Sentences with phrase «grade graduation ceremony»

A few weeks ago, I found myself sitting on the stage at our school's eighth - grade graduation ceremony.

She announced the creation of her scholarship fund to a delighted audience of potential recipients and their parents attending 6th - grade graduation ceremonies at the Richard R. Wright and Kenderton elementary schools in north Philadelphia.

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Some competency - based schools are even doing away with age - based grade levels entirely, treating learning as a continuum, and holding multiple graduation ceremonies each year to award diplomas when students are ready.

Eighth graders have a graduation that is combined with seventh grades recognitions; but the eighth graders stay on after the ceremony to share refreshments with their parents.

Some of these critical views have included parents voicing their concerns on social media describing the graduation ceremonies as ridiculous and even conservative critics have argued that «if this continues unabated down the age range, even to those too young to sit exams and receive grades, such awards have no point and could even damage the will to work for success.»

According to school - provided data, 100 % of the students who were in sixth grade at Drew made it to their graduation ceremony six years later.

Each of our charter schools holds a promotional ceremony for its kindergarten and fifth grade students in addition to graduation ceremonies for each school's eight graders.

It includes policies about the school year, school day, grading, graduation requirements, home schooling, school library and media center, textbook selection and adoption, field trips, teaching methods, and school ceremonies.

K12 will provide comprehensive wraparound services targeted to individual student needs and for the benefit of the school community: development of strong community within the virtual academy; access to the best and most current virtual instruction curriculum, assessment and instruction based on solid research; customizing each student's education to their own individual learning plan; academic success at the school and individual student levels resulting from teachers» instruction and constant monitoring of student growth and achievement with interventions as needed; national and local parent trainings and networking; frequent (i.e., every two to three week) teacher / parent communication through emails and scheduled meetings; establishment of unique settings for students and parents to interact; connecting students on a regular basis with students across the United States in similar virtual academies and across the world through networking and K12 national competitions (e.g., art contest and spelling bees) and International Clubs; access to the entire K12 suite of services and instructional curriculum (currently including K12, Aventa, A +, and powerspeak12) to include world languages, credit recovery courses, remedial courses, and AP courses; participation in a national advanced learners programs; a comprehensive Title I program that will provide additional services for students; school led trips, for example, visits to colleges, grade level specific trips such as student summer trips overseas, etc.; School prom; school graduation ceremonies; national college guidance through a network of K12 counselors; school community service opportunities; student developed student body council; school extracurricular activities: possibilities would include the development of a golf club, chess club, bowling club.

Beginning in kindergarten, classes of young students were referred to by their graduation year — «Class of 2016» instead of 4th grade — and transitions to middle and high school became opportunities to look ahead, with 8th graders participating in a graduation rehearsal rather than a graduation ceremony.