Carolina High School‚ located in Greenville County‚ was established in 1956 as a 9th through 12th grade public high school. In 1995‚ the school was chosen to be a magnet school where at its peak had a student enrollment of over 1300. When the needs of the community changed and local mills closed‚ the dynamics of the community changed‚ dropping enrollment down by several hundred students. By 2000‚ the average family income was just above $22‚000‚ where a little over 9% of the families were reported
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The Laguna Beach High School’s Administration has incinerated the GPA of its incoming class of freshman. The horrific news came out after the administration decided to demolish the weighted honors credit of a 5.0 instead of a 4.0 for certain classes. Making the new incoming class of 2020 feel abused by the system. The main reason the school drop the weighted grade is because of the UC and USC colleges drop all honors credit classes. Also‚ how students feel required to take certain honors classes
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High-school I never knew going to high-school would be such a big deal for me. High-school never seemed so challenging‚ but my first year of high-school was a challenging year‚ but also a fun year. Going to high-school was like the start of a new life‚ actually it was the start of a new life because I knew I would learn so much and become a mature young lady. My first year of high-school I went to Arsenal Technical High-school. I was in New Tech High‚ it was an academy
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West Bladen High School Guidance Department 1600 NC Highway 410 Bladenboro‚ NC 28320 (910) 862-2130 Telephone March 25‚ 2014 To The Admissions Committee‚ Having worked closely with Kandyce McCary I can whole-heartedly recommend her to be selected for your university. Kandyce is an outstanding student‚ who possesses a keen work ethic‚ and solid educational skills. Kandyce has worked her entire senior year at her position in JROTC‚ while maintaining a solid reputation as a dependable
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Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado is home to the deadliest high school shootings in United States history. On April 20‚ 1999‚ two Columbine High School students‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ went on a shooting rampage at their high school (shooting teachers and students) killing fifteen‚ including themselves‚ and injuring twenty-four others. John Stone‚ the Jefferson County Sheriff‚ said “When we did make entry into the library‚ it was a pretty gruesome sight.” Stone also called the
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reservation community I passed two Navajo youth leaning against the wall‚ one leg propped behind them for support. They wore black tee-shirts‚ one declaring “Indian Pride on the Rise‚” the other showing a heavy metal rock group “Twisted Sister.” Both wore high topped basketball shoes and hair free flowing to their shoulders. One spoke to me. “Hey‚ are you the lady who is talking to dropouts? You should talk to me. I’m a professional dropout.” I did. And to many others. Their stories spoke of racial discrimination
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have far too many students in a class making it very difficult to teach. Teachers struggling to properly prep for and handle the workload of 5 different classes. This is not something one has to imagine‚ because this the reality at East Jordan Middle High School. East Jordan is facing all of these problems‚ because EJMHS is understaffed. East Jordan does not have enough teaching staff as they must to run a school. All of these problems have one solution
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The Lynn English High School is a coed‚ public high school in Lynn‚ Massachusetts. There are about 1700 pupils enrolled at LEHS‚ and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17:1. The gender divide is 51 percent female and 49 percent male. The results of state assessments show 82 percent of pupils are proficient in English and 65 percent are proficient in Mathematics. The graduation rate is 83 percent and College Readiness Index is 13.0. LEHS is part of the Lynn School District. LEHS uses a Common Core
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In the passage‚ “Studying in the U.S.: High Marks Just for Trying” adapted from Nancy Steinbach the author discusses if it would be ideal to grade students higher‚ based upon effort rather than performance. From a poll taken of eight-hundred college students‚ it becomes apparent that many suppose effort should be greatly considered and not just the quality of work in receiving higher marks. In fact‚ many thought that by accomplishing the readings‚ they deserved to earn the second highest marking
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In high school‚ I was determined to attend Georgetown University against the wishes of a guidance counselor who warned‚ “Georgetown doesn’t accept people from schools like ours‚” and parents‚ who not having attended university themselves‚ weren’t convinced college was a worthwhile expense. This made navigating the application process difficult‚ and applying for financial aid even more taxing. I was fortunate to receive significant scholarship and need-based aid that allowed me to attend Georgetown
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