Springfield Elementary School

PSYCH 6123 Assignment #1: Comprehensive Assessment Process Yorkville University  Character Summary Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten is a student at Springfield Elementary school and he is currently in grade four. He lives in a town called Springfield and his Father worked at the local cracker factory until he was recently fired. His parents are Kirk and Luanne Van Houten and they have a strained relationship that resulted in their current seperation. Luanne’s Father owned the cracker factory that

Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, and The Simpsons “Das Bus” episode, the parody of the novel, both showcase the fierce battle between nature and the children. The reader discloses who leads and who breaks through the harsh environment alive. These stories can compare in numerous ways, but also differ in many ways so that The Simpsons fans find it comical. Lord of the Flies has a much more serious tone, while The Simpsons episode tries to add a bit of a twist that makes it’s humorful

Civil Rights Movement began in the 1950s with figures like Martin Luther King Jr. coordinating marches, making speeches, and fighting for change. Through the years, legal advancements were made and progress was accomplished. In 1962, desegregation of schools was enforced by President Kennedy. In 1965, a Voting Rights Act was put in action to eliminate qualifying tests for voting so that everyone was included. Overall, the 1960s offered great change in civil rights and large advancements in black culture

organization that is still inspired and guided by positive moral values. Over the years, YMCAs have led the way for a host of activities that help define America as we know it. James Naismith, a physical education teacher at the YMCA Training School (Springfield College), invented basketball in 1891 and W. G. Morgan invented volleyball at the Holyoke YMCA in 1895. Lifeguards at every beach and pool in America can trace their roots to the YMCA. The organization has also set standards in community recreation

disciplinarians (Brannon, 2008). Teachers increasingly find that children come to school not knowing how to behave. Yet for classroom instruction to be effective there must be a classroom environment that is conducive to learning (Parker, Nelson and Burns, 2010). Research by Algizzine, Christian, Marr, McClanahan and White (2008, cited in Parker et al., 2010) noted “some of the most frequent disciplinary referrals in elementary schools are for disruption, disrespect, and aggression in the classroom.” According

were made to read fiction books in school: to help increase empathy, vocabulary, and imagination, but I never really go into it. My family never enforced reading for me as strictly as other kids parents did for them, but emphasized the concrete skills. This inevitably led me to be mainly interested in the hard skills verse the more abstract soft skills. Out of this reasoning, I decided not to read books of the type throughout elementary, middle, and high school. I didn’t hate them or anything. I

On the other hand, Moffitt (1993) also identifies adolescent-limited as part of the adolescent offenders. Adolescent-limited antisocial behaviour is defined by antisocial behaviour that starts occurring during adolescence and discontinues at the beginning of adulthood. These individuals have no history of antisocial behaviour in their childhood and are unlikely to continue this behaviour in the future. They are also not consistent with their antisocial behaviour in different situations. While life-course-persistent

and his family. School presents a couple factors that should be taken into account. Transitioning from elementary school to middle school can be challenging. Middle schools are comprised of students from multiple elementary schools which means Kyle is surrounded daily by many students he doesn’t know which can be overwhelming. These students come from different cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds which could add to Kyle feeling like he doesn’t “fit in”. Students in middle school take classes from

people of all ages. It has become a huge issue among children in schools. Bullying is a factor that can cause students to want to leave school or to become home schooled. The problem is, many students may not know they are being bullied, what a bully is or what they can do to handle it. In pre schools and elementary schools bullying is a topic that is seen everyday. From a students perspective Pre School and early elementary school is their first look in what “real” schooling is like and gives them

“Validation of the School Lunch Recall Questionnaire to Capture School Lunch Intake of Third- to Fifth-Grade Students” by Amy Paxton, MPH, RD, Suzanne Domel Baxter, PhD, RD, LD, FADA, Phyllis Fleming, PhD, and Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD, there is an important need for new, more accurate and efficient means of childhood dietary assessment methods within schools. Throughout this study, childhood dietary intake evaluations are used to recall or observe children’s consumption at primary schools. Due to increasing