Sentences with phrase «while school bells»

For while school bells ring throughout An American Childhood, neither classes nor teachers are memorable — except, that is, for the informal instruction in joke - telling offered at home by both parents.

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while far from conclusive, has raised alarm bells among some in the youth sports community and prompted at least one leading concussion expert, Dr. Robert Cantu, MomsTeam's concussion expert emeritus, to recently recommend that kids not play such sports until middle or high school, at least under current rules.

In fact, for a while, I was thrilled that students enrolled in our arts@newman program were excited about coming to school, often arriving well in advance of the opening bell and participating in our online forums during evening and weekend hours.

When the bell rang for early dismissal on a recent afternoon at Cold Springs Middle School in Nevada, students sprinted toward the buses while teachers filed into the library, where posters filled with the names of every child in the 980 - student school covered the School in Nevada, students sprinted toward the buses while teachers filed into the library, where posters filled with the names of every child in the 980 - student school covered the school covered the walls.

How grading works • School grades are calculated on a «bell curve,» which means most Utah schools fall somewhere in the middle, while a few received A and F grades, said John Jesse, director of assessment and accountability at the State Office of Education.

It is ironic, to say the least, that since ringing the bell to open the «School of the Future,» Vallas has blown through New Orleans, Haiti and Chile and has now joined us in Bridgeport, while former Microsoft VP Mary Cullinane, who developed a school with Vallas that didn't use textbooks, is now a corporate officer with the company that Vallas is buying his standardized tests and textbooksSchool of the Future,» Vallas has blown through New Orleans, Haiti and Chile and has now joined us in Bridgeport, while former Microsoft VP Mary Cullinane, who developed a school with Vallas that didn't use textbooks, is now a corporate officer with the company that Vallas is buying his standardized tests and textbooksschool with Vallas that didn't use textbooks, is now a corporate officer with the company that Vallas is buying his standardized tests and textbooks from.

After the last bell sounded and students headed home, Smith stayed late to oversee a professional development session, while teachers from grades 3 through 5 logged on to the school's Google Chromebooks to ensure that the online testing platform was cooperating.

While I don't agree that a poor law school record will ruin one's life (and if it does, a student probably didn't have much resilience to begin with), I admire Van Susteren's willingness to put the interest of her students first, rather than the interest of the school in maintaining its bell curve.

While the law school grading process is most commonly derided by those law students and lawyers who fall on the western side of the bell curve, I rarely hear of law professors challenging the grading process — until now.

These emoticons will not have all the bells and whistles of the built - in emoji keyboard for iOS 9, but keeps its core roots, while adding a nice old - school flair to your texts.