The Brooklyn Latin School 223 Graham Ave.‚ Brooklyn Enrollment ................................................. 509 Graduation rate......................................... 99% Report card grade............................................ B Average SAT score................................. 1740 Post-secondary enrollment rate..................................... 86% Admissions:Test-based. Applicants are required to take the city’s Specialized High Schools Admissions Test. Admissions
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The Professor is a Dropout “The Professor is a Dropout” by Beth Johnson is about a woman who was told she was retarded and her journey of becoming Dr. Lupe Quintanilla. Lupe‚ a Mexican native came to America young where in school she would be deemed as un-learnable (retarded)‚ she dropped out of school in the first grade. Lupe continued her life‚ marrying and eventually started a family. When her children were deemed un-learnable as well she quickly took action to ensure they didn’t endure a
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rise‚ I am greeted by the comforting darkness of the night‚ lulling me back to sleep. I engage in the daily brawl against my bed‚ struggling to get up. After a rough victory‚ I get out and start my day. I reach school by 8:00‚ where I spend the next 7 hours listening to the droning of teachers‚ laboring over assignments‚ and killing trees by taking pages of notes. Now‚ this scenario is not uncommon among most students. The average profile of several students shows that they take 6 AP’s‚ are part of
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promotion can increase their learning and be more enhanced than it would be through retention. It is said that it decreases the chances of students actually dropping out and keeps them in school. Social promotion eliminates the need of high classroom numbers or additional teachers being on staff for extraordinarily high numbers for certain years‚ creating predictability and stability within the district budget (
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(1) year kindergarten‚ six (6) years of primary education‚ four (4) years of Junior High School‚ and two (2) years of Senior High School [SHS]). K to 12 starts with Univeral Kindergarten which mandates all public elementary schools to offer kindergarten class and accept 5-year old learners beginning 2011. It is followed by six years of Elementary‚ four years of Junior High School‚ and two years of Senior High School where students will pursue their preferred career track depending on their skills
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want to say about myself and my accomplishments on the day I graduate high school. A few are what‚ hopefully will take place in my high school years. I would like to be able to say that I have grown throughout these four years of high school‚ in more ways than one. I have grown in academics‚ but also as a person. Standing there‚ on the day of graduation‚ I would want to say that I look toward the future of my life‚ to college‚ to my life after this moment. I would like to look back to the past and
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A Job is Part of High School Student’s Success Johan Cruijff once stated‚ “Every disadvantage has its advantage.” This famous quote leads to the issue of whether students should work or not work during high school‚ which has been a controversial hot topic in the Parent/Teacher Association. Working during high school may affect students’ school performance‚ yet working also provides invaluable working skills. According to the short article‚ “Part-Time Work Ethic: Should Teens Go For It?” by Dennis
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“Homeless on Campus” by Eleanor J. Bador‚ “Fremont High School” by Jonathan Kozol‚ and “Of the 1%‚ by the 1%‚ for the 1%” by Joseph E. Stiglitz‚ show many ways of how society forms one person’s life in a way they cannot control. America displays their citizens as equal‚ but these reports published by the authors suggest otherwise by explaining the unequal lifestyles of the high‚ middle‚ and low class of America. There
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“Reading” Art: Practicing Iconography ART 101 “Reading” Art: Practicing Iconography The two works of art that I chose are: Prayer for Rain (1938) by James E. Allen and Battle between Hercules and Centaurs (1526-27) by Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio. In our text iconography is the practice of understanding symbolism in art and is one aspect of visual literacy. When one can understand visual literacy and the roles of the artist‚ then this will deepen their appreciation of art. Artists usually
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being. Sadly‚ not everyone has had this same privilege. And now as a college student‚ I am becoming even more aware of this sad fact. Looking around me in such a diverse city as Chicago‚ I find myself being more and more grateful. When I read Jonathan Kozol’s Fremont High School‚ this these feelings were even more reassured. Here in his writing‚ Kozol shares his experiences with students and teachers while visiting Fremont High School in Los Angeles‚ California. From the beginning‚ Kozol set the mood
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