Sentences with phrase «academic enrichment classes»

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Morning classes focus on academics, and afternoon classes offer fun enrichment activities.

Camp Troubie is a four - week summer program for rising / incoming 6th through 8th (morning academic classes) and rising / incoming 5th through 8th (afternoon enrichment) grade girls.

More than 700,000 students in more than 1,200 New York City schools — including large high schools in all five boroughs — would face higher class sizes, have fewer teachers and lose after - school academic and enrichment programs if President - elect Trump makes good on a campaign promise to pull billions of federal dollars away from public schools to pay for private vouchers, a UFT analysis has found.

The research centers on MESA, a 48 - year - old enrichment program operating throughout the United States that uses classes, hands - on competitions, academic support and industry involvement to help first - generation, low - income and socioeconomically disadvantaged students from middle school through college become more involved in STEM fields.

Within a single school day, our pupils are enrolled in four core classes (English language arts, math, science, and social studies), one specialty class, one academic intervention course, and one extra-curricular enrichment course.

Children at both schools participate in a variety of academic and enrichment classes after school, and their parents, many of whom speak Spanish, attend English - language classes.

ELT has since become an integral part of the school day, where students receive an additional 60 minutes of support instruction in some core academic classes like English and math, and 90 minutes of electives in arts, sports and music, and other enrichment activities.

Housed at the University of Buffalo, the program identifies disadvantaged but talented minority children, places them in academic - enrichment classes, and then finds them spots at private schools and a more selective public high school in the area to complete their precollegiate careers.

Today, as legislators see it, dual enrollment offers something for everyone: academic enrichment for kids who have maxed out the honors and accelerated classes their schools offer; a glimpse of college rigor for high school laggards; and a leg up on a career for those who enroll in trade programs.

Third - grade campers spend the morning doing academic work; afternoons are reserved for enrichment classes like basketball, poetry, or drama.

The ACE program is designed to provide the academic enrichment and skill support needed to boost student preparation for honors classes, as well as improve student PARCC test scores.

It is tempting to use a quiet, brilliant child who has already mastered most of the academic work of the classroom as a tutor or teacher's assistant, especially when there are 30 children in the class, school policies discourage acceleration or ability grouping, enrichment materials are not available, and the gifted education program has been cut.

Gifted Programs may involve enrichment pull - out classes, segregated classrooms, or grade and subject Academic Acceleration.

Time for Teachers: Leveraging Time to Strengthen Instruction & Empower Teachers examines 17 high - performing and fast - improving schools around the country that have taken advantage of expanded school schedules to provide students with more time for engaging academic and enrichment classes and teachers with more time to collaborate with colleagues, analyze students data, create new lesson plans, and develop new skills.

Now that he is in the reading enrichment class, he feels so much better about his academic ability.

The program eventually added a month to the school year for schools taking part in the elementary initiative, and used the added time to pair academics with enrichment programs, such as art and music classes and field trips offered by community organizations in partnership with the district.

While parents / primary caregivers attend classes, their children under the age of three are provided with early childhood enrichment in a developmentally appropriate classroom setting which aims to build the academic, social, and physical foundation necessary for school readiness.