Not exact matches
Every
year, during the first week of
school, Gruber
gives her first -
graders a second - grade test
in math and reading.
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.
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.
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.