Walter White from Breaking Bad).

[@KittyCat260]

Any mod recommendations for the high schools? I hate it when my Sim goes to school and there are like 4 other kids on a 64x64 lot 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@helenahuybrighs2715]

@@KittyCat260 Yes! I would love to know what mods are being used!

[@hershbej]

one thing i will say about the default school is that it’s fairly realistic in terms of space, like this is how empty high school hallways are because they need room for traffic. but it’s not helpful when it takes sims a full hour to walk to class

[@modernghost0]

School in the midwest generally goes back in like mid to late August. the earlier back in they go, the more dense the city is usually. I think some of really unpopulated places still go back in early September

[@misskreher]

I grew up in the rural midwest and we usually went back mid-August, my hometown started last week. I live in a big city now about 45 minutes from my hometown and all the schools are starting back tomorrow.

[@meganlestrange]

Very rural midwest here and my kids started the 13th

[@Ashes024]

I live in the biggest town in my smally populated area, and we start at the beginning of September. I think our county has 20,000 people? Edit, our county is really big, but still it has a fair amount of population. Also I lived in a much bigger city in the Midwest which had like 100,000 people and we still started after labor day

[@sarahashlynne]

i grew up in the middle of mahoning county ohio which is a whole lot of corn lol. my high school had 60 in my graduating class and half of them were open enrolled. we always went back after labor day

[@kyungraeist]

i live in wi and we start in sept lol but i live in a suburban (?) area so idk

[@HonoOkami_]

Schools in my area started on January 22nd. For reference, I'm Australian. We have 4 terms, all 10 weeks long. 2 weeks in between (holidays), and 6 weeks around Christmas.

[@PenumbraGhosts]

I'm Brazilian. School here starts in the first week of February and ends last week of November. We get the months of January, July and December for vacation.

[@leonheart27adamwright67]

Schools in the UK usually start early September. I honestly find it so strange that Schools in the US start around mid-late August.

[@NotJasonLvsDogs]

My school starts Mid July. But we do Get more Breaks

[@rondasteel817]

Not all of the UK - Scotland is mid-August

[@rka_164]

Half of the schools in the Us start in early September. Where I live, in the NE, we do not start until after or just around Labor Day, an American holiday.

[@virginiarogers9391]

@@rka_164 Same, lived in two northeast states and they start school after labor day. But when I lived in Oklahoma they started late august.

[@Cassidy9878]

Not all in the US start in August. I always started school in September the day after Labor Day, which is the first Monday of September in the US.

[@TayteFraser]

In New Zealand our kids go to school from Feb to Dec, they have 3 two week holidays scattered through the year to break up the school year into terms, then they have around 6 weeks off over summertime for christmas (can very depending of school, exams etc) Love this build, you've done it again!!

[@Fete_Fatale]

lol ... "from Feb to Nov" doesn't mean "6 weeks off over summertime". That would be at least nine weeks ... since all Dec & Jan. This year it'll be from (at latest) 20 Dec 2024 to either last week in Jan or first week in Feb 2025

[@TayteFraser]

@@Fete_Fatale okay thanks for the info

[@TayteFraser]

@Fete_Fatale I remember in high-school, if you had most of your exams in Nov, which would happen often, you would get way more time off

[@Fete_Fatale]

@@TayteFraser I remember getting study time during exams, and not having to come in a day or so before an exam ... but they still used to make us come back after, so we could riot I guess. ... and the first couple of years in high school we didn't have any exams. But I agree with you - that last month was kinda free time. I just checked on NZ Ed ... they state high schoolers are supposed to clock up 190 days per year, and once you add in stat holidays, weekends, and the other school holidays there's only 40 days left ... for summer holidays, study days ... and a bit of wagging I guess :P

[@reggies2893]

campus-style high school solidarity! i grew up in arizona so we had the exact same thing :D there were some schools in our area that were one big building, but i always preferred our many buildings haha. at least until they decided that EVERY exterior door needed to be locked at all times and you had to call someone to even return from the bathroom...

[@Penguins875]

In New England it’s around Labor Day, traditionally as soon as the growing season is over. It’s September-May I do like the idea of adding random skills. A lot of schools used to have like home Ec and woodworking. Plus it’s hard to get a lot of the skill items in houses since they’re huge and expensive, I like having them available places. Same with the bed in the nurses area, having places where sims can meet their needs is wildly helpful.

[@PanicGamerGirl]

I absolutely LOVE this build! The school feels much more filled out and having all those options to skill build is awesome! I could have used that debate stand for my Not So Berry challenge 😂 The hideout through the exercise room window is genius and perfect for a rebellious teen! I appreciate moving the calssrooms closer to the front. I don't know how many times I've been late to class in the morning. Over all a beautiful build!

[@ashmcewen5451]

this seems like a good time to talk about my high school accessibility nightmares. my school was under construction for most of my time there. my senior year my classes were all on the second floor of a new building. when school started in september, the elevator wasn’t operational. i was told it would be by my second week of school. november. november is when it was working. by this point i was incredibly relieved, i was missing class most days because i couldn’t walk up the stairs. the elevator worked for a week before they installed an employee key card scanner. my teachers tried to unlock it for me, but the teachers key card didn’t have access, we think they installed it without programming it. i dropped out a couple weeks later lol.

[@l.gonzalez1256]

Did you end up getting a GED? Sorry if the question is personal, I'm just a little nosey

[@ashmcewen5451]

@@l.gonzalez1256 i got my HiSET, which is similar to the GED but HiSET is the standard in my state. it’s better for college, though if you’re trying to get into a competitive college it’s not as good as a regular high school diploma. i go to a state school so i wasn’t worried about that though. i wasn’t going to graduate high school anyway because i couldn’t take enough credits to graduate in four years with all of my health stuff, so i was going to take the HiSET anyway. i was really only trying to finish my senior year so i had something to do besides medical appointments.

[@AndyTheWatchdog]

That's completely unacceptable! I'm sorry you were put through that, you deserved better

[@sigmarizzler90000]

1. I'm from Finland and school starts around middle of August too! 2. THE ROOF HANGOUT PLACE is so cool and fts perfectly to the build. I never would have thought of that myself :D

[@maiilustra]

Here in Brazil we start the school year generally in January/February(after Carnaval), we have vacations in the middle of the year, in July, get back in August until December, and it goes like this at least until high school. I do Public University, which is a very prestigious institution here(and thank god it’s free, cause I had no condition to get these students loans I’ve known USA students take), and the calendar started just a little after the normal period for the other students, but it depends if we got some strikes or not (cause it happens, a lot)

[@emmakattrup]

In Denmark, school usually start up again at the beginning of August but University classes don't start until September. Also, we had both a woodworking class, textile work class (like sowing and knitting and such) as well as a cooking class in primary and middle school, so I really like that you added the woodworking class in your build!

[@ste11avision]

Love this! In my HS edit, I used the default build but made the upstairs bigger and redid the basement a lot. I added upstairs a science lab with an attached horticulture room like my high school had, a woodshop/crafting room, and a "media immersion" room inspired by Degrassi: The Next Generation where they learn tech production skills; so I added things in there like the video station and the music production station. I made a debate room and I amped up the music and art classrooms and the basement weight room. I always add a research machine to the computer room and decorate the basement a bunch, but I've never fully rebuilt cause it's intimidating!! I've played storylines with Jeb Harris when their power got shut off staying overnight at the school and making friends with the Janitor (for storyline purposes) so he could hang around the lot overnight.

[@ste11avision]

Also my high school had to install cameras because we (the theater kids) would take chairs and climb the trees on the side of the building and have tea parties up in the trees with the chairs, and we eventually unbolted a latch to get onto the auditorium roof very similar to your little roof hangout spot and we all wrote our names up there and would sneak up there after school when we worked on the musicals.

[@williamkopko5775]

How about a hydro pant to learn about plants and trees

[@maleitemarques]

Brazilian here, but Schools starts usually by the beggining of the year, have a middle year break, and then go back until the end of the year. But it can depend on the school. But it ranges from starting at january/ the very start of February. Break at june/july Come back at july/the very start of august

[@hijxckk]

I'm curious, how big is the gap between two academic years then? 2 weeks or so?

[@maleitemarques]

@hijxckk usually is like a month. Thats why I said it varies a lot. Cuz some school's have a break for the whole july, some start in the mittle of june and come back at the middle of july. Most school's have a break around middle of decempber and come back around January, but some can end the school year right before the holidays and come back in the end of January or in the 1th day of February.

[@bella1941]

@@hijxckk It really depends on the school, some private ones normally have 4 to 6 weeks (end class mid december, next year starts mid january) but public ones can end classes around late november so I'd say 6 to 9 weeks (ends with november, starts in february) then go on with the school year.

[@symwinter]

My high school started after Labour Day but even then it was like a half day to get class schedules and pick your locker. I’m surprised you didn’t make like a main office to take up space because the second floor of my high school was primarily that. It had secretary space, the principal’s office, the vice principal’s office, the nurse’s office, and the guidance counsellors offices (we had two). This is also what made the fact their isn’t art tables or science tables for teens in this game. It’s only for kids, which is kinda crazy, especially since they would’ve fit pretty okay into this pack.

[@jessicalord4418]

In metro-Atlanta, our schools have been starting back earlier and earlier every year. The last few years, it's August 1, which is CRAZY. This build is so cool, love your content :)

[@camilachurch4834]

I’m from there, once had classes start on July 31st 😅 literally insane

[@danismith4300]

Yeah, I grew up here and I started the second Monday of August until I got to middle school, and then it changed to the first Monday. Once it started on the 31st of July and so many people were still on vacation and just didn’t show up lol. I was out of the country with family and ended up missing the first week because of it.

[@cozy.matcha]

sp when do you finish school?

[@jessicalord4418]

@@cozy.matcha I think it's usually the end of May. They have a lot of week+ long breaks throughout the year though (Fall, Holiday, Winter and Spring)

[@lilacfields]

omggg so this is truly a georgia thing. i swear we used to go back to school around mid august but my school went back august 2nd this year??? i have no idea why just glad i’m not in high school anymore because i couldn’t deal with that lol

[@justxlaura2325]

In Germany every state has a different time for summerbreak and it changes every year. It's always 6 weeks long but this year Lower Saxony for example had summerbreak from June 24 to August 3. In Bavaria it still goes until September 9, from July 29 on. It's very different every year. Then we have two weeks each in autumn, over christmas in the winter and in the spring during easter. But this also depends on the state. Bavaria has the most holidays so they might have some more breaks. It's crazy how different it is around the world.

[@bea7823]

One thing I learned we do here in Brazil that’s not the case everywhere is that some students only study in the morning (usually 7 to noon), some only during the afternoon (1 pm ish till around 6-7), some mix the two and some schools even provide night classes. The exact options vary depending on where you’re attending, but my high school let you choose between morning and afternoon classes, except for senior year, when we’d all go in the morning but stay there till later (around 4 p.m., I think? It’s been a while) 2 days in the week.

[@iiamyourhope]

in my highschool (and college) we actually do have a shower in the science lab! its not quite a box you get in, its just a last resort if you are on fire or get a chemical spilled on you… you are supposed to take the affected clothes off if that ever happens though..

[@squiggle463]

for the whole desk thing, just lock the classroom doors for only the principal so the principal can't go in and sit at the desk

[@vivavy7444]

here in Bulgaria most elementary, middle and high schools start on the 15th september. not counting sports schools (they start on the 1st september) or special needs or privet schools (idk when they start). Talking about Uni, collage and academias, they are a different story. Depending on which the schools is, you start at a different time. For example my group of friends, they all start around 14-17 of september. my best friend starts on the 24th of september and I start on the 12th of October ^^'

[@TiaraClarese]

I was one of those weirdos who went to a year-round school (Michigan). We had trimesters and would do 3 months on and 1 month off. It was great having an entire month off Christmas break and spring break while others were in class. It sucked being in school until the end of July while everyone else is having summer. Needless to say, we'd start school in September.

[@cookiiepuff]

Where I live, school typically starts the second week of August / mid-August. Our summer breaks typically aren’t that long either compared to what I’ve heard from other countries (our breaks typically start in the very end of June or very beginning of July, so). But it’s really interesting how it’s different from country to country (and also region to region)!!

[@ennagalic2439]

Im from Croatia (europe) and here school starts in the first or second week of September Also we dont have caffeterias, you had to either buy sth in the nearest store/bakery or bring your own food😹 Classes are from 8am to 1:10 pm (thats the longest if you have 6 classes that day) or 2pm till 7:10 pm

[@carolinecaddelmore5108]

Here in Italy, we start school in mid-september, usually towards the 14/15th of the month. I know it sounds pretty unusual for an outsider, because in a lot of other places students start earlier, while we get, like, over three months of summer vacations. Sometimes we start even later, because it depends on the region you live in, and school in the south tends to start towards the 20th. This year I start on the 16th, but one time I started on the 21st.

[@justynaaleksiejuk1802]

I think it may depend on the weather and climate too! They may start later into the autumny months because of the heat.

[@carolinecaddelmore5108]

@justynaaleksiejuk1802 yeah, in fact, we have more hours in the winter time. Although, if it depends on the heat, it's strange that they start so soon in Florida

[@user-ew2rr2ew4x]

I love hearing about where other people went to high school! LOL I can't even imagine a school with outdoor hallways because where I'm from you would freeze to death! It's also so interesting because some people, especially in older parts of the US, have much older looking high schools. For my high school, it's basically just a sort of old building (think 60s and 70s) with a bunch of recent addons. LOL I'd love to know how everybody else's school is!

[@RemyJustice97]

I think it is _generally_ a warm region thing, except my middle school was campus style and it snowed without fail every winter. The campus looked really pretty with everything covered in a blanket of snow, at least

[@user-ew2rr2ew4x]

@@RemyJustice97 I can never tell if i would like that more or less 😂 Like on one hand you get more fresh air, but the weather is ehh sometimes. And it also would personally make me feel like I’m not at school. However, I’m 100% aware that’s a me thing not a campus style school thing 😆

[@millie-angelpugh6702]

In the UK, school starts back the first/second week of september! Its so crazy how different parts of the world go back at COMPLETLEY different times and months even!

[@niamh269]

not all of uk lol scotland starts in august

[@CaroLovesMusic]

Our school year in Germany startet this year started at August 2nd which was sooo early! In Germany, summer holidays rotate depending on the federal states, so that only some have holidays at the same time to avoid traffic chaos. Thuringia, Saxony and Lower Saxony started their holidays very early this year. This high school build is absolutely brilliant 😍 I will totally use it in my saves 🎉 thank you!

[@hanmimimi]

here in brazil school usually starts around late january/early february! i've always watched a lot of american/british movies and shows and i was so confused whenever someone mentioned school starting in september haha

[@selkiefluff]

The fact that the sims schools only need two classrooms is so funny to me. I went to a very very tiny community school (~30 people TOTAL across 7 years) and the building still had like 10 classrooms and 3 labs 😅

[@kathaai]

how many people were in one class?? because my highschool class had like 30 students on its own 😭 TBF the school had 1000+ students

[@tomemeornottomeme1864]

@@kathaai Yeah my school had probably 2000 students, graduating class of about 800-900, and it was RARE for a class to have less than ~25 students.

[@clairep.5772]

Hearing about different American high schools is so interesting to me. Mine was one centra building, and not only was the high school all in this building but so was the middle school. It was also the same building my mom went to school in!

[@makeuplynzz]

our highschool and middle school was in one building! but we did have two gyms and two auditoriums and two libraries etc.

[@con1._.1artist]

Australian here! We start school late jan/early feb! Then first holiday is usually around easter (march/april) for 2 weeks, another 2 weeks in july, another 2 weeks sept/oct, then 6 weeks starting just before christmas, until we start back up in jan/feb. Its so nice starting the school year at the start of the year, but obvs america wont do that as you want to start in your summer, same as we do. Exact dates of the holidays vary by state and by school, but each term is between 9 and 12 weeks long, usually 10 or 11 though.

[@GhostsOfThings]

I'm Canadian - our school always starts in the first week of September so MY birthday was always the first week or even first day of school growing up. This build was great! It's always interesting to learn about the different things people had in their schools.

[@shannondelphey9368]

If you click on the whiteboards while at school you can set the class that that room is for. I built mine with four classrooms and was able to assign each room to the different class. You just have to do it everyday and know your sims schedule so that you know which class to assign it to for that day. It’s really tedious but you can do it.

[@GalaxiaXO]

early to a lilsimsie video we're SO back

[@nikanik6946]

About first day of school. In Russia, this is ALWAYS the 1st of September. We even call it “the knowledge day” We have a small “celebration” where all students and teachers listen national anthem, see some speeches from headmaster, some students sing or dance. The are a lot of attention to first grade and last grade students. Only one region start school later - The Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. In 2004 for three days terrorists occupied school in the city of Beslan. In this area from first to third September are days of memory. That is why the first day of school - the fourth of September. About holidays: All three months of summer, two weeks during winter (the last week of December and first week of January. And sometimes 1 or 2 weeks during autumn and spring. One week during the end October, and one week during the end of Month (sometimes even more). Also we have a lot of celebrations during May, when we can get something 5 or 6 days off school.

[@gracesmiley3364]

What do you do if knowledge day is on a sunday?

[@nikanik6946]

@@gracesmiley3364 Just moves it to Monday.

[@zombigeekgrl]

So the schools in the areas I’ve lived in have actually all started Mid-August (Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri) but most of the Midwest schools in my experience have the one building. Love what you’ve done! Looks great!!

[@gimbo4025]

im from new england and we always went back the last week of august and the school year would end in june, somewhere between the 8th and 22nd depending on how many days were canceled from snow i always think its cool to see high schools that are symmetrical. you could very clearly see where additions were put on the one i went to. i also lived in an area with multiple prestigious private schools, so it was cool to see the difference. even tho i dropped out, my school had a huge agriculture program, a greenhouse, big barn, a massive working garage/mechanic classes, a bunch of tractors, a woodworking shop and a welding workshop, screen printing set up, a polaroid set up. i didnt get to experience most of it but it was still super cool

[@lilygutmann1791]

LETS GOOO LILSIMSIE POST (me every day)

[@elainafitzsimmons7807]

so real

[@CloudyWithAChanceOfMemes]

This video is gonna be awesome, I can already tell

[@hectorgonzalez-td5mp]

7:45 kids are now back in school???? I'm from Spain, and until mid-September they won't go back, we're like 40+ °C every day and it's basically unulaving them 💀

[@dontuthinkblondeshavemorefun]

Mediados de septiembre?? q suerte hermano, yo soy del norte y entro a principios

[@hectorgonzalez-td5mp]

@@dontuthinkblondeshavemorefun a ver, es sobre el 9-10, pero para mi bienestar es mejor decir mediados

[@christyogle_thedinnerbell]

It's still very hot in most of the US, but air conditioning is more common here. (Many schools are underfunded and the air conditioning is often broken, which can result in canceled classes, though.)

[@dontuthinkblondeshavemorefun]

@@hectorgonzalez-td5mp JAJJA te lo juro, no me creo que ya quede tan poco pa volver

[@Sy99576]

Kayla please build a high school like the one you grew up with. I think it’d actually be so cool in the Sims!

[@crbstompr]

school starts in february in australia since our summer is dec to feb. school goes within the year here and it’s always baffled me that you guys start in the middle of the year!!

[@lilacfields]

honestly while having school all year makes sense (especially in the southern hemisphere) it sounds kinda miserable to me 😭 i look forward to having a break in the middle of the year where i don’t have to worry about school. if school ended at the end of the year i’d feel a lot less satisfied tbh

[@alboxvcysgp]

You should include the song “Dupe - CTM” while building on sims 😮😮

[@eatatire]

kayla looks stunning with her hair pulled back

[@chloesmeltzer1406]

7:34 Kayla, we have the same birthday!!!!

[@chloesmeltzer1406]

We start school at the same time

[@AlixMoon-i8t]

That's so cool

[@madness7995]

haha me too!

[@sofiebrever]

@@chloesmeltzer1406 SAME! 08/14/2005

[@littlejoh713]

I'm from Sweden, and growing up we did have huge schools, but like you we usually had to walk between buildings a lot, especially to get to the specialty classes like woodworking, arts, music etc. And also, school starts up here in different times depending on if you live in north, middle or south of Sweden, but I always went back the last week of August. I had a friend whos birthday was August 30th, and that was always the first week of school!

[@MatsuyoRific]

I actually tested with the desks, and no worries, the principal only uses the principle desk. If you want to use a different desk for the principle, what I did was I shrunk the required one down, and the used move objects to put the desk I wanted over it. You can still see the shrunk desk if you look under the desk, but if you use a desk that has a back to it, you can only really see it from one angle. So you can place it in a way that most people won't be looking under the desk

[@Galjamakarova6ks2b-wx1ed]

I like ur style, good vid.

[@LindaAdams-zp1hx]

Ur channel never disappoints, good job!

[@unpopular_opinions]

poor default high-school... simsie is so cruel to it. i wont say it doesn't deserve it, though

[@ReadYourDiary]

This is such a beautiful build! Schools like that I find so visually pleasing💛💛💛 Early August sounds so crazy to me! Where I live in Poland, all schools start on the 1st of September (unless it's a weekend, then the first work day) and most universities start on the 1st of October :}}

[@viicky_09]

Here in Canada, Quqbec's province, we usually start school the last week of August, but never a Monday.. Teachers will start the Monday, but students start like on a Wednesday or a Thursday. That gives them 2-3 days to connect, explore and get their books, agenda, lockers... :) And we also had the table tables with the attached chairs in our cafeteria haha

[@shaneklz]

53 seconds ago is WILDD

[@Misslove84]

7:45 Hi im From Germany 🥰 And where I come from, the holidays end in July 🙈😂

[@ninjaniffler3538]

@@Misslove84 In NRW the first day of school is next Wednesday 👍🥲

[@rebeccawicker6207]

5:32 @lilsimsie I encourage you (and anyone else) to look up the West Bend West/West Bend East High School in West Bend Wisconsin. My high school was two schools in one. So we had two cafeterias and two library’s etc… super wild.

[@hopemyers799]

This is one of my favorite builds you have ever done! I sometimes don't have the patience to build/decorate such a large lot! Amazing job!

[@littlelosthuman]

Hi!! :) im from Poland and here we have actually a pretty nice school&breaks system. We start school at the beginning of September amd then we have a summer break starting late june that lasts till the beginning of the school year so a little more than two months but we have other breaks during the school year, our Christmas break is around two weeks amd then we have another break that is usually a month or two after the christmas break (it depends om the region you live in but yeah), we call it winter break and it lasts for two weeks. Of course we have other smaller breaks, like an Easter break!

[@avocadotoast7367]

the problem with the sims 4 is a think I always felt on public buildings is a feeling of "let's pretend that there's a lot of people interacting in here" but then there's 10 sims in the place and you feel alone

[@malexapro]

In Argentina our school year starts around the first week of March and ends on the first or second week of December. We have winter holidays the last two weeks of July. About the building, the school I went to specifically was kind of weird. It was like a giant square with the patio inside, and we shared the space with old people who lived on half of the building, the other half was our school and a Church. I can't imagine being retired and having to live surrounded by kids and teenagers 😂. We didn't have a cafeteria, in middle school we started class at 1PM so we just had lunch at home, but in high school we just ate at our desks. Sound kind of sad now that I'm mentioning it lol. We also don't have chess clubs, no gym, no lockers and no art room. We do most stuff in the same classroom. The only separate rooms we had were the lab, the music room, the computer room and a sort of auditorium. Loved the video btw, Can't wait to download this HS!Sorry my comment was lengthy 😅

[@ekeino]

Schools always start around the 1st-2nd week of September where I'm from. It was always peculiar to me that in the US they start in August, it would be deadly with the heat here! (context: as a student none of my schools had a/c or even a fan which is crazy but yeah).

[@skunkskiestink6620]

ooo one of my favorite rooms in high school was the props and costumes “closet” for the auditorium. it was like a small room with tons of costumes, craft supplies, set pieces, maybe a makeup station. that could be a good filler room if anyone can’t think of one

[@EmsIsFab]

I find that for North American High Schools (I am in Canada) the further north you go the more likely your school will be a single building rather than a campus. The higher the likelihood for snow, the less outside walking you need to do. I don't think it's a perfect formula but I have never seen a Canadian high school that has more than one building UNLESS there were mobile classrooms to help with overcrowding. I had one huge building for my high school with attached soccer field (We don't do football) and a nearby baseball diamond that was part of a community civic centre. As for back to school It's usually after labour day in my area.