Sentences with phrase «secondary school boys»

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The books are published by the Oxford University Press as a direct response to something that has been worrying educationalists for some while - the fact that boys vastly outnumber girls in illiteracy rates, and that many start secondary schools with very poor reading skills and no apparent interest in acquiring any.

As an elementary school for boys, Allen - Stevenson lays out an educational path that is developmentally appropriate, while also preparing its students for rigorous college preparatory secondary schools, both boarding and day.

Compared to regular breakfast eaters, primary school boys who skipped breakfast were 1.71 times (95 % CI = 1.26 - 2.32, p = 0.001) more likely to be overweight / obese, while the risk was lower in primary school girls (OR = 1.36, 95 % CI = 1.02 - 1.81, p = 0.039) and secondary school girls (OR = 1.38, 95 % CI = 1.01 - 1.90, p = 0.044).»

You will be introduced to the types of dairy products chosen by boys and girls at breakfast in both elementary and secondary schools and learn about effective breakfast service alternatives.

He was brought up at Asamankese in the Eastern Region, where he attended the Roman Catholic Primary School and Presbyterian Middle School before proceeding to Presbyterian Boys» Secondary (PRESEC), at Odumase - Krobo, and Apam Secondary School.

In the boys» category, Dairy Farm Senior Secondary School who won the title in 2012 & 2014 will be seeking to permanently retain the trophy as they go in search of their 3rd title.

He started his education at the the Government Boys School, Adabraka — Accra, and later at the Rowe Road School, now known as Kinbu Secondary Technical School also in Accra.

Mosslands School is a secondary school that draws boys from all areas of Wallasey and BirkeSchool is a secondary school that draws boys from all areas of Wallasey and Birkeschool that draws boys from all areas of Wallasey and Birkenhead.

He started his education at the Government Boys School, Adabraka — Accra, and later at the Rowe Road School, now known as Kinbu Secondary Technical School also in Accra.

One of the many fantastic schools in my borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is the London Oratory, a Roman Catholic boys secondary school.

According to the CP, One Christian Ojechi of Abor village, Ogidi in Idemili North local government area reported that armed men operating with about four motorcycles snatched from him a Mercedes Benz SUV model 350 with Registration No LAGOS FST 141 FB when he stopped to buy something in a shop along Abatete road by Ogidi Boys Secondary School Ogidi.

«For example, electricity access is needed in schools and homes in order for all girls and boys to have access to free, equitable and good - quality primary and secondary education.»

I attended the prestigious Mfantsipim secondary school, an all - boys school established in 1876 by the Methodist Church to foster intellectual, moral, and spiritual growth.

Data from a secondary school in East Anglia suggest that one popular idea — that girls have good literacy skills earlier than boys and can therefore use these skills to accelerate their learning — does not provide a complete explanation for their subsequent success.

WASHINGTON — Conservative Republicans on the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee this month grilled Thomas W. Payzant, President Clinton's choice to be assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education, about his treatment of the Boy Scouts and other controversies during his 20 - year career as a school superintendent.

In Part 2 of our video series on books for reluctant readers, Teacher speaks to Peter Hillman, Head of Library and Information Services at Scotch College in Victoria, about his top picks for boys in secondary school.

So successful has Roxbury Latin been that it now has one of the largest endowments of any private secondary school (over $ 140 million), «an outlandish amount of money for just 290 boys,» says Phil Thornton, director of development at the school, who points out that over 50 percent of alumni give to the alumni fund.

In the Central African Republic and Chad in 2012, half as many girls as boys were in secondary school.

According to a new Harvard study — based on data gathered from focus groups, interviews, and several surveys, including one of roughly 20,000 11 - to -18-year-old boys and girls from 59 public and private secondary schools — nearly a quarter of girls preferred male over female political leaders.

Garston Manor Garston Manor School, a special educational needs school in Watford catering for up to 124 secondary aged boys and girls (11 to 16 year olds) has also re-opened in its new buiSchool, a special educational needs school in Watford catering for up to 124 secondary aged boys and girls (11 to 16 year olds) has also re-opened in its new buischool in Watford catering for up to 124 secondary aged boys and girls (11 to 16 year olds) has also re-opened in its new building.

At the start of secondary school 72 % of girls and 75 % of boys say they are interested in science and enjoy it as a subject.

Studies have shown that when young people start secondary school, just as many girls as boys have positive attitudes toward science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects and careers.

The school caters for the needs of around 100 boys of secondary school age who experience difficulties associated with their academic, social, emotional and / or behavioural development.

Teachers favour boys over girls in maths at primary school and this affects successful completion of maths courses at secondary level (Lavy and Sand, 2015).

Nearly a third of male secondary school teachers believe that science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects are more for boys, Tes has reported.

One interesting thing they did find was that girls do not lag behind boys in countries with same - sex schooling at the secondary school level, such as Bahrain, though they did not investigate whether the relationship is causal.

It also noted that secondary school - aged boys (11 - 16) are happier with the amount of physical activity they take part in and enjoy it more than girls (71 per cent of boys compared to 56 per cent of girls).

During the final years of secondary school, students must be prepared for life beyond the school gate and able to collaborate with and learn from other boys and girls equally, in their day - to - day interactions.

The winning idea for a secondary school was invented by a schoolboy at Altrincham Grammar School forschool was invented by a schoolboy at Altrincham Grammar School forSchool for Boys.

For every 100 boys in secondary school on the continent in 2010, there were only 82 girls.

In Niger just 15 % of both boys and girls were enrolled in secondary school last year.

Although much remains true to form, Catholic primary and secondary schooling is also exhibiting more entrepreneurialism and energy than it has in decades while at the same time preserving its commitment to the religious formation of boys and girls.

Thomas W. Payzant's nomination to be assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education hit a pothole due to his role in barring the Boy Scouts, which excludes homosexuals, from conducting in - school programs when he was superintendent in San Diego.

Teacher of mathematics in a boys» secondary school.

The project is run by around 50 sixth - formers from King's and two of our secondary partner schools, Ricards Lodge High School and Coombe Boys» School, supervised by ten members of staff.

Among them are Olive Secondary Boys and Olive Secondary Girls, two sections of an Islamic faith school in Bradford which cater to around 200 pupils.

«One in four boys now starts secondary school without being able to read or write at the expected level.»

Among the new free schools announced were the Green School for Boys in Isleworth and Brentford; the Northampton International Academy; the Great Western Academy, Swindon; the New School for Harrow; Swindon Church of England Secondary School; Cheadle Hulme Primary School, Stockport; and Bishop Chavasse School, Tonbridge, Kent.

In Montfort Secondary school they are encouraging the teenage boys to make prototype products, ranging from a smart garden watering system to an electronic keyboard.

One in 11 boys in England - one in seven in some areas - starts secondary school with, at best, the reading skills of an average seven - year - old.

The research is timed to coincide with the launch of a new series of books called Heroes aimed at secondary school pupils which aims to switch boys back on to reading and get them past the crucial 100 - page mark.

In the early years of secondary school the gap widens further, with boys outstripped by girls in English by 12 percentage points at age 14.

Paired with Stewart's Melville College (for boys), Mary Erskine School is an independent all - girls secondary sSchool is an independent all - girls secondary schoolschool.

Founded in 1949, Durban North High School was the first secondary school to be built in Durban North and housed 215 boys and School was the first secondary school to be built in Durban North and housed 215 boys and school to be built in Durban North and housed 215 boys and girls.

Palazzo Grassi Teens is a programme aimed at secondary schools (first and second graders) based on a peer - to - peer approach, which aims to engage girls and boys with contemporary art through works from the Pinault Collection.

For example, 26 per cent of girls (39 million) and 17 per cent of boys of secondary school age (11 - 15) were not enrolled in school in 2008.

Exclusion from school was commoner among boys, secondary school pupils and those living in socio - economically deprived circumstances.