Sentences with phrase «graders in a given school»

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The Wapakoneta Middle School in Ohio has reportedly decided to pander to bigots given the parents of seventh graders the options to have their kids skip the lesson on Islam because «some topics are sensitive,» the principal said to Buzzfeed.

Second grade elementary students from Statham Elementary partnered with high school students at the Sims Academy of Plant Sciences Program for a live streaming event in which Academy students gave the second graders a virtual tour of their greenhouse.

For example, in a study of American 4th graders, kids were given incomplete maps of their school yard and asked to (1) locate unmarked features (like a flagpole) and (2) place stickers on their maps to indicate where these features could be found (Kastens and Liben 2007).

Della Curry, a school kitchen manager in Aurora, Colorado, was fired for giving a free meal to a first - grader who was...

He gave a talk to sixth graders on May 23rd at the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation in the Bronx.

The study by the Educational Policy Institute, released Aug. 11, examined the scores on the Stanford Achievement Test 9 or 10 given to 1,800 5th graders at 24 KIPP schools in the fall of 2003, and again in either...

Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn of Illinois has proposed giving a laptop computer to every public school 7th grader in the state.

A few thousand well - selected subjects might give us an accurate picture of 4th graders in a state, but these types of tests can not be used to measure the performance of a student or school.

The Education Next study looked at data from the 2007 NAEP tests in reading and math, given to 8th graders in U.S. public and private schools.

Every year, during the first week of school, Gruber gives her first - graders a second - grade test in math and reading.

The project, Back in Time — An Historical Fiction WebQuest, gave eighth graders at Athena Middle School the chance to research historical events using the Internet.

Four days into the start of school this July, a teacher gave a hand signal to 80 fifth - graders waiting for lunch in the white cinder block cafeteria at KIPP KEY Academy in Southeast Washington.

Seven - week programs this year included SummerQuest, giving 2,000 - plus elementary school students hands - on activities in science, engineering and technology; Summer of Service, with a range of activities for 900 middle school students; and an orientation, incorporating social media, academics and bonding activities for 700 incoming 9th graders.

In Sara Cross's classroom, 2nd graders practice giving compliments in a free - association exercise during the morning circle time, an activity that's part of the Connected and Respected Curriculum in which the school trains each teacheIn Sara Cross's classroom, 2nd graders practice giving compliments in a free - association exercise during the morning circle time, an activity that's part of the Connected and Respected Curriculum in which the school trains each teachein a free - association exercise during the morning circle time, an activity that's part of the Connected and Respected Curriculum in which the school trains each teachein which the school trains each teacher.

In Portland, Maine, Gus Goodwin gives eighth graders at King Middle School a visceral understanding

For bsallamack — My other problem with yr idea is that IQ tests given to 2nd and 3rd graders, the usual way that gifted kids are designated in America, are in my experience poor predictors of school achievement for many kids.

In a Math & Movement Intervention study at a Title 1 school, 3rd graders were given a Universal Screening Math test.

Three indicators are new to the state's accountability system, and according to state education officials are designed to give an understanding of a students» opportunity to learn: the opportunities students have to take advanced placement or college - level courses in high school; 9th graders on track to graduation; and the percentage of students who aren't chronically absent.

She meets with the teachers, she comes into the math class and pulls out the kids who need more into separate groups for more challenging math, she writes the GIEPs, attends PAGE conferences, and also is in the process of working with the middle school AT teachers to give them a heads up on the needs and successful learning strategies of the up and coming 5th graders.

Good Morning Our «24 Days of Giving Thanks» recognizes Stacean Patterson, a fourth grader who attends St. Benedict the Moor School in New Orleans.

24 Days of Giving Thanks — Day 5: Stacean Patterson, fourth grader at St. Benedict the Moor School in New Orleans http://bit.ly/2fmtLsk

(The old school was K - 8; fifth -, sixth -, and seventh - graders were given preference to enroll in the district or charter school of their choice via Newark's common enrollment system.)

In a series of student - led events, ESP were treated to decorated hallways, school lunch, plaques of gratitude, and an ESP - assembly celebration, where 400 seventh graders gave them a thunderous applause.

But beyond the technical difficulties involved in giving an eight hour test to all of the district 3rd the 8th grade students, as well as, all 11th graders, Zimmer warns that the results of the Smarter Balanced test should be viewed as «one part of a multi-faceted picture of school performance.»

Each fall, Anna Lobianco, a reading specialist at Bread and Roses Integrated Arts High School in New York City, gives a reading test to the 90 incoming 9th - graders.

In 2007, St. Charles Parish Public Schools began giving gifted screening tests to all second and eighth graders to avoid the possibility that teacher prejudices could influence who was considered for gifted classes.

Nobody — except one seventh - grader who attends Ross Elementary School — suggested the teachers give up the 18 % raise they received as a result of last fall's strike in order to funnel more money back into the system to keep the schools open.

The state is required to give out end - of - grade tests for 3rd through 8th graders, and one exam in high school, based on a federal law known as No Child Left Behind.

KINGSPORT, Tenn. — Alison Cotey, a 23 - year - old, first - year teacher at John Adams Elementary School in Kingsport, Tennessee, recently gave her fifth - graders a poem littered with sound effects.

Right now, just 39 % of third graders in CMS are reading proficiently, an alarming statistic given that third grade reading proficiency is the most important predictor of high school graduation.

Third graders listen as their teacher gives a math lesson at Carlin Springs Elementary School in Arlington.

Summit K2 plans to open this fall with about 120 seventh - graders at 1800 Elm St. and add a second seventh grade class in the fall of 2015, giving it more than two years to find a site for a planned high school.

Yet given these limitations, the results were striking: even when analyzing the achievement of third graders who had the benefits of a smaller class for only one year, as compared to those who were in large classes, the gains were substantial, especially for disadvantaged students in inner - city schools.

In the fall of 2011, when the district area academic manager heard about student improvement in another district using Success Highways, administrators gave the Success Highways resiliency assessment to every eighth grader at selected schoolIn the fall of 2011, when the district area academic manager heard about student improvement in another district using Success Highways, administrators gave the Success Highways resiliency assessment to every eighth grader at selected schoolin another district using Success Highways, administrators gave the Success Highways resiliency assessment to every eighth grader at selected schools.

When every sixth - grader at Ridgely Middle School in Baltimore County was given a laptop this fall, the event was such a big deal that students and parents came to school on a Saturday to receiveSchool in Baltimore County was given a laptop this fall, the event was such a big deal that students and parents came to school on a Saturday to receiveschool on a Saturday to receive them.

Also, here's a talk on sustainability that I gave awhile back to an audience ranging from fifth graders to post docs at Yale's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (apologies for the lack of spliced - in slides):

Daniela, an eighth grader at Malibu Middle School, said, «I get C's in English and I want to score A's,» and added that she had given no thought to her tutor being 20,000 miles away, other than the situation feeling «a bit strange in the beginning.»

Not unlike different major programs in college, my school district decided it might be a good idea to give 11 - 12 th graders career - centric, college curriculum inspired experience in the field of their choice (i.e. Interview Skills.