Sentences with phrase «middle aged school»

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At a young age, Gates showed an avid interest in computers, spending as much time as possible in his middle school's computer lab.

Though the pair were close in age and geography — they went to the same elementary and middle schools — they had never met before collaborating on this semi-biographical piece of work that has so resonated with audiences.

One recent (if small study) that followed a diverse group 183 teens who attended public high school for a decade, starting in middle school, found that «by the age of 22, these «cool kids» are rated as less socially competent than their peers.

They're the same veggies that were slopped onto your tray in middle school, and the taste hasn't improved with age.

When our son came of age during the height of Florida's pill mill epidemic, Oxycontin and similar pain pills flooded the halls of our middle schools and high schools, offering cheap, quick escapes for teens struggling to find themselves.

School and government records obtained Sunday show Cruz was diagnosed as developmentally delayed at age 3 and had disciplinary issues dating to middle sSchool and government records obtained Sunday show Cruz was diagnosed as developmentally delayed at age 3 and had disciplinary issues dating to middle schoolschool.

There are more than 20 elementary and middle schools in the city, which serve almost 20,000 school - aged children and their families.

Recent polls consistently show that African - Americans, especially poorer, inner - city people and those with school - age children favor vouchers more than do middle - class whites.

There's also a historical precedent for Christian involvement in education, whether you look at the monastic schools of the middle ages or the wealthy benefactors providing education for the 19thcentury poor.

In the 2002 film, «The Rookie,» actor Dennis Quaid plays a middle - aged high school baseball coach who tries out for a major league baseball team.

Every person my age remembers the pictures of black lungs displayed at admonitory lectures we attended in elementary and middle school.

Youths would not have been able to get close to the cage without someone making a fuss; you're probably looking for someone who's there often enough not to draw notice; perhaps a volunteer there, or a regular attendee, with recent financial woes; someone adult to middle age, likely male, likely in the trades or the military; not overly well - educated; maybe high school.

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.

In the middle of all of this — a grueling nonstop regimen of speaking dates and meetings — Schlafly put herself through law school, graduating from Washington University in 1978 at age fifty - four.

A middle - aged widow told how an informal support group (of former church school teachers) rallied round when they received word that her teen - age daughter had run away.

But they wore their youth and bright future so carelessly, and I found myself applauding until my palms tingled for the men and women like my brother - in - law who had to battle through school with so many other demands on their attention, for the women older than my mother who have finally finished their degree long after their nests emptied, the middle - aged men with a circle of whiskers on their shining bald heads.

Secondly, while attention has been understandably focused on the result that the greatest increase in overall mortality occurred among white Americans with a high school degree or less, Case and Deaton's results show that death from suicide and drug poisoning for white Americans with BA degrees or some college also increased for the middle - aged, 45 - 54 category.

It has over 110,000 students involved and it's specifically written for primary and middle school students (8 — 14 years of age).

Isabella, a seventh - grader at Conackamack Middle School and a second - degree black belt, won six individual titles competing in the girls» ages 9 — 11, second - and third - degree black - belt level at the American Taekwondo Association's world championships in Little Rock.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: This program is designed for beginning to intermediate players middle school age players in 6th -8 th grade to learn and advance their individual volleyball skills.

First up on Sunday, Dec. 27 is the youth wrestlers featuring athletes as young as five - years - old up to middle school ages.

Save competition for middle and high school aged students.

While I am not prone to writing in the somewhat snarky and definitly sarcastic tone Wise employed in his Tuesday column, and although he seemed to mostly align himself with the group at Aspen - led by Dr. Bob Cantu - that views football as too dangerous to be played before the age of 14 (a position with which I respectfully disagree), I did find myself agreeing with what seemed to be his main point: that whatever measures are instituted to protect player safety will get us nowhere if the culture on NFL fields (and by extension, the high school, middle school, and youth gridiron) doesn't change.

There's so little fiction for this age group (9 to 12) I'm proud to be providing a story for young people who might be having a tough time in middle school.

Unfortunately, many parents of middle - school - age children don't have Appelbaum's sanguine attitude.

I've made the change about the age the book is for (sorry), and, yes — middle - schoolers will greatly appreciate the topic.

Established in 1996, Richmond Waldorf School is a not - for - profit, independent school offering a parent / toddler program (18 months to 3 years old), mixed - age kindergarten (2 1/2 to 6 years old), elementary school (grades 1 - 5), and middle school (grades 6School is a not - for - profit, independent school offering a parent / toddler program (18 months to 3 years old), mixed - age kindergarten (2 1/2 to 6 years old), elementary school (grades 1 - 5), and middle school (grades 6school offering a parent / toddler program (18 months to 3 years old), mixed - age kindergarten (2 1/2 to 6 years old), elementary school (grades 1 - 5), and middle school (grades 6school (grades 1 - 5), and middle school (grades 6school (grades 6 - 8).

The American Pediatrics Association recommends just one hour per day outside of school time for elementary - age students and two hours for kids in middle school through high school.

Activities in Waldorf early childhood education take into consideration the age - specific developmental needs of young children, from a focus on will - oriented physical activity in the first three years, then on imaginative play in the middle years of early childhood, and later a more cognitive approach to learning after the child enters school.

Middle school and high school age kids are messy, can be moody, irresponsible and unfocused.

The middle to late school age years are a time of great change in your child.

The trends are the same with middle school aged children as they are with high school aged children.

Between the ages of 9 and 13 the typical tween has to face increasing homework, changing relationships, middle school, and a whole lot of peer pressure to succeed, rebel, fit in, and conform.

When Jon and I lived in Canada, we went to a dinner gathering where sipping came up with the two daughters (elementary / middle school aged).

While some are young people in long - distance relation - ships because of schooling or careers, or couples who want to live together but can't for various reasons (such as military families), many include women like me — divorced, middle - aged empty - nesters who want nothing that resembles the married life we knew.

Middle - schoolers are more influenced by their peers than at any earlier age.

Recommended Age Range: Preschool, Kindergarten, Elementary, Middle School, High School Time Required: ~ 1 hour Difficulty: Easy Cost: About $ 1 in used supplies (though could be even cheaper if lamination was done with contact paper.)

Learn about homeschooling for a specific age range from preschool and kindergarten on to elementary school, middle school, and high school.

Señora Pasion, our Spanish teacher, begins working with our rising first grade students towards the end of their kindergarten year (at age 5 or 6), and Spanish studies continue until they graduate from our middle school.

Among middle - school aged children who have four hours or more of screen time a day, only 1 % earn A's in math and language arts.

Typically, voice change begins somewhere around age 12 or 13, or during the middle school years, which can make the experience a tad embarrassing for the child.

«I may not sign your referendum, but I will work for you to help you get the answers,» said Sussman, a 42 - year village resident and retired Twin Groves Middle School science teacher, who declined to give her age.

Other names for kids of this age group include preteens, middle schoolers, and tweeny (or tweenies).

I love kids and have worked with all ages from newborn to middle school age.

Most middle schools and high schools, attended by children aged about 11 to 17, also do not sell fruits and vegetables outside traditional cafeteria lunch lines so that students can find them at random times, the report showed.

► When parents were asked about the benefits that their middle school or high school aged child gets from playing sports, more than eight in ten say their child benefits a great deal or quite a bit in the following ways: physical health (88 %), it gives him / her something to do (83 %), or it helps him / her learn about discipline or dedication (81 %).

Here's my confession: My middle school - aged kids don't know enough life skills.

The highest risk time is when kids enter middle school, ages 10 to 13.

I talk a lot about how his life (and so my life too) would be different if he had been able to learn to eat healthy at a younger age... like middle school.

And, because we know middle school isn't the only time for parents to have ongoing conversations with youth about sexuality topics, we offer age - appropriate workshops for parents of children in early childhood, elementary and high school.