Sentences with phrase «one's honors classes»

From that point on, I participated in a general classroom until being placed in honors classes in middle school.

Only in the past few years has it introduced a series of honors classes to appeal to more academically ambitious students.

But I started taking honors classes with a small but very motivated group of students.

Provided supplementary learning objectives to help prepare campers for honors classes.

In her senior honors class, students usually start off by opening their laptops and working on their individually designed science fair projects.

We grade their portfolios and help determine which students should get honors classes or receive scholarships.

By exposing children to such programs when they are young, the hope is that they will be ready to enroll in AP and honors classes by high school.

There were no AP classes or even any separate honors classes.

These schools can be great for some students — often for the students in certain honors classes.

I take a blend of honor classes and AP classes.

«I'm not taking honors classes,» he says.

«My husband and I both believe that colleges do look at how you excel in honors classes as opposed to regular classes.»

«The Campus Tour» follows Emma Fuentes, who tours a college campus with her middle - school honors class.

Gifted high school students can take advanced honors classes.

At 5:30 p.m., Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and the Bronx Jewish Historical Initiative honor the Class of 2017 Jewish Hall of Fame with an induction ceremony, The Bronx Museum of Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse, the Bronx.

Yesmenia, who is in all - honors classes at East Boston High School, says the program helps her hone the skills she learns in class.

Picture a high school ELA honors class full of amazing kids who came up through the grades without any struggling, kids who thrive in schools that believe these students would do just fine.

Angel was one of 175 students who initially transferred from Normandy and Riverview Gardens to the Kirkwood School District, and she has embraced the rigors and opportunities of her new school by taking AP honors classes, cheerleading, and running track.

This year's survey sought to learn more about last year's discovery of a desire among the American public for schools to focus less on honors classes and more on career and technical education.

2012 National Board Certified Teachers Celebrated UTLA honored the Class of 2012 National Board Certified Teachers last night in a ceremony at UTLA headquarters.

On the academic side, demands issue to eliminate tracking, dismantle honors classes, dumb down and «diversify» the curriculum, revise or water down the grading system, and lower the bar for AP classes.

LHS offers seven Advanced Placement courses and several other honors classes, as well as part of its full a-g course offerings for the college - bound student.

One student, Blanca, remembers a teacher who insisted that she take honors classes when she didn't see herself as an honors student.

Enrollment in an IB, AP or honors class does not automatically show that a student's level of learning is being addressed.

Our AP classes and honor students will master the extra rigor quite successfully; in fact, when we conducted our curriculum alignment evaluations, as compared to Common Core, our AP and honors class curriculums were quite close to CC standards.

Leaders at High Tech High realized they needed to offer honors classes so that students could have the weighted grade point averages that selective colleges look for in admissions, but they did not want to separate the highest - achieving students from their peers.

I even lie to my honors kids and tell them, «You know, on this test our neighbor teacher's honors class scored a certain percentage.»

I was reading this book for mah HS honors class and i enjoy reading this book.

I had five minutes of doubt when Ig Publishing suggested we give away the e-book for two weeks, but after talking to my writing and scholar friends — all of whom were united in their opinion that the promotion was a good idea — and especially after discussing the scheme with my partner, Dean Taciuch, who teaches honors classes in technology and culture, my doubt vanished.

The St. Louis Business Journal will host an awards luncheon honoring the class of 2015 Diverse Business Leaders on Friday, Sept. 11.

It's pretty liberal and there are many AP / honors classes athletic opportunities for everyone (XC comes to mind) lots of clubs a laptop program for all the students (although this is also a negative) a newly revamped library and most of all teachers who are amazingly dedicated.

The ACE program is designed to provide the academic enrichment and skill support needed to boost student preparation for honors classes, as well as improve student PARCC test scores.

I have previewed the CTD and EPGY programs, how can i get he school district to honor the classes as credit?

I was in honors classes in junior high and high school,» she says.

I thought the counselors & teachers new best but he had AP classes instead of honor classes senior government class math and science classes that required prerequisites that he had not taken.

Fifteen - year - old Karina Guzmán was taking honors classes in English and history as part of the Talented and Gifted (TAG) program at her high school, and there was no doubt in her mind that she was headed for college.

Hamilton, who'd grown up without much money, was often one of few black kids in her honors classes.

Also many students miss way more then three weeks a year but with some dedication and hard work end up totally fine even when being in advanced and honor classes.

Last year, she registered a 4.3 GPA and is currently enrolled in two honors classes.

«All are in an honors class or an AP class.

She has those three honors classes to worry about, finding a way to get in enough practice time, and preparing for the expectations that will follow her around this spring in the BCL - East.

Students who are bogged down in honors classes, competitive extracurriculars, and test - prep courses have little bandwidth left for actual learning — thinking critically, exploring creative ideas, and engaging deeply with subjects that matter to them.

The teacher said these students should no longer be in honors classes or the Honor Society.

He had honors classes, but the only work expected over the winter break was reading for English if he didn't get the «extra» reading done before break - which he happily left to read when he was relaxed.

Thacker decries the changes he witnessed in the past 30 years in college admissions — more AP and honors classes, growing checklists of pro-forma service engagements, and ever - greater stress experienced by students and fomented by parents and admissions officers.

«When you first get to high school, you see there are honors classes and regular classes,» Gore said, «and that when you have to decide to opt into the game or opt out.»

After all, if our kids were average, we wouldn't put them on year - round travel teams, force them to practice the cello for three hours a day or sign them up for every honors class short of AP taxidermy (and we'd put them in that, too, if we heard that the admissions director at Princeton had a weakness for stuffed opossums).