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The New York Specialized High School Institute (SHSI) is a free program run by the City of New York for middle school students with high test scores on citywide tests and high report card grades. The program's original intent was to expand the population of Black and Hispanic students by offering them test-taking tips and extra lessons.
Below is the grading system found to be most commonly used in United States public high schools, according to the 2009 High School Transcript Study. [2] This is the most used grading system; however, there are some schools that use an edited version of the college system, which means 89.5 or above becomes an A average, 79.5 becomes a B, and so on.
With the opening of Tuscarora High School (2010), and John Champe High School (2012), the new high schools still use the Potomac Falls design template but with an 1800 student capacity. When Riverside High School (HS-8) in 2015, and Rock Ridge High School (HS-7) opened in 2014 it had a 1,600 student capacity not the standard 1,800 because of ...
My priority and responsibility have been to remove as much uncertainty from the lives of our students and families as possible, to create some feeling of consistency so children can persist in ...
Upon completion of entrepreneurship, students may choose to fully leave the Academies, or join the engineering or IT program. For students admitted their junior year of high school, they can apply to Advanced AET. Advanced AET attends on the alternate day from regular junior-and-senior AET, but still encompasses either engineering or IT. [5]
Their status as specialized schools was frequently threatened by factions within the New York City school system and government. As a way to preserve their special status, in 1972, the Hecht-Calandra Act was passed by the New York State Legislature, designating these schools as specialized science and math high schools for New York City. The ...
The name “Lightridge” was chosen to recognize the history of agriculture and dairy farming in the area. [3] The school is located off Lightridge Farm Road and near the site of Lightridge Farm, a now-closed dairy farm which operated for more than 60 years and was the last working dairy farm in Loudoun County east of Route 15.
The NJROTC Program at Loudoun County High began in the 2009–2010 school year. [7] The program draws from the entire county. The program is the first JROTC in Loudoun County, and is currently the newest and only JROTC program in the county. [7]