Sentences with phrase «grade honors student»

«A few years ago, I worked with a 6th grade honors student who did an independent study of The Catcher in the Rye.

School officials in a Calumet City, Ill., district have suspended a 7th grade honors student for a third time this school year for not conforming to a new, mandatory school - uniform policy because of what his parents say are religious reasons.

So the 10th grade honors student at Ocean City High School in New Jersey did what she normally does when she needs help with an assignment and doesn't have time to consult with teachers or classmates: She logged on to the Internet and linked to an online tutor.

McQuade's work with her ninth grade honors students at Los Gatos High School demonstrates that a non-technical educator and her students can produce and publish a book of student writings using only commonly available computing equipment and the free Smashwords distribution service.

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Each team is composed of nine students, three from each grade point category, and includes three Honor (GPA 3.75 - 4.00), three Scholastic (GPA 3.00 - 3.74), and three Varsity (GPA 0.00 - 2.99) students.

When we honor students at community events, let's use this opportunity to celebrate achievements that go beyond getting the grades.

We don't believe everyone deserves a trophy, but we have seen the problems associated with a ranking system, and have urged schools to consider other ways to honor their top students — ways that rely less on a grade point average and that are more similar to the MVP status on a sports team - where multiple skills and traits are valued.

As students move into the upper grades, their ownership of the character goals is demonstrated in student government, community service, the honor system, and athletics.

In my ninth grade classroom, January starts with a video about John Foppe, born with no arms, who excelled as an honor student, drove his own car, and became a successful psychologist and speaker while creatively using his feet.

So when these top - flight schools decide that advanced honors courses in physics and chemistry are to be given the same weight in calculating a student's official grade point average (GPA) as any other course, including cooking, check - book balancing, and make - up algebra, it becomes ever so clear — once again — that the country's progressive educators have successfully pushed back the forces of school reform.

The honored tradition of the oral report is the leading cause of stress among secondary - school students — so much so that many would prefer to take a failing grade, suggests a study by an Ohio State University researcher.

Picture a high school ELA honors class full of amazing kids who came up through the grades without any struggling, kids who thrive in schools that believe these students would do just fine.

My fifth - grade students assist by creating the end - of - the - year slideshow and have also created presentations, including honoring their teachers, which they performed in front of an audience.

Accelerated or honors courses offer above - grade - level curricula to students who are ready for it, and allow high - achieving youngsters to move at a faster pace than their peers.

After graduating from Excellence at the end of eighth grade, Jamal went on to be an honor student at Bishop Loughlin, one of the best Catholic schools in New York.

Students become motivated by the grades they achieve, their rankings compared to other students, and extrinsic rewards such as honor rolls or schoolStudents become motivated by the grades they achieve, their rankings compared to other students, and extrinsic rewards such as honor rolls or schoolstudents, and extrinsic rewards such as honor rolls or school awards.

As schools chief in Chicago from 2001 to 2008, he was affected by the gun deaths of a 10 - year - old on the eve of her first day of 4th grade, a 16 - year - old boy shot in a city bus on his way home from school, and an 18 - year - old honor student killed outside his high school, among others.

And in this quest for a more humanizing pedagogy, one that disrupts the traditional, meritocratic system, it's critical that we turn to asset - and strength - based creative ways to celebrate, honor, bolster, and include students who have been labeled — perhaps for years — by a letter grade that stands for failing as well as by negative, deficit descriptors.

Many of the students at the public grade 8 to 12 school in affluent Old Westbury, New York, wrack up honors and Advanced Placement courses, while participating in school clubs and community service.

Five states — Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, Oregon, and Pennsylvania — put on transcripts and honors diplomas students» scores on state tests taken in the 10th and 11th grades, but they do not use them as a prerequisite for graduation.

Educational policy makers, who were in high school 20 - 30 years ago, remember a classroom that no longer exists — one with students quietly reading while the English teacher grades essays and one with students checking each others» math papers while abiding by the honor system.

Honor the highest 3 students in each grade level from the previous day.

Students can earn as many as 10 awards each month, based upon course grades, citizenship, attendance, honor roll, and reading goals.

More recently, the state's release of the 2011 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) scores — Florida's primary measure of student achievement of the Sunshine State Standards — showed that Brevard's sixth grade students ranked first in Florida in both reading and mathematics, and in June the district was honored for the third consecutive year by the Association of School Business Officials for financial excellence.

In California, 29 school districts were cited by the College Board's AP Honor Roll, which recognizes districts that increased both AP exam participation and the percentage of students scoring passing grades.

The event, held at the Rubin Museum in Manhattan, honored five people who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to enacting positive change in education: Tanell Pendleton, an English teacher who has worked at Bronx Haven High School for eight years, and Michael Wolach, founding teacher and instructional coach at Jill Chaifetz Transfer School, both of whom have worked with Eskolta on multi-year projects on topics ranging from developing students» academic mindsets to implementing outcomes - based grading; Cristal Cruz, a graduate of Brooklyn Frontiers High School, who, after facing significant challenges during school, graduated as salutatorian, enrolled in college, and is now working at Good Shepherd Service to support students in the same way she was supported; and Jeff and Tricia Raikes, co-founders of the Raikes Foundation and part of the founding team of Microsoft, who have become champions of school improvement by establishing national initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency Improvement Community.

«Beginning with first - time ninth grade students in 2018 - 2019, graduation requirements shall include a requirement that students either (i) complete an Advanced Placement, honors, or International Baccalaureate course or (ii) earn a career and technical education credential that has been approved by the Board, except when a career and technical education credential in a particular subject area is not readily available or appropriate or does not adequately measure student competency, in which case the student shall receive satisfactory competency - based instruction in the subject area to earn credit.

All students are offered a comprehensive range of courses at all grade levels, including honors and advanced placement, and adapted and modified programs are available through day, night, and summer sessions.

For example, if you are considering a move to standards - based report cards, please first reassure parents that their secondary students will still have a transcript for college admission, as well as letter grades and academic honors.

However, we noticed too many students becoming ineligible for sports and activities, not enough National Junior Honor Society members, too many average students at risk of not moving on to high school, and unbalanced grade distribution reports.

As middle grades educators struggling to find equity in assessment while honoring the strengths of our learners, we (authors) began crafting a translation guide for students in middle school that can help bridge achievement levels with reporting mechanisms.

Students in 9th - 11th grades are encouraged to pursue honors coursework in preparation for AP and IB classes.

However, he took on more responsibilities, such as being the captain of the baseball team and the president of the student council, and due to the heavier load his grades suffered and he did not make honor roll his sophomore year.

We also want to reflect and honor students» content acquisition and therefore have content contribute 30 % of their grades.

When an honor student wrote an editorial for Northern's school newspaper, criticizing its practice of advancing students to the next grade regardless of skills mastered and lamenting the course catalogue's lack of college prep, the principal refused to print the article.

On May 17, 20 Canyons School District students from fifth grade through tenth grade were honored as RizePoint scholarship recipients after a committee reviewed their applications, which included a personal explanation of their own ambitions to learn at a STEM camp, their academic record and recommendations from a teacher and a peer.

Inspired by Emdin's advice to trust students to lead their own learning, and to raise expectations, a 7th grade science teacher expanded a robot - building project from her honors class to the entire 7th grade.

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A student earning a 3.0 cumulative grade point average or higher will be considered an honor graduate.

Students completing this challenging course will earn honors credit and the affiliated elevated grade point average.

The results showed a continued racial divide — in ninth grade language arts, about 90 percent of white students are in honors, compared to less than 50 percent of black students.

Ballou Senior High School offers honors and AP courses, grade - level Academies, Inclusion classes for students with special needs, and more than 50 partnerships with national and community organizations.

Leaders at High Tech High realized they needed to offer honors classes so that students could have the weighted grade point averages that selective colleges look for in admissions, but they did not want to separate the highest - achieving students from their peers.

Since the most recent advent of digital reading and ebook proliferation, the techno format has been blamed for a drop in reading comprehension scores among grade school students, developmental concerns over children's screen time, and even the overturning of a time - honored pricing and value structure within the... [Read more...]

You're eligible if you're a high school student with at least a «B» average, college student with at least a 3.0 out of a 4.0 grade - point average or higher, a student on a dean's list or honor roll, or if you rank in the top 20 % of your class or on national standardized exams

As an affiliate of the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, the Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards honors exemplary art by students in seventh through 12th grades.

This exhibition features work by National Art Honor Society students (grades 10 - 12) from across the Commonwealth and a reception will be held November 7, from 3 to 5 pm.

The Awards honor exemplary artworks by students in 7th through 12th grades by recognizing their outstanding achievements in a competitive annual exhibition and providing cash prizes and scholarship opportunities.

Students selected for the Rovner Program (based on grade point average and previous intramural competitions) become members of the Moot Court Honor Society and start off by enrolling in Appellate Advocacy, generally in the fall semester of their second year.

If the letter grading system can not be averaged then no grade can be below «B,» or student must have at least a 3 in a 4, 3, 2, 1 point system or its equivalent, or student is included in a «Dean's List,» «Honor Roll» or comparable list indicating scholastic achievement.