Sentences with phrase «of middle and high school»

Youth M.O.V.E. Tennessee consisted of multiple councils made up of middle and high school students in Hickman, Rutherford, or Williamson county that worked together to stomp out the stigma of mental health and raise awareness around youth issues.

Generally, these programs can be school - or community - based and are aimed at increasing school engagement, school attachment, and the academic performance of middle and high school students, with the main objective of reducing rates of dropout and increasing graduation rates.

For starters, administrators can check out the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning's (CASEL) newly - released list that identifies 23 of the most effective preschool and elementary SEL programs (a list of middle and high school programs will be released in 2013).

The review of middle and high school programming will be released in 2013.

According to a national survey of middle and high school students, less than one third indicated that their school provided a caring, encouraging environment, and less than half reported that they had competencies such as empathy, conflict resolution and decision - making skills (Benson, 2006; cited in Durlak et al., 2011).

According to the U.S. Department of Education, approximately 28 % of middle and high school students reported being bullied in 2010 - 2011, suggesting that it is a fairly common problem among youth.

For part of middle and high school, Cruz attended Cross Creek School in Pompano Beach, which specializes in students with emotional and behavioral disabilities.

In 2014, parents of middle and high school age children spent an average of $ 682 per student.

A combined 56 % of middle and high school students say they read 10 or more books per year.

«It is refreshing to find an extensive online collection tailored to the academic needs of middle and high school students.

But in addition, athletics and extra curricular clubs are a major part of middle and high school culture in Japan, so that gets reflected in manga.

Chelsea House Biographies is a one - stop online resource for all the biography needs of middle and high school students, or anyone interested in discovering the lives of fascinating people.

This series of webshops showcases the products created by real co-teachers of Virginia, select teams of middle and high school co-teachers participating in the Virginia Department of Education's Excellence in Co-Teaching Initiative.

In fact, national research shows more than 95 % of middle and high school - age youth aspire to college.

Arizona's Empire High School in Tucson was one of the first U.S. public schools to switch to electronic textbooks in 2004 (Murray, 2004), and a 2006 Project Tomorrow NetDay survey found that 22 % of middle and high school students were already using electronic versions of textbooks (Evans, 2007).

After college he spent a few years in Chicago, where he gained experience as a volunteer after - school tutor for a diverse group of middle and high school students.

Twenty - five percent would be measures of school environment, including chronic absenteeism — which accounts for just 5.8 percent of an elementary school's score and 7.5 percent of a middle and high school's score — and re-enrollment rate, or the percentage of enrolled students who choose to return to the school each year.

Leah Golubchick is the manager of middle and high school courses and institutes at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), where she oversees programs that explore the natural world with NYC teens and middle schoolers.

A national survey of middle and high school science teachers» Responses to Standardized Testing: Is Science Being Devalued in Schools?.

The issue of adolescent literacy is, therefore central to the success of any middle and high school reform effort.

On April 30 of this year GLSEN held an event at Brookline High School in Massachusetts, and distributed an obscene booklet to hundreds of middle and high school students.

In Wichita, Kansas, a group of middle and high school students once worked through a local youth service agency called Hope Street to create safer, more effective schools for students in their community.

Fellow Office of Middle and High School Reform Rhode Island Department of Education 255 Westminster Street Providence, RI 02903 401-222-8482 [email protected]

Effective examples of middle and high school advisory include Sunnyside Unified School District in Tucson, Arizona where all 8th, 9th and 10th graders were assessed on resiliency.

Antonyms and synonyms are not only used to help students understand the meaning of words; they are also used to teach students about shades of meaning and connotations, a skill found in the language standards of middle and high school.

One of the questions posed to the panelists was whether Los Angeles Unified School District's Superintendent John Deasy's statement that «The graduation rate must rise from 55 % to 70 % in four years; the percentage of middle and high school students who test as «Proficient» in math must nearly double; and the percentage of students who pass courses required to attend state four - year universities must nearly triple...» was realistic.

A significant number of middle and high school guidance counselors and teachers were trained in interpreting the data and in using the Success Highways curriculum in their advisory periods.

Fellow Office of Middle and High School Reform Rhode Island Department of Education 255 Westminster Street Providence, RI 02903 401-222-8484 [email protected]

Avni works intensively as a volunteer with Achieve Columbia where she mentors a group of middle and high school students.

Dr. Johnson served Columbus Public Schools for nine years in the capacities of middle and high school teacher, curriculum coordinator, and professional development facilitator.

Conduct a College Information Night for parents of middle and high school students.

WinterFest 2013 included 34 teams of middle and high school students who participated in eight dynamic geometry sessions using the VMTwG environment and supervised by their classroom teacher.

In Wichita, Kansas, a group of middle and high school students once worked through a local youth service agency called Hope Street to create safer, more

Andrea D. Hanford began her career in education 24 years ago as a teacher of middle and high school students with behavioral disorders identified as Emotionally or Severely Emotionally Handicapped.

Elementary schools don't receive composite state ratings, so this is mostly a reflection of middle and high school performance.

According to those surveyed as part of Project Tomorrow's 2010 Speak Up report (PDF), more than half of middle and high school students (51 percent and 56 percent respectively) own a cell phone (without Internet access).

50 percent of the middle and high school teachers said they report student grades to parents online or via e-mail.

The report, scheduled for release this week, examines racial patterns in the aspirations and motivations of middle and high school students, as well as their feelings toward teachers and the role that peer pressure plays in their academic aspirations.

There's no seat - time requirement at Davidson, for example: Students typically finish seven years of middle and high school in five years.

Headphones and CD players have become so much a part of the middle and high school students» «uniform» that backpacks are now designed to accommodate the gear.

This is particularly the case for EL learners, who typically master decoding and build reading fluency during the primary grades when basic stories are used, but who are more likely to struggle as the language of middle and high school text becomes more complex and more discipline specific.

Our school — let's call it Jefferson — serves a high - poverty population of middle and high school students.

So reading an Historical Fishwrap paper is something very different and unique to this generation — and future generations — of middle and high school students.

Some surveys in South Korea show about 20 % of middle and high school students feel tempted to suicide.

It's full of new work by modern - day poets with selections at the level of middle and high school students.

Acupuncture can help teens with occasional sports injuries, and help them navigate the everyday life stressors and demands of the middle and high school years.

Any active scientist can judge one of the thousands of middle and high school science fairs that take place around the country each year.

«However, with each new class of teens entering the challenging years of middle and high school, we must remain vigilant in our prevention efforts targeting young people, the adults who nurture and influence them, and the health care providers who treat them.»

The data comes from the 2011, 2012 and 2013 National Youth Tobacco surveys of middle and high school students.

Details of a survey of middle and high school student attitudes to cyberbullying and online safety will be published in the International Journal of Social Media and Interactive Learning Environments.