Famous Quotes & Sayings

We were hoping at one point to sell the (old) elementary school and use that money, but that's a contentious issue now.

We have a form they use. It's a student application, and they have to tell us why they want to be a part of the mentoring program, and then why they think they're qualified to mentor elementary students.

We have to push this (test scores) up so it has the same increase as middle schools and elementary schools.

I was born in Champaign in 1918. From the neighborhood elementary and intermediate schools, I went to the University High School in the twin city, Urbana.

We need three more elementary schools, two more intermediates and another high school. We never have enough schools.

Dick Bennett

We're all 100 percent for keeping the elementary schools in their communities opposed to making a warehouse for the kids, so to speak.

Julie Brown

I think I knew I was funny in Elementary School. I think most funny people realize it when they're young. It tends to come out of stress or trauma - something that makes you want to be funny.

Robert Boswell

We lived on a farm outside a town of about 900 people. My father was the principal of the elementary school. It was a typical Southern town - there are a lot of churches, and it's dry.

As a smaller elementary school, if they can get out there and do it, we should do well.

Richard Riley

Our elementary schools are getting better at teaching the basics,

Every school from the elementary to the two middle schools to the high school, we had representatives of every school.

That's not to say that elementary teachers are not important, but we know we have a shortage in the math and science areas.

Those three have been steady. All started wrestling in elementary (school). Every Saturday they were going to tournaments.

I've seen some kids as young as second or third grade use planners ... the very elementary planners. Letting kids see that a planner can help them get their projects done and organize their time at home can be very helpful.

I see that as a huge issue for all of us with high-functioning kids in elementary school.

I've been here K through 12, and we've all been playing together since elementary school. (Receiver) Mark Dillman moved here before freshman year, but other than him it's been us all the way.

We are trying to keep kids from having to go to three elementary schools in three years. There will be a few, but we are trying to limit it as much as possible.

Jeff Baker

I'm not saying we don't need a high school. I know we do. I just think our priorities need to be with the elementary and middle school.

In all of the options there is a range we looked at smaller- and larger-sized elementary buildings.

I?m really passionate about music, and I?m upset about the elementary music programs being cut. Elementary school, that?s when my passion for music started developing.

It's possible to do it in other ways. Japanese elementary schools are not exactly the same as the Singapore, and they're done carefully.

It really is about increasing the rigor in elementary and middle school.

If you can get the elementary student involved, they will take that home and pass it to their parents and friends. Those little first- through third-graders are the keys to home safety.

He really blossomed when he went to the elementary school. He just always loved young kids.

Heather Donahue

I did a lot of stuff in elementary school, the musicals and stuff, and started training at the Lawrence Street Theater School in Philadelphia.

Avi

In elementary school, I did well in science, but I was a poor writer. When I got to high school, I failed all my courses.

Steve Alford

It's been an unbelievable thing for me to walk Bruin Walk and walk past Coach Wooden's statue, a guy that when I was in elementary school, it's Coach Wooden winning his final championship, his 10th in 12 years.

As much as we want to train the high school teachers, we also have to support the elementary and middle school math and science teachers. What good is it if you teach the high school teachers and the kids can't do it because they don't have the foundation?

All our new teachers are pretty evenly distributed between elementary and secondary schools.

I think all of our elementary schools have some challenges.

Tom Jones

The elementary schools are doing a great job, but the middle schools are losing future music students.

The high school will work nicely for the carnival, but we are looking very forward to getting to the elementary next year.

E. P. Thompson

The future of elementary consolidation is not decided,