Sentences with phrase «with middle school children»

Guided by these twin elements, I have applied a studied practice over three decades of experience to individuals, families and groups, with a specialization in group work with middle school children.

There's an author that has used one of the self - publishing imprints of Author Solutions to publish a book on how to work with middle school children.

To his credit, when I talked to him about three of his projects — WoWinSchool (WoW used with middle school children), Minecraft (used with elementary students), and SAGA (Story and Game Academy)-- Gillispie repeatedly deflected credit from himself to his professional peers and administration.

Not exact matches

In what apparently is the latest incident in a campaign to push children toward becoming LGBT - rights activists, a teacher has instructed a middle - school student to sign up for «recurring text messages» associated with an LGBT «Day of Silence» campaign.

In fact, according to the cleverly rewritten history books that I use to home school my children with, there is a copy of The Globe tabloid newspaper from 1776 showing an image of George Washington wearing a yarmulke, under the headline «WASHINGTON SECRETLY JEWISH — MIDDLE NAME IS MORDECAI».

Recent polls consistently show that African - Americans, especially poorer, inner - city people and those with school - age children favor vouchers more than do middle - class whites.

One of the things I have respected most in Aida Rosa, principal of the elementary school P.S. 30, and the teachers that I talk with on her staff is that they look at children here as children, not as «distorted children,» not as «morally disabled children,» not as «quasi-children» who require a peculiar arsenal of reconstructive strategies and stick - and - carrot ideologies that wouldn't be accepted for one hour by the parents or the teachers of the upper middle class.

After a bone - rattling drive out to the middle - of - nowhere - Haiti, they toured the small cement school filled with brown - eyed hungry children.

As the oldest child in a stable middle class family, Luther endured a childhood of strict discipline at home, school and church that left him with a sense of inferiority, and emerged into university life at a time of great intellectual ferment that challenged the entire educational system as well as the corruptions of a politically powerful church.

With one child in high school, one in middle school, and one in elementary, that is enough activities to keep this mom hopping.

It's like finding out your middle school child is doing drugs and having sex with various partners, after attending Catholic school.

He's like a middle school child who is doing drugs and having sex with various partners?

Students in schools populated mostly by middle - class - and - above children were about equally likely to find themselves in a classroom with engaged and interesting instruction (47 percent of students) as in one with basic, repetitive instruction (53 percent of students).

We want students in middle school and high school to be able to persevere, to be resilient, to be tenacious when faced with obstacles — but we don't often stop to consider the deep roots of those skills, the steps that every child must take, developmentally, to get there.

His conclusion: if you want poor kids to be able to compete with their middle - class peers, you need to change everything in their lives — their schools, their neighborhoods, even the child - rearing practices of their parents.

Schools and parents sometimes have difficulty with the form's middle box, which is a box for conditional clearances or more specifically for children who are «Cleared for all sports without restriction with recommendations for further evaluation or treatment for...» Schools, Districts and YSOs have to make sure that whoever is receiving the forms is vigilant enough to read the recommendations for further evaluation and treatment, and to make sure they're implemented.

And while the Science authors found instruction to be basic and repetitive even in American schools with a mostly middle - class or upper - middle - class student population, they found that the situation was considerably worse in schools that enrolled a lot of low - income children.

«One thing we rarely stress with children, but which is crucial to raising a well - adjusted middle - schooler, is that their neighborhood and school are communities that they have a responsibility for.

I think it is important to point out that this isn't just an issue for middle class families who care deeply about their child's diet and are able to provide abundant healthy food choices but school menus have great impact on many, many poor children who, through no fault of their own and often with no agency to change the situation, end up being pawns in the lunch tray wars.

Your child with ADHD has successfully navigated the early school years and is beginning his or her journey through middle school and high school.

Some children change during middle school, and it's possible that your child may have a friend who experiments with drugs, alcohol, or other dangerous behaviors.

The trends are the same with middle school aged children as they are with high school aged children.

These intuitive programs grow with your child — and are intended to transition with them from Kindergarten to middle school — making the $ 150 price point pretty darned family - friendly.

• Among children in middle school, secure attachments to more than one caregiver (mainly their fathers) were associated with pro-social behaviour and feelings of self - confidence (Carter and Almarez, 2014).

One way parents can help their tweens stay on top of their studies is to familiarize themselves with the middle school syllabus sheets that children bring home.

Your child might have more homework, and teachers expect middle schoolers to be more responsible about completing homework, keeping up with assignments, and speaking up if something isn't completely understood.

Our family has been at the School for 10 years and I have 4 children currently enrolled in the school from Kindergarten through Middle School, and I have been overwhelmingly impressed with the quality of education delivered and the enthusiasm that my children have for their time there.&School for 10 years and I have 4 children currently enrolled in the school from Kindergarten through Middle School, and I have been overwhelmingly impressed with the quality of education delivered and the enthusiasm that my children have for their time there.&school from Kindergarten through Middle School, and I have been overwhelmingly impressed with the quality of education delivered and the enthusiasm that my children have for their time there.&School, and I have been overwhelmingly impressed with the quality of education delivered and the enthusiasm that my children have for their time there.»

Your child may be heading to middle school, but he or she is already beginning to think about high school and all the fun that comes with it.

If your elementary or middle school child is starting to fall into a pattern of struggling with work, you will want to be included in the conversation over the struggle with the material.

And, because we know middle school isn't the only time for parents to have ongoing conversations with youth about sexuality topics, we offer age - appropriate workshops for parents of children in early childhood, elementary and high school.

In middle and high school, these issues can emerge as major challenges — particularly for a child who is coping with a disorder such as ADHD, which has an impact on her behaviors, thought processes, and social skills.

In addition, it's important for your child to learn how to get along with a variety of personalities, and middle school is the time to do that.

With common - sense advice on how to stand back and let your children learn through their mistakes — including an entire chapter on navigating the hormone - drenched middle school years — this book is one of my new favorite parenting manuals.

It was a photograph of one child's «lunch» in an HISD middle school cafeteria — bright red, baked Flaming Hot Cheetos (aka «hot fries») covered with processed nacho cheese sauce.

From preschool to middle school, encourage your child to embrace reading with these enjoyable activities.

The middle school may send your child home with a list of electives to choose from, or they may go over elective possibilities at orientation or when your child attends the school tour or open house.

«Childhood aggression linked to deficits in executive function: Primary school children with reduced cognitive skills for planning and self - restraint are more likely to show increased aggression in middle childhood.»

A New York City proposal to diversify middle schools on Manhattan's Upper West Side, by setting aside seats for children with low test scores, is facing stiff resistance from parents worried their high - achieving children might lose access to the popular public schools.

«Working collaboratively with the Broome County Promise Zone, those interested in serving as mentors will be matched with children in schools that are part of CCPA's University - assisted community school effort, which aims to level the playing field for students from low - income families who lack some of the supports for academic success from which children from middle - class families benefit,» Bronstein said.

«Wadleigh Middle School is part of Harlem's integrity; it's part of Harlem's culture,» he remarked of the school, which he said was valuable in providing the neighborhood's children with a performing arts - focused educSchool is part of Harlem's integrity; it's part of Harlem's culture,» he remarked of the school, which he said was valuable in providing the neighborhood's children with a performing arts - focused educschool, which he said was valuable in providing the neighborhood's children with a performing arts - focused education.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (middle) meets and speaks with children at New Lane Elementary school in Selden to mark the start of the Suffolk County School Recycling Pilot Program, an initiative spearheaded by Bellone that seeks to to help school meet their NYS recycling mandate, reduce costs, and promote environmental stewarschool in Selden to mark the start of the Suffolk County School Recycling Pilot Program, an initiative spearheaded by Bellone that seeks to to help school meet their NYS recycling mandate, reduce costs, and promote environmental stewarSchool Recycling Pilot Program, an initiative spearheaded by Bellone that seeks to to help school meet their NYS recycling mandate, reduce costs, and promote environmental stewarschool meet their NYS recycling mandate, reduce costs, and promote environmental stewardship.

Linda Banta, a Larchmont resident with two children in public schools who joined a rally against the regulation on July 29 held by state Senate candidate Julie Killian and congressional candidate Phil Oliva, both Republicans, said, «It's alarming that the federal government announced something in the middle of summer that could so adversely affect our schools and economy.»

For all New Yorkers, the result will be a Legislature with fewer middle - aged lawmakers still trying to balance family budgets and dealing with emerging issues seen firsthand by having children in school.

A proposal to diversify middle schools on the Upper West Side, by setting aside seats for children with low test scores, is facing stiff resistance from some parents.

Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.

Among other issues, Senator Klein and the community voiced concerns that co-location of a high school with a middle school would be inappropriate, forcing children as young as 11 and as old as 18 to share the same facilities.

The study analysed data from four large - scale longitudinal studies and found that the poorer reading and maths skills of children born prematurely were associated with lower educational qualifications on leaving school and lower income in middle age.

Birth weight makes a difference to a child's future academic performance, according to new Northwestern University research that found heavier newborns do better in elementary and middle school than infants with lower birth weights.

With teaching facilities in Long Island and New York City, it brings a hands - on approach to learning about biology and genomes to classrooms and homes of children in primary schools, middle schools, and high schools.

She taught middle school science in Baltimore for four years and then decided to follow her heart and teach yoga full time to children with the Holistic Life Foundation.