Sentences with phrase «junior high age»

This study investigated differences among intellectually gifted students of junior high age participating in full time intensive programs for the gifted.

Of course, the dog escapes from Barsinister's dark underground laboratory and enters the home of a broken family, specifically that of ex-cop security guard Dan Unger (Jim Belushi) and his emotionally distant junior high age son Jack (Alex Neuberger).

i don't really have one but there's on my parents bought when i was selling stuff for junior high ages ago — it's a collection of dessert recipes from a bunch of regular people.

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China's Communist Party is a merciless meritocracy... if you're in Chinese leadership, you made it there by scoring high on a long series of exams, starting at age twelve — which means you haven't met a stupid person since you were in junior high school.

I was outraged at the irreverent giggling of these junior high - aged youth, unfazed by my stern looks from behind the table.

A bunch high school freshman boys would be required to play UP against junior or senior age girls.

At ages 12 and 13, children in the South Bronx are being pushed to choose a middle or junior high school corresponding to the career that they intend to enter.

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Chip Kell, 15, a husky (6 feet 1 inch, 225 pounds) center on the Murphy High (Atlanta) football team who drinks 30 gallons of milk a month, put the 12 - pound shot 59 feet 1 inch to set an age - group record at the Jaycee Junior Championships in St. Paul.

HANNAH TURLISH LEWISTON, MAINE Hannah, 12, a seventh - grader at Lewiston Junior High, set Maine age - group records in the 50 - and 100 - yard freestyle, the 50 breaststroke and butterfly and the 100 and 200 IM in one meet.

JUNIOR GOLF LESSONS (AGE 17 AND UNDER) Greenhorn Creek is a strong advocate for youth golf, in addition to our Academy programs, Greenhorn Creek is the home course for Bret Harte High School and a host course for, youth, high school and College level tournameHigh School and a host course for, youth, high school and College level tournamehigh school and College level tournaments.

Working specifically with kids for over 10 years Worked and trained with top professionals at the Nike Junior Golf Learning Center for 8 years Many students currently playing High School golf and attaining scholarships for college Juniors (ages 7 - 15) playing and winning SCPGA Junior Golf Tournaments

Campers practice independently in groups according to age (high school, junior high, and youth).

In Santa Cruz, there are three self - contained camp and conference facilities: Summers at Ponderosa Lodge are geared for junior high and senior high students; Redwood Camp's full summer schedule delights elementary and primary school - aged kids; our Conference Center summers provide a Christian resort camping experience designed for every member of the family.

Glasson blew out his left knee playing basketball in junior high, so he turned to golf, having begun to learn the game at age 10 while doing small jobs at a muni.

Beijing, China (August 16, 2015)-- Ten Santa Clara Aquamaids swimmers ages 16 - 18 competed in the 2015 China Synchronized Swimming Junior Open Championships in Beijing August 13 - 16 and ended on a high note on all fronts.

Humboldt plays Junior A hockey, a high - but - not - that - high level where there's still recruiting and a draft, but the players range in age from 16 to 21 and are not paid.

By the time he was in high school, he had traveled to more than 30 states with his teams, and at age 16, he made the Illinois Junior Olympic baseball team, his father said.

For junior and high school lunch meal usually instant noodles with instant meat ball... All buy from canteen $ 0.50 — $ 1... Rarely kids in school age bring lunch from home..

See, secondary education is very critical especially for girls, because they come out of junior high school at the age of 15, and if they do not continue into secondary school, one, the likelihood that they would suffer from teenage pregnancy is high, two, child marriage is likely and in some of our communities, at 15 - 16 they would marry the girl off.

Ghana has a free education 6 - year primary school education system beginning at age six, [163] and, under the educational reforms implemented in 1987 and reformed in 2007, they pass on to a 3 - year junior high school system.

Ghanaian children begin their education at the age of three or four starting from kindergarten (nursery school and preschool), then to elementary school (primary school), high school (junior high school and senior high school) and finally university.

During my junior year in high school, age 17, I attended the Florida Society of Hospital Pharmacists conference in Orlando with my father.

Some school systems break their age groups slightly different, including sixth grade as part of elementary school and then referring to grades seven and eight as «junior» high school.

Well, the youngest but more reasonable age would be Junior High.

Nicholas LaRoche won the 2002 men's junior national championship — the second - highest level of competition in the United States — at age 18.

It's a modest film «about a small personal crisis that represents something much larger,» as two junior - high - aged new friends roam New York City and bond, even as their parents get further entrenched in an eviction dispute.

In junior high he immediately clicks with Wood natives Roland (played as a teen by Trent Cameron, as an adult by Taye Diggs) and Slim (played as a teen by Duane Finley, as an adult by Richard T. Jones), and together they come of age through high school.

Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Kyra Sedgwick, Woody Harrelson, and stellar cast of ensemble players, this fresh, funny, honest coming - of - age film follows high school junior Nadine (Steinfeld) and her longtime best friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson) as they navigate the total nightmare that is high school.

Erin is an educator at heart and has taught all ages from toddlers to senior citizens and in the classroom from junior high through graduate school.

Fong will resurvey the 2,273 Chinese vocational high school, college prep high school, and junior high school alumni she last surveyed in 1999 when they were aged 13 - 20, as well as...

Reformers thus embraced the junior high school movement, knowing that the purpose of these institutions was to encourage students to make vocational choices as early as age 12 or 13.

There are no set - in - stone rules for how high to mount your urinals, but Cornwall Council advises a height of 430 mm for infants, 500 mm for juniors, and 560 mm for secondary - aged pupils.

Extra police officers were posted at every junior high and high school in the Bronx borough of New York City last week following the second race - related attack on a school age child in the area in less than a week.

Young people in the United States today, she says, are suffering because of «school stress, the college admissions process, high - stakes testing, cutthroat competition, the emphasis on stardom rather than on enjoyment of activities, sleep deprivation, parental pressure, the push for perfectionism, the need for escapism, the Age of Comparison, [and] the loss of leisure and childhood...» Among her favorite culprits for this state of affairs are testing in general, the SAT in particular, the «Nation at Risk» report, and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which she believes turned elementary schools and junior high schools into testing factories.

Right (self - portrait, embroidery): Age: 13; Sex: School: Negisi Junior High School; City, Prefecture: Yokohama, Kanagawa; Media: fabric embroidery

Starts at age 16 or 17 and lasts three to four years — represents the last two years of U.S. high school plus two years at a Community or Junior College.

University based programs are offered to junior - high - age students who have met a minimum score criterion on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), given in the spring to all students in the system who are at the 95th percentile or higher on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS), mathematics or verbal sections.

The 300 + campers, Tolman says, start as early as age four and by age 12, can become junior counselors and eventually counselors once they reach high school age.

Initially designed to market to high school students 14 - 17, the age bracket has dropped to junior high, with probably sophomores at the highest.

The humor is somewhat crass, often relating to scatological or reproductive functions or body parts generally kept under wraps — the type of comedy that might be most appealing to a junior - high - age male.

(ages 8 to 12)» - Child Magazine «Exceptional book, recommended for junior and senior high school students, advanced students, and adults.»

The humor is somewhat crass, often relating to scatological or reproductive functions or body parts generally kept under wraps - the type of comedy that might be most appealing to a junior - high - age male.

Starting in 1964, Virginia Haviland, founding head of the Center for Children's Literature at the Library of Congress, met regularly with a small group of area librarians to select an annual list of recommended books for children from preschool through junior - high age.

Stunning modern architecture welcomes guests of all ages to RIU's newest Cancun resort featuring the highest level of service and quality with complimentary 24 - hour room service, fine dining options and beautifully appointed Junior Suite accommodations plus an exclusive adults - only Deluxe Villas section close to the beach.

Alma Thomas started her painting career at the age of 68, after retiring from teaching art to junior high school students in Washington, DC.

Spearheaded by a 16 - year - old high school junior, Shelby O'Neil, «No Straw November» challenges people of all ages to refuse plastic straws.

The participants were junior school (grade 7th — 9th) and high school (grade 10th — 12th) students aged 11 — 19.

Appearing «older than most» in class was associated with emotional distress and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among high school students (P <.001); it was also associated with substance use and an earlier age of sexual debut among both junior and senior high students.

9 out of 10 Minnesotans support sexuality education in high schools; 8 in 10 support sexuality education in junior high; and more than half support sexuality education for children ages 9 to 11.