Sentences with phrase «school advocates program»

The After School Advocates program empowers high school students to explore animal welfare issues that affect the Chicago community.

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While some proponents advocate a flat monetary settlement to every descendant of a slave, others seek a social or political settlement — a percentage of the U.S. budget that would be allotted to improving schools with large minority populations, for example, or set aside for job training programs.

Some are advocating for the government to subsidize a free or reduced - cost meal program in higher education, similar to what's available in K - 12 schools.

JUNIOR GOLF LESSONS (AGE 17 AND UNDER) Greenhorn Creek is a strong advocate for youth golf, in addition to our Academy programs, Greenhorn Creek is the home course for Bret Harte High School and a host course for, youth, high school and College level tournaSchool and a host course for, youth, high school and College level tournaschool and College level tournaments.

, in which they advocate for the removal of youth football programs from public schools.

She was a hairdresser who owned her own salon, called Gifted Hanz, on the South Side of Chicago, and she worked part - time as a mentor for a group called Youth Advocate Programs, which had been hired by the Chicago schools department to provide intensive mentoring services to students who had been identified as being most at risk of committing or being a victim of gun violence.

Learn who the main players are, and what their role is, in building afterschool meals into afterschool programming: School Nutrition Directors, Anti-hunger Advocates, Community - based Afterschool Meal Sites, and State Agency

Nutrition advocates said the first lady's comments gave them more hope that Congress will bolster the school lunch program when it takes up renewing the Child Nutrition Act, which expires Sept. 30.

After finding out that her cafeteria was operating at a loss, despite heavy sales of soda and junk food, she advocated for a pilot program at one middle school:

Still, advocates for the poor remain alarmed that with the potential for stepped - up auditing, many children would be dropped from the school lunch program even if their families meet the eligibility requirements.

In particular, there are three aspects of the House bill that ought to especially worry parents, health advocates and those who are concerned about fighting childhood hunger: the bill takes a decidedly unscientific approach to setting school nutrition standards, it would most certainly re-open the school junk food floodgates, and it will drop millions of needy kids from a much - lauded program that currently offers them free school meals.

Other TVC programs offer training to parents on the various child serving systems in Tennessee, Being an Effective Advocate for Your Child, and Working with Schools during Key Academic Transitions.

Access resources to advocate and implement effective school breakfast programs.

For asthma care, School - based Asthma Management Program (SAMPRO ™) advocates four components to integrate schools, and specifically school nurses, within the asthma careSchool - based Asthma Management Program (SAMPRO ™) advocates four components to integrate schools, and specifically school nurses, within the asthma careschool nurses, within the asthma care team.

This past January, I and two other food advocates, Barbara Kowalcyk and Nancy Huehnergarth, launched a Change.org petition seeking to keep Chinese - processed chicken out of school lunch programs and to prevent the eventual importation of... [Continue reading]

In the piece, writer and advocate Stacy Malkan explains how California's West Contra Costa Unified School District recently finished up a «Conscious Kitchen» pilot program that brought fresh, local and organically grown breakfasts and lunches to 1,200 students and teachers at two of its schools.

And I'm keenly aware of the problem of childhood hunger, which is why I've been an advocate for five years working to support and improve the National School Lunch Program, which serves almost 32 million kids a day, 21 million of whom are economically disadvantaged.

If you can't find quality after - school activities near you, contact your school district to advocate for programs you'd like to see.

All of us involved in youth sports - from parents, to coaches, from athletic trainers to school athletic directors to the athletes themselves - have a responsibility to do what we can to make contact and collision sports safer, whether it by reducing the number of hits to the head a player receives over the course of a season (such as N.F.L. and the Ivy League are doing in limiting full - contact practices, and the Sports Legacy Institute recently proposed be considered at the youth and high school level in its Hit Count program), teaching football players how to tackle without using their head (as former pro football player Bobby Hosea has long advocated), changing the rules (as the governing body for high school hockey in Minnesota did in the aftermath of the Jack Jablonski injury or USA Hockey did in banning body checks at the Pee Wee level), or giving serious consideration to whether athletes below a certain age should be playing tackle football at all (as the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend).

Led by the Milk Processor Education Program and the National Dairy Council, the program aims to «keep chocolate milk on the menu in schools nationwide», in light of «lunch advocates [who] are calling [to remove chocolate milk from the lunch line, a decision that could] cause more harm than good when it comes to children's health.Program and the National Dairy Council, the program aims to «keep chocolate milk on the menu in schools nationwide», in light of «lunch advocates [who] are calling [to remove chocolate milk from the lunch line, a decision that could] cause more harm than good when it comes to children's health.program aims to «keep chocolate milk on the menu in schools nationwide», in light of «lunch advocates [who] are calling [to remove chocolate milk from the lunch line, a decision that could] cause more harm than good when it comes to children's health.»

Dan Marek, the foundation's school programs educator, says success stories range from participants cooking more often at home to becoming healthy school advocates.

When Undersecretary of Agriculture Ellen Haas took on the job of upgrading the nation's school lunch program, nutritionists, educators and consumer advocates had high hopes she could wrest the 48 - year - old system from the grip of bureaucracy and bring it in line with contemporary scientific thinking.

This past January, I and two other food advocates, Barbara Kowalcyk and Nancy Huehnergarth, launched a Change.org petition seeking to keep Chinese - processed chicken out of school lunch programs and to prevent the eventual importation of Chinese - raised and slaughtered chicken into this country, due to our concerns over China's very poor food safety record.

APMI provides educational programs in the local elementary and secondary schools, developed multilingual asthma educational materials used by providers and caregivers, provides comprehensive asthma home visits to improve self - management through assessment, education, and establishment of a plan towards environmental control of asthma triggers, and advocates for improved access to asthma related services.

This group is specifically advocating for HR 1324 and S. 934: «Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2009,» which amends the Child Nutrition Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish science - based nutrition standards for foods served in schools other than foods served under the school lunch or breakfast proSchool Lunch Protection Act of 2009,» which amends the Child Nutrition Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish science - based nutrition standards for foods served in schools other than foods served under the school lunch or breakfast proschool lunch or breakfast programs.

Together with more than 100,000 members, we care for 35,000 acres of conservation land, provide school, camp, and other educational programs for 225,000 children and adults annually, and advocate for sound environmental policies at local, state, and federal levels.

«FRAC and our national network of anti-hunger advocates will continue to push for greater implementation of effective strategies and smart investments at both the state and school district level that are proving effective in increasing access to the School Breakfast Program,» said school district level that are proving effective in increasing access to the School Breakfast Program,» said School Breakfast Program,» said Weill.

GOALS: (1) Educate parents on key issues that affect academic success; (2) Provide resources necessary for academic success; (3) Empower, equip and educate parents on becoming self advocates; (4) Encourage success in school programs through a collaborative process within the district, school and community.

On behalf of school meal program operators nationwide who are doing their best to make healthy changes in the cafeteria, SNA continues to advocate for increased funding and flexibility.

Backed by evidence - based policy and funding decisions, school nutrition professionals, advocates, students, and families have driven this progress, and in seven years, they have fundamentally remade school meal programs for America's kids.

To address challenges, SNA has advocated for greater financial support for school meal programs and practical flexibility under whole grain and sodium mandates.

While we appreciate your interest in our school meal program, we believe our direct work with nutrition experts, health advocates, the community, schools and students is the most effective strategy for our continued success and improvement.

The jolt in demand for government - subsidized meals comes as many school programs are struggling to balance their food service budgets because of higher costs and a decline in paying customers, school nutrition advocates said.

Chef Tim Cipriano, who heads the food services program for New Haven Public Schools and was named Advocate of the Year at the Share Our Strength conference, offered a more tempered outlook.

As co-chair of my school district's student nutrition committee for the past 8 years, I get exactly the same kind of feedback from parents and other advocates — some demand farm - to - school, some want only organic, some want to ban HFCS, etc. — and few understand the USDA regs which govern the meal program, or the limits of what can be accomplished on the inadequate government reimbursement.

A D.C. - area school food advocate asked parents to stop packing lunches to boost the district's school meal program, which makes total sense in principle.

Over that time we have developed strong principal and teacher advocates and they have helped us to extend the program to 24 of our 38 schools.

Although school meal programs have long provided nourishment to children whose families couldn't afford much food, the meals provided by schools and grant programs are — as health advocates point out — not the healthiest approach to eating.

Advocates can expand the Afterschool Meal Program and obtain federal reimbursement using proven outreach strategies, including promoting the program, building relationships with afterschool and out - of - school time provider networks, connecting sites to available community resources, and working closely with the state Program and obtain federal reimbursement using proven outreach strategies, including promoting the program, building relationships with afterschool and out - of - school time provider networks, connecting sites to available community resources, and working closely with the state program, building relationships with afterschool and out - of - school time provider networks, connecting sites to available community resources, and working closely with the state agency.

Ivy Ken, a DCPS parent and longtime advocate for more healthful food in schools, said she is «thrilled» that the lawsuit is bringing to light concerns people have had about the food program that were often dismissed by District officials.

At a 2012 SNA meeting, a Schwan executive and other industry advocates pushed for the group's leadership to be more aggressive in asking for changes in the school lunch program, according to a person who witnessed the exchange but requested anonymity because he was not authorized to talk about it.

At 11 a.m., Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, other lawmakers and violence prevention advocates introduce the «Jessica Tush Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program,» a pilot Common Core education program scheduled to begin this month at K. 558 Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design, 257 N. Sixth St., BrProgram,» a pilot Common Core education program scheduled to begin this month at K. 558 Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design, 257 N. Sixth St., Brprogram scheduled to begin this month at K. 558 Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design, 257 N. Sixth St., Brooklyn.

At 3:15 p.m., Sen. Jose Peralta, Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and advocates discuss legislation aimed at expanding the speed camera program in school zones in New York City, Million Dollar Staircase, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Since 2011, Keith has worked for City Council Speaker Peter Vallone, Sr. helping to advocate for after school funding, expanded Advanced Placement, prevent bullying of LGBT students in public schools, secure funding for employment and workforce programs, create new affordable housing, and preserve the quality of life on the Upper East Side, In 2006, Keith was the tenant organizer for the «Preserve Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village» campaign during the sale of the neighborhood to Tishman Speyer.

Since school food programs are largely supported by the federal government, the expanded program would bring in an additional $ 24 million in federal and state funds, bringing their total to about $ 60 million, advocates have said.

Our job is to reach every child here and now,» said Mayor Bill de Blasio in advocating for universal pre-k and after school program funding.

Education advocates, including Billy Easton of the Alliance for Quality Education, says the $ 807 million dollar school aid increase Cuomo is seeking is less than half of what's needed just to maintain the current level of teachers and programs.

Lorraine Branham, dean of the Newhouse School, said many people involved in the program have advocated for years that the program transition to Newhouse.

While the budget allocated $ 146 million to early childhood education and after - school programming, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio said city officials had missed a chance to restore cuts from previous years.

Directly after the Mayor unveiled his executive budget this past Thurs., May 3rd, which revealed major cuts for Out of School (OST) and after - school programs, the steps of City Hall were flooded with northern Manhattan after - school providers, staff, advocates and parents, and elected officials protesting what some have termed «draconian» and «unimaginable.&School (OST) and after - school programs, the steps of City Hall were flooded with northern Manhattan after - school providers, staff, advocates and parents, and elected officials protesting what some have termed «draconian» and «unimaginable.&school programs, the steps of City Hall were flooded with northern Manhattan after - school providers, staff, advocates and parents, and elected officials protesting what some have termed «draconian» and «unimaginable.&school providers, staff, advocates and parents, and elected officials protesting what some have termed «draconian» and «unimaginable.»