Sentences with phrase «at school an accomplishment»

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As a senior at Wichita State in 1993, playing in his hometown, at the school where his father, John, was and still is a professor of history, Darren went 11 - 1 with a 2.48 ERA and, as the Shockers» DH, batted.327 with 22 homers and 66 RBIs; his accomplishments won him the Golden Spikes Award as baseball's top amateur player.

Using a sticker chart or a calendar he can put stickers on might give him a sense of accomplishment and pride and be happy to report to you that he had gone on the potty at school.

The first advice is to spend time with your child, ask her about her friends, the challenges she might be facing at school, and her accomplishments.

Most notable among his accomplishments is the launch of Clubhouse, the before - and after - school program now hosted at eight school locations with more than 600 children participating.

Her many other accomplishments include: speech artist - and - therapist - in - residence at Karl - Schubert - Schule (Stuttgart); faculty of the School for Pedagogical and Therapeutic Speech (Switzerland), current chairperson of Creative Speech North America (association of speech artists); representative of the Performing Arts Section (Eurythmy, Speech, Music, Puppetry and Drama) on the North American Collegium of the School of Spiritual Science; translator, editor, author, and actor.

The induction ceremony for the club took place at the Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice in front of students, faculty and parents, all of whom were extremely proud of these students» accomplishments.

One of Dr. Vines» most significant accomplishments as a scientist has been the development of a breast cancer metastasis model that was adapted from an existing model, in collaboration with Dr. Ming Zhang at the Feinberg School of Medicine, of Northwestern University.

He appointed the late Mildred Cohn to a tenured faculty position in his department at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in early 1960, when she had been struggling to earn a faculty position for several decades because of well - entrenched gender discrimination in U.S. academia, despite her sustained, brilliant research accomplishments.

Her greatest accomplishment is raising two young men, educated at Mount Madonna School, who are happily finding their own paths.

With that great, Houdini - like accomplishment in your pocket, you'll then have the confidence to get a PhD, compose a rousing rap opera based on Game of Thrones, and build an animatronic woman with the libido of a repressed Catholic school girl who can also field dress an elk, all at the same time.

Evette Reay wanted to celebrate her last day of high school at West Side High School in Dayton, Idaho by showing up in style, which is why she went out and got herself a super cute, above - the - knee, green dress to wear in celebration of all her amazing accomplishments as a graduating sschool at West Side High School in Dayton, Idaho by showing up in style, which is why she went out and got herself a super cute, above - the - knee, green dress to wear in celebration of all her amazing accomplishments as a graduating sSchool in Dayton, Idaho by showing up in style, which is why she went out and got herself a super cute, above - the - knee, green dress to wear in celebration of all her amazing accomplishments as a graduating senior.

Former Secretary of Education Rod Paige praised the efforts and accomplishments of teachers and students at Amistad Academy, a charter school in New Haven, Connecticut, and noted it exemplifies one of the key ideas behind the No Child Left Behind Act: every child can learn.

Either a majority or a near majority within each sector say they have spoken to a school staff member at least once within the past year about each of the following: their child's achievements and accomplishments; their child's schoolwork or homework; their child's behavioral problems; volunteering; the quality of teaching; and the behavior of other students at school.

«That's a pretty impressive accomplishment for a sector that is only six percent of all children attending schools,» Paul Peterson, professor of government and the director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University, told RealClearLife.

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,»).

The campaign, which began this month, will publicize the accomplishments of the public schools through billboard displays at 30 locations throughout the city.

Of course a 50 percent placement rate for aspiring principals is no small accomplishment, and there has been undeniable progress in getting fellows hired at neighborhood schools.

One of Lagemann's most significant accomplishments at HGSE has been the creation of the «usable knowledge initiative,» which aims to counter a major problem facing schools of education, the difficulty of linking research to practice.

Maybe you are proudest of your school's test results, your athletic teams» prowess, your teachers» skills at involving parents in the classroom, your school's many cultures and how they blend into a true family, your service - learning program, your media center, your Your six pride statements should tell about the biggest successes, your proudest accomplishments, your most valued resources.

Putting students in charge of their own parent - teacher conferences has helped students feel more confident in their accomplishments, and led to greater engagement among both students and parents at this Chicago school.

While the charter movement has historically received proud bipartisan backing in Washington — Presidents Clinton and Obama both strongly supported charter schools, as have Presidents Bush II and Trump — charters are almost entirely a GOP accomplishment at the state level, where charter policy is made.

To celebrate the children's climbing accomplishments, not only did Westway arrange for Molly Thompson - Smith, Captain of the GB Junior Climbing Team, to make a surprise appearance at the school to meet the climbers but the children were also treated to an outdoor climbing trip to Wales, culminating in a climb to the summit of Mt Snowdon, 1085m high.

Paige Applauds School's Commitment to High Expectations Secretary of Education Rod Paige praised efforts and accomplishments of teachers and students at Amistad Academy, a charter school in New Haven, ConnecSchool's Commitment to High Expectations Secretary of Education Rod Paige praised efforts and accomplishments of teachers and students at Amistad Academy, a charter school in New Haven, Connecschool in New Haven, Connecticut.

Like the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, in - laws, spouses, partners, school friends, work friends, best friends, and maybe even frenemies in the audience, I share your pride in the accomplishments of our graduating students and your joy at the prospects that lie ahead.

Similar to what we discovered for schools, however, not all teachers were found to be exemplary, at least according to the judgments of our expert ratings of teacher accomplishment.

At the end of the semester or in early summer, school leaders should find time and multiple ways to celebrate the work and accomplishments of Kickboard (or other new programs) to reinforce the core culture.

Oakland Kids First accomplishments include winning: a Meaningful Student Engagement policy and office within OUSD (2006); an increase in funding from 2.5 % to 3.0 % for OFCY (2008); a Code of Respect policy reforming discipline at three sites (2013), and a number of other victories that improved retention rates, lowered suspensions and fostered greater connections to school.

Now the 6th grader at Christ the King School can add «published author «to her list of accomplishments.

Please describe your biggest accomplishment in increasing student achievement at your school.

PPEP TEC provides a valuable academic option for at risk students, but the school's biggest accomplishments lie in the stories of students who struggled, but are now on track for future success.

Since 2006, the 2400 students at SA schools in Harlem and South Bronx have read one million books outside of school, an even more impressive accomplishment given the dismal reality of their first days at the academy.

Accomplishments & Practices Utilizing leadership strategies from PASS and Executive PASS partnerships was able to establish a culture of excellence at the school.

Despite operating with a drastically smaller operating budget than they had planned for, Tangi Academy has met every desegregation requirement and has achieved a balanced at - risk and special education student population — an accomplishment that TPSB has struggled to achieve in many of its own schools for over the last half century.

The outcome is a huge accomplishment for Duval Charter High School at Baymeadows» (DCHS) young football team.

At the end of the» 08 - ’09 school year, the team evaluated accomplishments, strengths, and weaknesses of our RtI program.

Students have connected more to their school work (increased authenticity), have felt an increased sense of accomplishment and more concrete vision of community at Grass Valley.»

Perry's most noteworthy accomplishment in Connecticut is his use of the «Table of Shame» at Capital Prep Magnet School to humiliate students who failed to follow his rules.

Soulsville Charter School was recognized for their accomplishment during a ceremony at the school held on Oct. 23, 2015 at 3:School was recognized for their accomplishment during a ceremony at the school held on Oct. 23, 2015 at 3:school held on Oct. 23, 2015 at 3:00 pm.

Second, even those supporters who are open to external forms of accountability, or at least reporting outside the boundaries of the classroom or school, often claim that standardized tests, state assessments, and other external measures of student accomplishment do not provide sensitive indicators of the goals of curricula based upon whole language principles.

For me personally (I realize that I'm old - school and look at most things through that lens), most games today don't give me a sense of accomplishment because I feel they're too easy

Among her many residencies, lectures and teachings, other accomplishments include Artist talk Skt Hans arts Foundation; Talk and studio visits at Sam Fox School, Washington University, St. Louis; Artist in residency at Sazmanab Center for Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran; Artist in residency at Monte residency, Buenos Aires, Argentina; as well as lecturer for a creative writing class at New York University.

Truth be told, the New York School — or, at least, the typical accounting of its accomplishments — has been coasting on received wisdom for some time.

The firm compared each of its associates» grades, class rank, and school rank to their evaluations and accomplishments at the firm.

This month's cover story, and really a lot of the talk of the town here in Ontario, centres on the shortage of articling spaces for all the lawyers in training graduating from law school and wanting to get into the practice of law — or at least who want to get called to the bar so they can tick it off their list of accomplishments and then go on to run a successful enterprise using their law - school smarts!

With a site like Avvo (and it's not the only one; there's also Justia and a myriad of other social networking tools for lawyers), lawyers can set up a robust professional profile, where they can list their law school, former places of employment, practice specialty, bar memberships, presentations and accomplishments at no charge!

Colleges today look at a student's accomplishments from all four years of high school, which is why you don't want to wait until your child's senior year to begin planning for college.

Marilyn Santiesteban, assistant director at Texas A&M University's Bush School of Government & Public Service Career Services tells new graduates to quantify their experience, education, or skills by using «accomplishment statements» (you grew your coding club's membership to 200 students, or helped raise more than $ 100K for your university's dance marathon) which show hard measures.

The applicant's specific qualifications: any work experience, school experience, skills, or accomplishments, especially those relevant to the job at hand

Also, I finally took off my high school accomplishments (although they were somewhat relevant to my career)-- since high school was 14 years ago at this point.

Accomplishments: Participated in development of new school logo design as lead concept artist at the California School for the Deaf, Frschool logo design as lead concept artist at the California School for the Deaf, FrSchool for the Deaf, Fremont.