Sentences with phrase «graduation stage»

Those students had walked across graduation stages despite missing too many classes or improperly taking makeup classes.

In many, many places, we're loath to demand that young Americans actually demonstrate competency before moving onto the next grade, the next course, the high school graduation stage, or college.

Every June, students take part in a time - honored tradition: Donning a cap and walking across the high school graduation stage.

Kills Crow might not keep every man he puts in a jersey for four years, but compared to the rest of the students at Haskell, you have a better chance of being one of the 150 odd kids crossing the graduation stage in May if you're on a team.

My «ah ha» moment: The day I walked across that graduation stage was also the day I decided I was done being overweight and unhealthy.

It was such a fantastic experience and a great way to experience an American icon with my classmates before we walked across the graduation stage a few weeks later.

But I know that it's going to be one helluvah journey, for better or worse, and I'm really, really excited to walk across the graduation stage and fully step onto this new entrepreneurial road (instead of painfully holding myself back all this time in avoidance of serious brain pain — ha!).

But the same local administrators who have been charged with getting more students across the graduation stage also have considerable leeway — via course grades, credit recovery programs, and shadier practices — in determining whether students have earned the privilege.

This might sound fanciful, but it could all be a reality before today's kindergartners walk across the graduation stage.

«They wonder how we do it»: Downey Unified — a school district in LA's shadow with the same student demographics — is getting 96 % of kids across the graduation stage

In Magnolia ISD, we believe in transforming the lives of our students through high quality learning experiences that support the needs of each student, from the time they join us in elementary school until they step off the graduation stage with a future ready to begin.

Graduation coaches who help kids cross the graduation stage is one potential solution.

A year ago, LA Unified Superintendent Michelle King proclaimed it was «all hands on deck» to help seniors get across the graduation stage under the new graduation requirements.

Some local schools never had class rank, or did away with it long go, along with the time - honored tradition of the No. 1 student taking the graduation stage as the valedictorian.

Contrary to popular belief, the job that you were told would be on the other side of the graduation stage was not there.

This isn't easy, mind you, but the fact that you can start your own law firm for under $ 3,000 should help prospective law students feel a little more at ease about the doom and gloom job market waiting for them on the graduation stage.

If «it» was ever hard on us — if we ever had to cross one of life's «graduation stages» all alone, as you did — «it» is still relevant to our health today as we live our lives.

Most of the Class of 2014 will cross the graduation stage without firm plans for the future.

Again, while each population has seen impressive progress in recent years, we have a significant amount of work to do in order to ensure each student, regardless of background, is given the opportunity and necessary support to reach the graduation stage.

Recent success in improving graduation rates among all students, regardless of the challenges they face, provides evidence that targeted supports, including wraparound services, school counseling, intersession programs, Saturday school, family engagement, home visits, tutoring, and social - emotional learning result in more students walking across the graduation stage.