Sentences with phrase «as full school day»

We're cutting administrative waste and inefficiencies in order to protect investments in programs that boost student learning such as full school day, early childhood development and maintaining class size, while at the same time expanding high quality school options across the district to give parents more choices.

Not exact matches

In regard to primary and secondary education, initiatives include imposing caps on class sizes; ensuring schools have the necessary support staff; funding full - day kindergarten and half - day junior kindergarten for vulnerable children; eliminating fees and fundraising for learning essentials, such as computers; phasing out private schools and bringing charter schools under the jurisdiction of school boards; and providing breakfast and lunch programs.

In the U.S., we removed full - calorie sodas during the school day and replaced them with a range of low - and no - calorie, smaller - portion choices as part of our industry's voluntary School Beverage Guideschool day and replaced them with a range of low - and no - calorie, smaller - portion choices as part of our industry's voluntary School Beverage GuideSchool Beverage Guidelines.

As part of its Kids Free on Winter Weekends promotion, the Village will be offering free admission to all children who are accompanied by an adult paying full - priced, regular admission on the weekends during school vacation week, including the Presidents» Day holiday.

Position is Monday - Friday, 11am - 7 p.m. Must have a flexible schedule and be willing to stay late as needed, work overnights / weekends if the parents are traveling and be available for full days if children are home from school.

Some moms are feeling sad as their little one begins a new school, starts JK or even full day Grade One.

If you choose the conversion rails (sold separately) now, you'll be prepared when the day comes that she's outgrown the day bed as you convert it once again into a full size bed she'll still be using when she graduates from high school.

While some moms dread the lunch box routine as we get close to Back to School time, some families in Canada have trouble having enough food to fill that lunch box — and we want every child to have a full tummy all day long.

Maybe (as is the case in my own home) I really love giving my kid treats (see above re: cupcake love) but when my kid comes home full of your treats (and in our school it's not uncommon, especially in late spring, for TWO families to send treats on a single day to celebrate upcoming summer birthdays), then I'm either preempted by you or we have to exceed what I consider a reasonable amount of sugar.

I say «Our» because really it's both Little Man's first day of kindergarten and my first day as a mom sending her kid to a full day of school.

The piano, even the tin whistle, is not such a strange purchase as I had a full music curriculum in my school days.

As reported earlier this week by the News, the final budget deal will include $ 300 million in funding for de Blasio's push to implement universal full - day prekindergarten and additional money for after - school programs.

«Pre-K for All will offer free, full - day, high - quality pre-K to every four - year - old in New York City who wants a seat and families should register as soon as possible,» said Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña.

«Some of the other key pieces of legislation in this budget is continuing the monitor in the East Ramapo School District as well as a fund, a dedicated fund, of $ 3 million to keep full - day kindergarten, programs like music and art, as well as an increase in foundation aid of about $ 1 million for East Ramapo as well.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Newly - minted New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott faced his first full day at the helm of city schools Friday, starting with walking walking his grandson, Justin, to P.S. 36, the same school Walcott went to as aSchools Chancellor Dennis Walcott faced his first full day at the helm of city schools Friday, starting with walking walking his grandson, Justin, to P.S. 36, the same school Walcott went to as aschools Friday, starting with walking walking his grandson, Justin, to P.S. 36, the same school Walcott went to as a child.

The major policy announcement on free school meals was the obvious move in this direction — as well as being a sop to middle class voters who lost out after cuts to child benefit — but Nick Clegg's speech is full of references to policies which help in day - to - day life: the pupil premium, flexible parental leave, free childcare, a cap on social care costs.

During the press conference, de Blasio noted that the State Senate allocated $ 540 million in its budget for his five - year proposal to pay for full - day pre-K for all 4 - year - olds as well as expanded after - school programs.

The contentiousness of the debate was on full display over the last two weeks, as a pro-charter school group filed its second lawsuit alleging a «crisis» of violence in the city's schools — after which leaders of the city's education and police departments spent consecutive days reassuring reporters that city schools are safer than ever.

In his State of the State speech on Jan. 9, Gov. Cuomo announced an ambitious education agenda for 2013 that includes full - day pre-kindergarten in the poorest areas, community schools such as those being piloted by the UFT this year, and a «bar - like exam» to qualify future teachers that was first proposed by the AFT.

In addition, the Budget puts forward the state's largest investment in education to date, including an increase of more than 5 % in school aid; statewide, universal full - day Pre-k; a bond act to modernize classrooms; as well as signature reforms to fix Common Core implementation and protect students from unfair high stakes test results; and strengthen and support Charter Schools.

As a person with kidney disease having to take dialysis three days a week, she cleaned people's houses in the «nice neighborhoods» part - time while taking care of my siblings and I full - time, making sure we always had a full breakfast, a packed lunch for school, a snack waiting for us when we returned home and dinner before off to bed.

I am most excited for winning this for my son as he will begin his full day school and He loves the 16535 - 410 Meridan Jr

And then, the students get a chance to take practice runs — first in front of an iPad connected to a pulldown screen in Larsen Hall, and then the next day, the «Big Show,» as Weber calls it, when they meet in the school's media lab, complete with full lighting, a green screen, and professional video camera.

«Even though our school is undergoing an accreditation study this year, is adopting a new math program, and has a significant amount of state mandated instructional in - service as a result of a court decision, our primary goal is to provide the best possible day — full of creative, profitable learning experiences — for each student!»

Since he founded the Harlem Children's Zone as a one - block experiment in 1997, he has expanded it to include parenting classes (Baby College and Three - Year - Old Journey), a full - day preschool (Harlem Gems), two elementary schools (Promise Academy I and II), and a middle school (Promise Academy).

At the very end of the day, we met as a community for the grand finale — a ball cage full of water bottles that had been discarded around the middle school.

inBloom, a non-profit that offered a data warehouse solution designed to help public schools embrace the promise of personalized learning by helping teachers integrate seamlessly the number of applications they use in their day - to - day teaching, collapsed and has ceased to exist, as privacy concerns from interested parties mounted over a period of many months (full disclosure: I served on the inBloom board of directors).

As someone that taught for 33 1/2 years, the very first FULL day of vacation was always the beginning of possibilities of things to do that I didn't get to do during the school year.

As a result of planning, some school systems have instituted extended - day (more than half - day, less than full) programs instead of the full day.

Under the bill, now before the full House, students in selected junior high and high schools across the state would be able to design a more flexible schedule, pursue internships, and enroll in college courses, but still attend school 180 days a year as required by state law.

In addition, there is no consistent definition of how much of a school day a student must miss before being considered absent for the full day, or how tardy a student may be before being counted as absent for a class period.

In May 2011, the National Charter School Resource Center and the U.S. Department of Education hosted a full - day conference to explore emerging city - based movements that embrace high - quality charter schools as an integral component of their reform strategies.

May 2011, the National Charter School Resource Center and the U.S. Department of Education hosted a full - day conference to explore emerging city - based movements that embrace high - quality charter schools as an integral component of their reform strategies.

In a program being hailed as a model collaborative venture between the education and child - care sectors, the Milwaukee public schools have contracted with five private day - care centers to provide half - and full - day kindergarten for disadvantaged 4 - and 5 - year - olds.

Outcomes for the full sample of 3,000 children were only available with respect to data routinely collected by schools and part of state administrative records, such as days of school attendance and special education status.

Some students work in the classroom computer lab for a full 8 - hour school day, while others participate in a hybrid program that includes traditional classroom learning as well as lab time.

Each full day event includes presentations from experts on topics such as marketing your school, fundraising, and media relations.

The «new and improved» summer school program CPS proposes sounds a lot like hours and hours of computer test prep: «weekly acceleration / intervention sessions as part of the full school day; access to instructional tool that provides focused lessons based on individual needs,» which CPS calls «personalization» (slide 14 of CPS PowerPoint Presentation)

On top of being counted as absent for the full day, many students skip classes even when they are officially in school.

Classified workers such as bus drivers who are paid an hourly wage will miss a full day's pay if schools are closed.

This was a slow change as school districts debated the merits and expense of full - day kindergarten.

The Oklahoma City school will remain known as Lee Elementary, but its full name has been changed to Adelaide Lee Elementary School to honor an Oklahoma philanthropist who, the district says, empowered women and children through access to education and day care serschool will remain known as Lee Elementary, but its full name has been changed to Adelaide Lee Elementary School to honor an Oklahoma philanthropist who, the district says, empowered women and children through access to education and day care serSchool to honor an Oklahoma philanthropist who, the district says, empowered women and children through access to education and day care services.

Starting school later than normal to enable collaboration is a concept school systems in Indiana have implemented within the last couple of years as a result of the Indiana Department of Education mandating all students attend school a full 180 days per year.

As a consequence, even if full - time workers devoted all of their paid vacation time and holidays to cover school closings, they would still need to find an alternative way to care for their children on at least 13 days throughout the school year.

attending a full - day class, as opposed to a school where pupils attend in two separate shifts, increased maths achievement for boys and girls

Dual - language programs most commonly exist as subsets of traditional high schools, where select students take classes in a language other than English, though generally not for a full half of each day.

Stormont School is offering the services of our Art & Design Coordinator free of charge as a Subject Adviser and teacher for a half day or a full day every Friday during term time from September 2017.

He was so happy, as mayor, to close schools for real estate development in Stamford and destroy a perfectly good pre-K program so he could fill the vacant Hillandale BOE property that became, basically, full day baby - sitting.

Full - day kindergarten and half - day preschool; n School support staff, such as a full - time counselor, part - time health assistant, certified music teacher, and PE teacFull - day kindergarten and half - day preschool; n School support staff, such as a full - time counselor, part - time health assistant, certified music teacher, and PE teacfull - time counselor, part - time health assistant, certified music teacher, and PE teacher;

Additional measures that have a critical impact on student achievement are reported only (not included in schools» ratings) such as access to quality state - funded preschool; half - day vs. full - day kindergarten; the percentage of first - year teachers; teacher turnover; teachers with certifications in their specialized area; career counselors / coaches; out - of - school suspensions; and whole child supports such as access to a school - based counselor or mental health services provider; nurse or health services provider; librarian / media specialist; and a family resource / youth service center.