sophomore year News

No summer jobs available for Indian students in America - Saturday, July 05, 2008
WASHINGTON: Indian grad students studying in the US are finding the summer hard. Those who chose not to go back to India for the summer break, hoping to get summer jobs, are finding...

At 15, Snohomish student is too young to drive, but not to attend the UW - Thursday, June 26, 2008
SNOHOMISH -- The last-day-of-school assembly was largely about transitions: from grade to grade and school to school. Half the students would remain at Snohomish High and half would...

BHS to get new student laptops - Thursday, June 25, 2009
BIDDEFORD — This fall, Biddeford High School freshmen and sophomore students, as well as some upper class students, will have new Apple laptop computers at their disposal. After considering...

Washington Court: Teachers Can Have Sex With 18-Year-Old Students - Wednesday, January 14, 2009
SEATTLE — Washington state law does not bar teachers from having sex with 18-year-old students. That's the decision of a three-judge panel of the Washington Court of Appeals, which...

Report: 90,000 NYC students miss 1 month school - Tuesday, October 21, 2008
NEW YORK - A new report says that more than 90,000 elementary students in New York City missed at least one month of classes during the last school year. The report released Tuesday...

Students protest as CSU raises fees by 20 percent - Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Long Beach - It just got about $1,000 more expensive to attend California State University for one year - and students are furious. With a tentative state budget agreement that gouges...

9 out of 10 students pass high school exit exam - Wednesday, September 02, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO - State education officials say just over 90 percent of California's Class of 2009 passed the exit high school exam by the end of their senior year. Data released Wednesday...

Teacher who taped student to chair to keep job - Monday, June 09, 2008
OAKRIDGE, Ore. — The third-grade teacher who taped a disobedient child to a chair last month will be disciplined but not fired, the Oakridge School District said. What type of action...

Student tried to hire girl's murder, police say - Friday, June 06, 2008
PASADENA, Texas — A 17-year-old student offered money and drugs to a high school classmate for the murder of a girl he suspected of harming his relationship with another girl, police...

New York Students Improve in Reading and Math - Monday, June 23, 2008
Reading and math scores for New York students in grades three through eight improved significantly across the state this year, with particularly sizeable gains in the large urban areas,...