The Arapahoe High School is a co-ed, public high school in Arapahoe, Nebraska. It is part of the Arapahoe Public School System. Classes are held for pupils in grades 7 through 12. There are about 100 pupils enrolled and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9:1. The gender division is 54 percent male and 46 percent female. State assessments show 78 percent of AHS pupils are proficient in English and 44 percent are proficient in Mathematics. The graduation rate is 93 percent. Based on factors which include growth, graduation rate, and improvement, Accountability For a Quality Educational System (AQuESTT) ranked AHS as one of its great schools.
To graduate from AHS, pupils must earn a minimum of 240 credits. Required subjects are Language Arts, Science, Mathematics, Social Studies, Speech, Health, Basic Computer Skills, Arts or Physical Education, and Vocational Education. Community Interaction hours are also a graduation requirement. Along with clubs, activities, and sports, two dances are held annually. Senior boys and girls compete for the honor of Prom and Homecoming king and queen.
AHS has varsity teams for boys and girls. Some of the varsity teams for boys are in football, boys' basketball, cross-country, wrestling, and track. Girls' sports include volleyball, softball, girls' basketball, golf, and track. All teams are known as the Warriors, and the
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Pupil participation is encouraged at AHS. But, extracurricular and co-curricular activities are a privilege extended to pupils who meet AHS attendance, academic and conduct requirements. For those who do, there is an array of clubs and organizations open to pupil participation. Some of these include Flag Team, Future Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), National Honor Society (NHS), Student Council, and Academic Team. Some clubs and organizations have their own standards that must be met to take
Waking up in the morning, going to sleep at night, and doing what one loves in between, is what success means. That, to me, encompasses being able to help people and possibly save lives as a career. There is a nobility in succeeding in certain areas one cares deeply about. Having the ability and capability to protect and serve is a strong desire within me. Developing my education, in order to further my success something that I perceive as a crucial aspect of being able to do what I love. Attending Endicott is the first step in this journey of mine.
In the McWhorter School of Building Science in the College of Architecture, students have had a 100% employment rate in the two previous semesters (Nobles). This statistic alone shows one perk Auburn University has over many other colleges. Auburn University is the best college because it has the best job opportunities, the best major, and the best traditions.
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I hereby write in regards to admission into Grand Canyon University. As a matter of fact, I chose this particular university based on its Christian values as well as the excellent students it has produced from the wide variety of quality courses. The university has also shown a commitment to developing their students all-round through extra-curricular activities and other areas with the fact that it was the first ever for-profit university- and the only one too- to participate in Division One athletics for NCAA. The institution offers me with the best environment and university to pursue my education and foster the attainment of my long term ambitions and dreams.
1. Question: Why does Gatto think that school is boring and childish? How does Gatto’s depiction of school compare with your own elementary and secondary school experience?
The first of the two stories I chose to compare and contrast is titled “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and the second story is titled “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence. I will compare each of their themes, characters, and plot developments in which they are both similar and different. One of the strongest comparison would be that both stories deal with the subject of luck in one sense or another. The Lottery being considered a game of chance in which luck plays an important factor in being the chosen winner but Luck in the Lottery has a different twist of fate because the winner of the Lottery is actually the
McDaniel College had first been created when its first building went up in 1866-1867. The school was the first institution that was south of the Mason-Dixon line and was coeducational. The first name that the school had was Western Maryland. That name originated because the institutions first board chairman (John Smith Wakefield) was president of the railroad, which had been called Western Maryland Railroad. The railroad had run through the college town. McDaniel had been one of forty colleges in the nation to be recognition in the New York Times education writer Loren Pope’s book, “Colleges That Change Lives” ("World Ranking Guide”). The schools colors are green and gold and the mascot is a Green Terror. There are about 1,629 students
Oakland fell into the Alternative Education Law program. Students worked at their own pace and speed to complete school. Oakland High School generally graduated between 15-20 students a year. Several smaller programs existed within the school, such as Region 5, or ALC (Alternative Learning Center) program or Lincoln Tree Farm. Region 5 were for student who were in transition from just being released from either Echo Glenn or Green hill youth jail facilities. They worked with a JRA representatives and would complete school work and prepare to reenter the comprehensive high school setting. They would have no contact with the remainder of the building and programs. This program ended during the 2007-2008 school year.
For my entire life of schooling, both my parents and I would agree that I constantly complained about the educational systems in which I was enrolled. But when I actually take the time to think about everything I have been through, I realize that I have indeed had an excellent education. My schooling was full of opportunities and experiences, all of which contributed to the person I am today; adequate education has been an indispensable facet of my 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
I. Purpose for this investigation is to pin-point problems within the Roanoke branch of Phoenix Advertising which have led to the recent resignations of an art director and an account executive, increasing client complaints about quality of work, productivity and demoralization of employees within that branch.
I’m sitting in my first class of the day. I skipped breakfast because traffic was going to be horrible. Now, I’m here, stuck with an empty stomach. When we are starving, we usually crave the first food item we can find. I figure someone who hates, I mean, completely loathes broccoli would eat it if it meant the broccoli would stop their starvation. I’m not stuck on a deserted island with limited resources. I’m a college student who is very hungry. Isn’t that the same thing?
Patrick was not at all surprised when an email popped up in his inbox from Glenbrook South High School.
Due to the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008, a large number of Wall Street executives, financial managers and other corporate officers were accused of their unethical behavior. At the same time, some people pointed that cheating had become more prevalent among business students. An article reported that 56% of business students admitted that they had cheated when they were studying in school, but only 47% of nonbusiness students admitted to cheating when they were students. The same type of debate occurred in the Bayview University as well, so the dean decided to run a test to see what the results would look like. In this case, 90 students were chosen to answer the quiz which was used to obtain results regarding three
Another obstacle that public high schools face is their budget allocation. Many times schools are either under funded by their district, which is mainly found in low income communities, or they just do not manage their funds in a way that maximizes their efficiency. The latter of the two usually occurs in schools that have a large focus on their athletics, campus construction, or unnecessary field trips or extracurricular activities. This is where the situation gets tricky. There are many that see sports and extracurricular activities as being vital to a student’s experience and they argue that participating in sports can help improve a person’s ability to work together with others and to gain many other social skills. Even though they are not wrong, there has to be a limit to the amount of money and time schools spend on sports and other extracurricular activities. Again, the purpose of a high school is to prepare students for college and the best way to do that is to focus their resources on materials/people that will help them achieve that. So, for example, if a school wants to build a new track, they should first try to see if that money could be used in a way that directly affects their students’ academics first (new books, technology, better quality teachers, etc.). Even though that may seem to be an obvious thought process, many school districts out there don’t consider that. Districts still believe that, since athletics bring in more money and attention to their