Sentences with phrase «like middle school kids»

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Note: I enjoyed this book in spite of the narration on audible - the narrator's tone sounded like a high class 40 year old rather than a middle school / high school kid.

For the average child (keeping in mind individual kids may be exceptions to these guidelines), an acceptable amount of homework per night is as follows: — Elementary school: approximately 10 minutes or so per grade level — Middle school: an hour or so — High School: 2 to 2-1/2 hours Any homework beyond these limits is no longer providing any advantage, and is probably cutting into those things that do provide advantages like adequate sleep and what we at Challenge Success call «PDF» — that is, play time, down time and familyschool: approximately 10 minutes or so per grade level — Middle school: an hour or so — High School: 2 to 2-1/2 hours Any homework beyond these limits is no longer providing any advantage, and is probably cutting into those things that do provide advantages like adequate sleep and what we at Challenge Success call «PDF» — that is, play time, down time and familyschool: an hour or so — High School: 2 to 2-1/2 hours Any homework beyond these limits is no longer providing any advantage, and is probably cutting into those things that do provide advantages like adequate sleep and what we at Challenge Success call «PDF» — that is, play time, down time and familySchool: 2 to 2-1/2 hours Any homework beyond these limits is no longer providing any advantage, and is probably cutting into those things that do provide advantages like adequate sleep and what we at Challenge Success call «PDF» — that is, play time, down time and family time.

But when viewed against the entire array of what's served by the district — the amount of processed, prepackaged food, the predominance of «kid food» like chicken nuggets and hamburgers, the sub-par «a la carte» offerings (especially at the middle and high school levels)-- these improvements don't seem terribly significant.

My school district here in Houston is doing a lot of things right, but it's still selling garbage like this to our middle and high school kids every single day:

Once kids hit their teen and tween years (mainly middle and high school), many begin to crave the company of like - minded peers.

Since my kids are not yet in middle school, I have yet to fully experience the impact of «competitive» food in the public school setting — i.e., beverage vending machines stocked exclusively with Coca - Cola products (thanks to a multimillion dollar deal Coke struck with our district a few years back — more on that to come), snack vending machines, branded products like Papa John's pizza in the lunch room, and more.

Kids are up and down because they have nightmares, they wake up to use the bathroom and can't fall back asleep, they think there's a monster in their closet, they remembered they had something super important to tell me at 2 am while I was in the middle of REM sleep (like what snack their friend shared with them at school).

Once kids get into middle school and high school, the hour or two after school is the highest risk time for dangerous behaviors like substance abuse, because it's the largest chunk of time when kids are unmonitored.

I also find it to be frustrating that middle and high schools are full of «extra» 5hings to buy like ice cream and chips, and soda — Many of the kids bypass actual lunch and just eat junk.

Like in France, with all elementary school kids (up to middle school) just being served what is on the menu for that day.

He sounds like the kid in middle school you just wanted to punch for being so aggravating all the time.

Everyday wear as a kid; worn like a badge in middle school; avoided like the plague in high school; obsessed over as a statement in college; shoved in storage in my early 20s and now I am once again falling back in love.

J's mom just swooped in like a middle school dance chaperone like ok kids have your fun but not too close NO TOUCHING.

Sadly, like a middle school goth kid!

It's a third - person arena shooter with a distinctive art style, intended to look like the doodles of that one weird kid who never paid attention in middle school, but who also happened to be an amazing artist.

Walcott promised to borrow instructional methods from successful middle school charters with this initiative, but even charter organizations like KIPP, which began by serving middle school kids, are having second thoughts about the challenges such isolation from other children create, and has been building «clusters» of schools that include early grades and high schoolers.

From working with middle school kids, I knew how much they like gaming and I thought it would be great for them to play games while working out, said Joe Gorman, Waterbury's supervisor of health, physical education, and athletics.

Programs available through each AfterZone have given local kids like Joely a chance to shine in a sport once as little considered in the tough Lower South as the artist after whom the middle school is named.

Then the word spread, other teachers liked the concept, the principal gave permission to set aside the regular curriculum temporarily, and 115 kids — fully a third of the students at Springfield Middle School, an urban school in Battle Creek, Michigan — wrote nSchool, an urban school in Battle Creek, Michigan — wrote nschool in Battle Creek, Michigan — wrote novels.

For the next 25 years, Dockterman tested and created dozens of educational programs, among them the award - winning Science Court, an animated television show that aired on ABC Kids that taught the fundamental concepts of elementary and middle school science; the Great Ocean Rescue, a computer application where students face four challenging rescue missions that take them deep into the world's oceans; and Decisions, Decisions, a game that teaches students the complexities of topics like immigration, the constitution, environment, or building a nation through role - playing and informed discussion.

But the reality that many kids must travel as long as two hours away from home in order to attend school (often on inefficient public transit) has also put a strain on the Crescent City's poorest families, who, like middle - class households, want high - quality schools within their own neighborhoods.

Doing so can help address a common concern, which is that middle - class and affluent communities often feel like school reform isn't about them and their kids.

Moffit would also like to see more programs and services for kids who want to focus on career and technical education after high school and give students an opportunity to explore those fields as early as middle school.

Kids should be involved in active, project - based learning, especially middle school students who desperately need to feel like they own their own learning and that learning is relevant to their lives — otherwise they'll stop attending.

I really am interested in how a former undersecretary of education has come to the point that he is so determined to attack teacher tenure, teacher unions and «restrictive work rules» for teachers — especially during a time when public schools have been systematically defunded, forced to jump through hoops (Race to the Top) in order to get what remains of federal funding for education, like some kind of bizarre Hunger Games ritual for kids and teachers, and as curriculums have been narrowed to the point where only middle class and wealthier communities have schools that offer subjects like music, art, and physical education — much less recess time, school nurses or psychologists, or guidance counselors.

For decades, the life cycle of the young, middle - class D.C. resident has gone something like this: Move to the District, get a good job, meet a nice boy or girl, get married, have a kid and — faced with mediocre public schools or the prospect of tens of thousands of dollars in yearly private school tuition — move to the suburbs.

But there are things schools can do to make life easier for students — like this big study we wrote about showing that K - 8 schools may be better for kids than traditional middle schools.

Like the pimply, pipsqueak kid from middle school who came back from summer vacation with a black belt in karate, Subaru — with the help of its rally racing wing, Subaru Technica International, hence the STi name — turned this Impreza into a serious street fighter.

Maleeka Madison feels like a freak in her inner - city middle school, where the kids pick on her mercilessly and she's pushed into even wilder delinquent behavior until she stands up for herself, wins the poetry contest, and likes the skin she's in.

I spent 4 hours with my middle school kids playing it and it seemed like 15 minutes.

I» Blondie - «One Way or Another» Bob Dylan - «Tangled Up in Blue» Bon Jovi - «Livin» on a Prayer» Cheap Trick - «Hello There» Devo - «Uncontrollable Urge» Dinosaur Jr. - «Feel the Pain» Disturbed - «Down with the Sickness» Dream Theater - «Panic Attack» Duran Duran - «Hungry Like the Wolf» Elvis Costello - «Pump It Up» Fleetwood Mac - «Go Your Own Way» Foo Fighters - «Everlong» Guns N» Roses - «Shackler's Revenge» Interpol - «PDA» Jane's Addiction - «Mountain Song» Jethro Tull - «Aqualung» Jimmy Eat World - «The Middle» Joan Jett - «Bad Reputation» Journey - «Anyway You Want It» Judas Priest - «Painkiller» Kansas - «Carry On Wayward Son» L7 - «Pretend We're Dead» Lacuna Coil - «Our Truth» Linkin Park - «One Step Closer» Lit - «My Own Worst Enemy» Lush - «De-Luxe» Mastodon - «Colony of Birchmen» Megadeth - «Peace Sells» Metallica - «Battery» Mighty Mighty Bosstones - «Where'd You Go» Modest Mouse - «Float On» Motorhead - «Ace of Spades» Nirvana - «Drain You» Norman Greenbaum - «Spirit in the Sky» Panic at the Disco - «Nine in the Afternoon» Paramore - «That's What You Get» Pearl Jam - «Alive» Presidents of the USA - «Lump» Rage Against the Machine - «Testify» Ratt - «Round & Round» Red Hot Chili Peppers - «Give it Away» Rise Against - «Give it All» Rush - «The Trees» Silversun Pickups - «Lazy Eye» Smashing Pumpkins - «Today» Social Distortion - «I Was Wrong» Sonic Youth - «Teenage Riot» Soundgarden - «Spoonman» Squeeze - «Cool for Cats» Steely Dan - «Bodhitsattva» Steve Miller Band - «Rock»n Me» Survivor - «Eye of the Tiger» System of a Down - «Chop Suey» Talking Heads - «Psycho Killer» Tenacious D - «Master Exploder» Testament - «Souls of Black» The Donnas - «New Kid in School» The Go - Go's - «We Got the Beat» The Grateful Dead - «Alabama Getaway» The Guess Who - «American Woman» The Muffs - «Kids in America» The Offspring - «Come Out & Play (Keep «em Separated)» The Replacements - «Alex Chilton» The Who - «Pinball Wizard»

As they worked with elementary and middle school kids in Nantucket, there was no scary talk or preachy message — simply an exercise in trying to step out of now and look forward to what coasts could look like when today's children are elders.

It's just as fun as asking a kid in middle school if they like your haircut and trust me: You don't want to know!

* Indicates the revised version of the scale with modified number of items (see Footnote ii); EATQ - R, Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire — Revised; FTI, Feeling and Thinking Index; HKS / MDI, Healthy Kids Scale / Middle Years Development Index; MSLSS, Multidimensional Students» Life Satisfaction Scale; QSL, Quality of School Life; PDSS, Pediatric Daytime Sleepiness Scale; PLEQ - C, Psychotic - Like Experiences Questionnaire for Children; SDQ, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.

Amy Ambrozich, parent educator, defines this period as the shift between the elementary school years («typically smooth and easy going») to middle school where kids feel like everything is changing, including their place in social groups.