Going To A Magnet School

The mission of Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet School is to educate students in a safe and active learning environment where all students will become responsible, achieving citizens. The faculty and staff of Robert A. Cross believe that educating students for responsible citizenship is necessary for preserving democracy. We believe that in a democratic society, a person must value his country and what it stands for, understand what it means to be a responsible citizen, and have the fundamental skills necessary to participate in the society. We also believe that all students are capable of learning what is needed to be productive United States citizens. We recognize that students have individual differences and unique needs which must be

The teacher I interviewed for this project was a fifth-grade teacher, Mr. Keith Wolkovitz. This teacher has been teaching at East Rock Community Magnet School for his entire career of eleven years. East Rock Community Magnet School is a Title I school in the New Haven School District. The school has a very diverse population and over 90% of the students qualify for the free-reduced lunch program. As a Title I school, the school is also mandated by the state to implement certain remedial interventions to improve students’ academic scores.

Let’s get it straight: schools are failing because of the people who work in them, not because of parents like you. The truth is that one factor - teacher effectiveness - has the greatest impact on student performance” This quote couldn’t have been said better. During one of our class periods we watched a video on Dr. Steve Perry and his capital prep magnet school. Afterwards, we discussed the ways in which he interacted with his students and the effects of having an uninvolved principle versus an involved principle. My peers recalled previous principles of theirs and it correlated to what he’s saying in the above quote. Those principles who actually showed interest in students and attempted to connect with them had schools with a lower dropout

It was all downhill from elementary school. No, my grades didn’t drop and I didn’t become a street rat, but socially, junior high single handedly ruined my social life. But from before I even stepped foot on the premises, I was destined to an awkward, mute, and sidelined three years: seventh grade, eighth grade, and freshman year. My elementary school, Central Road, was made up of two groups of kids, those who would go to Carl Sandburg, and those who would go to Plum Grove; and my tight knit group of friends would be cut in half when it came time for the split. Although there was more than 100 students who would be moving on to one of these schools, I was one of only 20 who would be attending Plum Grove starting in the fall. Of course, my

Choosing the right highschool was a crucial decision I needed to make in the 8th grade. There were a lot of schools to choose from. I could go to Medford High School which is my local area school, I could go to Medford Vocational which is the vocational school of Medford, I could go to Minuteman where they had computer programming which is my passion, or a could go to a variety of private schools. In the end I chose Minuteman. There were a few problems that I had to overcome. The biggest problem was that very few of my friends were going to Minuteman which meant I needed to make all new friends. The second problem

The pressure of fitting into highschool is not the greatest pressure of life. The greatest pressure of life is being an adult and having to wait on if you'll get the job that'll feed you and your family and having to be extra respectful to everyone above you, so that you'll maybe get a promotion or are less likely to get fired. Highschool, socially wise, is not a tremendous pressure; as long as you don't make it one. The pressure of fitting in is for those only that wish to strive friends and not be talked about in negative manner. That pressure only go to those that try to artificially fabricate relationships that will do nothing more than peace of mind. Disclaimer: peace of mind is not in its own right a bad thing, but when its strived for

Thousands of students are gifted who are looking for a better education to suit their learning needs. Magnet schools are the solution to this problem. Magnet schools are academically selective public schools which can teach students on a particular focus such as math and science, but can improve by providing students an enhanced learning experience by changing the modern-day classroom. Just by changing how the modern-day classroom runs, students can learn more efficiently and be more likely to behave and be more successful in life.

Entering the high school, I felt more secure than I had felt when I started middle school. Because I already knew so many people from elementary and middle school, having friends in classes at high school was not an issue; however, the academic and extra-curricular expectations were much higher than they had been in middle school. At the high school, many of my peers enrolled in all honors classes. I, on the other hand, took mostly honors classes, but I also selected two academic classes so

I found the article by Newell, Lagnado, & Shanks to be a very interesting one that opened up interesting discussion. In my experience, where I chose to go to high school is a decision that I feel relates to this ongoing theme. I did not realize it at the time, but looking back, my decision on where I would attend high school was very much influenced in this way. I was between two similar schools in our area, both very popular for kids from my elementary school. I liked both of them a lot, however, I felt I would probably fit in better at one over the other. My older siblings, however, already attended the opposing school, so when it came time for me to start exploring, the decision was likely already made for me by the way they presented that

I am distressed by the decision that you have formed through the review of my application process, but as I went through Central Medical Magnet High School I have experienced many losses and accomplishments. For 4 years, I have academically excelled in all of my classes whether they were Regulars, Pre-Advancement Placements, Advanced Placements, and College courses from Lamar University. But even with passing these courses, I have managed to use my free time volunteering and giving back to the community that I matured in rather than just focus heavily on academics alone. Even during school, I am obligated to carry out my role to make my community an improved field by tutoring my peers in all of my classes and courses I have taken in the past,

Students these days are so prone to being told what to do that when it comes to making an important decision and they're expected to make it themselves, they don't know how to face it. For 13 years children are forced to conform with school rules and are told by teachers whether or not they’re allowed to do something. For example, a friend of mine is a year 11 taking year 12 mathematics and scholarship english. When she asked if she could move up to year 12 in her P.E class she was told by her teacher that it would be too difficult for her, even though she's taking advanced mathematics and english,

Some parents, believe their child’s school district is everything they could ask for: quality teachers, modernized school buildings, diverse student body. For parents of the students in school, “district 3, which covers the West Side of Manhattan from 59th Street to 122nd Street” and part of Harlem, this is not the case ("District 3", 2017, p. 1). Local public primary and secondary schools vary significantly in quality. For instance, the best public elementary schools are located on Manhattan’s West side of New York City. One being P.S. 199 Jessie Isador Straus where most of the students are upper-middle-class and Caucasian. While on the northern side of Manhattan, P.S 191 Museum Magnet School is underenrolled with students that are mostly

I was privileged enough to have done my kindergarten and grade one at the now historic Primary School which closed when after my grade one year due to bat infestation, sounds safe. I then moved on to Peachland Elementary school where young Kitty wasn’t seen as the brightest bulb in the box. In grade 6 when graduation on to middle school and a new town of Westbank where the school was they told me I was going to struggle because of my ADHD. I look at that diagnostic and somewhat false and hurtful, because it made it seem like they had no lust to make me succeed. As the end of 7th grade came around I had worked hard to try and prove to my elementary school that I can

Public schools need to be competitive and imaginative when marketing their campuses so they are viewed by the community as safe and with stronger academic programs. It is imperative to improve the quality of teaching and learning in schools because people like to be part of a successful system. “The push to market traditional districts and regular schools “is stronger than it’s been before, said Rich Bagin, the executive director of the National School Public Relations Association in Rockville, Md. We have principals coming to us and saying we have a great school here, but everybody seems to be leaning toward what’s new” (Samuels, 2012). The new can redefined as public education and can be achieved through marketing by getting people to know you, like you, and trust you.

Even though people don’t always agree with what their future pressured choices are, peer pressure still gets the best of them. “Peers influence each other in a variety of ways. Normative influence is the way most often referred to as peer pressure. It causes people to engage in certain behaviors in order to be accepted by a group. In some cases, individuals do things they do not really approve of because they believe peers will reward them for joining in or punish them—reject or mock them—if they do not” (“Peer Pressure”). Most people cave into peer pressure to impress a group or to “fit- in” with people. It’s hard for someone to truly be themselves because others want to shape