Sentences with phrase «ninth graders out»

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Hysteria over AIDS drove Magic Johnson out of the NBA, but it hasn't sidelined Philip Tepe, a ninth - grader at Lone Wolf (Okla.) Public School.

However, she says a 2004 study by Robert Balfanz and Nettie Legters at Johns Hopkins University also found that many ninth - graders who fail algebra and are held back from entering tenth grade end up dropping out.

Studies find that as many as 60 percent of students who drop out within six years of starting high school didn't earn a full year's worth of credits as ninth - graders.

While teachers are the ones handing out homework assignments and giving lectures, decorum was set aside as their athleticism came out, including assistant principal Stacy Miller's mean overhand serve in the volleyball games with the ninth - graders grappling to get the ball back over the net.

There were a lot of other similar situations (I just happened to know a ninth - grader who pointed this out to me.)

Among those who enrolled in the spring — some just weeks before the school year ended — were a 17 - year - old from Guatemala returning to classes for the first time since he was in sixth grade, a ninth - grader who left a nearby charter school after she was caught with marijuana, and an 18 - year - old who dropped out of Southeast Washington's Ballou High earlier in the year after moving into a group foster home in Northwest Washington.

Spread out among the retro - chic sofas and love seats of the Bar Hygge brewpub in Philadelphia's gentrified Fairmount neighborhood, a class of ninth - graders from Vaux Big Picture High School listens to restaurant co-owner Stew Keener talk about the collaboration and problem - solving that occurs on a daily basis in the food business.

Based on this year's base grant for average daily attendance, the district would miss out on over $ 34,000 for every ninth grader who dropped out of school.

I think this actually works out pretty well,» said Eli Clodfelter, a ninth - grader from the Mecklenburg area.

Incoming ninth graders who are unprepared for high school coursework are more likely to drop out of high school, and this trajectory starts in middle school: Each course failed in eighth grade increases the odds of non-promotion from ninth to tenth grade by 16 %.

In reality, 38 % of those who entered the high school in ninth grade were accepted to college, 25 students out of the original 64 ninth graders.

Using the district's «Risk Index» for students, ninth - graders deemed at risk were identified, and parent involvement volunteers reached out to those students» parents and guardians to provide support and training in using the portal.

Nationwide, 30 % of ninth - graders drop out before graduating.

After serving for five years as academic dean, Dr. Avilés was tapped by the district to open and lead the Above and Beyond Ninth Grade High School Initiative to serve students who were considered at - risk of dropping out of school, where, as a result, 114 of 118 students moved to the 10th grade, compared to 40 percent retention rates for ninth graders in the district and state.

We have two graduates, one drop - out (a sad tale, and what made me start working from home to protect my family until we told him he had to leave), an eleventh grader, ninth grader, two sixth graders, and a second grader.

Results suggested that the seventh graders had an increased sense of inclusion and reduced acting - out behavior, and the ninth graders had increases in self - esteem and improved conflict - resolution skills.