Sentences with phrase «use during the last school year»

Fairview fourth graders put these lessons to practical use during the last school year when they petitioned school administrators to improve their lunch choices.

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If that hypothetical student borrowed using a federal direct loan for graduate school, which had a rate of 5.84 percent last academic year, she would have accrued $ 1,682 in interest during the grace period.

The bad is that fewer than one in five children eligible for the program nationwide use it - 2 million a day last summer, compared with the 12 million who get free or reduced - price meals during the school year, according to federal estimates.

During the last school year, Oakwood sent care packages to troops, fed 50 families at Thanksgiving, adopted eight families during the holiday season, raised money for cancer research, and even used a large portion of funds it had raised for the school to help the children's section of the local liDuring the last school year, Oakwood sent care packages to troops, fed 50 families at Thanksgiving, adopted eight families during the holiday season, raised money for cancer research, and even used a large portion of funds it had raised for the school to help the children's section of the local liduring the holiday season, raised money for cancer research, and even used a large portion of funds it had raised for the school to help the children's section of the local library.

As part of last years» national commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Boar's head, three students from Chatsmore who visited the battlefields of Somme and Ypres shared their experiences with Arts Award students, who used this INSET to develop their own resources to cascade to primary school students during workshops.

During the last 12 weeks of the school year, Smarter Balanced administers a summative assessment consisting of a computer - adaptive test and a set of non-adaptive performance tasks that require students to use multiple Common Core skills.

The number of students using vouchers to attend private schools grew from 22,439 during the 2011 - 12 school year to 29,609 last school year, according to the DPI.

Lawmakers threw out the model state officials used to calculate last year's grades during the last legislative session, rejecting the notion that state officials should compare a student's academic growth to the growth of her peers in determining a school's grade.

DRAPER, Utah — Concussions have been a hot topic in the world of football the last few years, and a handful of local high school teams have taken measures to help reduce concussions by using new protective headgear during practices.

(Calif.) After a marathon hearing and a surprise visit by the governor last week, members of the California State Board of Education are not expected to make any major changes to a set of temporary regulations governing use of billions in new state money for schools during the coming year - long process to set permanent rules.

During my last year of law school I learned about tech start - up incubators like Y Combinator — which provides seed money, guidance, and networking opportunities to new start - ups — from my friends in Silicon Valley, and I was intrigued about the potential for using this model to help lawyers who wanted to create their own «start - up» law practice.

During the shooting last month at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, the 15 - year - old used his body to block a classroom door, saving the lives of numerous students.