Sentences with phrase «of city high school»

A decade ago, Mayor Thomas Menino set a goal of doubling the percentage of city high school graduates who earned college degrees.

The reorganization completely revamped the high school system: about 70 percent of the city's more than 400 high schools now have fewer than 500 students (although small schools enroll just over one - third of all city high school students).

Savino and Flanagan both point to the fact that 77 percent of city high school students entering CUNY need remedial math or English.

A group of city high school students disrupted a City Council hearing where Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña was about to speak, chanting «civil rights matter» to protest a lack of sports programs at their schools.

The District conducted risky behavior surveys with students finding 44 - percent of city high school students were having sex, but 35 - percent were not using condoms.

A group of city high school students disrupted a NYC Council hearing where Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña was about to speak, chanting «civil rights matter» to protest a lack of sports programs at their schools.

Dozens of city high schools will offer new Advanced Placement courses in the upcoming school year under de Blasio's «AP for All» push.

[13] Finally, in the New York City Progress Report for 2011 — 2012, Promise Academy I placed in the 99th percentile of city high schools with the sixth - highest score in the city, boasting a 96 percent pass rate in English and 98 percent pass rate in Integrated Algebra in the New York Regents examination.

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After a successful 32 - year investment banking career, Bill Henson, a decade ago, made the transition to inner city education, initially joining the board of Cristo Rey New York High School, a private Catholic college preparatory high school that educates children of all faiHigh School, a private Catholic college preparatory high school that educates children of all fSchool, a private Catholic college preparatory high school that educates children of all faihigh school that educates children of all fschool that educates children of all faiths.

New Jersey — a wealthy, educated state with ready access to world - class health care in Philadelphia and New York City — has «better access to higher - quality information that lets us be more complete» in screening, Walter Zahorodny, a New Jersey Medical School professor and director of the New Jersey Autism Study, said in a conference call about the findings.

An inspirational profile of an inner - city high school football team's valiant effort to reach the school's first - ever playoff game.

The piece draws a comparison to Virginia's Fairfax County, which is similar in many ways to Westchester: They're both suburbs of big cities (New York and Washington, D.C.), they have similarly high home values, and they educate about the same number of students in public schools, which in both places have a good reputation.

Today the city schools have the highest percentage of ESL students in Virginia.

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Summary: «Peter Parker tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens with his superhero alter - ego Spider - Man, and must confront a new menace prowling the skies of New York City.»

South Eugene High School, located in hippie - friendly Eugene, Ore., is situated less than a mile away from the University of Oregon, the city's top employer.

The American system of education makes it possible for a poor boy living in a great city to carry himself through college and even through certain professional schools free, whereas a similar boy living in a rural community will be Stopped alter high school by the costs of transportation to the state - college town and by the cost of board and food away from home.

But they reached a separate deal with the city of Philadelphia for $ 1 each and a pledge from the city to set up a $ 200,000 program geared to young entrepreneurs from Philadelphia high schools.

Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson worked with the city of Philadelphia on a grant for public high school students interested in entrepreneurship.

The city will spend $ 200,000 on a program that helps high school students who dream of being entrepreneurs.

partnered with the City of Milwaukee, the Merrill Park Neighborhood Association and the neighboring Marquette University High School to build a new playground at Merrill Park.

Instead, they agreed to a symbolic payment of $ 1 each and asked the city to fund $ 200,000 for a grant program for high school students aspiring to become entrepreneurs.

A city judge set the $ 100,000 bond for Elton Wayne Holmes Jr. who is accused of running over two King High School students, killing one.

(CNN) Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the scene of a deadly shooting Wednesday, is in Parkland, which was named Florida's safest city last year.

Cities which are home to world - class schools and universities, as well as offering a high quality of life and safe environment, stand to benefit in the long - run, says the report.

Reading that the Archdiocese of Baltimore is planning to build a new school in West Baltimore («Archdiocese of Baltimore plans to build first new Catholic high school in city in more than 50 years,» April 30) raised several questions for me.

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Survivors of last week's Florida high school massacre have announced a march on Washington and other major U.S. cities next month to demand tangible action so to prevent future school shootings.

Among the nation's top secondary schools, HCHS is uniquely governed, the only New York City public high school not under control of New York City's Department of Education.

Hetrick - Martin runs the Harvey Milk High School for gay and lesbian teenagers, an institution that is part of the New York City public school sSchool for gay and lesbian teenagers, an institution that is part of the New York City public school sschool system.

There are long waiting lists for apprenticeships and trade programs belied by some of the highest per - capita spending in the state for city public school students.

Raymond Abbott is a high school dropout from Camden, New Jersey, one of the poorest cities in America with over 60 percent of its residents on welfare.

opening Friday, tells the true story of the 2011 Iowa City West High School girls volleyball team, who attempt to rebuild in the wake of the death of their star player, Caroline Found.

The Miracle Season, opening Friday, tells the true story of the 2011 Iowa City West High School girls volleyball team, who attempt to rebuild in the wake of the death of their star player, Caroline Found.

The deterioration of neighborhoods in our inner cities, the decline of elemental safety — never mind education — in many of our schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risk.

The city these days was full of high schools run by the government, and by other religious groups, the Hindus and Sikhs.

For instance, Everett, a professor of ethics at Andover - Newton Theological School, notes that the confederations that eventually led to self - governance in some German cities and to democratic efforts such as the Weimar Republic after World War I had been deeply embedded in hierarchical and royal structures, with a high degree of centralized control.

Strack is also the founder and president of Student Leadership University (SLU), which puts on faith - based programs to train high school and college - aged Christians in Orlando, San Antonio, and other major cities.

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.

In fact, about 17 percent of students in Catholic schools in the United States are non-Catholic (more than 300,000 students), and inner - city black Protestants account for a high proportion of that group.

Upon moving to L.A. after high school to pursue his acting career, Levi found «lots of groups of Christians» gathering around the city but never felt he belonged with any of them.

In New York City, it is generously estimated that one out of ten poor children beginning first grade will graduate from high school prepared for a real college education --» real» meaning not majoring in «black studies» or some other pseudo-discipline, and not dropping out in the first or second year.

In a span of 10 days in the early 1970s, Ricker graduated from Purdue University, married his wife, Nancy, who was his high school sweetheart, accepted a job with Shell Oil and moved to the Quad Cities.

Developed by a local high school culinary student in partnership with Medical City Children's Hospital in Dallas, El Fenix's Kids Fit Menu allows kids to build their own meals by choosing from an array of delicious, low - fat / calorie entrées and sides, along with a glass of apple juice.

The day Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, we walked out of high school and marched to city hall.

Its unemployment rate, median home value, high school graduation rate, and median household income are comparable to plenty of other big cities.

As a Single Parent / Mother of a high school student at Detroit Cass Tech (Donovan People - Jones) here in the City of Detroit I am initiating this Petition on behalf of all students and parents around the country and even Canada.

Ryan Hayes, a four - star Michigan OL commit out of Traverse City, Michigan, also is a tight end for his high school.

Only three other Baltimore City schools (out of 18 eligible) are ranked as high or higher in their respective divisions.

Scouts have been monitoring him closely since his freshman season at Bishop Miege High School outside of Kansas City, but there has always been the sense that he's more prospect than player.