July 10, 2013
...In the state of Vermont, (click here) as reported on the College Board’s website, students who graduated in 2012 had average scores of Critical Reading 519, Mathematics 523, and Writing 505. If your scores are within close range of these numbers, it means you are on par with your peers in Vermont. In 2012, per the College Board’s website, the national averages across the United States for the three content areas are as follows: Critical Reading 496, Mathematics 514, and Writing 488....
Now I hate to spoil things and this is a very select, few number of students, but, there is definitely ambition here to worry about.
BSB students aiming for perfect SAT scores(click here)
Fifteen students from British School of Bahrain (BSB) have been
trying to achieve the perfect score of 2,400 on their Scholastic
Assessment Test (SAT).
They keep sitting the exam, which is a standardised test for most college admissions in the US and features mathematics, critical reading and writing.
They are being tutored by Sylvan Learning teacher Brandon Moseley to ace the test which includes mathematics, critical reading and writing.
Two of the students, Frederic Buemi and Esther Kamgaing, have already achieved Ivy League standards after improving their scores by 30 per cent.
Ms Kamgaing, a 16-year-old Briton, has been at the school for a year and hopes to pursue chemical engineering in university. Mr Buemi, a 17-year-old Swiss, has been at the school for three years and studies mathematics, biology, chemistry and physics.
Physical and emotional competency matters.
When making that back-to-school checklist, (click here) your child's health and well being should top that list. The Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department in its long-standing commitment to help keep our community's kids healthy and fit invites parents to register their children, ages 6-14, in its "Fit2Play: Health, Wellness and Obesity Prevention" Out-of-School Program.
October 23, 2012
Strong and steady won the race (click here) for Miami-Dade County Public Schools, winner of the 2012 Broad Prize for Urban Education, which recognizes large, urban school districts making gains in student achievement. The district, a five-time finalist for the coveted award, will receive $550,000 in college scholarships to dole out to high school students graduating in 2013.
The fourth largest school district in the country, Miami-Dade serves nearly 350,000 students—with more than 100,000 students attending one of the district's 107 high schools. Ninety percent of students in the district are either black or Hispanic, and 74 percent are low income, according to the district's website.
Graduation rates among black and Hispanic students at Miami-Dade rose 14 percentage points between 2006 and 2009—the largest graduation rate increase of any urban district, according to data collected by MPR Associates, Inc., an educational research firm. College readiness among minority students also improved, with more students taking college entrance exams and earning college credit through Advanced Placement courses....
...In the state of Vermont, (click here) as reported on the College Board’s website, students who graduated in 2012 had average scores of Critical Reading 519, Mathematics 523, and Writing 505. If your scores are within close range of these numbers, it means you are on par with your peers in Vermont. In 2012, per the College Board’s website, the national averages across the United States for the three content areas are as follows: Critical Reading 496, Mathematics 514, and Writing 488....
Now I hate to spoil things and this is a very select, few number of students, but, there is definitely ambition here to worry about.
BSB students aiming for perfect SAT scores(click here)
Fifteen students from British School of Bahrain (BSB) have been
trying to achieve the perfect score of 2,400 on their Scholastic
Assessment Test (SAT).They keep sitting the exam, which is a standardised test for most college admissions in the US and features mathematics, critical reading and writing.
They are being tutored by Sylvan Learning teacher Brandon Moseley to ace the test which includes mathematics, critical reading and writing.
Two of the students, Frederic Buemi and Esther Kamgaing, have already achieved Ivy League standards after improving their scores by 30 per cent.
Ms Kamgaing, a 16-year-old Briton, has been at the school for a year and hopes to pursue chemical engineering in university. Mr Buemi, a 17-year-old Swiss, has been at the school for three years and studies mathematics, biology, chemistry and physics.
Physical and emotional competency matters.
When making that back-to-school checklist, (click here) your child's health and well being should top that list. The Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department in its long-standing commitment to help keep our community's kids healthy and fit invites parents to register their children, ages 6-14, in its "Fit2Play: Health, Wellness and Obesity Prevention" Out-of-School Program.
October 23, 2012
Strong and steady won the race (click here) for Miami-Dade County Public Schools, winner of the 2012 Broad Prize for Urban Education, which recognizes large, urban school districts making gains in student achievement. The district, a five-time finalist for the coveted award, will receive $550,000 in college scholarships to dole out to high school students graduating in 2013.
The fourth largest school district in the country, Miami-Dade serves nearly 350,000 students—with more than 100,000 students attending one of the district's 107 high schools. Ninety percent of students in the district are either black or Hispanic, and 74 percent are low income, according to the district's website.
Graduation rates among black and Hispanic students at Miami-Dade rose 14 percentage points between 2006 and 2009—the largest graduation rate increase of any urban district, according to data collected by MPR Associates, Inc., an educational research firm. College readiness among minority students also improved, with more students taking college entrance exams and earning college credit through Advanced Placement courses....
