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teachers at school. The way in which students are currently analyzing and interpreting texts that they read and videos that they watch have not been up to our standards here at North Windsor High School. The thing is, a lot of our teachers are also struggling between teaching with both print text and by digital means. North Windsor High School acknowledges the fact that many seniors graduate not having the digital skills and print text literacy necessary to lead successful lives after high school. We are

In North Carolina, from 2013-2014 to 2014-2015 there was a 6.6 percent increase in crime rates within schools for high schools, also during this time there was a 4.8 percent increase in dropouts (Hinchcliffe, 2016). For the school year of 2014-2015 the dropout rate was 2.39 percent, which was a increase compared to the previous year that had a rate of 2.28 percent (The Progressive Pulse, 2016). High school dropouts are known to face issues in their future in regards to their socioeconomic status

New Harbor North High School has encountered several complications within the operation of their public school. The school is simultaneously gaining students requiring special needs, while experiencing a decrease in diverse teachers that are capable of addressing these needs. New Harbor North is losing experienced teachers due to funding shortages over that have increased over the past four years. The school is greatly impacted by the economic changes that are currently causing budget cuts and poverty

get ready for school, but she had absolutely no motivation. Brooke was a student at North Shore High School, in San Jose, California. It was her first day of the last year of high school at the school she had nothing but hate for. Brooke loved sports, but didn’t like the fact that she had to go to school to play sports. She was involved with many activities and clubs, like volleyball, basketball, art club, choir and many others. Brooke finally decided to start getting ready for school when she realized

into consideration, high school students should be presented with the opportunity to take basic life skills courses within their high school career. In a way, it is ridiculous that basic life skills are not offered as a course in high school being that the students are there to get an education. It would be sensible if education was a combination of excelling in classes and life. When I think of basic life skills that should be taught in North Carolina’s public high schools, I think of skills such

“And your champion in Serious Interpretation of Prose, from Warroad- is Elise Anderson.” As the Lakeville North High School gym erupted in applause, I stepped forward to receive my medal. The suspense I felt about this moment is soon replaced with elation. That was the moment I had been working towards my entire Speech career. From an early age, I loved to perform. Being the youngest girl with three older brothers, I could never get enough attention; This meant singing, dancing and being extremely

at a proximately 1205 hours, I was dispatched to North Brunswick High School for a report of defiant trespassers. Upon arrival, I was directed to Principal's office, Pete Clark for one adult male, Howard Thompson, and one juvenile M.S., who was in custody for trespassing. I took M.S into custody, who entered school property without permission during school hours. MS was Franklin High school student who was not privileged to entered in high school. MS stated that he came to visit his old math teacher

Linda Cliatt-Wayman is a school principal for Strawberry Mansion High School, a poverty stricken and crime ridden North Philadelphia high school. This year, I watched her Ted Talk as she explained how she reformed this low-performing school and tackled problems from garbage issues to funding for more teachers. She said, “We have to make sure that every school that serves children in poverty is a real school…that provides them with knowledge and mental training to navigate the world around them.”

focus on social workers in educational settings, I interviewed Erika Bougdanos who is a Dean of Students at Niles North High School, located in north suburban Skokie, Illinois. Bougdanos has been working at Niles North for over ten years as a Dean and holds her MSW degree and Type 75 certification (Illinois Administrative Certificate). Bougdanos mentioned that although the high school is highly ethnically diverse, the majority of the student population is White. While Bougdanos interacts with many

Mastery Charter North’s high school basketball team made it to the finals of the Pennsylvania state tournament last year and are looking to improve this year. This paper will discuss how they plan on being successful again. They will depend on their group traits to keep them bonded together. Also they have some players stepping up and taking leadership roles, after the leaders from last year left. As a team Mastery Charter North are considered a social group, they are a small group of individuals