It has the lowest scores and gives the students the most difficulty.

The teachers know which students need help on which portion of the test. We hit the floor running at the beginning of the school year.

We start with them as freshmen and tell them they have to pass it. But in their minds, two or three years is a long way off.

She’s a sharp young lady who’s going to do great things. What stands out is her determination and her tenacity. When you tell her of all the obstacles that block her meeting a challenge, that...

The paperwork began in August. Every day I would see her coming to me with an application and I would say, ‘Here’s my early bird again.’ That was my nickname for her.