Should Montgomery County Public Schools Stick With Later Bell Times? From morning until night, teenagers have to work relentlessly. Schoolwork, extracurricular activities, and maintaining a social life are just some of the many stressors in the life of a teenager. From the sound of this, it would seem almost as if teenagers have no time to sleep. In fact, this is partially true. Studies conducted by the Center for Advancing Health have shown that only about eight percent of high schoolers in the
nation’s best and worst public schools continues to grow. Our country is based on freedom and equality for all, yet in practice and in the spectrum of education this is rarely the case. We do not even have to step further than our own city and its public school system, which many media outlets have labeled “dysfunctional” and “in shambles.” At the same time, Montgomery County, located just northwest of the District in suburban Maryland, stands as one of the top school systems in the country. Within
properly aligned with meaningful instruction (Montgomery 1). Some teachers have no idea what they are supposed to be teaching their students to prepare them for standardized tests. This leaves out a lot of meaningful information the kids need to know to be successful on these tests. Also, this leads students not understanding core concepts. California schools started a test that would prepare students for the real exam which was called STAR testing (Montgomery 2). This helped students significantly. This
My father was a high school dropout, and everyone assumed that I would be an alcoholic drop out, just like him. I never had a wonderful childhood where everything was laid before me to choose from; instead, I have had to fight and scrap for every little bit of approval from everyone in my family, and my peers. All of my Aunts were school teachers, and my Uncle was a chemical engineer, and they were able to send their kids to college as soon as they graduated from high school. It has taken me
playing it with my family as well the high school level and being able to have the opportunity to move on to the collegiate level as well ,but growing up I realize that the chances of that happening to me are slim to none. In saying that I still want to be able to be around the sport I love very much, so to make sure that still happens I am going to pursue a career in the field of sports marketing. I plan on obtaining my Bachelor's in Sports Marketing at Montgomery
Ever since I began my Freshman year of high school, I started contemplating about my life after graduation. Since I was in the fourth grade, I was awarded for my academic excellence. In middle school, for my seventh and eighth grade year I was in the Junior Beta Club. As an award we got to have the opportunity to travel to New York City and to Washington D.C. I took the chance of a lifetime to go to New York. In effect, after exploring the magnificent city, I wanted to travel as much as possible
wonderful share of education. The Renaissance Scholar program offers the ability to partake in high level classes that challenges students and prepare them for their future goals. As my ambitions propel me to succeed and strive, I improve and learn through my experiences. I hope to further my academic performance and to learn through the opportunity to be enrolled in this program. Throughout high school, apprehensions overwhelmed me with the perspective of how poorly I was performing in my education
changes; however the one that stands out the most is the risk I took in transferring from West Montgomery High School, a minute county school, to Asheboro High School, a superior city school. After completing my sophomore year at West Montgomery High School (WMHS) I felt that I was not being challenged enough in the class room therefore that summer I decided it was time to move. After choosing two schools I could possibly transfer to, an event happened that would strongly impact my decision. My mother
Championship in high school. Baseball is the only sport that I could literally play every day and not get tired of it. I told myself that I would never give up my dream of playing baseball as long as I live. I grew up playing in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, playing in a baseball league in Hillcrest. When I was ten years old I started playing travel ball with a team from Columbus, Mississippi. I went to public school until I was in fifth grade and then transferred in sixth grade to a private school. The school is named
with them. While there are more than 19 million people in America suffering of depression, and more than 20% of children and adolescents have mental health problems, there is so little being done about it. Schools around the world need to hear these people and help them, that is why High Schools need to have more resources for students to receive therapy and emotional support that is always confidential. “The economic cost of depression is estimated at $30.4
representative for my class on the Student Council at the Mother of God School in the third, fifth and eighth grades. Girl Scouts: I have been in Girl Scouts from the fourth grade to eighth grade. My troop has performed several service projects which include community improvement such as trash collection from the Potomac River, stuffing stockings filled with presents for the poor during Christmas, and creating jewelry to be sold in the school Christmas bazaar. I have also attended daily Girl Scout summer
who's the next presidents or new laws that can one day be very affected not just you but for everyone else. In the city of Montgomery County, in Takoma Park Community Center, booths are being held. On the other hand, this is the first ever location in the United States that are going to allowed 16-years old and up to vote. Many of those who go to Montgomery Blair High School are excited and fill with rush to be allowed to vote. In the article, Takoma Park 16-years old savors his history-making moment
Imagine sitting in school for another two hours, there's no time for after school activities anymore and it's already six o’clock in the afternoon. Many schools are on the verge of going with a shorter day and this is just what students have always wanted. This is not just because students don't want to go to school, its because schools are disregarding the fact that almost all students are not getting enough sleep. Also schools ignore how students might not be able to complete homework and get to
today’s society mainly anyone growing up in poverty stricken communities, single parent homes, domestic violence or infested and drug infested areas are at risk to being abducted by the school to prison pipeline. The school to prison pipeline is a system designed for at risk teens that do not do well in school. The effect is them being thrown in jail. Economically the black and the Latino community constantly after generation and generation are getting dealt the same hand because each child in
Imagine someone is going to school drowsy, and tired expecting to learn something. This feeling simply impaired the learning part of the educational process. If that student were to petition to start school earlier it would be their fault for their feelings. If student were to get a solid and utter nine, and a quarter hours of sleep they would wake up feeling fulfilled. The four biggest reasons why school should not start later are educational reasons, after school extracurricular activities, money
local public school system. Private school families, childless families, and families that no longer have children in school should not have to pay public school taxes for their local township. This is because, unlike public school users, these families do not use this particular public service. Therefore, these families should not be required to pay public school taxes. In addition to having to pay for private school tuition, private school families currently have to pay public school taxes as well
enough of it all. If you think about it, four school years is really a long time. four years of high school is equal to 720 school days, 4,320 class periods, and if you're a busy guy like me and you tend to count things by the minute, then it might surprise you to know that we've been in class for about 237,600 minutes. Class of 2006- are you ready to graduate? There's a term I like to use to describe our high school experience: metamorphosis. As high schoolers, we metamorphosize; we change over
white students and the state governor to enroll in the Little Rock Central High School. Those nine students were not alone because they had several leaders such as W. du Bois who taught them how to react or resist against the treatment they will receive. They should not react or fight back. Orval Faubus who were the governor of the State of Arkansas at that time gave the order to keep those students out of the school. The other were looking at them prejudicially because they felt superior to
into a college or a university. The last thing that colleges want is for students to qualify for admission and drop out, this affects drop out rate and graduation rate. According Robin Chait and Andrea Venezia (2009), to about 83 percent of high school graduates enroll in some form of postsecondary education, but only about 52 percent of students complete their degrees. Further, a very small proportion of students complete a degree in four years—“among students starting at ‘four-year’ institutions
go to school every day so that we can better ourselves and to learn something new. That is no longer the case. Education is not the topic of concern or interest anymore, now interest is being turned towards prison and funding them. The criminal justice system connects prisons to schools through a system called the school to prison pipeline. According to the American Civil liberties Union (ACLU), the school-to-prison pipeline refers to “the policies and practices that push our nation’s school children