Recently‚ in Upper Darby School District‚ one major issue has been the less than adequate performance scores on standardized testing in the literature area. Most of the elementary schools‚ and middle schools‚ have been decreasing in their scores in the reading and language arts content areas on tests like the MAP tests. However‚ students are exceeding expectations on the math and science portions of the test. When a student starts out elementary school with a poor basis in reading‚ they are already
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I never had a problem with the color of my skin until I entered elementary school. Thankfully‚ I’ve never encountered any severe forms of racism‚ but I couldn’t shake off the feeling that I was coming up short. That maybe I wasn’t as talented as the other kids at school. In hindsight‚ I definitely had potential‚ but at the moment‚ I felt like I was below average. Both my elementary school and my middle school were predominantly Caucasian. The town itself wasn’t very diverse and my mother was never
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School Board discussed Thursday night around 7:00 p.m. of ongoing Elementary School cleanup and several other concerns. Board discussed the ongoing cleanup of Johnson Elementary School that experienced water damage during heavy rains and flooding two weeks ago near Root River. Johnson Elementary School experienced water damage two weeks ago in the city’s Parksburg section. Several ground-floor classrooms had water damage. Jacqueline Winger‚ school principal‚ says most of the furniture‚ books and
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Recess is something that i had every day growing up in elementary school. Recess is like a play time outside. That is the only other word i can think of to describe it is playtime. At my elementary school we actually had two separate recesses. One in the morning and one in the afternoon. The first recess was right after breakfast. Before second recess‚ we had lunch. The way my school was set up was it was divided into two parts. The first part was for first through third graders and the second part
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During my elementary years‚ I was always shy to talk to other people I didn’t consider as friends. The only ones I talked to was my classmates‚ teachers‚ and friends. I was the type of child that would depend on others. When I was 10‚ I was worried on how others would think of me. I was close minded and I would always assume that people would tease me for the little things that I did. This made me antisocial and I didn’t want to get involved into anything. At the age of 10‚ I was placed into an
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Discipline in High School and Elementary Education Grand Canyon University: SPE-350 January 10‚ 2014 When it comes to special education‚ discipline is a major concern in this area because many students are incessantly being expelled for their behavior issues that are caused by their disabilities. With the previous law students were excluded from school and received long suspension time because of their behavioral problems but when the new law was passed in 2004 students that are disable‚
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discuss the proposed closure of Charm Elementary were silent when it came time to ask questions. The meeting immediately followed the district’s monthly business meeting and was held at Keim Lumber‚ to accommodate a larger crowd. In the coming months‚ Superintendent Erik Beun said‚ the board will be asked to close and‚ eventually sell‚ the building‚ currently attended by kindergarten and first-grade students in the valley. After outlining the history of the school and those who have passed through its
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I have mixed feelings about the internship I did last semester. In one way I am extremely glad that I did it‚ and in another way I am not. The internship was at Burgess Elementary School working with first and second graders in their music classes. My reason for choosing this internship was that I am very musical and enjoy it very much and I wanted to see what it was like to have this type of musical profession. I really enjoyed working with the children very much‚ and of course Mrs. Kruczek
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Service-learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience‚ teach civic responsibility‚ and strengthen communities. It’s coordinated with an elementary school‚ secondary school‚ institution of higher education‚ or community service programs‚ and with the community. Service Learning is integrated into and enhances the academic curriculum of the students or the educational components of the community service
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“Skrt skrt!” The brand new 2003 minivan door slowly slid closed as my mom held my hand. My first day of kindergarten started walking through the rocky terrain up to Jacobson Elementary School on a hot‚ summer morning. Prepared with my lunch box full of goodies and plaid backpack weighing me down‚ I walked through the gates to the kindergarten playground. My mom helped me find the girl I met on “Meet the Teacher Night” and stayed close by as we played in the ant-infested‚ wood chip playground. Then
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