Sentences with phrase «valor schools»

Previously, she was the Operations Coordinator supporting both Valor schools.

His role at Valor is Chief Operating Officer, and he will lead the operational strategy and policy work for both all Valor schools.

It's an approach that seems to be working: Valor Flagship Academy, the first Valor school, produced outstanding academic results, including the highest standardized test scores in the city and the state, in its first year of operation (2014 — 15).

It's an approach that seems to be working: Valor Flagship Academy, the first Valor school, produced outstanding academic results, including the highest standardized test scores in the city and the state, in its first year of operation (2014 — 15).

Not exact matches

Take a look at the highlights of four - star QB Dylan McCaffrey out of Valor Christian High School in Colorado.

I so want to try Valor with another oil to help my daughter to stay calm and focus during school.

He left school and was drafted into the United States Army where he served with distinction and valor in Vietnam.

Valor is intentionally diverse, with a student body that has no majority ethnicity — Sarah Giblin, principal of both schools, says that Valor is the first school in the state of Tennessee to make this a goal.

In our school, Men of VALOR was created to do that.

At Valor Collegiate Academies — two charter schools on one campus in Nashville that serve grades 5 through 8 — the core philosophy is that «really strong SEL work is very advantageous to kids also doing well academically in school,» says Todd Dickson, who founded the schools with his twin brother, Daren.

At Indian Island School a floor mosaic at the school's entrance depicts a Native American man in traditional headdress, and the following words: Penobscot Indian Nation, purity, faith, and School a floor mosaic at the school's entrance depicts a Native American man in traditional headdress, and the following words: Penobscot Indian Nation, purity, faith, and school's entrance depicts a Native American man in traditional headdress, and the following words: Penobscot Indian Nation, purity, faith, and valor.

In this telling, valor is awarded to those willing to make «hard» decisions: these people support merit pay, firing bad teachers, holding schools accountable, and closing failing schools.

At Valor Collegiate Academies, two charter middle schools in Nashville, for example, misbehavior is approached as a learning opportunity for students.

Valor Collegiate is the only school in the state to be in the top 1 percent in academic achievement and growth, and more than 80 percent of Valor students say they feel safe and connected to others at the school.

Valor Collegiate Academies — a pair of charter schools on one campus in Nashville — uses social and emotional learning throughout every grade to drive academic development.

About Fighting Our Fear With Valor: A Powerful Lesson From A High School Student on How to Transform Schools

In 2005 he received the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation Excellence in Education Prize for Valor and was saluted as the «godfather of school choice.»

Blackstone Valley Prep, Valor Collegiate, and the International School of Louisiana Receive the Coalition's Inaugural Awards WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Board, members, staff, and partners honored Blackstone Valley Prep as School of the Year for best exemplifying the Coalition's values.

I want Valor Academy to be the best middle school in Los Angeles.

The Coalition also awarded Valor Collegiate as the Best Newcomer School and the International School of Louisiana with the Achievement Gap Award for demonstrating exceptional commitment to successfully closing achievement gaps.

Blackstone Valley Prep, Valor Collegiate, and the International School of Louisiana Receive the Coalition's Inaugural Awards

After completing a year - long Fellowship with Building Excellent Schools, a nationally - recognized charter - development organization, and a leadership residency at KIPP: Academy of Opportunity, Hrag founded Valor Academy Middle School, a high performing 5 - 8 grade charter school in Los AnSchool, a high performing 5 - 8 grade charter school in Los Anschool in Los Angeles.

Valor Collegiate Academies is a network of free, public college preparatory charter schools in South Nashville that serves a diverse population.

Over the next three years, Valor aims to impact over 300 schools and 120,000 students.

NTR is also excited to announce that our residents will be in eight Nashville partner schools this fall including LEAD High School, Valor Collegiate Academies, Knowledge Academies, LEAD Southeast, Cameron College Prep, East End Prep, STEM Prep and Liberty Collegiate Academy.

Bright Star Schools is proud to formally announce a merger with Valor Academy Charter School.

In 2014 — 15, Valor's fifth graders outperformed those at 99 percent of other schools in Tennessee.

Providing a great education is at the foundation of creating a great school, but you need to pull together a lot of other pieces to make that happen, says Hrag Hamalian, founder of Valor Academy in Arleta.

Valor Academy is a 5th through 8th grade charter school for the communities of North Hollywood, Arleta, and Panorama City.

Before he was the founder of Valor Academy charter school in Los Angeles, Hrag Hamalian was a teacher.

During the 2014 - 15 school year, 94 percent of Valor students were considered proficient in math and nearly 79 percent tested proficient in reading, according to state data.

Dacia Toll, well known in the charter school world as the co-founder and co-CEO of the Achievement First charter network, spent time at Valor when the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools helds its annual conference in Nashville in June.

This social, emotional, and academic growth is deepened and accelerated by Valor's inclusive and diverse school community.

If you think families are losing interest in Nashville's charter schools, you probably haven't heard of Valor Collegiate Academy.

Embracing others» perspectives was exactly the kind of habit she hoped her son would pick up at Valor, a charter middle school especially designed to foster racial integration and social understanding.

There were no suspensions during Valor's first year and 17 during its second when the student body expanded from some 100 students to 500 students, according to the school.

The story of Valor begins in 2011, when former Gov. Bill Haslam signed a law that opened up charter schools for students in any school, not just those whose schools were considered to be failing.

Once both of its 5 - 8 middle schools are ready to graduate a class, Valor plans to start a high school.

Since its founding two years ago, Valor Collegiate Academies, which has expanded its two schools into 7th grade this school year, has a caught the attention of educators and parents across the region for its high student test scores and integrated classrooms.

A cross section of Nashville students showed up Thursday to learn whether they had the right number to get into Valor Collegiate Academy, a new charter middle school set to open this fall on Nolensville Pike in South Nashville beginning with the fifth grade.

The first school, Valor Flagship Academy, is located along Nolensville Pike in Southeast Nashville, which is close to predominately white neighborhoods but includes large populations of Latinos and Kurdish residents, he said.

During a morning assembly at the recently - opened charter school Valor Collegiate Academy, a triangle of fifth - grade girls — one Asian, one Hispanic and one white — discussed how they could help improve their learning community.

Valor Collegiate Academies has paid $ 1.4 million for property on Nolensville Pike, where it operates its first middle school with plans to spend another $ 3 million to double the size of the building.

Last school year of the 182 public schools in the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools district, Valor scored the highest on measures of academic achievement, beating out even the district's well - regarded magnet prschools in the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools district, Valor scored the highest on measures of academic achievement, beating out even the district's well - regarded magnet prSchools district, Valor scored the highest on measures of academic achievement, beating out even the district's well - regarded magnet programs.

Thena Berry said it was Valor's commitment to diversity that convinced her to take a chance on a new charter school for her 11 - year - old daughter.

We are thrilled to continue that journey as we plan to open Valor High School, beginning with 9th grade in the 2018 - 2019 schoolSchool, beginning with 9th grade in the 2018 - 2019 schoolschool year.

She is thrilled to be a part of the Valor team, and excited for the upcoming school year!

Valor Flagship Academy is a middle school serving approximately 500 5th - 8th graders from throughout Nashville.

Source: Edutopia, February 5, 2018, by Tom Berger «At Valor Collegiate Academies — two charter schools on one campus in Nashville that serve grades 5 through 8 — the core philosophy is that «really strong SEL work is very advantageous to kids also doing well academically in school,» says Todd Dickson, who founded the schools with his twin brother, -LSB-...]

Michael joins the Valor team after working in multiple roles for RePublic Schools including, Assistant Principal of RePublic High School, Director of Extracurricular Activities for all Nashville based RePublic Schools, and Literacy Coordinator at Liberty Collegiate Academy.