Elev8 New Mexico Middle School Breaks Down Old Walls
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On April 8, 2009, Elev8 New Mexico staff and community members celebrated a "wall-breaking" ceremony to mark the remodeling and construction at Laguna Middle School for a new Comprehensive Counseling Resource Center.
On average, students’ GPAs drop a full letter grade between eighth and ninth grades. Students who experience this decline in GPA are by no means doomed to failure, especially if they live in neighborhoods where they can access support services. However, for students who are already struggling and lack access to help (a common scenario in low-income neighborhoods), a decline in grades during this transition makes it even harder to get on track toward graduation.
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