Permian High School

Why did you choose to attend UC Berkeley? * I chose to attend UC Berkeley because it was my dream school. I had grown up around UC Berkeley my entire life and did not consider it seriously until I took a class there and considered computer science to be my major. UC Berkeley is one of the top schools in the country for computer science and the diversity of Berkeley is one of a kind. When I took a class there in the summer and I felt like a Berkeley student and it felt right. Please finish…

semester of 2013. 2. Who are your parents and what do they do (you can be brief)? Where do you fit in your family? What town did you grow up in? I come from a large family, and I’m the third of eight children. I lived in Sandy, Utah until middle school, at which time my family moved to Morgan, a rural community in northern Utah. My parents, Greg and Marta West, still live in Morgan today. My father is a general contractor, and my mother was a stay-at-home mom throughout my childhood.…

Tea & Biscuits: School Bells Soon To Ring Again by Lee O 'Donovan Summer draws to a close and thoughts in our household turn to the preparation needed to manage a successful return to school. Grocery shopping begins to include the stationery aisle.( My wife is an avid pen collector so our shopping trips always did include a scan of the stationery aisle, but now we stop to look at pens and paper with more serious intent!) We begin collecting new pens and pencils, we buy new back packs and new…

1. I used the phrase “school start times” in the University of North Florida’s OneSearch database to find this particular research study. I selected this research study, because it incorporates technology use into the school start time discussion. 2. Borlase, Gander, and Gibson (2013) stress the importance of sleep for teenagers. They often get less sleep than younger children, but need at least as much. Results from previous studies are shared, stating the importance of sleep during this time…

succeed in life.” This quote is something my parents would regularly say to me as a kid growing up. I grew up thinking every other person in the room with me at school would also graduate with me because I didn’t think there was another route. When I got to high school and realized some people actually did not intend on going to high school it blew my mind. I thought people had to be insane to not go to college and have a successful life. The older I got, the more I realized not everyone had the…

study, as I mentored under them. Through high school I always aimed to proceed into some form of engineering, taking the necessary classes especially physics. By my senior year I have taken two AP physics classes, honors chemistry, I will be completing my final calculus class this year. I feel extremely comfortable looking into my future and knowing that I am more than well prepared for what I am capable of accomplishing. All throughout my four high school years I have been involved with…

chapter books and challenging myself to try new things; my English grade continued to remain low. Days became weeks and weeks became months and soon I was entering middle school dreading English, dreading reading, dreading writing and I just lost interest. I plateaued and returned to the same situation, I had at my old school; however, this time, I did not have the aid of my mom and I regressed back to my shy personality. I completely lost hope, my ego and my will to succeed. Yes, I know, I…

maximum academic performance in both college and in other areas of life. This information will help society change or adjust their lifestyle so that they are able to make the most out of their college experiences while maintaining high academic achievements. The Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study (CAS) has defined heavy drinking as five or more drinks in a two hour period for men and four or more drinks in this period for women (Singleton, 2007). This definition…

High school vs. College The quote “Education is the most powerful weapon that one can use to change the world.” comes to mind when I consider the stages of education that one must go through in order to be successful in a fast paced, expanding, and ever-changing world. There is no doubt that as a person grows, so does his/her ability to retain more complex knowledge on the more basic things. After graduating from high school, a great deal of people consider themselves experts on education; they…

statement of Bamberg-Ehrhardt Middle School is, “In partnership with home and community, is to provide effective educational experiences for diverse learners in a caring environment that lead to increased student achievement and a successful transition to high school.” Bamberg-Ehrhardt Middle school consists of grades 7 through 8 with 213 students-- 54% Male, 46% female, 55% African American, 43% White, and 1% Other. Bamberg County Census poverty is 27%. All school districts in Bamberg One…