Sentences with phrase «giving middle school kids»

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The Wapakoneta Middle School in Ohio has reportedly decided to pander to bigots given the parents of seventh graders the options to have their kids skip the lesson on Islam because «some topics are sensitive,» the principal said to Buzzfeed.

Some parents choose to give their kids more freedom in middle and high school as they show an increase in personal responsibility.

Once my kids hit middle school we began giving them an allowance.

That's the primary reason I packed my kids» lunches all through elementary and middle school; it gave them an extra few minutes to eat.

Phyllis Smith turns a one - dimensional and dithering marshmallow into an interesting study in the conflict between desire and convention, Henry Michael Higgins, is the dolphin - obsessed but otherwise disengaged principal, and they are supported by the usual gaggle of kids found in flicks set in a middle school, played by actors who avoid cutesiness and given a script that sets them up perfectly for the bald truth Elizabeth dumps on them with matter - of - fact disengagement in place of the usual cheery esteem - boost called for by curriculum and compassion.

Making STEM a Part of Everyday Life U.S. News & World Report, 5/6/14» «How do we, starting in the middle grades, give kids more exposure to the world on a systematic basis, so that by the time they arrive in high school, they are in a position to know how their interests and strengths align with careers so they can make intelligent choices about their career pathways?»

They include Jim Barksdale, the former chief operating officer of Netscape, who gave $ 100 million to establish an institute to improve reading instruction in Mississippi; Eli Broad, the home builder and retirement investment titan, whose foundation works on a range of management, governance, and leadership issues; Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Computers, whose family foundation is valued at $ 1.2 billion and is a major supporter of a program that boosts college going among students of potential but middling accomplishment; financier and buyout specialist Theodore J. Forstmann, who gave $ 50 million of his own money to help poor kids attend private schools; David Packard, a former classics professor who also is a scion of one of the founders of Hewlett - Packard and has given $ 75 million to help California school districts improve reading instruction; and the Walton Family Foundation, which benefits from the fortune of the founder of Wal - Mart, and which is the nation's largest supporter of charter schools and private school scholarships (see «A Tribute to John Walton,»).

Programs available through each AfterZone have given local kids like Joely a chance to shine in a sport once as little considered in the tough Lower South as the artist after whom the middle school is named.

Some feedback from a middle school teacher indicated that the program provided something special for her kids which was so important, especially for the less motivated ones, because it gave them something to look forward to every week.

Then the word spread, other teachers liked the concept, the principal gave permission to set aside the regular curriculum temporarily, and 115 kids — fully a third of the students at Springfield Middle School, an urban school in Battle Creek, Michigan — wrote nSchool, an urban school in Battle Creek, Michigan — wrote nschool in Battle Creek, Michigan — wrote novels.

Given the same teachers, principal, building and school supplies, filling a school with upper middle class kids with involved parents will create a «good» school, while filling that same school with low income and minority kids with uneducated parents will probably create a «bad» school with low test scores, safety issues, and discipline problems.

You will understand that boosting poor kids up the ladder to and beyond college means giving them schools with a «middle class» culture as well as heavy doses of basic skills and fundamental knowledge.

«Charters want to reach kids of the greatest needs, but one of the best things you can do for low - income kids is give them the chance to go to middle - class schools,» he said.

She meets with the teachers, she comes into the math class and pulls out the kids who need more into separate groups for more challenging math, she writes the GIEPs, attends PAGE conferences, and also is in the process of working with the middle school AT teachers to give them a heads up on the needs and successful learning strategies of the up and coming 5th graders.

Moffit would also like to see more programs and services for kids who want to focus on career and technical education after high school and give students an opportunity to explore those fields as early as middle school.

If we hold off on giving low - income kids this kind of dessert until middle or high school, it's too late.

The last time Bivens got together with principals in the Lincoln Cluster, he gave them an assignment: Survey parents at their elementary and middle schools and find out why they send their kids to schools outside the neighborhood.

A former teacher herself, she founded the school with an attorney friend to give middle and high school kids a college preparatory program that offered AP courses, sports, and the arts.

Overall, the city's subsequent Report Card gave Promise Academy middle school an A. Of course, without a clear understanding of attrition patterns (at least one kid had been expelled) it would be a mistake to put too much stock in test score gains.

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A commitment to savings and careful spending means a more secure future.One way to start teaching kids about money is to give them a school clothes budget when they reach middle school.

Talk to your kids about insurance in middle school after someone they know has a loss, and you've given them a concrete example of why insurance is necessary and worthwhile, and how to hedge against risk.