Sentences with phrase «high school freshman who»

The most visible: the new movie «The Perks of Being a Wallflower,» a coming - of - age drama about an introverted, misfit high school freshman who surprises a new group of friends with his sensitivity and capacity to listen.

The story follows 15 - year - old Charlie, a withdrawn high school freshman who is reeling from the suicide of a close friend and dealing with PTSD.

It was a precocious high school freshman who introduced me to the adorable boxed set of flash fiction published by McSweeney's, One Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box: Hard to Admit and...

It was a precocious high school freshman who introduced me to the adorable boxed set of flash fiction published by McSweeney's, One...

It was a precocious high school freshman who introduced me to the adorable boxed set of flash fiction published by McSweeney's, One Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box: Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape, How the Water Feels to the Fishes, and Minor Robberies.

Yowamushi Pedal — Sakamichi Onada is a wimpy high school freshman who loves anime.

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Applicants must be graduating high - school seniors who are entering their freshman year at an accredited two - or four - year university, college or vocational institute in the fall of 2013.

«I think that we've all suffered enough, more than any kid should have to this year, and I think that having to study for a test that either lets you graduate high school or not is very unfair,» said Alexa Kitaygorodsky, a ninth grader who was in the freshman building when the shooting happened.

When Lonny is not working to make a positive impact in his community, he hangs out at home with his wife, dogs, and 3 children including his daughter who is a freshman in the drama department at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

The city turned out to be a godsend for Josiah, who entered San Francisco Boys» High School in July of 1869, and only two years later registered as a freshman in the new University of California, across the bay from San Francisco.

They were devoured by the Boulder High School freshman baseball team, a group of teenagers who seems to have turned my living room into their clubhouse.

It was Miller who, in 1990 as a senior at Muir High in Pasadena, beat Jones, then a freshman at Rio Mesa in Oxnard, in both the 100 and 200 meters at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational high school meet in Southern California and was told by a meet official, «It's a good thing you beat her now, because I don't think you'll ever beat her again.&raHigh in Pasadena, beat Jones, then a freshman at Rio Mesa in Oxnard, in both the 100 and 200 meters at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational high school meet in Southern California and was told by a meet official, «It's a good thing you beat her now, because I don't think you'll ever beat her again.&rahigh school meet in Southern California and was told by a meet official, «It's a good thing you beat her now, because I don't think you'll ever beat her again.»

Freshman running back Derrick Jones, a Florida high school 100 - meter champion, is a bullish runner, who — with the help of his pit bulls — hunts wild boars in his spare time.

Michigan freshman RB Chris Evans, who was also a four - star coming out of high school, tweeted the following to Black:

Redshirt freshman Sean White, who was ranked as the nation's 2nd best pocket passer coming out of high school, will be replacing Jeremy Johnson behind center.

For girls especially, a freshman with talent will be on varsity, so often the JV team is made up of young women who just want to see what high school basketball is like — and most of them discover it's harder than they thought.

East Bay Club Baseball League is organized for high school baseball players who wish to play competitive baseball during this high school season, but either did not make their school team or their school does not have a freshmen baseball team.

All I could think about after I saw that result was my high school coach Kevin Perry who passed away during my freshman year of college

Fellow freshmen Stefon Diggs, who brought in a crazy tipped pass for a 29 - yard score, and Wes Brown also scored touchdowns, the first of their careers for the high school teammates.

Jones was a McDonald's All - American out of high school who tested the NBA draft waters after his freshman season.

To call it a remarkable comeback does not give it the proper weight, as the Rebels pulled it off with a stunning second half performance from true freshman quarterback Shea Patterson, who was once recruited as the top high school player at his position.

But what about a 19 - year - old college freshman who chips in by helping their old high school coach, and ends up dating or having a sexual relationship with the 17 - year - old high school senior on the team?

Her current part - time jobs include directing the show choir (an ensemble of singers who do popular music and show tunes with choreography) for freshmen through seniors at Lyons Township High School, La Grange, and choreographing productions by the show choir for sophomores through seniors at Amos Alonzo Stagg High School, Palos Hills.

He also told the paper he couldn't shake a comment he heard last spring by a parent, who said his child, a high school freshman, was afraid to go to school.

It's actually the younger kids — junior high and freshmen in high school — who give us the most problems.»

In fact, students who excel in ninth grade are far more likely to graduate high school, enroll in college and remain in college beyond their freshman year, than are students who struggled through their first year of high school.

The survey included all high school students, and Prochno said the Park District is targeting the project more toward junior high students and freshmen, who use skateboards both for sport and transportation.

Ritz - Jack is a High School of American Studies freshman who plans to be in D.C. this weekend.

«Even most of our youngest female participants, who were freshmen in high school, had already experienced some form of sexual harassment,» Hust said.

Black students in the study who participated in MESA in the fall of their freshman year were more likely to take one or more Advanced Placement (AP) classes in a STEM subject later on in high school.

Ranjana Mehta, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Texas A&M School of Public Health, researched freshman high school students with who used standing School of Public Health, researched freshman high school students with who used standing school students with who used standing desks.

Let's take an example of a high school strength coach who is training a freshman lineman who is a novice at lifting weights.

For the school dance my freshman year of high school, I was the 14 - year - old who wore a black tea length, tulle dress with a sweetheart neckline.

Wiggins played Mitch Kramer, an incoming high - school freshman who found himself victim to the bullying of Fred O'Bannion (Ben Affleck) and his fellow senior goons.

The pivotal player in yet another tragedy that is about to unfold is Owen (Lofland), a high school freshman and an outsider, who longs to be one of the guys.

The actor, who's 19 in real life, looks like he's in his freshman year of high school, and there's a sensitive side to his take on the character that Maguire and Garfield never fully captured.

Wiley Wiggins plays the freshman kid who makes it to the big time party, and Matthew McConaughey appears in an extraordinary role as an older boy who still hangs out with high school kids in an effort to stave off his own mortality.

One of the many cast of then unknowns (which included a few guys such as Matthew McConaughey and Ben Affleck), Posey played Darla, the Queen Bitch of Lee High School's senior class and who, on the evening of the last day of school, decides it's her duty as a rising senior to make the lives of the rising freshman girls an absolute livingSchool's senior class and who, on the evening of the last day of school, decides it's her duty as a rising senior to make the lives of the rising freshman girls an absolute livingschool, decides it's her duty as a rising senior to make the lives of the rising freshman girls an absolute living hell.

The university's cleverly - named Dean Martin (Ned Beatty) is reluctant to admit a freshman who's pushing 60 without a high school diploma, class records, and a formal application, but he's convinced otherwise when Thornton donates enough money to cover the establishment of a business administration school.

by Ian Pugh The «square pegs» of the title are brainiac Patty (Sarah Jessica Parker, already having settled into a halting conversational style that never left her) and «fat girl» Lauren (Amy Linker), newly - initiated freshmen at Weemawee High School who pledge during the opening narration of each episode that this year, this year, they're going to be popular.

Perks of Being a Wallflower is about Charlie who is going through his freshman year at high school.

Charlie, a freshman in high school, began the school year as a loner before befriending two quirky outcasts named Patrick (Ezra Miller) and Sam (Emma Watson), who take him under his wing.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending routine vaccination against meningitis for children ages 11 and 12, previously unvaccinated adolescents entering high school, and college freshmen who will live in dormitories.

The SAT is valuable for two main reasons: 1) It provides colleges with a common standard against which to evaluate students who attend high schools with varying grading policies and levels of rigor, and 2) it partially predicts students» grades during their freshman year of college, a measure of how prepared they are for higher education.

Donovan, who now attends the New School university, felt at ease enough to come out during his freshman year in high sSchool university, felt at ease enough to come out during his freshman year in high schoolschool.

This year's recipients are Marisa Bober, a mathematics teacher at Charlestown High School for grades 9 - 12; Elise Cucchi, a seventh grade humanities and French teacher at the Mary Lyon K - 8 in Brighton; Xavier Rozas, who has built an integrated media program to support and highlight staff and student achievements at The English High School in Jamaica Plain; Christopher Tsang, a sixth, seventh, and eighth grade humanities teacher at The Harbor School; and Tanya Milner, an eleventh grade United States history and freshman Advancement Via Individual Determination teacher at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.

It wasn't a lone incident for Biggs, who came out as gay to his Tennessee high school when he was a freshman.

In 2002, then teacher Dan Moulthrop, who was writing a novel in a month, gave his freshman students at San Lorenzo High School, in San Lorenzo, California, an assignment to do the same.

Thats why high schools have initiated summer camps for incoming freshman and special programs that track and support students who experience difficulty during the first months in their new surroundings.

More than a third of Washington students who entered public high school as freshmen in the class of 2003 failed to graduate on time in four years, a rate unchanged from 2002.