Sentences with phrase «at a neighborhood school in»

I eventually ended up in the classroom by volunteering my time as a gardener at a neighborhood school in inner - city Houston.

At a neighborhood school in Washington, D.C., we watch as teachers infuse global themes into everyday lessons — a kindergarten discussion on community helpers, a 2nd grade reading class, and 4th grade math and history lessons — to foster the attitudes, knowledge, and skills of global competence.

Not exact matches

While classmates at her all - white elite high school breezed into adulthood and homeownership with help from their parents, she «bought my first home as a co-signer to my grandmother who was next on the list of longtime renters in our gentrifying neighborhood... to be displaced.»

Teddy was accepted at his parents» top choice, P.S. 307 in the DUMBO neighborhood, which is a magnet school for STEM studies: science, technology, engineering, and math.

Health officials have not yet pinpointed the source of what sickened students from St. Clement School in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood, following their April 17 visit to the aquarium, or what prompted more than 100 Andrew students to fall ill following their April 27 prom held at the Shedd.

At the same time, the school's transactions with its neighborhood inescapably teach certain concepts to its own members, that is, teach certain capacities and abilities about how to lead an institution in its relationships with its immediate social context.

How many of you personally know someone at school, at work, or in your neighborhood who is named Peter?

One of the reasons children in Gaza were dying is that Palestinian terrorists deliberately put them at risk by locating their rocket launchers next to schools and residential neighborhoods.

The deterioration of neighborhoods in our inner cities, the decline of elemental safety — never mind education — in many of our schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risin our inner cities, the decline of elemental safety — never mind education — in many of our schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risin many of our schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risin the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risIn the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risk.

Thus, if a minister today is not in process of being ousted, is regarded by at least many of his people as a wonderful Christian, a helpful preacher, a diligent pastor, and so on, he may rest content in this kind of status even though privately he is disturbed at all the kids who drop out of church school, at the inattentiveness of the church to its neighborhood, at the virtual neglect of older people, and at the bourgeois aroma that infects everything.

It's people following Jesus 24/7 in their daily lives wherever they're at; home, work, school, coffee shops & pubs, in foreign countries and local neighborhoods.

Start locally - helping out an elderly neighbor with some chores, volunteering at a rescue shelter, helping out the neighborhood school, being involved in a kids program at the local park, helping out at a local hospital, visiting a juvenile detention center on a regular basis.

The Jesuits recently announced the opening of a new high school in Chicago, and Georgetown University announced plans to purchase $ 1 million in stock at a new bank designed to serve low - and moderate - income neighborhoods in the District of Columbia.

Unemployment in the South Bronx was at 45 percent; of the 1,900 to 2,000 children enrolled at Morris High School, only about 65 graduated each year; and, many of the children were afflicted with asthma, something Kozol associated with the neighborhood's incinerators for discarded medical supplies.

For 10 yearsthey'd been telling the same stories — at Immaculata High School in Somerville, N.J., where the legend bookended a grand slam in his first at bat as a freshmanwith a blast in his last at bat as a senior; at the neighborhood diner Jerry «sPlace, where the legend's photo hangs next to one of Mickey Mantle; and here atthis warehouse turned hitting complex, where the legend's newspaper clippingsand old jerseys line the walls.

Among the 3,450 students are more than 500 black youngsters, most of them attracted by stronger curricula or better facilities than those available at schools in their own neighborhoods.

Farrington's research background, plus her history as a teacher in high - poverty neighborhoods, helped her think differently about what happens to students when they're at school.

Jens Ludwig, an economist at the University of Chicago who oversees a research group there called the Crime Lab, has for the past few years been studying, along with some colleagues, a counseling program called Becoming A Man, or BAM, which operates inside 49 Chicago schools, mostly high schools in low - income neighborhoods.

Meals and snacks are served at sites that can be located at schools, community centers, faith - based organizations, local libraries, recreation centers, and other places in neighborhoods across the Commonwealth.

Researchers looked at data from 549 healthy adolescents between the ages of 12 and 16 in Baltimore, Md., and Seattle, Wash., who wore accelerometer and global positioning system trackers during waking hours at home, at school, in their neighborhoods and other locations.

Help your tween develop possible conversation starters, and encourage your child to approach children who are new at school or in the neighborhood.

In Crystal Lake, the city, Park District and local schools have created a program that allows some middle - school students to act as helpers at neighborhood elementary schools.

A second - grade teacher and an assistant principal have been removed from student contact at Jordan Elementary Community School in the Rogers Park neighborhood while Chicago Public Schools conducts an investigation into their conduct.

I spent some time profiling a chess instructor at Intermediate School 318 in a low - income neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York.

So we are trying a new charter school in the area for next year for my oldest while my next child will stay at the neighborhood school.

Parents often worry about whether or not their child will be bullied at school, on the sports field, or in the neighborhood.

As a result, you should encourage your child to cast a wide net and seek out friendships in their neighborhood, at school, on a team, through a club, and at church.

Your child may have friends at school or in the neighborhood but do they have a few really solid friendships?

Staff members at the school say that sentiment is pretty common in this working - class neighborhood of largely Asian immigrants.

While many families in this area move east of the tunnel to attend better public schools, Berkeley Rose Waldorf School can meet their children's educational needs at an affordable tuition cost and reduce the relocation of local families away from their current neighborhoods and homes.

«She was superwoman, and superwoman never has any health issues,» said Beth Allegretti, who taught with Mrs. Foxwell for 20 - plus years at DeWitt Clinton Elementary School in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood.

Lunch Line follows six kids from one of the toughest neighborhoods in Chicago as they set out to fix school lunch — and end up at the White House.

All kids grow at different paces, so you can't determine whether your child will be short or tall just from comparing her to other kids at school or in the neighborhood.

In the film, six kids from one of the toughest neighborhoods in Chicago set out to fix school lunch and end up at the White HousIn the film, six kids from one of the toughest neighborhoods in Chicago set out to fix school lunch and end up at the White Housin Chicago set out to fix school lunch and end up at the White House.

I had spent the morning at an elementary school in an affluent neighborhood outside of Syracuse teaching kids in summer school.

More than 150 residents of the Logan Square neighborhood, which includes Palmer Square, expressed concern at a meeting Monday night in St. Sylvester's Catholic School.

I will really miss taking our girls swimming in the neighborhood pool, but I will not miss breaking a sweat to walk them into the door at school.

Buffalo's Common Council is moving closer to making the Michigan Street Baptist Church and what is now I - Prep at Grover Cleveland High School official landmarks, not just landmarks in their neighborhood and in history.

Also at 6 p.m., Transportation Alternatives hosts and «L - Train Shutdown Candidate Forum,» for NYC Council candidates in districts 1, 2, 3 and 4 to discuss «street design innovations and action plans they will fight for if elected to represent affected neighborhoods,» with Gothamist City Editor Christopher Robbins moderating, The New School, 66 West 12th St., Manhattan.

He also spoke of a need for unity in New York City, where the privileged and disadvantaged alike are given a fair shot at economic success, good schools, affordable housing, and safe neighborhoods, and where people «don't have to worry about being stopped and frisked because you happen to be the wrong color.»

Ms. Moskowitz proudly touted the success of Success, noting with real joy how three students at the school in Bed - Stuy had achieved a perfect score on an international math test «out of 30 or 40 worldwide» and taking particular pride in how many of the schools» high achievers are «black and brown» and from neighborhoods that face enormous disadvantages.

At 9 a.m., De Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina kick off a «Day of Action» where staff will be preparing for an annual outreach drive to make parents aware of pre-K options in their neighborhoods, Tweed Courthouse — Rotunda, 52 Chambers St., Manhattan.

Seven NYC schools are part of a new NYC Education Department initiative aimed at maintaining a racial and socioeconomic balance in fast - gentrifying neighborhoods.

Walsh's best friend was a neighborhood buddy, the late Peter Carolin, a janitor at the Elmwood School in Syracuse, said Walsh's son Jim, the former congressman.

Now we're able to send our children to a middle school in our neighborhood,» Debra Millman, who has a 7 - year - old at nearby P.S. 59, told DNAinfo.com New York.

Speaking with reporters Wednesday at a ribbon cutting for Manhattan's Public School 191 campus, Fariña said she would promote classroom diversity by rezoning schools, as she did in Manhattan District 3, in other neighborhoods.

Capping charters in a certain neighborhood, for instance, is a shot aimed directly at parents in Harlem — where a proliferation of charters is starting to offer real alternatives to failing district schools.

On topic questions included: what defines a «community school», whether community schools are only located in low - income neighborhoods, whether there is a plan to extend universal pre-K to three year olds, how much more expensive community schools are to operate than «regular» schools, why was the UFT not at this announcement, whether academic gains are expected from community schools and how will such gains be measured, what programs are added to «regular» schools as they are converted into «community» schools, potential changes to the admissions process for specialized high schools and whether the seats announced today are new programs or new spaces.

However, board member Luis Reyes, a researcher at Hunter College in Manhattan, said the graduation goal would prove «delusional» unless the state provides more equitable funding for schools in poor neighborhoods.

Deshone Moise is a third - grader excelling at the Achievement First Apollo charter school in Brooklyn's East New York, one of New York's poorest neighborhoods.