The Pros And Cons Of Marble Falls Middle School

High School is an incredibly important period of life. It influences your social, academic, and personal life for four years, and prepares you for college and a career. This is the reason County Prep High School is my school of choice. County Prep's thriving social environment, challenging academic curriculum, and wide variety of electives will help me successfully carry out my plans for the future.

Students in Hollister High School hold their heads up high with pride. They are the stars of the school with the most friend and attention. While they are getting all the attention no one notices the students in the background. The ones getting shoved to the ground for being “annoying”. Things like this lead students like Tyler Long ,from the movie Bully, to commit suicide. Hollister High School has the chance to stop things like this from happening. Based on the student handbook and the way the administration acts it makes you wonder. Who would Hollister High School protect? The quarterback of the football team or the quiet girl at the back of the classroom who gets picked on? If this high school really wants to protect the harms of bullying then why don’t they have a proper bully policy? One of things that is good about the student handbook is are the consequences, but there are still some flaws in the policy. Such as the Report form, this form is helpful in some cases, but a waste of time. Lastly, one of the other flaws is the teacher's role in letting kids know about the bully problem, and giving teachers more of a opportunity to inform their students about bullying, and how it affects the people around them. If Hollister High School wants to improve their school then there are going to be some changes to be made.

In this letter, I hope to show you why I am interested in going to County Prep. County Prep has been my number one choice for high school. The County Prep mission statement says, “We are a dynamic, diverse and compassionate learning community…” From only this part of the statement, it shows me that this high school is not only an active learning community; it is also a distinct and caring community. This statement persuades me that every student that enters County Prep feels comfortable and that they are there because their future depends on this place. High school is the starting point to pick what you want to be when you grow up. I choose County Prep because it gives you a head start on college and I believe this is what my future depends

Early last winter, my principal presented the idea of starting an advisory period to the teachers after she saw advisory classes implemented on a tour of another school. She did not have a clear vision--she just wanted to have advisory on our campus. She presented the idea to the teachers and hosted a large meeting with representatives from partner agencies. The collective feedback shared expressed that we were all in favor of looking into advisory, but wanted to research best practices, establish a clear goal, and have time to work together to plan the classes before beginning. Representatives from campus partners, including mental health workers, grandparents, houseparents, and work readiness staff, were willing to work with school staff to build an advisory program which would include co-teachers from partner agencies in each classroom.

It is a good idea to provide a separate school experience for middle school from the high school, because putting both middle school and high school in the same building will have a negative experience for middle school students in many aspects. Noticeably, the high school students and middle school students sharing the hallway is a bit destructive in some aspects of behaviors.

In order to provide a comprehensive school counseling program (CSCP) that meets the unique needs of Ocean Elementary School, the school counselor must understand the needs of the school. Therefore, conducting a needs assessment can help a new school counselor to evaluate the CSCP in order to plan, implement, and improve the effectiveness of the program (Astramovich & Coker, 2007). Additionally, utilizing the accountability bridge counseling program evaluation model, a continuous evaluation cycle helps to improve services based on stakeholder feedback, the needs of those served, and outcomes (Astramovich & Coker, 2007). Within this model, a needs assessment must be conducted in order to plan and develop services that address the needs of the students (Astramovich & Coker, 2007). Thus, by utilizing assessment questionnaires, the school counselor can gather information from the diverse population of students, parents, teachers, and administrator to determine how the CSCP can best support all students’ needs (American School Counselor Association [ASCA], 2012). Additionally, the use of other data, such as observations, standardized test scores, absentee rates, and student referrals can support the feedback received on the questionnaires. Based on the data, the school counselor can evaluate the school counseling program in order to improve the program in the domain areas of academic, social/emotional, and career development. Thus, within the accountability bridge counseling

Compared to the average student, athletes have numerous outside forces encouraging them to maintain a high grade point average and to stay eligible. These numerous outside forces consist of themselves, coaches, teachers, parents, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the administration of their school; all keeping an eye on their grades. On the other hand, keeping an eye on non athletes grades include; themselves, their parents, and teachers. Having multiple personal tracking one’s grades puts more pressure to maintain good grades.

Pupils are expected to compete in order to achieve better grades than their fellow classmates.

The policy also introduces league tables, assessments/ targets. The disadvantages of league tables are that a child looses interest in a particular subjects due to the grade they receive (The Guardian, 2013). On the other hand, by having assessments or assignments allows students to portray what they have learnt into practice (Dehler and Welsh, 2014). Another disadvantage is that it puts pressure on children to achieve good grades. Also grades do not reflect everything about the child as the child might be good at subjects that are not listed in the league table. However, the only advantage of having league tables and assessments is that it helps parents to compare which schools are best for their child to attend. It also gives an idea to the parents whether their child is making progress in school but this is not true because the league tables are narrow and does not give enough information about the child. Although there are many

Not only could grades improve, but so would the school's attendance record. Mr. Principal, students are more willing to come to class if there is something to look forward to. Instead of school being boring and torturous, it could be viewed as an opportunity to put the skills learned in their Critical Thinking class to the test. There would also be less problems waking up and therefore making it to class on time. No more napping in class, instead students would be note-taking and teachers would see the increased enthusiasm in their class. The teachers would be motivated to work even harder to teach their students all they can. Why would teachers want to teach if they know that the students couldn't care less? If teachers see students participating and not acting out then they would also be motivated to help the students learn even more than what is specified in the curriculum. Regular and advanced students would surpass any of the other schools. The school would work at least ten times more efficiently and productively. Everyone would be enthusiastic and successful in school. Mr. Principal if adding a class could determine whether your school is average or above average, would you take the chance?

My father always taught me that a person cannot truly grow unless they are uncomfortable. Comfort may seem favorable on the surface level, however it does not foster an environment for excelling. This ideology is what convinced me that moving from Bartlett to Atlanta my senior year would be integral for growth to occur. Living in Bartlett provided stability, friends, and even a job I enjoyed. I always viewed life from the perspective of a suburban teenager, however my views lacked variance. Now being in an urban city environment for three months has presented visible growth in my social skills and even religious understanding.

A student can be excluded from their peer groups because they have a bad grade. Being left out can make a student not want to improve academically. If they get bad grades others will see them as a poor student and will expect them to do poor in life. The process most schools use to evaluate student performance is grade point average and class rank. The academic recognition programs that exist in the United States are driven by a student’s grade point average and class rank. Those measures serve as the primary method in establishing student recognition. If this ranking is not the sole factor in the recognition program, it is always included in the student’s assessment. The school culture recognizes individuals that are in the top one-third of the school’s class rank

An advisory committee will be formed consisting of no more than an 8 member sample of the major stakeholders group, parents of currently enrolled high school students, contributors from the local community, and administration from the school district. The following is a breakdown of the members and the roles they will play in the committee:

Collaboration between teachers is a key component to professional development that will lead to higher student achievement. There is a need for schools to set up time for teachers to be able to collaborate together. This allows for teachers to help each other, matchup content, teach each other new and best practices, troubleshoot student issues just to name a few of the areas that collaboration time can help foster within a school. The key is to build time for teachers to be able to collaborate during the school day or week. This collaboration time needs to be between grade levels, departments, and cross curricular when needed. For many schools this is an afterthought to the school schedule or a fleeting thought after the master schedule is completed. A principal needs to keep an open mind to any strategy that will enable the teachers to be able to collaborate for the good of the students and the school.

Trying to maintain good grades is very important when in school. Having grades like “A’s” and “B’s” for example will result in having many educational opportunities and rewards. Colleges, job companies, or scholarship committees will review grades and other information on a school transcript to see if that student is eligible and satisfy the requirements needed. GPA stands for grade point average, so the higher the grade, the higher the GPA will climb up. This results in getting more money for college if the grade point average is an excellent score. There are some events and programs that reward students for having high and excellent grades. The National Honor Society is one of those programs. In order for a student’s grade to stay on top, completing school assignments are an essential way to do so. It’s not possible to get through or even pass a class without completing assignments. Usually, the class expectations will say for example quizzes are twenty-five percent, homework or classwork is fifteen percent, and tests are forty percent when it comes to grading work. What if the student just focuses on the bigger percentage? Even though the bigger percent has more impact on a student’s grade, the smaller grade percentages can still affect the student if it has not been completed at all because it adds up and it still badly affects the grade. This is why completing assignments are important. Participation in a class setting will improve a student’s grade because getting involved in the class discussions will help to understand the subject better. Some teachers even grade on participation, which can be an easy “A”.