Book Report : ' Liberty Elementary '

On a school trip to a coal mine, the school quarterback, Pat Chambers, dies. The event leaves the school startled and Will Halpin takes it upon himself to figure out what really happened at the coal mine.

It was a regular sunday morning around 6 a.m. when Mrs. Robinson was taking her daily run in the morning. She jogged around the perimeter of the neighborhood at a fair speed while she pondered her plans for the day. Would she go grocery shopping, would she go out with some friends, or would she just stay at home and continue to grade papers, as she was a school teacher. These thoughts were brought to an abrupt halt when she saw something very peculiar in the corner of her eye. She approached what appeared to be a hunched over figure next to one of the rose bushes that lined the fence of the neighborhood. As she got closer, she realized what it was.

Union Hill Elementary School is embedded in an area of rich history in the City of Worcester. Their school building was built following the Civil War and has withstood the changes of time from its early years of a primarily Jewish Immigrant and merchant town to today’s urban neighborhood, rich in diversity but plagued with instability, crime and poverty. In March of 2010, Union Hill was identified as a Level IV School; it was a school that lacked structure with a chaotic environment with many deficits. There was a lack of supervision, schedule, standard-based curriculum, effective instruction and leadership. Most importantly, there was a lack of trust among the parents. They did not have the faith that Union Hill was going to give their children the best education possible. Under the supervision of new Principal Marie Morse, changes were made. There was a new level of commitment and passion among the school staff that drove them toward creating five areas of focus for the year:

Writer and illustrator, Lynda Barry, writes The Sanctuary of School were she recounts her childhood of neglect. At the age of seven, she recounts how school helped her through her life. She adopts a tone of being fortunate when she recognizes that with the help of her teachers and painting, she is able to forget about the neglect from her parents. Barry's purpose is to make people aware of school funding to the arts in hopes of building funds for the arts.

Stafford Middle school. Is it the best or worst middle school? If you are looking at middle schools in Stafford Virginia for your child and you scroll across Stafford Middle school and you are wondering whether or not to enroll your child there. Well don’t because Stafford Middle school is unorganized, lousy, unprepared and inadequate. Here is why.

Lynda Barry is a writer, teacher, and cartoonist who is best known for her comic strips about troubled family life. “The Sanctuary of School” portrays school as the haven that Barry found it to be during her childhood. School, Barry explains, was the place she felt safe and where she had the opportunity to utilize art as a coping mechanism for her home life. Through this narration of her childhood, Barry also addresses the importance of funding our nation’s education system and providing students with opportunities they do not receive at home. I believe that the message of the author is crucial as students in underprivileged neighborhoods may not have the creative outlets they need in school. The essay allows me to reflect on my own fortunate

The students all took a practice test and only thirty-three percent of the students have passed and the states minimum average is seventy-five percent. Throughout the school year, the students work effortlessly with Mr. Clark along with their school teachers prepare for the real test. Mr. Clark’s crazy and wild antics start to get to the students and they begin to respect him even more for it. They begin to see that he is only doing this with all of their best interests in mind. One of the students who was expelled’s mother complained about the way Mr. Clark ran things at his school and got the mayor involved. After Mr. Clark is found with the chains on the door, which is illegal and a fire safety hazard, and was arrested. All of the students came down to the Board of Education in Paterson and basically protested and ranted on how they wanted Mr. Clark to be released and return to his duties as principal. Eastside High’s assistant principal Mrs. Barrett claims that Mr. Clark was not the right choice to serve as principal of Eastside. But the students all say in rebuttal how Mr. Clark cares for them like no other and how he has done so much good for them that they will not accept anyone besides Mr. Clark. Soon after, Mr. Clark was released and good news was received. More than enough students

In Lynda Barry's essay “The Sanctuary of School” Barry gives her own personal feelings and experiences about the school system. She points out the fact that when times are “lean” the first things the government eliminates from the school systems is the art, music. and other creative programs. In her essay she gives her readers insight on her childhood, explaining how going to school was her get-away from her financially and emotionally unstable home. Barry points out how she and her brother weren’t noticed by their family while at home. For example, at the age of seven Barry sneaks out of the house while it was still dark because she feels a sudden urgency to get to school; when she gets close, she feels a sense of peace come over her. When

To the girl’s left is a partially opened, large, wooden door, and a messy green filing cabinet is placed on floor near the front of the picture. The door has capital letters on it spelling out the word “Principal” and two people can be seen gazing out. The couple in the room are most likely to be the school’s principal and the young culprit’s mother. The man is wearing glasses and is seated behind the desk dressed in a grey suit with a tie. He is staring directly through the open door, and his feet, barely seen under the desk, are planted squarely on the tiled, green floor. His emotion is visible in his stern facial expression, the way his hands are placed upon one another on the desk and in the way he stiffly holds his posture. The red-haired woman in a bluish-green blouse is leaning forward on the desk of the principal as if unhappy about the news that she has learned. Her head is turned toward the opening of the door, and the look on her face clearly shows that she is displeased at the girl’s doings. Her lips are pursed shut, and she is glaring sideways out from under her intense brow. Disapproval is obvious in Rockwell’s depiction of the principal and the

At 1:00 p.m. I entered into Evoline C. West Elementary school on Thursday, July 12 2012 for an interview with Mrs. Yolanda Lawrence. As I entered the classroom, I was greeted by Mrs. Lawrence, the head teacher in this classroom. Mrs. Lawrence has no assistant at this present because of it being in the summer. After I entered into the classroom, the entire class welcomed me with “hello Ms. Flournoy”. It made my day to see all of those smiley faces greeting me. This was a 2nd grade classroom which consisted of 17 students of which 8 were girls and 9 were boys. This interview and observation was a total of 2

The chapters 1 and 2 of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the story begins at the beginning of summer, with the introduction of Scout and Jem two kids trying to enjoy to dog-days of summer in the plain and simple town of Maycomb. Their summer stays this way until they meet a boy by the name of Dill; Dill, Scout, and Jim play together by reenacting scenes from famous movies like Dracula. But when Dill hears about the legend of the Radley’s and there abandon estate, he becomes entranced with the Radley’s and wants to find out what really happened to Boo Radley. His interest in the Radley’s goes to such an extent that he dares Jem to get Boo Radley to leave his house by going on his property. After the deed was done summer winds down to an end as Dill leaves for Meridian, bored with nothing to look forward in summer Scout realizes that school is going to start. Jem starts to distance himself from Scout saying “Jem was careful to explain that during the school hour I was not to bother him”. Scouts starts to realize that school is different as she is punished for speaking out of turn and trying to explain why Walter cannot accept money from Miss Caroline. She takes this as an insult against Walter and punishes her, as it turns out school is a lot different than home.

Christian counselors have a responsibility to their clients to integrate psychology and theology in their therapeutic approaches. Incorporating multiple components however is not as straight forward as one might think. In Psychology Theology, and Spirituality (McMinn, 2011) McMinn discusses the benefits of an integrated counseling approach that strives to promote “both spiritual and emotional growth” (McMinn, 2011, p. 5) by including a third element; spirituality, or more specifically, spiritual formation. Finding the proper blend of elements can be challenging even for a seasoned therapist.

Personally, “The Sanctuary of School” offers the strongest conflict. Namely, the conflict of Man v. Society, because troubled children like Lynda Barry contend with those who think before and after school programs are unimportant.

The author does a good job of keeping centralized around the train and train track theme to lead the reader to believe that there is foreshadowing taking place and that at least one of the boys will meet their fate and get hit by a train. This was shown by the boy that had already been struck and killed and the boys just happened to discover his body. They decided to do the same thing that the other boy had done when he was hit and walk down the train ties. They even decided that they should walk along the ties of a train bridge that did not even have a floor. It is miraculous that the boys were not struck and killed by a train. Rather most of them moved on to have a successful life. Others were less fortunate, such as Chris, who died prematurely after he was stabbed. Only two lived a full life. The narrator who has become a freelance writer and Ace. Ace just lives now. It is conceived that he has done nothing with his life and will continue not to. He did not even recognize the narrator when he saw him indicating that they were no longer

A few moments later, a startling yell from my teacher seemed to peak only the interest of me. After all, she yelled my name across the room. Instinctively, my marker fell from my hand and my attention was towards the door. Standing there, were two people. Two other first graders.