Sentences with phrase «with new classmates»

Mom, Jodi Chen worried about Emma's ability to form close friendships with her new classmates (what parent wouldn't worry?)

Not exact matches

CEO Shah and his Cornell classmate Steve Conine started out with racksandstands.com in 2002 and quickly expanded, buying dozens of niche domain names and launching many from scratch—simplydogbeds.com, justshagrugs.com, dinnerplates.com — and in 2011 changing the company name from CSN Stores to Wayfair (700 employees went on a Boston bar crawl in Wayfair T - shirts to help market the new name).

But the central banker is an New Keynesian macroeconomist who years ago made a bet with his grad skool classmates that expectations are rational.

But last week, we spoke with him about the new fund and, to a much lesser extent, about Formation 8 Partners, which Lonsdale famously cofounded in 2011 with Stanford classmate Brian Koo and longtime venture investor Jim Kim before the three abruptly disbanded in 2015.

A classmate, Victoria Olvera, 17, told the Associated Press that Cruz was expelled last school year after a fight with his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend.

Yes, on a few occasions, her barbed ways afford wicked humor, as during a monstrously affected «Ladies» Tea» that her aunt organizes so Scout can catch up with old classmates: «Their makeup would have put an Egyptian draftsman to shame,» she thinks, while failing to join their small talk and flinching at their only question, «well, how's new york?»

The additional burden of European competition will add a new challenge next season, one that Tedesco «sformer classmate Julian Nagelsmann found difficult to cope with at first.

And a classmate pulled Maddy aside to thank her for getting involved with the Challenge School team — she, too, was less anxious due to the new schedule.

They might have a new classmate that comes from different part of the country that is different from their skin color, if your daughter owns a great variety of dolls that come with different skin colors, then she will not be surprised to see another skin complexion other than her's.

They talked about their new knowledge with their classmates and teachers.

It's a great opportunity to help your child and their classmates with our new RECYCLING and COMPOSTING program!

So to keep with the vamp theme, Jolie wanted to give her classmates a bite to eat with a new set of teeth with their candy!

Try to avoid the temptation to say things like «There's nothing to be afraid of,» and instead, help calm her fears with information about what preschool will be like and how her days will unfold with new teachers and classmates.

With help from Manna and Google, Lili and her classmates soon discovered that the wood frog - a tiny creature that uses natural anti-freeze to survive harsh winters - carried an unofficial designation next to New York's official apples, apple muffins, blue birds and sugar maples.

Gianna Serro, a 12th grade student at North Bergen High School in New Jersey, had traveled to the protest with two classmates.

One of Mr. Flanagan's law - school classmates, Kevin S. Law, the president of the Long Island Association, a business group, said the new majority leader mixed a calm demeanor with a sharp strategic sense.

Only this time, instead of teachers and new first - graders, the class was filled with the most brilliant people in the world and classmates that are so enthusiastic, you feel like the smallest person in the world.

I am absolutely horrendous at bowling — It's so bad that I was super excited to knock down a few pins in each frame last week, but it has been so much fun getting to know new people, catch up with a few of my classmates.

Review I have seen this movie twice, probably the third romantic movie that compelled me to do that, and the reasons are quite simple: It's probably impossible that anyone can't relate to young Josh Hutcherson's character, an 11 year old with a normal middle class life and problems (parents initiating divorce); that its surprise by the rediscovery of a young classmate (Charley Ray) initially as an unexpected friend and later as something else... The well crafted work of director Mark Levin is based on the mutual discovery of all these feelings (mostly new and uncontrolled) that evolved in Josh's character and in another particular viewer: you.

She ultimately goes looking for him at «Silent Hill» with the help of a new classmate, Vincent (Kit Harrington), that she meets on her first day at a new high school.

Miles» classmate and new love interest, Lauren (Holliday Grainger), is uncomfortable with some of the club's initiation rituals, and more than a few people are troubled when the club's annual dinner grows increasingly out of hand.

But when «The Little Red - Haired Girl» moves - in across the street and becomes his new classmate, Chuck instantly gets a crush on her and comes up with a plan to overcome his lack of confidence and become a «winner» so he can win her over.

This sequel to the 1999 hit that aspired to be the new PORKY»S — but was really the new FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH — finds the Michigan teens back from college on their first summer break: well - meaning mope Jim (Jason Biggs); sensitive jock Oz (Chris Klein); sophisticate - wannabe Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), who remains obsessed with a classmate's randy mother following their fling in the first film; and Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), the nice, regular guy audiences are meant to identify with.

Having cut Krista out of her life, Nadine begins testing new relational waters — indulging her fantasies of Nick (Alexander Calvert), the dreamboat who works at Petland, and striking up a friendship with her adorably awkward classmate Erwin (Hayden Szeto), whose feelings for her couldn't be more on the surface.

The Spectacular Now (R for profanity, sexuality and underage alcohol abuse) Screen adaptation of Tim Tharp's novel of the same name about a just - dumped, party animal (Miles Teller) with no plans for college who turns over a new leaf after making the acquaintance of a straight - laced classmate (Shailene Woodley) with no social life.

The film also stars the «Looper» actor as a modern - day New Jersey Casanova, who's unable to form real relationships with women due to his porn addiction, but begins to soften up after meeting two women, a younger girl (Scarlett Johansson) and an older classmate (Julianne Moore), and we'd picked it out as one of the films likely to spark a bidding war.

That it messes with structure and medium is nothing new, but as with the casting of Downey Jr. and Monaghan as grammar - school classmates (even as it's commenting on Hollywood's treatment of women, it's guilty of it), as it's fucking with the way we look at film and understand narratives, it's indulging in the topsy - turvy, smart - alecky vogue of Guy Ritchie / Christopher Nolan chic.

It was only when he got to New York University to study film that he looked around and realised most of his classmates had come from the exact same milieu with the exact same backstory.

New additions Bill Nighy (as Rufus Scrimgeour) and Rhys Ifans (as Xenophilius Lovegood) pop in and out all too quickly, and there's little room in the tale for darling Luna Lovegood (Evanna Lynch), Harry's endearing classmate who brightened up the last few pictures with her daft charm.

They relocate and try to restart their lives, but discover new obstacles when they each meet potential new romantic interests — Bill with a French teacher (Julie Delpy) and his son with a vulnerable classmate (Odeya Rush).

When dorky old best friend Ed (Christopher Mintz - Plasse, Superbad's McLovin) warns Charley that his hunky new neighbor Jerry (Colin Farrell) is a deadly vampire responsible for a number of their classmates» sudden unexplained disappearances, Charley reacts with understandable skepticism.

Ruthie's struggles to fit in at a new school, the ease with which she gets the approval of a Queen Bee classmate (using the tactics she learned from watching her manipulative mother), are intriguing, but dropped in favor of following Rita through her addiction and recovery issues.

The fun is just getting started, as Abby revels in the opportunity to show up her popular, privileged neighbor, classmate, and longtime rival Krista Cook (Karissa Tynes), who is also celebrating her birthday with a new car and driver's license.

Logan Lerman stars in the coming - of - age drama, which is based on the novel by Philip Roth about the son of a kosher butcher who leaves his sheltered family life in New Jersey to attend college in Ohio, where he clashes with the dean (Tracy Letts) and falls for a classmate (Sarah Gadon).

As we see with Auggie's new classmates, it's easy to look and judge someone before you take the time to get to know them.

But Landsman is suddenly invigorated with new energy and a plan that will turn him into a hero in the eyes of his peers when he notices that former classmate Oliver Lawless (James Marsden) is in a Banana Boat suntan lotion commercial.

Across all four districts, which together serve more than 465,000 students, the researchers found new elementary teachers were assigned students who had performed.1 to.3 of a standard deviation below their peers who were assigned to teachers with four years of experience or more — meaning that these students were about three to nine months of schooling behind their classmates.

89 per cent of pupils that took part believe that the equipment helped them to learn new digital skills, with 81 per cent now finding it easier to do a variety of tasks on computers and 79 per cent saying they work better with their classmates

«With courage, respect, and dignity, she has pushed herself, her classmates, and her faculty to have those difficult conversations that lead to new learning and understanding.»

«Finally,» Green continued, «on the day before school starts, students in the year's incoming class are invited in for a half - day to meet their classmates and teachers, learn to navigate their new school, and generally become more comfortable with the environment that will be their home for the next three years.»

With one image, this high school student from East New York was showing me why Dewey's writings had left my fellow graduate - school classmates incredulous.

Eventually, we abandoned the project and in 2007 began planning for a self - funded pilot program using Intel Classmate PCs, a new ultramobile personal computer at the time with a 40 GB hard drive.

Telephone calls, letters, faxes, and e-mails are wonderful tools to help children stay in touch with classmates who have moved to a new school.

So the 10th grade honors student at Ocean City High School in New Jersey did what she normally does when she needs help with an assignment and doesn't have time to consult with teachers or classmates: She logged on to the Internet and linked to an online tutor.

Now that the summer holidays are over and kids across the UK are due to be thrust back into school buildings with hundreds or even thousands of classmates, many parents are racing around the high street to get supplies in time for the new school year, including products to help fight winter illnesses.

This usually gives them the space and time they need to come up with something to say, whether it be a new idea sparked by a classmate or a response to someone else's comment.

Approximately one - fifth of all New Jersey school districts have responded by assuring parents who refuse the test that their children will be provided with an alternative location, or at least the ability to read in class, while their classmates take the test.

By moving Squid closer to her current academic level, she will be presented with new material along with her classmates.

Her teachers were very thoughtful about helping her with the transition to a new school and included us in two outings which gave her the chance to meet her classmates (and I their parents) before she started.

In all of the above, thousands of small but significant human interactions take place in physical group settings that just can not be duplicated virtually, i.e: when a teacher takes a group of students on an important field trip, the group is not just gathering information; they may learn how to negotiate a public transportation system, how to behave properly in public, help a fellow classmate who has difficulty with new situations, etc. etc. etc..