Sentences with phrase «school elective classes»

Under this policy, some popular high school elective classes — including courses in women's studies and social justice — could have been canceled before they got underway, because it took a few years for their popularity to build.

They also hope that university admissions officers consider taking into account what applicants «know» (for example, what they learned in their high school elective classes), in addition to their grades and standardized test scores.

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This film was shown in the Bible classes in the school where I teach — Encina High, Sacramento — when, in 1973, we introduced a Bible course there as a junior - senior nine - week literature elective.

Elective, Regents, classes with Corning Community College), and several AP courses are offered by the school.

«The governor's policies have actually hurt our schools,» said Easton who says kindergarten and after school programs, high school electives and advanced placement classes have all had to be scratched in some schools because of cash shortages.

Success Academy is committed to removing such barriers: 850 middle and high school scholars participate in the network's debate program, in elective classes and competitive teams.

Now a combination of Quomo's low ball budget proposal along with the poorly constructed tax cap in place school local school districts need to portray the extremely unpopular cuts they now face (loss of electives and AP options; cuts to music, art and athletics; increased class size) as being directly the result of decisions made by our legislators in Albany.

This has meant larger class sizes, the elimination of entire programs and the elimination of electives at the high school level — and every district in New York has suffered.

As the only human in St. PigeoNation's prestigious school for birds you'll encounter a feathered cast of characters and choose a suitable love interest all while managing elective school classes.

Cutbacks in the school system have resulted in his class being one of the only electives for students to take, and now Dana's class is filled with students who don't want to be there, i.e. the «gangsta element», (i.e. Latinos).

My high school offered an elective class that featured one of the English teachers showing great movies and talking about them from an academic point - of - view.

Virtual schools make available a world of new courses — from obscure electives to Advanced Placement classes — that challenge students intellectually and open up new doors educationally.

Following that initial training, elective classes that are tailored to the needs of each school are offered during subsequent summers.

Schools in the Los Angeles School District have moved a vast majority of their students out of their special education centers within the last three years and into neighborhood schools where they are fully integrated into elective classes like physical education, gardening and cSchools in the Los Angeles School District have moved a vast majority of their students out of their special education centers within the last three years and into neighborhood schools where they are fully integrated into elective classes like physical education, gardening and cschools where they are fully integrated into elective classes like physical education, gardening and cooking.

The school offers 23 AP courses, a wide variety of electives, and classes for different ability levels.

The most recent flare - up relates to a Texas law passed in 2007 and put into effect this fall that requires schools to offer an elective class on the Bible.

ELT has since become an integral part of the school day, where students receive an additional 60 minutes of support instruction in some core academic classes like English and math, and 90 minutes of electives in arts, sports and music, and other enrichment activities.

Budgetary shortfalls, school district bankruptcies, teacher and administrator layoffs, hiring and salary freezes, pension system defaults, shorter school years, ever - larger classes, faculty furloughs, fewer course electives, reduced field trips, foregone or curtailed athletics, outdated textbooks, teachers having to make do with fewer supplies, cuts in school maintenance, and other tales of fiscal woe inevitably captivate the news media, particularly during the late - spring and summer budget and appropriations seasons.

Paul Aldridge, upper school teacher at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, created a freshman elective — based on an old speech class — in which students create substantive, cross-curricular proschool teacher at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, created a freshman elective — based on an old speech class — in which students create substantive, cross-curricular proSchool in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, created a freshman elective — based on an old speech class — in which students create substantive, cross-curricular projects.

«We look at a range of different models — project - based, no excuses, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and spaces within schools; not only core disciplinary class but also electives and extracurriculars — to identify the conditions under which powerful learning does emerge, and to understand what kinds of systems might make this kind of learning more the exception than the rule,» he says.

Virtual schools make available a world of new courses — from obscure electives to advanced - placement classes — that challenge students intellectually and open up new doors educationally.

Harvard and beyond — Not only can you take electives across the HGSE catalogue, but we encourage L&L students to cross-register for exciting classes at the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Harvard Kennedy School, the Harvard Business School, and even MIT.

However, elective classes, field trips, and lunchtime and after - school clubs are the first victims on the budgetary chopping block.

I think of the Rube Goldberg machines built by engineering students in our makerspace, and I imagine the classroom furniture and prototypes being built by the students in my own Art and Tech elective class, projects that start with 3D models and prototypes and end in functional designs that are in use throughout the school.

Designed with middle school STEM, high school mandatory technology, and elective design and technology classes in mind, the print ready instructions and practice task are suitable as handouts for self paced learning or as a teacher resource for more formal instruction.

Murley runs his entrepreneurship classes, electives within the school's business academy, with help from the NFTE, using the group's curriculum and taking part in a business - plan competition the foundation sponsors.

In her elective classes at Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro, Maine, Casselman works to ignite students» interest in science through lessons and projects that are accessible.

In addition to core classes, our wide - range of electives and extracurricular activities give KIPPsters a well - rounded and engaging high school experience.

It is suitable for use with Elective Drama classes (NSW BOSTES Syllabus) or the Drama component of Junior High School English.

The school provides web - based classes, instruction, and assessments to students in a variety of academic subjects and electives.

They are increasingly being replaced by K - 8 schools, «which offer a gentler pre-teen transition into the world of class changes, multiple teachers, electives and academic responsibility,» explains Lois Solomon of the Sun - Sentinel.

D.C. public schools chancellor Kaya Henderson talked about signs of progress in her third annual State of the Schools event Wednesday night, including a recently released uptick in graduation rates, new investments in electives and college - level classes in the city's high schools, and more engaging courses systeschools chancellor Kaya Henderson talked about signs of progress in her third annual State of the Schools event Wednesday night, including a recently released uptick in graduation rates, new investments in electives and college - level classes in the city's high schools, and more engaging courses systeSchools event Wednesday night, including a recently released uptick in graduation rates, new investments in electives and college - level classes in the city's high schools, and more engaging courses systeschools, and more engaging courses system wide.

Consequently, schools, especially in Connecticut's neediest districts, can not afford basic educational tools such as a sufficient number of teachers, reasonable class size, adequate school facilities, services for at - risk children, electives, AP classes, even books, computers and paper.

AVID curriculum is used in AVID elective classes and in content - area classes (English language arts, math, science, and social studies) in AVID schools.

Upper level language classes and other elective classes at the high schools and middle schools will disappear from the schedule.

In addition to regular classes, the school offers MCAS preparation, electives and sports, three balanced meals, and counseling and healthcare services.

That, in turn, means less funding in district schools which results in fewer elective classes and less support.

The policy allows special and elective class sizes of 40 in middle and high schools, This is too big.

Each student studies the same core subjects taught in traditional high school settings and can choose from a wide selection of elective, AP and honors classes.

Check out the huge range of high school courses available online, including AP, honors and elective classes or visit our online education blog for related articles including Why online schooling is the future of education.

Providing a rigorous pre-college curriculum has long been a struggle in many of the more than 7,100 U.S. rural school districts, where a lack of teachers, dwindling enrollment numbers and tight budgets make it difficult to offer electives, foreign languages and even basic classes that are a given in many suburban and urban schools.

Virtual high school students study core classes online including English, history, math, science and a wide variety of elective, AP and honors courses — all taught by experienced, Wisconsin state certified instructors.

High school students can enroll in self - paced classes and high - end electives.

Chief Academic Officer Frances Gipson said the additional teachers are an investment in class size reductions and adding to elective opportunities in middle and high schools.

The rumor that a national school reform effort moving through Madison would wipe out treasured class electives at West High School has been buzzing in that community for school reform effort moving through Madison would wipe out treasured class electives at West High School has been buzzing in that community for School has been buzzing in that community for years.

All high schools should offer a wide range of electives each semester, with a special focus on computer and business classes.

To support this new approach to learning, flexible environments allow students to attend a mix of in - person and online classes while also increasing time for electives and providing more access to courses and programs at other schools.

It includes a first - time - ever cap on PE class sizes, increased access to electives, additional counseling support and additional social - emotional support at our highest - needs secondary schools, and reduced class sizes in the upper grades at the 55 highest - need elementary schools.

They forced school districts throughout PA to cut 20,000 educational professionals from our children's classrooms; increase class sizes; eliminate music, art and countless other electives; raise local property taxes; eliminate tutoring and extra help programs; and much more.

With hundreds of core and elective classes from which to choose, including three to four versions of core subjects *, students enjoy a rigorous, yet flexible learning experience, tailored to their goals, abilities and post high school academic plan.