Sentences with phrase «start of junior high»

At the start of junior high, the math achievement test scores of the students with a growth mind - set were comparable to those of students who displayed a fixed mind - set.

Not exact matches

China's Communist Party is a merciless meritocracy... if you're in Chinese leadership, you made it there by scoring high on a long series of exams, starting at age twelve — which means you haven't met a stupid person since you were in junior high school.

So much in Christianity had me seeing these kinds of things only in the light of demons and evil and satan, that when I started reading and understanding more (when I was in junior high school) and comprehending the concept of the birth - life - death - rebirth cycles, and how there needs to be death and decay for their to be birth and growth... it really made a huge impression on how I saw the world.

Directed by John Shaffer, a lightly regarded QB despite the fact that he had lost only one start since junior high, in the Orange Bowl, the offense relied heavily on a squad of five running backs, headlined by senior tailback D.J. Dozier.

Redshirt junior LB Mike McCray, who has a good chance of starting next season for the Wolverines, got some high praise...

Glory Road, 2006 When he was cast as a member of the 1966 Texas Western basketball team that wasthe first national champion with an all - African - American starting lineup, Nichols, never big into team sports, hadn't played roundball since he was aguard in junior high.

Before Eaton there was Donaldson, an insecure 300 - pound junior at Sacramento's Luther Burbank High, who only agreed to start practicing with the basketball team under one condition: every window of the gym had to be covered with newspapers so that classmates couldn't stare.

In landing Heupel (a junior college transfer), Hybl (a Georgia transfer), and White (a local high school legend and eventual Heisman winner), Stoops» opportunistic selection of offensive style landed him six years» worth of starting quarterbacks, 19,751 yards, 169 touchdown passes, and 67 wins.

WEAKNESSES: Turnover prone in college and needs to better protect the football, specifically with his pocket movements (21 fumbles in his 24 starts)... elongated, wind - up release... chaotic lower body throwing mechanics, influencing his ball placement... too willing to deliver off - balance without setting his feet... bad habit of locking onto targets, leading defenders to the intended receiver... made too many high - risk throws in college, not locating lurking defensive backs... spotty offensive line play in 2017 caused him to play skittish and quicken his reads / movements, leading to mistakes... relatively inexperienced, playing only one full season at quarterback in high school and two years at USC... durable in college, but missed his junior season after a broken foot (Sept. 2013), requiring surgery.

The girls» high school golf season will ramp up immediately when school starts in August, allowing some of the local junior golfers the opportunity to carry the momentum of elite competition from the summer into league and section play.

That March, after the NCAA began aninvestigation of Oklahoma over accusations that Sampson had made illegal callsto recruits, Sampson left for Indiana and was replaced by Capel, a former Dukeguard who had coached Virginia Commonwealth to a 79 — 41 record in four years.As soon as he arrived in Norman, Capel heard about Taylor's brother, who wasjust starting to draw national attention as a high school junior.

«I first became a nutrition junkie when I started running long distance my junior year of high school.

It was the last school day before Thanksgiving, and Traughber Junior High's lunchroom crackled with adolescent energy and anticipation of a holiday break starting in just a few hours.

Ghanaian children begin their education at the age of three or four starting from kindergarten (nursery school and preschool), then to elementary school (primary school), high school (junior high school and senior high school) and finally university.

Chakraborty, a junior majoring in computer science and molecular biology, made an early start on biological research at MIT, having reached out to Institute Professor and professor of biology Phillip Sharp for mentorship on a high school report on circular RNA.

When most of my friends started to drink coffee in junior high / high school, I never got into the habit.

I started horseback riding my sophomore year of high school (way too late to do anything cool as a junior rider like go to Maclay finals or show in Florida... ignoring the fact that I never had the funds to do the big shows in the first place).

I used to resist shopping in juniors, but after yet another person assumed I was in high school while I worked there (I was 26 at the time), I decided I might as well start buying the clothes of teenagers.

The one time I tried to use the DSLR in New Orleans, I found the perfect location and the perfect lighting and there was a crowd of about 100 junior high kids that came down the street as soon as we started shooting.

UGGs were the most fashionable boot during much of my high school career, and it wasn't until junior year that I started to explore different styles.

Remember in junior high or high school when you started dating and your mom and / or bff had a long list of rules you had to remember?

Dating In Junior High As the mom of a tween, the time will eventually come when boys and girls in my daughter's class will really start noticing each But I didn't start dating until I was 18, says Mom.

Juno is the tale of Juno MacGuff (Oscar nominee Ellen Page), a sarcastic 16 - year - old high school junior of suburban Minnesota, who learns at the film's start that she is now expecting a baby, the result of an encounter with her soft - spoken classmate Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera, Superbad).

The 40 students, mostly juniors and seniors at the 900 - student Marysville High School, are creating a documentary on the town, located on the St. Clair River northeast of Detroit, starting from its early days as a logging community and chronicling its later automobile and ship - building industries.

She was accepted in 2002, and two months before starting classes in 2003, she married Oscar Martinez, a descendent of migrant farm workers whom she'd known in an honors math class in junior high in 1992, lost touch with, and then bumped into at a party in 2000.

But last Aug. 20, just before the start of her junior year of high school, Ms. Kirtman died in a car accident.

We interviewed the parents of one high school junior in a school outside New York City who had set up a vocational school in South America so that their daughter could write in her college application that she had started a school in a developing country.

But, as cited on the National Center for Education Statistics website, school districts began moving away from the junior high model in the 1960s and rapidly toward the creation of middle schools starting in grade six or even grade five.

Hall transferred to this small, 248 - student high school in Portland, Maine, at the start of her junior year.

Starts at age 16 or 17 and lasts three to four years — represents the last two years of U.S. high school plus two years at a Community or Junior College.

In February 2016, the district announced that beginning in the fall of 2016, the junior high school start time would be advanced to 7:20 a.m. and, based upon «significant research,» the high school start time would be delayed to 7:55 a.m. Remarkably, the district claims the earlier junior high school start time «will improve student achievement by allowing the school to incorporate a «team teaching» approach, more teacher collaboration and planning.»

The leadership team at Nathan Hale High voted Tuesday not to give its juniors the new tests which are tied to the Common Core, a set of learning standards in reading and math that many states are starting to use.

A full - time Girls Physical Education teacher is needed for the 2018 - 2019 school year (Junior High School and High School grade levels to be determined), with a start date of August 1, 2018

One of the items in the 2018 - 19 budget is a placeholder to fund later school start times for junior high and high school.

OGDEN — The Ogden School District is offering a GED course, which started Monday at Mount Ogden Junior High School, 3260 Harrison Blvd. Classes are from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday until the end of June.

This latest debacle started last spring when, in the face of growing opposition to the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing scheme, the Connecticut General Assembly and Governor Malloy decided to replace the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory 11th grade SBAC test with a new mandate that all high school juniors take what is likely to be an equally unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory NEW SAT.

«After her death, her parents found out about her mission in life to start a chain reaction of kindness,» said Nicole Meibos, principal of Rocky Mountain Junior High School, in West Haven.

When I first started teaching, nearly 20 years ago, I remember the excitement of setting up my classroom, preparing to teach three different high school English classes, supervise the student newspaper and act as the advisor of the junior class.

Starting in 1964, Virginia Haviland, founding head of the Center for Children's Literature at the Library of Congress, met regularly with a small group of area librarians to select an annual list of recommended books for children from preschool through junior - high age.

Lotto - ticket type stocks are loved too much (think of the sexy allure of technology start - ups and junior mining companies), while guarantees are too highly valued (think of the hidden high fees in guaranteed - income products).

The key thing is to start sooner versus later because if you think the cost of education is high now... just wait until your future high school junior / senior starts looking at their college options years from now.

And while you can invest in just about every type of asset class, an RRSP is not the place to speculate on junior mines, high - tech start - ups, commodities, or other risky and volatile assets.

When you started walking faster, I did too, forgetting entirely the advice of a junior high hall monitor re: empty parking lots — splay your keys between your knuckles (he showed us, cheerfully); walk with your hand in a fist.

Eric got his start via self - publishing game - related fanzines in junior high, and now has one goal in life: making sure EGM has as much coverage of niche Japanese games as he can convince them to fit in.

[7] While at Shaw Junior High, she started a community arts program that encouraged student appreciation of fine art.

Alma Thomas started her painting career at the age of 68, after retiring from teaching art to junior high school students in Washington, DC.

During informal discussions with managing partners of several mid-size (35 to 75 attorneys) firms about the compression in associate - junior partner compensation resulting from the higher starting salaries offered to recent law school graduates, most of these partners acknowledged that their firms have little choice but to raise their firms» starting salaries to some extent, to attract and retain higher quality associates.

Whether you are starting at a junior level, or have applied for a higher position, the format of your resume depends on the job profile applied for.

Master Electrician — Duties & Responsibilities Own and operate electrical contracting company ensuring efficient and profitable operations Recruit, train, and direct 25 + person staff of electricians, construction personnel, and office workers Direct human resources, accounting, sales, marketing, customer service, and project management Educate junior electricians in best practices, applicable codes, and safety protocols Proficient in all aspects of commercial, residential, and industrial work as well as the National Electric Code Repaired Life Health Safety (LHS) issues and investigated reports of shocks Perform wide variety of panel, receptacle, light, junction box, and cabinet installations Skilled in aluminum and fiberglass cable tray, transformer, motor, and conduit installations Fabricated, welded, and installed brackets and aluminum, stainless steel, and fiberglass cable trays Worked on control level switches, I / P transmitters, motor starters, start - stop stations, and lighting contractors Test and recalibrate I / P transmitters, gas and fire eyes - HALON sensors, and pressure switches Perform wire pulls, circuit tests, grounding, and bonding tests Utilized AUTOCAD to design blueprints for a varied of commercial and residential projects Encourage high customer retention by maintaining friendly, supportive contact with existing clients Maintain comprehensive records detailing pricings, sales, activities reports, and other pertinent data Perform all duties in a professional, timely, and courteous manner

A major change may be parental separation, a move, starting school, changing schools, a graduation from one type of school to another (elementary to junior high, for example), a frightening medical event in the immediate family, a major loss, a close friend moving away, or the death of a close grandparent.