Sentences with phrase «regular academic year»

«This place is really a gem, both for those who go to school here during the regular academic year, and for those who participate in the summer program.»

Thorough preparation for summer activities allows school leaders to concentrate on wrapping up the regular academic year and resolving the unforeseen issues that always seem to accompany the season.

The summer program will also be tested for children who were not in a preschool program during the regular academic year, to show whether the short - term intervention can help these children catch up to their peers who did attend preschool programs during the academic year.

Not exact matches

Interest in shooting remains high throughout the academic year, and we arrange regular weekly practice sessions, as well as introductory sessions.

Indeed, of the Crimson's 41 varsity teams (the most at any Division I school), football, which travels five or fewer Fridays each academic year, might miss the fewest class days during the regular season.

Tuition would rise and security would be strengthened at Niagara County Community College under a tentative budget for the next academic year, which includes $ 250,000 for two armed peace officers and a contract with a local police agency to supply a regular police officer to patrol during the day.

On topic questions included: what defines a «community school», whether community schools are only located in low - income neighborhoods, whether there is a plan to extend universal pre-K to three year olds, how much more expensive community schools are to operate than «regular» schools, why was the UFT not at this announcement, whether academic gains are expected from community schools and how will such gains be measured, what programs are added to «regular» schools as they are converted into «community» schools, potential changes to the admissions process for specialized high schools and whether the seats announced today are new programs or new spaces.

Benefits include financial support — such as tuition assistance, monthly stipends, and teaching materials and leadership grants; extensive summer and academic year professional development; and regular meetings and online discussions that provide each fellow with a strong support network.

In the year - round program at Fairview Elementary School, in Modesto, California, for example (see «Power to the People,»), students benefit from an emphasis on civic literacy and responsibility in addition to a regular academic program with about the same number of school days as traditional schools.

This for a place that promised longer days (an hour more than the regular public schools), an extra 25 days of school per academic year, tough discipline, uniforms, and rigorous academic standards.

«Through - course assessments» are tests that are administered at regular points throughout an academic year.

an opportunity to consult with the student's regular classroom teacher (s), and other professional staff providing academic intervention services, at least once per semester during the regular school year;

This study in two localities will show whether an academic boost from a six - week school readiness program in the summer right before kindergarten is a cost - effective way to improve outcomes (and prevent summer learning loss) for children who have been in preschool during the regular school year.

During the academic year, most schools in the U.S. invite parents to come in for regular parent - teacher conferences.

Mentors and mentees will be expected to facilitate communication on a regular, mutually - agreed upon basis throughout the academic year.

Jim O'Connor, principal of the KIPP Ascend middle school in Chicago, told me this month that five students from his last year's eighth grade who are in regular public high schools are having the most difficult time, because their schools lack the focus on strong academic results they found at KIPP.

The school has also appointed a pupil premium intervention assistant who has regular mentoring slots focusing on academic work and barriers to learning — making sure, for example, that each year 11 student has a revision timetable in place.

Other highly gifted children attend regular classrooms, but instead of working at appropriate academic levels and having «an equal opportunity to struggle» (Morreale, 1993), spend much of the school day tutoring others in cooperative learning groups or reviewing curriculum that they mastered years ago on their own (Robinson, 1990; U. S. Department of Education, 1993).

This academic year we wanted to encourage parents to come into the setting on a regular basis but without the requirement to commit, since many have jobs and younger children which makes it more challenging for them to give up their time.

This innovative district is Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS), which began the process of «PLC Rounds» five years ago when the district's chief academic officer decided that every school would be required to implement PLCs as a regular aspect of their teachers» professional practice.

But while the African - American girls who had been in small classes enjoyed persistent academic gains through sixth grade — three years after they had returned to regular classes — and were more likely to take college - entrance exams several years later, the gains for African - American boys tapered off dramatically in fourth grade, as soon as they returned to regular classes.

They include three ACT diagnostics each year so students can see their progress on college readiness standards, regular progress reports with academic data on class performance metrics, discipline data, reading growth data, and many others.

Released in the wake of last week's report about charter schools in New York City, the study found that compared with the academic progress that students made in regular public schools, students in charter schools in Massachusetts gained an additional one and a half more months of learning per year in reading and an additional two and a half more months of learning per year in math.

Former students who have been dismissed by the Academic Standards Committee or to whom the Academic Standards Committee has given permission to withdraw in lieu of dismissal and who have been out of The Cooper Union for more than two years (four semesters) must apply through the regular admission procedure at the time of anticipated return.

The academic year ended a few weeks ago and as I wrote my regular farewell note to the finalists, I started to muse on the information related facts I hope they carry with them into their academic, professional and online lives post Oxford.

In administering the program, the Director will participate in the hiring, orientation, training, and evaluation of legal research and writing instructors; participate in the orientation of incoming first - year law students; prepare the syllabi and the common writing problems used by all legal research and writing sections; chair regular meetings of the legal research and writing instructors to discuss course content, teaching methods, and related issues; handle student issues related to the program; oversee the selection of legal research and writing award recipients; coordinate legal research and writing with the broader curriculum in conjunction with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; and perform other related administrative duties as assigned.

This study in two localities will show whether an academic boost from a six - week school readiness program in the summer right before kindergarten is a cost - effective way to improve outcomes (and prevent summer learning loss) for children who have been in preschool during the regular school year.