Sentences with phrase «elementary schools focus»

In fact many elementary schools focus on PBL projects that would fit in steps 1 and 2; so if PBL is built into the scope and sequence of the entire life of a student, one can only imagine the amazing things students can do at the middle - grades level, let alone in high school.

Part of the problem is that many elementary schools focus on skills rather than knowledge.

The requirement to summarize their plans for social - emotional learning makes elementary schools focus on day - to - day activities to give life to those plans, she said.

FUND early intervention and prevention efforts in our elementary schools focused on educating parents, training teachers and working with students so that kids don't turn to drugs and alcohol when they are facing challenges.

This grant enabled the National Writing Project to provide intensive, sustained in - service professional development to high - need elementary schools focused on CCSS - ELA implementation in third, fourth, and fifth grades.

Seton Catholic Schools is a collaborative network of Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic elementary school focused on offering children an exceptional well - rounded education, spiritual formation, and opportunities for success.

Soon to complete Bachelor's degree in elementary education in early 2012 and seek employment for the summer school or fall start with an elementary school focused on student knowledge and achievement.

Not exact matches

The call ended, and, like most Americans who were near a TV, I quickly lost focus on pretty much all else aside from the grim details emerging from Newtown's Sandy Hook elementary school.

My kid - focused brain knows that this weekend signals the 2 - week mark until my youngest graduates from elementary school and officially becomes a middle schooler.

But to be safe, let's focus on what happened before they entered elementary school.

Our 10 year old and 7 year old participate in the «green team» at their elementary school which focuses on campus clean up, recycling and other activities to keep the school green.

With the insights of anthroposophy, gleaned through a daily look at child development focusing on your class's age group, you will get to know the first grader as he or she crosses the bridge into elementary school.

This week's second Editor's pick is the article, «More Focused, Better Behaved Kids, Through Mindfulness,» by journalist Tori James on My Mother Lode — through which we learn the outcomes of teaching mindfulness to students at a California, USA, elementary school.

A growing number of Canadian elementary schools have added stationary bikes in classrooms to help students focus on learning.

I am glad the show is tackling an entire school system, rather than only focusing on the much - easier - to - mold - and - entertain pre-school and elementary school students.

A primary focus will be the «After - Three Connection,» opening seven park district sites to some 300 elementary school children in the critical after - school hours of 3 to 6 p.m. Offerings will include arts and crafts, sports, music, gymnastics, homework help and such specialized pursuits as fencing, African dance, rap sessions, stained glass, woodworking and cooking.

In 2011 when her daughter started elementary school, she rebranded the site to Ann Arbor with Kids and expanded the focus of the site to include events for babies through tweens.

Social Media Safety: Creating Healthy Habits and Setting Up Safety on Devices — Beswick Elementary School Tustin, CA — parenting workshop focusing on helping parents of elementary school children develop safe habits with social media and technSchool Tustin, CA — parenting workshop focusing on helping parents of elementary school children develop safe habits with social media and technschool children develop safe habits with social media and technology.

Recently, GFI translated their material to secular publications (e.g., Babywise) This presentation focuses upon four of the teaching modules: Preparation for Parenting, newborns to age four months (PFP); Preparation for the Toddler Years, from five to fifteen months (PFTY); Growing Kids God's Way, for toddlers through elementary school age (GKGW); and Reflections of Moral Innocence, the GFI sex education curriculum for all ages of children.

Focuses on the energy change and logistics of having a child in elementary school, and includes creating and teaching your child to manage their own routines, dealing with the wider exposure to other kids and families, talking about difficult topics, and just managing all the paper, meetings, and stuff elementary school brings.

The elementary school district launched its junior high - focused STEM program with the inaugural Design and Modeling course last school year.

Currently, the main focus of the Rock on Café program has been in the elementary schools, but is expanding to middle and high schools.

The convention will also focus on Clinton's push for stricter gun control, featuring family members of those shot in the Orlando nightclub massacre, along with the daughter of the principal at Sandy Hook elementary school.

Peneston says there's a cost for demanding schools focus so much energy on having elementary school students do well on standardized math and language arts tests.

Project BOOST (Building Options and Opportunities for Students) is an enrichment program that serves both elementary and middle school students, focusing on providing academic, cultural and community service learning opportunities for kids.

WBFO Focus on Education Reporter Eileen Buckley spoke with an elementary school principal and a college leader.

WBFO»S Focus on Education reporter Eileen Buckley says this U.S. Department of Agriculture grant will allow the district to begin setting up salad bar in elementary schools to promote healthy eating.

Prior to joining Science News, she was senior editor at National Geographic Explorer, science - focused classroom magazines for elementary and middle school students.

The «keepin» it REAL» substance - abuse curriculum focuses on elementary and middle - school students» decisions, not drugs

After reading about elementary schools sending food packages home with students, Sharma decided to make hunger the primary focus of his research.

[pagebreak] Phelps was diagnosed with ADHD in elementary school, Phelps's mother told the New York Times in 2008, when his teachers remarked on his lack of focus and inability to sit still.

«I've teamed up with a number of organizations over the years that focus on childhood exercise and health, and visiting with elementary schools is something I love to do.

Newtown focuses on the harrowing accounts of the survivors and families affected by the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting.

I had interviewed the stars and the director Sean Baker (of Tangerine fame) earlier in the day, where I nerded out HARD and told every A24 rep I saw that they were my all - time favourite studio in the game right now (I was really into New Line in elementary school and tried to see EVERY Focus Features film in high school.

Compelling documentary focuses of elementary school age refugee children being taught in Holland

An exhibit like Climate Change can satisfy a high school standard, she says, while an elementary school teacher can meet those standards by focusing on the intricacies of the local ecosystem.

As researchers long focused on social studies and informational reading and writing education in the early elementary grades, we were frustrated by this pattern of neglect, and troubled that it is even worse in high - poverty school settings.

Each grade level chooses a theme for the year; this year's seniors, for instance, are focusing on local elementary schools.

Here are three examples focused primarily on elementary school, taken from earlier published research by Dennis Embry and Anthony Biglan.

Originally conceived as an approach for kindergarten through eighth grade students, limited resources and the logistical problems of implementing Responsive Classroom practices with multiple teachers, prompted the NEFC to narrow its focus primarily to elementary schools.

(Disadvantaged high schools were also randomly selected into the program; we focus only on elementary and middle schools since these are the grades for which we can measure math and reading achievement.)

As KIPP has expanded from 2 schools to more than 100, it has broadened its focus to include elementary and high schools.

Whereas business - driven educational reform has largely focused on the K - 12 years, recent studies, including one by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), have now shown that the quality of care infants and toddlers receive can significantly impact their cognitive and social development through elementary school — and even beyond.

«That's why at the Academy, we focus on supporting teachers in the Bay Area, especially at the elementary school level.

I started focusing my reporting on the prekindergarten and elementary school.

Those judgment - strengthening experiences are adaptable for students from elementary through high school, but this discussion will focus on students in their early teens — a critical period when their responsiveness to peer and social influences peaks as they strive to create their individual identities.

The project led to the creation of a logo for one Seattle elementary school — a logo that expresses the mission and spirit of the school, focuses classroom instruction, and unifies the community.

Its focus on high schools, especially suburban ones, precludes easy extrapolation to middle and elementary schools.

«The JEF program, for the near term, is focusing its efforts on hands - on science for preschool and elementary school students and making use of resources on the Internet,» Bemley says.

Such thinking is why elementary - and secondary - school reform focuses almost exclusively on resources (per pupil spending), time (class size), knowledge (professional development), or experience (teacher retention) and relatively little on incentives to make educators perform better.