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  School colors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification.
Most schools have two colors, which are usually chosen to avoid conflicts with other schools in the area who the school competes with in sports and other extra-curricular activities.
The colors are often worn to build esprit de corps among the student body.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/School_colors   (88 words)

  
 Brown and Blue School Colors, 1876   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The school colors of Tufts University are brown and blue.
Though this color combination was chosen by the student body in 1876, the colors were not made officially the colors of Tufts University until 1960, when the Trustees voted on the matter.
In Tufts' early years, a cherry-red color was informally used as the school color, but this was felt to be too similar to Harvard's crimson.
www.tufts.edu /home/timeline/html/1876-e-colors.html   (170 words)

  
 9251Policy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The school mascot is defined as symbol, character, name, or logo which represents the school in a positive manner befitting school unity and pride.
School colors should also contribute to a positive and pleasing association with the school.
In the case of a new school, where a site council, staff, or student body does not yet exist, the Superintendent shall appoint one administrator and one faculty member as advisors to work with an identified group of students to enact the administrative procedures of this policy.
www.bham.wednet.edu /policies/9251Policy.htm   (307 words)

  
 University of Central Arkansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The school is most respected for its programs in Education, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy.
The University of Central Arkansas is a public four-year institution founded in 1907 as the Arkansas State Normal School, changed to Arkansas State Teachers College in 1925, to State College of Arkansas in 1967 and finally to the University of Central Arkansas in 1975.
The mission of the University of Central Arkansas, as stated by the institution, is to maintain the highest academic quality and to ensure that its programs remain current and responsive to the diverse needs of those it serves.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University_of_Central_Arkansas   (391 words)

  
 School Planning & Management - Color in Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The psychophysiological effects of color have entered common knowledge; generally, red and orange are stimulating, yellow is cheery, and blues and greens are calming.
Another option, as in the case of middle and high schools, is the use of school colors to promote school spirit.
Mid to light colors with a light reflectance value or LRV (this number can often be found on paint manufacturers’ samples or swatch cards) of at least 50 are appropriate for classrooms, but even the lightest paint can’t help a poorly lit classroom.
www.peterli.com /archive/spm/551.shtm   (1461 words)

  
 ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOL COLORS CLUB
The Colors Club, about 20 members strong, is a group dedicated to accomplishing positive things by networking with other school groups as well as community agencies and organizations.
The Colors Club has sponsored an annual spring car show, and through fundraisers, are hoping to raise enough money to take a trip to California during spring break.
Corona, who has been the Colors advisor for the past three years, agrees that the club is an opportunity for students to enhance their leadership skills while helping others in the community.
www.ontariosd.k12.or.us /District0203/ohs/colorsclub.html   (498 words)

  
 New Page 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The newer high school was built in 1955 with the first graduating class in 1956.
The school colors are maroon and gold and the mascot is the Pirate.
We have one middle school for grades six to eight built in 1960 and their colors are maroon and gold as well.
www.resa.net /riverview   (150 words)

  
 Pioneer Elementary School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
School is located at the intersection of Greenfield Rd. and Baseline on the southeast corner.
The mission for our students is to continue in our efforts to concentrate on student growth in all content areas as well as developing into life long learners to meet the challenges of the twenty first century.
The population is somewhat spread out and growing, with approximately 90% of students bused to and from school on ten buses.
www.gilbert.k12.az.us /info/schools/pioneer/pioneer.html   (293 words)

  
 ILIMA Intermediate School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Another important task of the intermediate school is to enable students to undergo a successful transition from the elementary school experience to the high school experience by encouraging positive growth in their social and emotional well-being.
School Attendance Program: This is a partnership between the Department of Education and the Honolulu Police Department to support regular attendance of students.
In June 1991 the school was one of fifty-six schools in the nation honored by the State Department of Education and President George Bush.
www.k12.hi.us /~ilima   (677 words)

  
 Mason school features colors
Those are phrases used by school officials to describe the new Mason Intermediate School, which recently opened its doors to about 850 fifth- and sixth-grade students.
It's the bright yellow, green, blue and red colors that separate four identical, academic "pods" in the two-story building, the design of which is modeled after Mason Middle School.
Visitors are greeted by a receptionist in the school's lobby area, and the principal's office is on the second floor to be closer to students and teachers, said Shelly Benesh, district spokeswoman.
www.enquirer.com /editions/1998/09/16/loc_masonskul16.html   (394 words)

  
 Pride comes dressed in school colors
Where uniformed students once filled the halls of parochial and private schools almost exclusively, the ‘90s saw an increasing interest in uniform clothing on the part of public schools.
For the first year the uniform policy was in effect, he met with students monthly in an all-school meeting.
Academic achievement is up, too; last year, the school met the stringent academic expectations set forth by the state-funded SAGE program for K4 and first grade.
www.jsonline.com /lifestyle/parenting/aug00/dress080300.asp?format=print   (710 words)

  
 CCS - The CCS Crest and School Colors
Charlottesville Catholic School crest is emblazoned in the school colors of navy blue, gold and white.
The heart of the crest is the three-sided shield, which represents the Holy Trinity and the protection of the faith.
At the center of the cross is the monstrance, a vessel used for exposing the Eucharist for all to adore.
cvillecatholic.com /aboutccs/crestandcolors.html   (255 words)

  
 OpinionJournal - Featured Article
There was a time when the racial makeup of neighborhoods and schools was mandated by law, and the minorites relegated to those enclaves had nowhere else to go, regardless of their socioeconomic standing.
According to the study, the average fl attends schools that are 54.3% fl, which is hardly cause for alarm.
The average white attends schools that are 8.6% fl and 7.6% Latino--ratios that aren't wildly different from their respective shares in the U.S. population.
www.opinionjournal.com /editorial/feature.html?id=110003046   (693 words)

  
 Sample Characters for School Colors Out Of Space
When not in school uniform, he dresses in a red and gold kung fu outfit, open at the chest to show off his muscles.
Color aside, from brow to ankles she's almost indistinguishable from a human fantasy, and even the rump-length tentacles could pass for dreadlocks; only the dainty hooves can't be explained away as makeup.
Even her school uniform manages to have a shorter skirt and lower neckline than the specification requires.
www.idiom.com /~trip/scoos/sample_chars.html   (867 words)

  
 ABQjournal: School's Colors Discussed
Tolley told the school board it would be easier for the school to switch to hunter green but that he didn't want to make the decision.
The board decided to put off a decision on a color change until students at the high school could be surveyed on their preference and more information on the availability of kelly green uniforms could be brought to the board.
The school board also discussed a request from East Mountain High School to work with the district on a transportation agreement that would allow the charter school to bus its students that live in the Moriarty district.
www.abqjournal.com /mountain/770551mtvnews09-19-02.htm   (421 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Boroughs - Tri-school colors fly in South Bx.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
"School Colors" are taking on a whole new meaning at a former Bronx high school that has been split into three small ones.
Separate school colors, banners and new symbols are being used to differentiate the three small schools that share one big building - the former South Bronx High School at 701 St. Ann's Ave.
As for colors and symbols, The Academy for Careers in Sports will sing hail to the purple and gold, with a torch symbol, while the Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School's colors will be teal and yellow, with a sunburst symbol.
www.nydailynews.com /boroughs/story/238963p-205045c.html   (459 words)

  
 Ateneo de Manila High School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It is She that is victorious, when in combat of wit, of strength, of speed, of precision, those proud banners, that blend so perfectly with the sky, wave triumphantly over all.
And to him the blue of the sky and the white of the clouds are no mere accidents of color.
They are a reminder to him that aloft is his place -- high in the loftiness and the purity of the heavens -- the Catholic Gentleman -- in thought, word, and deed, wandering, never in the colorless mire, but ever beyond, into the realms of White, and of Blue.
hs.admu.edu.ph /about.blueandwhite.htm   (258 words)

  
 Jackson Parish School System Uniform Colors and Styles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Since school life prepares students to take their place in adult life, these primary requirements are expected of all students.
The Jackson Parish School Board believes that a mandatory school uniform policy will provide a more secure school environment, promote an atmosphere for greater discipline, and increase learning opportunities for students by removing many of the distractions and connotations associated with various types of clothing.
For the 2000-2001 school year only, students may wear coats and jackets already purchased as long as they are not oversized.
www.jackson-ind.com /school_uniforms.htm   (1044 words)

  
 "A Jilbab in the School's Colors" [Weblog] - Daniel Pipes
The town's Denbigh High School has a student population of one thousand, of whom an estimated eight hundred are Muslim.
The school administrators rejected her request and denied her access to the school until she wore an approved uniform.
Perhaps the most interesting argument was one put forward by Simon Birks for the school, who noted that Denbigh is a multi-cultural and multi-faith secular school and there would be "the risk of division if the jilbab were to be adopted.
www.danielpipes.org /blog/270   (745 words)

  
 School Name Suggestions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The land was presented with the condition that it was to be used for the sole purpose of erecting a school.
The school colors should be royal blue, fl, and white.
Yes i think that the name of the school should be Westburg High for westmar and frostburg and the colors should be blue gold and red and the masscot should be fl bear becasue we have alot of them around here so..
www.beallhigh.com /suggestions.htm   (1402 words)

  
 School Colors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The school colors for East Carolina University - purple and gold - go back to the time when the first students arrived on campus in 1909.
ECU historian Dr. Mary Jo Bratton, the author of "East Carolina University The Formative Years 1907 - 1982," said the selection of school colors represented one of the first traditions established by the students.
In the early fall of 1909 the administration asked students for their suggestions on school colors.
www.news.ecu.edu /schcolors.html   (153 words)

  
 Teachers.Net Lesson Exchange: Mixing Colors (Pre-School, Literature
I teach colors using the picture book,Mouse Paint, by Ellen Walsh.
I use cray-pas(pastels) and color the mice and puddles according to the story.
Have the children choose which color to paint their mouse, red, blue or yellow.
www.teachers.net /lessons/posts/115.html   (158 words)

  
 Hempfield officials enforce school colors - PittsburghLIVE.com
All student athletic uniforms in the Hempfield Area School District that sport any color other than royal blue, silver and white are to be tossed by Jan. 1, with taxpayers to foot the bill for their replacement.
The school board on Monday voted 5-4 in favor of replacing all uniforms that are not fashioned solely in Hempfield's school colors, royal blue and silver.
Earlier this year, the board adopted a policy requiring that all athletic uniforms purchased by the district be of school colors.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/trib/westmoreland/s_263398.html   (440 words)

  
 school uniform : ties
Although the school tie came to be a central part of the school uniform, it is fairly recent in origin.
The school tie generally was a diagonally striped tie in the school colors.
When boys leave the school they are entitled to join the old boys association and they usually have ties and a cravat with their own distinctive colours.
histclo.hispeed.com /schun/gar/tie/su-tie.html   (1994 words)

  
 HTML Colors
Colors are defined using a hexadecimal notation for the combination of Red, Green, and Blue color values (RGB).
Note: Only 16 color names are supported by the W3C HTML 4.0 standard (aqua, fl, blue, fuchsia, gray, green, lime, maroon, navy, olive, purple, red, silver, teal, white, and yellow).
This 216 cross platform web safe color palette was originally created to ensure that all computers would display all colors correctly when running a 256 color palette.
www.w3schools.com /html/html_colors.asp   (518 words)

  
 The Observer - Hundertov announces that school colors will change to red - April 1, 2003
Hundertov made the announcement at a press conference unveiling the school’s new football uniforms, which feature red pants, a red jersey with red trim, and a red helmet with a hammer and sickle where the Spartan logo used to be.
The results were painted on the side of Severance Hall, and are cited by the administration in all its literature of the high esteem in which the student body holds the leaders of this wonderful university.
The increase in support of the change of colors comes simultaneously with the administration’s report that students at Case Western Reserve are happy and the abolition of the capitalist grading system.
www.cwru.edu /orgs/observer/apr03/sports/Spor08.html   (533 words)

  
 Emma Willard School Colors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Emma Willard School’s Alumnae Association, founded in 1892, adopted a pale rosy pink as its signature color, based on the gift of the Marquis.
Over the last decade, the school has adopted the rich red we now sport on the playing fields and in school publications.
The classes of 2005 and 2007 are represented by purple (as are all odd-numbered alumnae classes), while the classes of 2004 and 2006 use green (as do all even-numbered classes).
www.emma.troy.ny.us /about/profile/colors.php   (176 words)

  
 Long Island High School Sports Uniform History
Long Island has a vivid high school sports history; that history is represented in part by the uniforms worn by the teams.
For the time being, I will be doing ONLY the three highest profile high school team sports: football, and boys' and girls' basketball.
For the time being, I have decided to group the high schools by county and then by township.
www.angelfire.com /ny5/limemories/LISports/LISportsunis.html   (230 words)

  
 President's Update - School Colors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
I’ve heard quite a bit over discussion over the school colors this past year.
The school colors are orange (pms code 021) and white.
The key here is blue should only be used as an accent color and should not become the dominant color.
www.shsu.edu /~pre_www/news/issue2/colors.html   (111 words)

  
 Frontline/School Colors Teacher's Guide
Regardless of the demographics of your school, the issues raised in the program are relevant to all high schools.
"School Colors" is likely to trigger discussion about the words people use to describe themselves and their heritage.
"School Colors" educational material was created by Simone Bloom Nathan, Caren Keller Niss, and Jim Bracciale with input from the Outreach Advisory Board: Milton Chen, Manuel J. Fernandez, Grace I. Holmes, Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Joanne Taupier, and Leonard P. Zakim.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/teach/schoolcolorsguide.html   (1636 words)

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