Sentences with phrase «at small high schools»

Among the startling results are these: Students at small high schools have a graduation rate of 71.6 percent, compared with 62.2 percent for their peers in larger schools.

The article notes the 2013 report «Sustained Progress: New Findings About the Effectiveness and Operation of Small Public High Schools of Choice in New York City» by the group MDRC, which studies the causes of high graduation rates at small high schools in New York City.

After graduating from Bowdoin with a major in neuroscience and a minor in Spanish, Claire spent five months teaching English at a small high school in Chile.

For instance, a student at a small high school that does not have enough students to justify offering an Advanced Placement course in physics can now take a course through an online provider if her school permits and funds such opportunities.

«I really think that even principals are going to like it, as much as anybody can ever agree on something,» said Tara Brancato, a music teacher at a small high school who helped lead the policy team.

Not exact matches

The healing process might have taken a small step forward Friday in the wake of Wednesday's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Her story begins at her high school graduation celebration in small - town North Carolina.

Twice each year, I take two bus - loads of high school students on retreats at which they worship, walk labyrinths, talk in small groups with adults who care about them, and «hang out» in Christian community.

Dallas (CNN)-- Cheerleaders from a small eastern Texas town have won the first battle in their crusade to display Christian religious messages on banners at their high school's football games.

I don't think I would put them to the average layperson in a small group setting, but to a pastor or deacon, a question or two at a time... for the record, I am a high school grad, have had three jobs in my entire life (church custodian, newspaper pasteup [pre-computer pagination], and grocery deli clerk), am on SSDI for complications of Marfan's Syndrome, and a Medicare beneficiary, no secondary insurance because I am about $ 20 over the income limit for Medicaid.

In the United States Roman Catholics, at no small sacrifice, were constructing a network of parochial and higher schools for the education of their children under Christian auspices.

But even the most complicated conspiracy theories didn't get at the change in the American consciousness quite the way King did when he kicked off his career by having a girl named Carrie destroy her high school with telekinesis and followed it up with vampires devouring a small Maine town.

I have a 17 year old niece who is not planning to be her for her high school graduation and is not planning to go to college even though she got all sorts of scholarships and grants to go play soccer at a small private college.

Though Welkerdominated in high school, scoring 90 touchdowns and kicking a 57 - yard fieldgoal — he also played soccer at Heritage Hall — most Division I scouts saw shortarms, a small frame and an average 40 time.

Every summer in a Pennsylvania community that is still small enough to have just one high school, tens of thousands gather at Howard J. Lamade Stadium outside Williamsport to watch 12 - year - old boys (with a few 11 - year - olds thrown in) compete for the crown of Little League World Series champions.

«I don't think it's good for high school sports,» says Kim Evans, who coached volleyball at small - school power Sonora for nine years.

Taylor grew up in Kingsland, a small town in the southern part of Georgia, but after his sophomore year in high school he moved to Jacksonville to live with relatives and to play in the well - regarded football program at Ribault Hhigh school he moved to Jacksonville to live with relatives and to play in the well - regarded football program at Ribault HighHigh.

One practice per week for each team will be held at a local high school or city park, with a second practice each week being held at an indoor baseball facility to focus on small group instruction for hitting, pitching, and catching.

Candy the Elf watched over students from on top of the basketball hoop at Midwest Central High School in Manito (IL)-- and at 5 inches tall, that was no small feat!

It's really like setting up a small classroom at home, for you and your children, but you still get the social benefits, higher academic benefits, etc. of home schooling.

Small but powerful, in high school he took his lumps early and turned himself into a champion, winning state titles at Wisconsin's Wayland Academy in 1991 and following it up a year later with a 103 - pound crown while a senior at Buffalo Grove.

Klopfenstein and Thomas (2010) offer three significant ways in which non-AP students at a school may pay the price for the AP program: they may receive lower instructional quality, as the best teachers are siphoned off to teach AP students; they are in larger classes, as AP classes are smaller than typical high school classes; and non-AP course offerings are reduced or limited in order to fund, staff, and expand AP course offerings.

At Austin High School in Minnesota, Maya Wuertz's lunch was a small serving of apple sauce and a sad chicken burger.

However, even after control for confounding and selection factors associated with infant feeding practices, increasing duration of breastfeeding was associated with small but significant increases in scores on standardized tests of ability and achievement, teacher ratings of classroom performance, and greater success at high school.

By making small tweaks to the menu to feature student favorites, and moving assembly to the front of the house, participation at the high school has increased by 100 - 125 breakfasts per day; breakfast - in - the - classroom is increasing participation at the elementary and middle school level as well — it's up 55 percent at Lake Elementary!

Despite a disruption from a small protest, U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (R - Kew Gardens) was inaugurated Sunday at Metropolitan High School in Forest Hills before an enthusiastic crowd.

A small crowd gathered at Carthage High School to learn more about a proposed missile site that could be built at Fort Drum.

The Bawku Central Member of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has sued the Akufo - Addo administration at the Supreme Court over the implementation of some of its key initiatives such as the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP), Free Senior High School, Planting for Food and Jobs as well as the operations of existing agencies like the Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC)...

BP Ruben Diaz Jr. and staff were working away on his State of the Borough speech, set for Feb. 25 at the renovated but defunct Evander Childs High School, now home to a bunch of smaller schools.

5 - time Grammy winner Arturo O'Farrill slams his fingers down on the keyboard today in the small theater at Mount Vernon High School, showing how music can shape someone to do amazing things.

The Bawku Central Member of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has sued the Akufo - Addo administration at the Supreme Court over the implementation of some of its key initiatives such as the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP), Free Senior High School, Planting for Food and Jobs, the Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC) and others.

Nearly half of the 773 grants awarded to schools have gone to JROTC programs, which put students through a basic military curriculum and offer an array of small competitive clubs, like the rifle team at Broward's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

The Bawku Central Member of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has sued the Akufo - Addo administration at the Supreme Court over the implementation of some of its key initiatives such as the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP), Free Senior High School, Planting for Food and Jobs as well as the operations of existing agencies like the Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC) and others.

The gender gap in STEM interest is smaller among high school seniors at schools with stronger math and science offerings, the researchers note.

Then I remembered seeing a science experiment at my high school in Elsinore, in which our teacher showed us what is called a cloud chamber, and seeing tracks of radioactive particles, which look like small droplets.

«The ossicles are very small structures, and one reason the surgery has a high failure rate is thought to be due to incorrect sizing of the prostheses,» said study author Jeffrey D. Hirsch, M.D., assistant professor of radiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) in Baltimore.

«Although this was a small, preliminary study, it suggests that marijuana may affect individuals at high risk for psychosis differently than other marijuana users, by briefly inducing psychotic - like experiences and impairing their cognition,» said Nehal Vadhan, PhD, a psychologist and associate professor in Psychiatry and Molecular Medicine at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine and first author of the paper.

Matt Pollard, Lead STEM Teacher at Paradise Creek Regional High School in Moscow and an enthusiastic advocate of the program expressed, «It's been fun to watch the growth of Science After Hours from a small loose knit group of friends and colleagues to a larger get - there - early - to - get - a-seat affair; its growth has been spectacular, warranting larger venues.

I was always interested in being some sort of scientist and experiences volunteering at a small aquarium, along with taking an conservation biology class in high school, fostered that interest.

I'm usually not a person that wears shorts at all and don't think I have worn them much out in public since I was smaller and in high school.

Now that I am at Johnson a much smaller high school in comparison staff wear jeans all the time.

On Wednesday, I went out to dinner at The Vault — a small brewing company in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — with Mary and Rebecca, two of my very best girlfriends from high school.

I used to gift wrap at a small store in my hometown in High school..

Texas Travel Directory, over 3200 Texas cities, towns, small towns and ghost towns: history, attractions, landmarks, vintage and contemporary photos Consider this an ode to knowing your neighbors, the local baristas knowing your coffee order, and seeing everyone gather at high school games on weekends.

It's the start of a new year at a small suburban high school.

The gist of this in a nutshell is liberal, college bred, big city types laughing down their noses at the amusing antics of conservative, might not have graduated high school, small town types.

March 13, 2018 • Three months on, even the smallest things at Aztec High School — a slam of a locker door — still put students on edge.

-- Strange Fruit lyrics by Lewis Allen On August 31st of last year, a small group of black freshman at Jena High School approached the assistant principal to ask whether it was okay for them to enjoy the shade under a big tree located in what had come to be considered the «white only» section of the schoolyard.

Fish - out - of - water high school football coach Jim White (played by sports movie king Kevin Costner) moves with his wife (Maria Bello) and two daughters to the small, Mexican - American migrant worker town of McFarland, CA and decides to start a cross country team at the school after noticing four kids in his gym class who excel at running.

It begins in a small town in Texas, where Grace (Selena Gomez) works as a waitress at a local diner with her best friend Emma (Katie Cassidy) and is about to graduate from high school.