A. C. Reynolds High School

At the beginning of the 2013-2014 school years, A.C. Reynolds High School (ACR) had a total enrollment of 1,369 students with 52% of the population being male and 48% female. The ethnic make-up of the school was predominately Caucasian (80% of the student population), followed by 10% African American, 4% Multiracial, 4% Hispanic and less than 1% Asian or Native American. Students who attend ACR live in the suburban area around the city of Asheville including Fairview, Arden, Fletcher, and Haw Creek. The housing situation ranges from wealthy neighborhoods to areas living in poverty. Nearly half of the students ride the bus; 40.28% of the students receive free and reduced lunch. About half of the students who attend ACR have their family origins…

conditions for each trial were used to compute the Reynolds number. Red-dye ejector was used to traces the flow field around experiment objects. The cylinders with 2 different diameters (6.35mm and 25.4mm) at different water channel speed (1.25 in/sec and 3.00 in/sec) were used to observe flow patterns in 4 different Reynolds numbers. In addition, an…

parcels of property and stabled horses there. Some families lived in large, impressive homes like that of Hollywood actor Burt Reynolds. His adjacent property, managed by his father, was eponymously named the Burt Reynolds Ranch. Some families lived in comfortable, middle-class homes. Some families lived in very small homes. Some families lived in trailers temporarily while they were building houses on their property. Some families lived in trailers permanently. b. In another section of Track…

aspects of personalised learning There are a number of strategies that can be used in schools to ensure that key aspects of personalised learning take place. A key aspect of personalised learning is high quality teaching and learning in Foreign Languages such as Spanish. One strategy is ‘direct teaching’ (DfES 2007, Moore 2009; Muijs and Reynolds 2011) which can be used to implement high quality teaching and learning. Other strategies suggested by the DfES (2007) are social, cognitive teaching…

others and kept them from completing labs. The principal would conference with him, and he would be better for a day or two. He was assigned in school suspension for several days but did not care about going there because he could sleep. His dad would get on him and take away privileges, and he would blame the teachers. He lied to his Dad about his grades, saying he was passing everything and did not have homework, so he could play basketball or hang out with…

is also true that the school and district play an influential role in supporting and creating the optimum learning environment in which the teacher and student interact. “School reforms rarely succeed without effective leadership, both at the level of the system, and at the level of individual school” (Eck, Stringfield, Reynolds, Schaffer, & Bellamy, 2011, p. 2). If all teachers in a school are not providing high quality instruction designed to meet the individual needs of each student, then the…

teacher used a boombox to play accompaniments, but it could have been more effectively used by keeping each students engaged with finger play during interludes. This could have kept the focus on music and movement and possibly could have limited behavioral interruptions. Regardless, Kayla did a great job reverting focus back to the song while not restricting students’ movements too much. Reynolds (2008) wrote about movement in the music curriculum, citing…

Twenty years ago, the Sonora Wildcats fielded the most successful football team the school had ever produced. They were perfect. They finished the 1995 season 13-0, with a Sac-Joaquin Section Division III Championship victory over the three-time defending champions, the Del Oro Golden Eagles. The dream season didn't have a definitive starter to begin the season. Head coach Gary Smith had a three-way battle for the starting signal caller, and he was unsure if Derik Rickson, Joe Barton, or senior…

Middle and High School Student Perceptions Regarding the Effectiveness of Teacher-Directed Bullying Interventions Introduction School bullying is an important topic in the field of primary education. It is a widely recognized problem for numerous school environments that poses potential detrimental effects if not properly addressed (Aluedse, 2006). Unfortunately, this issue is often shrouded by misinformation and a lack of understanding regarding the long-term impact bullying may produce. It…

This is a report of the academic journal article “Inmate Literacy Assessment Study at the Lake County Indiana Jail” by Jeanette C. Shutay, Ph.D., David Plebanski, Ph.D. and Michael McCafferty originally published in The Journal of Correctional Education in June 2010. In this article, for the purpose of determining the relationship between educational level and literacy among prisoners, scholars conducted a research study at the Lake County Indiana Jail. Due to the fact that recidivism rates had…