Elementary school

I first met Azariah through Ascension, the after-school enrichment program run by St. John’s Parish. It was created with the mission to provide emotional and academic support for the children who live in this neighborhood and attend one of Worcester’s lowest performing schools, Union Hill. Azariah’s bear hugs envelop me with love and excitement when she greets me each day that I spend volunteering to teach her reading and math skills and act as a big sister. Behind her smile and warm embrace is…

teenagers loathe going. School is a place, where children and teenagers attend, to obtain knowledge (School: Learner 's Dictionary). It has been around for many years and still continues. As time progresses, so does society and everything along with it. Schools from the sixties are much different from the ones of today in various ways. There are many types of schools that people can attend. For example there is elementary, middle and high school. Each of those stages of school teaches a…

play soccer because my body was too small. Moreover, some schools in my city did not focus on talents; for example, in United States I noticed that the schools care about students who have talents and encourage them. Some students like to play basketball, the schools help them to practice their talents under the supervision of specialist…

high school social studies, I have had the opportunity to learn about the evolving roles and responsibilities of a school administrator from three amazing principals. Henry Kluttz, Kelly Withers, and Angelo DelliSanti have been excellent models for anyone aspiring to be an administrator. Having recently started my own journey towards this leadership role, my knowledge of what makes a great principal has grown exponentially. Having the opportunity to interview a pair of veteran elementary school…

The short story, Girls at Play, was a short and interesting piece. After I had read the first paragraph I was starting to wonder what exactly my professor was having our class read. The story was about a group of girls who walked around their school with colorful bands around their wrists. During recess they would attract a group of boy’s attention by gathering around a flagpole with these wristbands on. The group of boys would then come up and snatch a wristband, of a particular color, off of a…

district has been focusing the past year on professional learning communities (PLCs) and establishing PLCs in each building across the district. The goal for the end of the 2015-16 school year was to start implementing these professional learning communities throughout the district by the start of the 2016-17 school year. This is happening in each building with time built-in throughout each teacher’s schedule to accommodate the shift toward collaboration and data-driven conversations.…

I have always been known by my family and in school as an avid reader. Early on, my mom, a former elementary school teacher herself, fostered in me a burning desire for reading and a love to get lost in a book. In grade school, I was known to finish my math and other more “boring” work as quickly as possible so that I could get back to whichever story I was reading at the time. As I got older, reading for pleasure took a backseat to homework, a social life, and other hobbies. I believe I…

In the Japanese school system, it is the goal of teachers to educate all students equally and treat them as identical. This is accomplished through creating an environment in which students feel connected and responsible for fulfilling their established roles in the classroom or around the school. This group-oriented academic structure, mainly used in elementary schools, encourages the establishment of a sense of obligation to a student’s peers, which is the foundation of the idea that Japanese…

of Leawood consisting of the streets of 79th, 103rd, Stateline and Blinder Road. Then in 1948, with the help of the Kroh brothers establishing the housing development, Leawood became an incorporated city. Today, Leawood is a community full of many schools, businesses and beautiful suburban areas. Leawood, being the 13th most populated city in Kansas, has a current population of 34,579 people. The city consists predominantly of Caucasian ethnicity (90.8%) as well as African…

School uniforms, are they necessary? In the articles, The Role of School Uniforms in Creating an Academically Motivating Climate: Do Uniforms Influence Teacher Expectations? by John A. Huss, and Should Students Have to Wear School Uniforms? by, Rob O’Donnell, Linne Hoofnagle, and Alicia Thomas, discus the topic of whether school uniforms should be enforced in schools across the world or not. Huss’s article is trying to prove that uniforms in schools are a good thing. Whereas O’Donnell, Hoofnagle…