School Sheen : A Short Story : Marita Bargain

In Marita’s Bargain there is a school called KIPP. It’s located in New York City, and kids from poor neighborhoods attend KIPP. KIPP academy starts seventh graders off with high

(43) Schools give one the time and materials to achieve all what one desire in life. (43) In the same way, I would challenge the students to leverage their energy and time to become the best they can be in their life. (43)

It is important to choose the right friends, good friends can take you wherever you want to go in life, and the wrong friends can be a disastrous decision. A quote from The Pact sums this up nicely, “Friendship can lift you up, strengthen and empower you, or break you down, weaken and defeat you.” (32) This is why it is so important to surround yourself with positive people, and

Finally, the day is almost here. Excitement builds as a senior gets closer and closer to graduation. For many, high school is torture. It is a jail. It is boring and horrific. Students long for a taste of freedom during their high school experience. However, what one desires is not what is best. High school is a place where students get ready for college, and sadly, many are not ready. An extra year for students in high school will give them an opportunity to become prepared for college. For many students, four years of high school is not enough for college. Extending high school to five years would allow students to have a looser schedule, and allow them to be economically and mentally ready.

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

Each school day should be longer because it would result in better decisions made upon career choices of the youth. “Less than half of Americans- 46 percent- finish College.” (Education in Deep Distress). Students do not graduate

Gladwell’s essay about KIPP schools, tells us that it is in a poor neighborhood in New York City and the students that attend there are mostly from financially disadvantaged families and are what is considered, minorities. Although, KIPP is a low-income school it has gone against the negative expectation and is one of the most desirable middle schools. Gladwell is an English-born Canadian author and is a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996, most of his books and articles often deal with implications of research in the social sciences. The essay, “Marita’s Bargain”, was written to inform families

After the vision statement was written by faulty and staff members it was then approved by the school improvement council, which is made up of community stakeholders. Each school is required to develop a school improvement plan based around the school’s vision. The faculty then looked at the school data and identified gaps were improvements were needed to reach the vision. Then three smart goals were created that would allow the school to make progress in meeting the school’s vision. Garrett goals were to increase overall EOC pass rate in all testing by at least 5%, ensure that the 2014-2015 Graduation Rate meets or exceeds the CCSD Standard and our CTE Completer Rate is 95% and ensure student personal growth in preparation for the real world by effectively using the Student Support Time/Advisory period. All three of the goals will help the school make adequate progress towards achieving the vision of making all graduates college and career ready. Two of the three goals are measurable but the last goal is somewhat subjective in identifying rather or not it was met. At the start of each school year these goals are evaluated on the data. If the goal has been meet the stakeholders then create a new goal to continue moving forward. If it is not met the re-evaluate the strategies used and see how they can improve to meet the needed goals to improve student leaning. Due to the fact that the school report card has not been

This will allow the students to successfully passed their Some strategies for implementing plans to turnaround failing schools includes, previous school data such as test scores, graduation rate, advanced placement and dual enrollment courses, additional time for teaching and collaboration and allowing one to one technology, strong instructional programs, strong leaders and effective teachers, and community support. When turning around a failing school within a few years it’s a major deal. Meaning it starts from the top by replacing the staff and turning the school over to a charter organization and changing the school culture of the school.

A person will never know what type of friend they can gain and what they accomplish just by digging a little deeper and learning as much as they can.

In the beginning of sophomore year, there was a class meeting during 3rd period. About how Class Of 2018 was the worst out of all classes. Dr. Corral said, “Class of 2018 has no future, you guys aren’t gonna get nowhere in life”. Due to it having the highest rate of failing classes. In order to increase student success at Anaheim Schools, we should spend more time in school. In Gladwell’s paper the KIPP Academy in New York. Certainly think the key to success is the SSLANT protocol to install the college mentality early on, going to passing periods quite in a single file line (maintain focus, in school to learn not to socialize) “These are kids here from 7:45 a.m. until 7 p.m. If you take an average day, and you take out lunch and recess,

A motivation plan for any school is extremely important for the success of any educational program. Students who are not motivated will not learn and in turn won 't succeed. Many components should be included in a motivational plan so that all the needs of students are met and each student has goals that are attainable and can be reached. According to Hersey (2008), "Goals should be set high enough that a person has to stretch to reach them but low enough that they can be attained." Goal setting, rewards, both tangible and non-tangible, and a sense of belonging are motivational

As students of Anaheim wake up an hour or two before to get ready go to school at 7:49 am some are walking in half asleep, some are walking in late, and some are getting to class and immediately going to sleep again. Success won’t be with them in the future if they keep this up. In order to increase student success at Anaheim schools, we need a longer, more productive and immersed school day and most likely a later start time due to the lack of sleep some students get. In the

The average school day is 7-8 hours and I think it’s just the right amount of time we need for school. But the school board wants to add one and half hours to our school day, and I don't think it’s necessary. We shouldn’t add time to our school day, it will have so much negative effect on our student that I don’t think it's worth it. After all, we already have a negative impact on how long our school days are. For example; most of the time we are sitting and research has shown our generation is 125% more likely to get diabetes, heart disease and other heart attacks just from us sitting down, and adding an hour and thirty minutes will only make it worse because we're sitting most for most of the day. But this is not the only negative effect of having longer school days. It will not only take us longer to get home, but it will be more difficult because of the program some people are in, they couldn’t ride regular school buses because they would have already dropped off the high school students and would have been on their way home, and the people who go to these programs (Academy 360) will have to make their bus drive longer to get home because they will probably have to catch different buses, and the student will be more tired and not be able to work to their absolute best abilities, because they are usually out of school at this time and their brains are out of learning mode and into relaxing mode.

The number one goal is to make sure that all kids have somewhere to go after school. With financial struggles of many schools this may be difficult, but with the help of each community it will not be impossible. Structuring things for these kids now, will only help the children live a more structured life later. It will ensure that these children are