Sentences with phrase «public high school where»

I was 15 - years old and rode a Honda Spree moped to the local public high school where I got an education on how to pilot an automobile.

This can happen in a traditional public high school where high - achieving students only take honors or AP courses.

He spent nine years teaching math as a founding teacher of the New York Harbor School, an innovative public high school where he also worked closely with teachers, families, and college admissions offices directing the college access process for first generation college - going students.

In other words, a student with a 1300 SAT score at a public high school where the average SAT score is 1000 will have an admissions edge over an equal student at a private school where 1300 is the average SAT score.

Not exact matches

Six of the 25 schools whose MBAs graduate with the highest average loans are public, including Kenan - Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina, where the average debt burden is $ 93,898 and 61 % of all graduates are in hock.

Apple, as part of its response, on Tuesday announced improvements in its iWork suite at an event in Chicago, where school bells and announcements over a public address system directed press and more than 300 teachers into an auditorium at Lane Tech College Prep High Sschool bells and announcements over a public address system directed press and more than 300 teachers into an auditorium at Lane Tech College Prep High SchoolSchool.

Paul serves on the FCC's Technological Advisory Council; the Board of the Public Affairs Council; the Advisory Board for Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy; and the Board of the Partnership Fund for the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, where he also Chairs the Corporate Advisory Board.

Obviously not everyone is a Mormon, therefore Romney wouldn't try to pressure schools where Mormon populations are low to have a public high school Seminary, that's silly.

Even though I attended a public high school, where I took two biology courses, my teachers essentially skipped the first few chapters of our science textbook and declared them «too controversial» to teach.

His most recent study, comparing 1,025 public and Catholic high schools, shows not only that the Catholic schools were more effective overall, but that they were especially beneficial to children from economically disadvantaged homes or where relationships between parents and children were disturbed.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

We sit where we get the product of the, primarily, the public school system, and there are issues with what we get, even for those who, nominally, are well educated, who have high SAT scores, who've taken AP courses.

The basic tenets of good nutrition are sneaking their way into the public consciousness, especially in school cafeterias, where concern is mounting about the typical fare of high - fat, deep - fried foods frequently served for lunch.

The new Dr. Deirdre Loughlin Fund will link two of Deirdre's highest priorities: Broad Meadow Brook, where she has served for many, many years as chair of the advisory board; and Worcester Public Schools, where — as a teacher, and later, as a top administrator — she inspired generations of students to be curious and confident about science.

If you come from a low - income home — that's 2/3 of the District of Columbia Public School students — where breakfast is Doritos and some colored water and high fructose corn syrup called «juice» purchased at the convenience store on the way to school, with dinner not being much better, where do you learn about food and nutrSchool students — where breakfast is Doritos and some colored water and high fructose corn syrup called «juice» purchased at the convenience store on the way to school, with dinner not being much better, where do you learn about food and nutrschool, with dinner not being much better, where do you learn about food and nutrition?

I graduated from a small high school, where the principal was very much interested in the poor and the hungry, and in public policy; he taught us how to be an advocate for the helpless people in our community and in our state.»

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

«We spend $ 22 billion on the New York City public school system, so to say we aren't devoting resources is ridiculous,» Bloomberg said at a press conference at Washington Irving High School later Tuesday, where he celebrated the opening of 54 new schools in the coming school year, 19 of which will replace schools that have been cschool system, so to say we aren't devoting resources is ridiculous,» Bloomberg said at a press conference at Washington Irving High School later Tuesday, where he celebrated the opening of 54 new schools in the coming school year, 19 of which will replace schools that have been cSchool later Tuesday, where he celebrated the opening of 54 new schools in the coming school year, 19 of which will replace schools that have been cschool year, 19 of which will replace schools that have been closed.

«These young advocates are from public high schools in Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx and Brooklyn where gun violence is a sad part of everyday life,» said Leah Gunn Barrett, NYAGV Executive Director.

«A few weeks ago, Secretary of Labor and Buffalo born and raised, Tom Perez was at Bennett High School where he spoke eloquently about the contributions of people with disabilities to our country,» said Kevin Horrigan, Associate Vice President of Public Affairs, People Inc..

The Buffalo public school district's adult education division, in cooperation with the South Buffalo Education Center, has moved a program into South Park High School where those who did not earn a high school diploma can now school district's adult education division, in cooperation with the South Buffalo Education Center, has moved a program into South Park High School where those who did not earn a high school diploma can now doHigh School where those who did not earn a high school diploma can now School where those who did not earn a high school diploma can now dohigh school diploma can now school diploma can now do so.

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, named for the high school where 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz used an AR - 15 to kill 17 students and school officials, raises Florida's minimum age for purchasing guns to 21, requires a three - day waiting period for firearms purchases, bans the sale of bump stocks, and, controversially, sets aside $ 67 million to arm teachHigh School Public Safety Act, named for the high school where 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz used an AR - 15 to kill 17 students and school officials, raises Florida's minimum age for purchasing guns to 21, requires a three - day waiting period for firearms purchases, bans the sale of bump stocks, and, controversially, sets aside $ 67 million to arm teaSchool Public Safety Act, named for the high school where 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz used an AR - 15 to kill 17 students and school officials, raises Florida's minimum age for purchasing guns to 21, requires a three - day waiting period for firearms purchases, bans the sale of bump stocks, and, controversially, sets aside $ 67 million to arm teachhigh school where 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz used an AR - 15 to kill 17 students and school officials, raises Florida's minimum age for purchasing guns to 21, requires a three - day waiting period for firearms purchases, bans the sale of bump stocks, and, controversially, sets aside $ 67 million to arm teaschool where 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz used an AR - 15 to kill 17 students and school officials, raises Florida's minimum age for purchasing guns to 21, requires a three - day waiting period for firearms purchases, bans the sale of bump stocks, and, controversially, sets aside $ 67 million to arm teaschool officials, raises Florida's minimum age for purchasing guns to 21, requires a three - day waiting period for firearms purchases, bans the sale of bump stocks, and, controversially, sets aside $ 67 million to arm teachers.

According to him, he is committed, «without any equivocation, without any reservation, without any doubt, to take Ghana to the stage where public Senior High School education will be free for every Ghanaian child.»

There are high performing public schools all over Manhattan and Queens and Staten Island, where ever there are affluent families.

Personal Info Birthplace: Staten Island, NY High School: Brooklyn Tech High School (public - requires entrance exam) Higher Education: SUNY New Paltz, University of Buffalo Law School NY19 Connection: Attended SUNY New Paltz, 1970 - 1974; Returned to live in Kingston in 1981 and thereafter moved to Woodstock where he has resided through today Length of Residency in NY19: Kingston, NY and Woodstock, NY since 1983; greater than 34 years Prior Job History: Served as a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Volunteer working with Native American tribes in Nebraska, Western Nebraska Legal Services attorney between 1977 - 1980; Ulster County Public Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until prpublic - requires entrance exam) Higher Education: SUNY New Paltz, University of Buffalo Law School NY19 Connection: Attended SUNY New Paltz, 1970 - 1974; Returned to live in Kingston in 1981 and thereafter moved to Woodstock where he has resided through today Length of Residency in NY19: Kingston, NY and Woodstock, NY since 1983; greater than 34 years Prior Job History: Served as a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Volunteer working with Native American tribes in Nebraska, Western Nebraska Legal Services attorney between 1977 - 1980; Ulster County Public Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until prPublic Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until present.

The number was even higher among public school parents, where the split was nearly 70 percent for the union and just 22 percent for the mayor.

Traditionally, everyone had one public school to which they were assigned on the basis of where they lived with elementary schools being more numerous and in smaller geographic catchment areas than middle schools than high schools.

«You feel punched in the stomach,» said Ms. Parker, a high school science teacher in Madison, Wis., where public employees» two - week occupation of the State Capitol has stalled but not deterred the governor's plan to try to strip them of bargaining rights.

Q) What ever happened to the Merit and Fitness Civil Service System where aspiring Public Information Officers competed for the job in a local high school with a number 2 pencil and a calculator for a PS&T (PEF represented) Grade 18 and / or 23 permanent (non-political) position against a room full of highly qualified competitors?

As city of Buffalo's eighth graders are trying to decide where they will go to high school, the Buffalo Public School District will be show - casing five new choices Saturday morning in Bennett High Schhigh school, the Buffalo Public School District will be show - casing five new choices Saturday morning in Bennett High Sschool, the Buffalo Public School District will be show - casing five new choices Saturday morning in Bennett High SSchool District will be show - casing five new choices Saturday morning in Bennett High SchHigh SchoolSchool.

An ongoing lawsuit over the closing of nineteen public schools has delayed notification for 80,000 of the city's eighth - graders waiting to hear from the Department of Education about where they'll be going to high school, and parents are steaming mad.

The state should show residents the geographic distribution of test results, to target areas where exposures may be higher and so they can determine where their own results fit, said Richard Klapp, a professor of epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health.

They hitchhiked back to Seattle, where they finished high school at a public institution.

A high school student (Amber Tamblyn) is charged with murder after the corpse of a newborn is found in a public restroom near where the girl had been on a class trip.

The film finds dramatic visuals, an invaluable and often challenging part of any documentary, for its conclusion, as the profiled families attend public lotteries where they hope to beat the long odds of getting into a high - performing charter school whose applicants may outnumber its vacancies by more than ten times.

As a teacher at a small Oakland, California public high school called Life Academy, where each teacher also holds a mixed - grade level advisory class of about 20 students, I began conducting home visits for my advisees as a way to clarify my relationship to them as more than a teacher.

MC2 (Metropolitan Cleveland Consortium) STEM High School is a year - round public school in Cleveland, Ohio, where instruction is through interdisciplinary project - based learning, and the focus is on providing students with an integrated curriculum that is informed by real - world experiSchool is a year - round public school in Cleveland, Ohio, where instruction is through interdisciplinary project - based learning, and the focus is on providing students with an integrated curriculum that is informed by real - world experischool in Cleveland, Ohio, where instruction is through interdisciplinary project - based learning, and the focus is on providing students with an integrated curriculum that is informed by real - world experiences.

The abbreviated version of Ho's own story involves a junior year abroad in Kyoto, Japan, where the Brown University neuroscience major spent several months doing research at a public high school.

Melissa Zaikos began experimenting with online learning in the Chicago Public Schools, where she spent nine years as a Broad Fellow, most notably, running a group of high - performing schools on the southwest side of thSchools, where she spent nine years as a Broad Fellow, most notably, running a group of high - performing schools on the southwest side of thschools on the southwest side of the city.

In fall 2006, James O'Brien, a former teacher and first - time principal, started the Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School, a small public high school in Brooklyn, New York's Bedford - Stuyvesant neighborhood, where one third of the residents live below the poverty lHigh School, a small public high school in Brooklyn, New York's Bedford - Stuyvesant neighborhood, where one third of the residents live below the povertySchool, a small public high school in Brooklyn, New York's Bedford - Stuyvesant neighborhood, where one third of the residents live below the poverty lhigh school in Brooklyn, New York's Bedford - Stuyvesant neighborhood, where one third of the residents live below the povertyschool in Brooklyn, New York's Bedford - Stuyvesant neighborhood, where one third of the residents live below the poverty line.

BAA is Boston's only public high school for the visual and performing arts, where students come from every neighborhood to explore their passion while also receiving a full college preparatory education.

The Los Angeles - based Green Dot Public Schools and the United Federation of Teachers have selected a site in the South Bronx where they will open a new charter high school in New York City next fall.

He is currently the lead English teacher at a high school on Long Island, where he teaches AP Literature and Composition, Creative a Writing, and Public Speaking.

Arana is part of the founding team of school designers that opened the Institute's flagship project, Quest to Learn, a New York City public school which focuses on integrating games and game like learning into middle and high school classrooms, where she served as Co-Director of School for 4 school designers that opened the Institute's flagship project, Quest to Learn, a New York City public school which focuses on integrating games and game like learning into middle and high school classrooms, where she served as Co-Director of School for 4 school which focuses on integrating games and game like learning into middle and high school classrooms, where she served as Co-Director of School for 4 school classrooms, where she served as Co-Director of School for 4 School for 4 years.

Dianne Payne, an adoptive mother and a PTA president from Queens, asked the judge overseeing the state's 13 - year - old school finance case for $ 26,000 to remove two of her five children from what she considers inadequate public high schools and place them in private schools, where she contends schooling is better.

She was admitted to Wadleigh High, a public exam schools for girls, where she was one of a handful of Negro students, and where she studied classical languages under the tutelage of the dean, graduating two years later with the Greek and Latin prizes.

In the area where I live, Philadelphia magazine recently published a list of what it identified as «best» — the top 50 public high schools in the region.

Dramatic scenarios of moral and ethical lapses are everywhere on the Internet: the college student who used his webcam to secretly film his roommate, who later committed suicide; the high school students who tweeted about the rape of a fellow student; the hackers who stole compromising photographs from celebrities and posted them to a public site, where commenters blamed the celebrities for their predicament.

From where I sit, this interregnum would serve no higher purpose for the children of my state, and would be damaging to the current cohort of public school students, especially those entering the upper grades.

He taught public high school for three years in Southern California as a member of the founding corps of Teach For America before moving to Oakland, California, where he has lived since 1994.