Sentences with phrase «at middle school children»

Choices & Consequences (C&C) is a game aimed at middle school children ages 11 to 14 and is designed to teach substance abuse and relationship violence prevention to them.

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At ages 12 and 13, children in the South Bronx are being pushed to choose a middle or junior high school corresponding to the career that they intend to enter.

One of the things I have respected most in Aida Rosa, principal of the elementary school P.S. 30, and the teachers that I talk with on her staff is that they look at children here as children, not as «distorted children,» not as «morally disabled children,» not as «quasi-children» who require a peculiar arsenal of reconstructive strategies and stick - and - carrot ideologies that wouldn't be accepted for one hour by the parents or the teachers of the upper middle class.

As the oldest child in a stable middle class family, Luther endured a childhood of strict discipline at home, school and church that left him with a sense of inferiority, and emerged into university life at a time of great intellectual ferment that challenged the entire educational system as well as the corruptions of a politically powerful church.

The four youngest of Nichole's seven children — Malik, Brian, a senior at Douglass, and two sisters in elementary and middle school — live in the home.

Suzanne has also taught language arts at the middle school and for the past 10 years has been writing fiction, including novels for children.

If your child plays a contact or collision sport, whether at the youth, middle school or high school level, odds are that at some point in their athletic career they will suffer a concussion.

If your child plays a contact or collision sport, whether at the youth, middle school or high school level, chances are they will suffer a concussion at some point in their athletic career.

For the average child (keeping in mind individual kids may be exceptions to these guidelines), an acceptable amount of homework per night is as follows: — Elementary school: approximately 10 minutes or so per grade level — Middle school: an hour or so — High School: 2 to 2-1/2 hours Any homework beyond these limits is no longer providing any advantage, and is probably cutting into those things that do provide advantages like adequate sleep and what we at Challenge Success call «PDF» — that is, play time, down time and familyschool: approximately 10 minutes or so per grade level — Middle school: an hour or so — High School: 2 to 2-1/2 hours Any homework beyond these limits is no longer providing any advantage, and is probably cutting into those things that do provide advantages like adequate sleep and what we at Challenge Success call «PDF» — that is, play time, down time and familyschool: an hour or so — High School: 2 to 2-1/2 hours Any homework beyond these limits is no longer providing any advantage, and is probably cutting into those things that do provide advantages like adequate sleep and what we at Challenge Success call «PDF» — that is, play time, down time and familySchool: 2 to 2-1/2 hours Any homework beyond these limits is no longer providing any advantage, and is probably cutting into those things that do provide advantages like adequate sleep and what we at Challenge Success call «PDF» — that is, play time, down time and family time.

When my middle daughter's teacher at her Montessori school started hinting that she would love to have tablecloths for the children to use at snack -LSB-...]

The eldest boy, a 15 - year - old, has become depressed and refuses to go to school altogether, while the middle child, a boy of 12, has started to get into trouble at school as his frustrations boil over.

To me, the solution to the attrition issue, whether it's at a KIPP middle school or the Promise Academy middle school, is the Harlem Children's Zone's «conveyor belt» model, which provides continuous, high - quality early - childhood and elementary education to precisely those «disengaged families and students,» so that when those children arrive in middle school, they won't have the kind of difficulty doing demanding work as did the kids who left the Bay Area KIPP schools or who underperformed at the Promise Academy middle school in its first feChildren's Zone's «conveyor belt» model, which provides continuous, high - quality early - childhood and elementary education to precisely those «disengaged families and students,» so that when those children arrive in middle school, they won't have the kind of difficulty doing demanding work as did the kids who left the Bay Area KIPP schools or who underperformed at the Promise Academy middle school in its first fechildren arrive in middle school, they won't have the kind of difficulty doing demanding work as did the kids who left the Bay Area KIPP schools or who underperformed at the Promise Academy middle school in its first few years.

This was during the first few years of the Harlem Children Zone's middle school, which were a struggle, and those KIPP schools, which had very good test results, were for the Promise Academy administrators both a standard to be aspired to and a frustrating reminder that their own students weren't performing at the same high level as KIPP's students.

The tween years offer up a number of challenges, including puberty, middle school, and the possibility that at some point in the next few years your child may encounter bullying.

The competencies needed for a successful, purposeful, and joyful life in the 21st century are best cultivated through an education that fully meets and engages the developmental needs of children, which are fundamentally different in early childhood, elementary school, middle school, and high school — in other words, «the right thing at the right time.»

It's sad, but it is possible that your child will be offered drugs, cigarettes or alcohol at some point during the middle school years.

Our family has been at the School for 10 years and I have 4 children currently enrolled in the school from Kindergarten through Middle School, and I have been overwhelmingly impressed with the quality of education delivered and the enthusiasm that my children have for their time there.&School for 10 years and I have 4 children currently enrolled in the school from Kindergarten through Middle School, and I have been overwhelmingly impressed with the quality of education delivered and the enthusiasm that my children have for their time there.&school from Kindergarten through Middle School, and I have been overwhelmingly impressed with the quality of education delivered and the enthusiasm that my children have for their time there.&School, and I have been overwhelmingly impressed with the quality of education delivered and the enthusiasm that my children have for their time there.»

For instance, your middle school child may need to wake up at 6 am for school, which means that their bedtime should be at least 9 pm or earlier if possible.

Most middle schools and high schools, attended by children aged about 11 to 17, also do not sell fruits and vegetables outside traditional cafeteria lunch lines so that students can find them at random times, the report showed.

Larry Meyers, principal of Westchester Middle School, said his district resorted to fast foods about two years ago because «children would dump their lunches at the end of the period.»

But for weeks now I have been considering pulling rank and taking my middle child, my daughter, out of school and continuing her education at home.

The middle school may send your child home with a list of electives to choose from, or they may go over elective possibilities at orientation or when your child attends the school tour or open house.

In the 1960s, the Academy introduced the Junior Academy of Sciences, aimed at middle and high school children to provide additional learning opportunities, and in 1983, an Education Department was formally established.

Another big question is whether children exposed to healthier choices, such as the ones at Burgess - Peterson Academy, will continue to make healthy eating choices as they progress to middle and high school and into adult life, he added.

There is a long two - hour lunch break in French schools, and while this makes the day longer (maybe too long) for the kids, on the other side, the children have a good break in the middle of the day to eat their lunch slowly and digest afterwards in the recess area (French law states that children must sit at the table for a minimum of 30 minutes).

Don't be surprised if your once angelic child challenges your rules at home or the rules of his middle school.

When my middle daughter's teacher at her Montessori school started hinting that she would love to have tablecloths for the children to use at snack time, I stored it in my brain waiting to get the time to do it.

Here is an example: At my oldest child's middle school some of the parents were complaining about the school lunches.

Meanwhile discussions elsewhere reached consensus on disability rights, taking competition out of the NHS, tribunal fees, legal aid, zero - hours and short - hours contracts, agency workers, immigration, local government funding, housing, the Middle East, the minimum wage, the living wage, Royal Mail, the railways, science and technology, mental health, fracking, animal welfare, Lords reform, reducing smoking and consumption of alcohol, fats and sugar, reaffirming all - women shortlists, youth services, careers advice, sexual and relationship education, and even the 11 - plus (recognising that selection at age 11 damaged education for all children, but stopping short of abolishing existing grammar schools).

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (middle) meets and speaks with children at New Lane Elementary school in Selden to mark the start of the Suffolk County School Recycling Pilot Program, an initiative spearheaded by Bellone that seeks to to help school meet their NYS recycling mandate, reduce costs, and promote environmental stewarschool in Selden to mark the start of the Suffolk County School Recycling Pilot Program, an initiative spearheaded by Bellone that seeks to to help school meet their NYS recycling mandate, reduce costs, and promote environmental stewarSchool Recycling Pilot Program, an initiative spearheaded by Bellone that seeks to to help school meet their NYS recycling mandate, reduce costs, and promote environmental stewarschool meet their NYS recycling mandate, reduce costs, and promote environmental stewardship.

The scheme's critics argued that Specialist Schools encouraged segregation in education, insofar as the middle class parents who were long best placed to ensure favourable outcomes from school admissions regimes of grammar schools would continue to be able to get their children into the better schools, at the expense of those from poorer and socially excluded backgSchools encouraged segregation in education, insofar as the middle class parents who were long best placed to ensure favourable outcomes from school admissions regimes of grammar schools would continue to be able to get their children into the better schools, at the expense of those from poorer and socially excluded backgschools would continue to be able to get their children into the better schools, at the expense of those from poorer and socially excluded backgschools, at the expense of those from poorer and socially excluded backgrounds.

Fred Baptiste, the parent of a child at PS 161 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, which is having its middle school grades truncated despite strong community opposition, said the change on co-locations would be an important first step.

Off the top of my head the biggest ones are: (1) corruption within the Buildings & Grounds Department (2) corruption involving school district vendors over-billing and paying bribes and kickbacks that led to those two Federal indictments and convictions; (3) corruption involving police harassment of a woman on behalf of the manager of a local beach club; (4) a child rapist operating out of a public middle school; (5) an illegal gambling and pornography web site operated by members of the New Rochelle Police Department; (6) a retired police officer defrauding charities including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal asbestos handling and asbestos removal at an elementary school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean Smith.

At 11 a.m., the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and parents of children who attend Bronx public schools call on Albany for equal funding to their children's schools, Girls Prep Bronx Middle School, 890 Cauldwell Ave., the Bronx.

Now we're able to send our children to a middle school in our neighborhood,» Debra Millman, who has a 7 - year - old at nearby P.S. 59, told DNAinfo.com New York.

Success had requested space for four new middle schools — two in Brooklyn, one in the Bronx and one in Queens — and reallocation of space at two existing middle schools to accommodate children matriculating from elementary school to middle school.

Middle - school children who consume heavily sweetened energy drinks are 66 % more likely to be at risk for hyperactivity and inattention symptoms, a new study led by the Yale School of Public Health has school children who consume heavily sweetened energy drinks are 66 % more likely to be at risk for hyperactivity and inattention symptoms, a new study led by the Yale School of Public Health has School of Public Health has found.

The researchers examined the impact of this policy on children's snack food and beverage intake at eight middle schools in rural Appalachian Virginia.

Although the number of playground injuries is decreasingfrom 187,000 in 1992 to 98,000 in 1997Phelan hopes that prevention efforts aimed at middle - school - age children can reduce the number even further.

About 50 percent of high school students have access to salad bars at schools, 39 percent of middle school kids and 31 percent of elementary school children.

The study, published in the Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, measured the impact of polyvictimization — exposure to multiple forms of victimization — on school climate at the middle and high school levels.

That is why she is reaching out to children at the middle school and high school level now to give them the mathematics tools they'll need to thrive in college.

Researchers measured cortisol levels by analyzing 7,000 samples of children's saliva; samples were collected at morning baseline, and after arts and homeroom classes on two different days at the start, middle, and end of the school year.

«Children who watched a lot of television growing up were more likely to prefer solitude, experience peer victimization, and adopt aggressive and antisocial behaviour toward their peers at the end of the first year of middle school.

Being a mentor for at - risk elementary and middle school children for the last three years, I've noticed that they tend to have the same difficulties I...

This bill is aimed right at the children's reproductive function and that is why tetanus vaccines are required of pubescent middle school children when it is not even a communicable disease and the annual morbidity from tetanus during the 20th century was lower than horse riding accidents.

He also conducts site visits at City Springs Elementary & Middle School where he teaches the students mindfulness practices in order to assist the children in their everyday scholastic lives.

Georgia About Blog The Montessori Academy at Sharon Springs in Cummings Georgia offers programs for toddlers, primary, elementary, middle, upper school children and childcare.

Georgia About Blog The Montessori Academy at Sharon Springs in Cummings Georgia offers programs for toddlers, primary, elementary, middle, upper school children and childcare.

With her middle school students at the Dryades YMCA she made the feature documentary Wade in the Water, Children from their footage documenting life post-flood in mid-city New Orleans.