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Virutal Highly Gifted Magnet VHGM.com VHGM. Virtual Highly Gifted Magnet. The Highly Gifted Magnet (HGM) is
one of the Los Angeles Unified School District's Gifted and Talented programs,
restricted to students who meet the criterion of 99.9% on an intellectual
assessment that meets the eligibility requirements of the district which is an
IQ of 145 or above. Admission to the schools is based on a point system where
points are automatically assigned for 5 different rationales, outlined in the
"Choices" brochure sent out to eligible LAUSD students yearly.
There are three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school out
of the 162 magnet programs in the district that are part of the Highly Gifted
Magnet. The three elementary schools are Eagle Rock Elementary, Multnomah
Elementary and San Jose Elementary. (Carpenter Elementary School formerly
offered a highly gifted program, though not a magnet, as well). The three
schools have nearly 300 students from grades 2 through 5, and in one case grade
6. Many students from those three elementary schools go on to the Portola Highly
Gifted Magnet Center, which serves students from grades 6 through 8. North
Hollywood High School is the parent school for the HGM program at the high
school level, serving almost 400 students from grades 9 through 12.
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A school is an institution where students (or "pupils") learn while under the
supervision of teachers. In most systems of formal education, students progress
through a series of schools: primary school, secondary school, and possibly a
university , vocational school or a college. A school may also be dedicated to
one particular field, such as a school of economics or a school of dance. In
homeschooling and online schools, teaching and learning take place outside of a
traditional school building.
Regional varieties
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A madrasah in the Gambia
In the United Kingdom, the term school refers primarily to pre-university
institutions, and these can, for the most part, be divided into pre-schools or
nursery schools, primary schools (sometimes further divided into infant school
and junior school), and secondary schools. There are various types of secondary
schools which include grammar schools, comprehensives, secondary moderns and
city academies. In Scotland school performance is monitored by Her Majesty's
Inspectorate of Education. Ofsted reports on performance in England and Wales.
In much of the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia, New Zealand, India,
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Kenya, and Tanzania, the term school refers
primarily to pre-university institutions.
In North America, the term school can refer to any institute of education, at
any level, and covers all of the following: preschool (for toddlers),
kindergarten, elementary school, middle school (also called intermediate school
or junior high school, depending on specific age groups and geographic region),
senior high school, college, university, and graduate school.
In the US, school performance through high school is monitored by each state's
Department of Education. Many of the earlier public schools in the United States
were one-room schools where a single teacher taught seven grades of boys and
girls in the same classroom. Beginning in the 1920s, one-room schools were
consolidated into multiple classroom facilities with transportation increasingly
provided by kid hacks and school buses.
In much of continental Europe, the term school usually applies to primary
education, with primary schools that last between six and nine years, depending
on the country. It also applies to secondary education, with secondary schools
often divided between Gymnasiums and vocational schools, which again depending
on country and type of school take between three and six years. The term school
is rarely used for tertiary education, except for some upper or high schools
(German: Hochschule) which are more accurately translated as colleges.
Please note in all countries there is one more classification called Business
Schools which are normally Colleges providing Management Education.
School sizes and structures
The size and scope of schools varies depending on the resources and goals of the
communities that provide for them. A school might be simply an outdoor meeting
spot where one teacher comes to instruct a few students, or, alternatively, a
large campus consisting of hundreds of buildings and tens of thousands of
students and educators.
The basic unit of a school building is the classroom, where the act of
instruction takes place. Every school will use space in a different way
depending upon the design of the building and the needs of the school and the
children. A combination of some of the following areas will be found in schools:
* a cafeteria (Commons), dining hall or canteen where students eat lunch.
* an athletic field, playground, gym, and/or track for students participating in
sports or physical education.
* an auditorium or hall where student theatrical or musical productions can be
staged and where all-school events such as assemblies are held.
* an office where the administrative work of the school is done.
* a library where students consult and check out books.
* specialist classrooms including laboratories for science education.
Boarding schools, where students live full-time amongst their peers, will also
include dormitories.
School ownership and operation
Many schools are owned or funded by states. Private schools are those which are
operated independently from the government. Private schools usually rely on fees
from families whose children attend the school for funding; however, sometimes
such schools also receive government support (see charter schools). Many private
schools are affiliated with a particular religion; these are known as parochial
schools.
In the United Kingdom most schools are publicly funded and known as state
schools or maintained schools in which tuition is provided free. There are also
private schools or independent schools that charge fees. Some of the most
selective and expensive private schools are known as public schools, a usage
that can be confusing to speakers of North American English. In North American
usage, a public school is one that is publicly funded or run.
History and development of schools
The concept of grouping students together in a centralized location runs
parallel to the development of unified, modern cultural identity.
Schools have existed as far back as Greek times if not earlier (see Academy).
The Byzantines were the first to establish a schooling system at a primary
level. According to Traditions and Encounters, the founding of the primary
education system began in 425 A.D. and "...military personnel usually had at
least a primary education...". Byzantium education system continued until its
collapse in 1453 AD.
Islam was another culture to develop a schooling system in the modern sense of
the word, largely brought about by conquests of Greek, Roman and Persian
cultures, revealing a wealth of knowledge. A lot of emphasis was put on
knowledge and therefore a systematic way of teaching and spreading knowledge was
developed in purpose built structures. At first, mosques combined both religious
performance and learning activities, but by the tenth century, however, the
Seljuks introduced the first school, or Madrassa as it was called in Arabic, a
proper school built independently from the mosque. They were also the first to
make the school or Madrassa system a public domain under the control of the
caliph. The Nizamiyya madrasa is considered by consensus of scholars to be the
earliest surviving school, built towards 1066 CE by Emir Nizam Al-Mulk.
Under the Ottomans, learning was given a new dimension as towns of Bursa and
Edirne took over as the main centres of learning respectively. The Ottoman
system of Kulliye, a building complex containing a mosque, a hospital, madrassa,
and public kitchen and dining areas, revolutionized the education system, making
learning accessible to a wider public through its free meals, health care and
sometimes free accommodation.
The nineteenth century historian, Scott holds that a remarkable correspondence
exists between the procedure established by those institutions and the methods
of the present day. They had their collegiate courses, their prizes for
proficiency in scholarship, their oratorical and poetical contests, their
commencements and their degrees. In the department of medicine, a severe and
prolonged examination, conducted by the most eminent physicians of the capital,
was exacted of all candidates desirous of practicing their profession, and such
as were unable to stand the test were formally pronounced incompetent.
The law student was interested in an authorization, called ijaza; covering a
field of knowledge, that of law, as well as in a license to teach it and issue
legal opinions, called ijazat al-tadris wa 'l-fatwa, which he obtained from one
master-juris consult.
The word Baccalaurea in French or International Baccalaureate in English was
derived from Arabic Bihaqqi Al-Riwayah, the first known written warrant to be
given from a teacher to his student.
However, education in Islamic culture was conservative; consequently, fewer
militay technologies were adopted or invented by the Ottomans and after the 17th
century, the Ottoman empire grew increasingly weak as a modernized Europe,
pushed by the renaisance advanced in the sciences, leading to great advances in
chemistry in Russia by Dimitri Mendeleev and the implementation of Electricity
by Michael Faraday and Nikola Tesla.
In Europe during the Middle Ages and much of the Early Modern period, the main
purpose of schools (as opposed to universities) was to teach the Latin language.
This led to the term grammar school which in the United States is used
informally to refer to a primary school but in the United Kingdom means a school
that selects entrants on their ability or aptitude. Following this, the school
curriculum has gradually broadened to include literacy in the vernacular
language as well as technical, artistic, scientific and practical subjects.
The one-room schoolhouse is an icon of 19th century rural life in the United
States.
Many secondary and college level schools have different classes for each course.
These may be called a class period. A period may vary in time, but is usually 60
minutes long.
School security
The safety of staff and students is increasingly becoming an issue for school
communities. In the wake of the Columbine High School massacre and the Virginia
Tech incident, many school administrators in the United States have created
plans to protect students and staff in the event of a school shooting (Some also
taking measures such as installing metal detectors). For some schools, these
plans have included the use of Door Numbering to aid public safety response.
Other security concerns faced by schools include bomb threats and the presence
of gangs. Bullying is of major concern in many schools.
A typical school entrance building in Australia
School health services
Some schools offer remote access to their classes over the Internet. Online
schools also can provide support to traditional schools, as in the case of the
School Net Namibia. Some online classes provide experience in a class so that
when you take it you have already been introduced to the subject and know what
to expect, and even more classes provide High School/College credit allowing you
to take the class at your own pace. Many online classes cost money to use but
some are offered free.
Schools in popular culture
Schools in the new age are becoming a larger and larger driving force in popular
culture. It is not unheard of to hear of schools coming together to perform
large tasks for current world events. Schools and schoolchildren are frequently
portrayed in fiction and the media, ranging from Harry Potter and Grange Hill to
Battle Royale. See List of fictional schools
Stress
As a profession teaching has very high levels of Work-Related Stress (WRS)[1]
which are listed as amongst the highest of any profession in some countries,
such as the United Kingdom. The degree of this problem is becoming increasingly
recognised and support systems are being put into place.[2][3] Teacher education
is increasingly recognising the need for new entrants to the profession to be
aware of and trained to overcome the challenges that they will face on the
'mental health' front.
Discipline
Schools and their teachers have always been under pressure — for instance,
pressure to cover the curriculum, to perform well in comparison to other
schools, and to avoid the stigma of being "soft" or "spoiling" toward students.
Forms of discipline, such as control over when students will and will not speak,
and normalized behaviour, such as raising one's hand to speak, are imposed in
the name of greater efficiency. Practitoners of critical pedagogy point out that
such disciplinary measures have no positive effect on student learning; indeed,
some would argue that disciplinary practices actually detract from learning
since they undermine students' individual dignity and sense of self-worth, the
latter occupying a more primary role in students' hierarchy of needs.
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