Grade+8

8 girls 7 boys

GIRLS Abby - Ethnicity: White - Learning Style: Puppy - Extracurricular activities/Hobbies: Art and theater - Socioeconomic Status: Middle-class - Accommodations: N/A - Free and Reduced Lunch?: No - Multiple Intelligences: Musical, Kinesthetic - Family Involvement: Strong support at home - Vanessa - Ethnicity: Hispanic - Learning Style: Beach ball - Extracurricular activities/Hobbies: Athletics - Socioeconomic Status: Low-class - Accommodations: Asperger Syndrome (high-functioning) Needs more time to complete assignments - Free and Reduced Lunch?: Yes - Multiple Intelligences: Kinesthetic, Interpersonal - Family Involvement: Limited parental involvement. Needs extra support in school learning community. - Jenny - Ethnicity: White - Learning Style: Beach ball - Extracurricular activities/Hobbies: Plays in the school band (1st chair trumpet player) - Socioeconomic Status: Middle-Class - Accommodations: N/A - Free and Reduced Lunch?: No - Multiple Intelligences: Musical, Verbal - Family Involvement: Strong support from family - Sarah - Ethnicity: White - Learning Style: Clipboard - Extracurricular activities/Hobbies: Athletics, science projects - Socioeconomic Status: Middle-level - Accommodations: Has ADHD, work closely with special educators/ed. techs to keep on task. - Free and Reduced Lunch?: No - Multiple Intelligences: Logical, kinesthetic, visual/spatial, interpersonal - Family Involvement: Strong family support. Extra communication to and from parents to discuss progress. - Emily - Ethnicity: White - Learning Style: Microscope - Extracurricular activities/Hobbies: Student government, community service projects, technology/innovative - Socioeconomic Status: Middle-level - Accommodations: N/A - Free and Reduced Lunch?:No - Multiple Intelligences :Interpersonal, logical, intrapersonal - Family Involvement: Strong family support - Emma - Ethnicity: White - Learning Style: Microscope - Extracurricular activities/Hobbies: Plays piano, rides horses, reads, and writes short stories, English Class - Socioeconomic Status: Middle-Upper class - Accommodations:Wears glasses, prefers to sit up front if possible - Free and Reduced Lunch?:No - Multiple Intelligences:Linguistic and Intrapersonal - Family Involvement: Parents highly involved and supportive of education and hobbies. Single child, lots of attention. - Katie - Ethnicity: African-American - Learning Style: Puppy - Extracurricular activities/Hobbies: Drama/Theatre, Chorus, Art class - Socioeconomic Status: Low-income - Accommodations: Dyslexia requires time extensions for reading and writing assignments - Free and Reduced Lunch?: Yes - Multiple Intelligences: Verbal, Interpersonal, musical - Family Involvement: Single mother, highly involved though - Eshwari - Ethnicity: Indian - Learning Style: Clipboard - Extracurricular activities/Hobbies: Sports-Soccer, math/science - Socioeconomic Status: Middle Class - Accommodations: N/A - Free and Reduced Lunch?:NO - Multiple Intelligences: Logistic, spatial - Family Involvement: Little involvement, both parents work long hours -

BOYS Jack - Ethnicity: White - Learning Style: Beach ball - Extracurricular activities/Hobbies: Cross Country running, Nordic skiing - Socioeconomic Status: Low - Accommodations: Has ADHD, needs structure and organization in the classroom to stay on task. Is highly motivated with sports and can be competitive in the class. - Free and Reduced Lunch?: Reduced - Multiple Intelligences:Linguistic, Interpersonal, Bodily-kinesthetic - Family Involvement:Single Father, somewhat involved with school, attends open houses/conferences regularly. Extremely involved with sports, very competitive. - - Aaron - Ethnicity: White - Learning Style: Microscope - Extracurricular activities/Hobbies:Video games, Computer class, Art - Socioeconomic Status: Middle - Accommodations: Lacks a desire to work with others in the classroom, needs relevancy to keep him motivated, he's very smart but isn't challenged enough. - Free and Reduced Lunch?: NO - Multiple Intelligences:Visual, Interpersonal - Family Involvement: Uninvolved - - Matt - Ethnicity: White - Learning Style: Puppy - Extracurricular activities/Hobbies: School sports, hanging out with friends. - Socioeconomic Status: High. - Accommodations: N/A - Free and Reduced Lunch?: No. - Multiple Intelligences: Logical, Verbal, Interpersonal - Family Involvement: Very Strong. - - Luke - Ethnicity: White - Learning Style: Puppy - Extracurricular activities/Hobbies: Has a love for the arts / outdoor sports. - Socioeconomic Status: Middle - Accommodations: Part of the Special Education Program for a reading deficiency. Might need extra time / doesn't like being singled-out. - Free and Reduced Lunch?: No. - Multiple Intelligences: Bodily-kinesthetic, Visual, Naturalist. - Family Involvement: Involved. - - Antoine - Ethnicity: African-American - Learning Style: Clipboard - Extracurricular activities/Hobbies: Classical music / Theater - Socioeconomic Status: HIgh. - Accommodations: Needs to be challenged more. - Free and Reduced Lunch?: No - Multiple Intelligences: Musical, Logical, Verbal - Family Involvement: Yes. Family expectations are very high and tend to put stress on Antoine. - - Demetri - Ethnicity: African-American - Learning Style: Microscope - Extracurricular activities/Hobbies: Likes card games / Enjoys the company of people he trusts. - Socioeconomic Status: Low - Accommodations: Used to be in a gang. Has a touchy attitude. Snaps at other students. Have to be patient with him. - Free and Reduced Lunch?: Yes. - Multiple Intelligences: Logical, Intrapersonal. - Family Involvement: Close to no involvement. - - Emilio - Ethnicity: Hispanic - Learning Style: Beach ball - Extracurricular activities/Hobbies: Soccer / sports - Socioeconomic Status: Low - Accommodations: English is not perfect. - Free and Reduced Lunch?: Yes. - Multiple Intelligences: Bodily-kinesthetic, Visual, & Naturalist. - Family Involvement: Single Mother. -