Sentences with phrase «building our school libraries»

They raised $ 3,500 in a single week — enough to build a school library in Nepal.

We bought lots of books and built a school library, and our teachers dove in to adapting age - appropriate books.

We are building our school libraries and looking for new and gently used books.

Not exact matches

In sprawling suburbia, these large swaths of land could house densely - packed residential developments, shops, community centers, libraries, schools, and all sorts of other buildings that could help rebuild a long - lost sense of community.

Post information about our window and building exterior cleaning company and the services we offer on bulletin boards in places like schools, libraries, and local coffee shops et al

Another student was a bit less diplomatic, declaring that my musical tastes are a «disgrace to teenagers» after I mentioned that I began building my classical library during my high school years.

The waqfs were created for a great variety of services, such as the building and upkeep of water conduits, fountains, wells, roads, sidewalks, bridges, kitchens for the distribution of free meals, guest houses, homes for widows, schools, libraries, mosques, tekkes, cemeteries, open — air places for prayer, caravansaries to lodge full caravans of men and animals, clock - rooms for telling time, bakeries for distributing bread and cakes to the poor, dispensaries, hospitals, public baths, shaded land on the roadside.

They will send 20 people to Guatamala or Brazil to build a library for the school or run a church camp for local kids.

Unless it had happened, it is hard to see what other institution would have inspired and actually accomplished the building of the libraries, universities, and schools that sponsored the study of the great treasures of Greece and Rome and the new discoveries of later centuries.

Hackley School 293 Benedict Ave Tarrytown, NY 10591 www.hackleyschool.org A member of both the Ivy Preparatory League and the international schools consortium Round Square, Hackley has a 285 - acre woodland campus in Tarrytown with extensive facilities to support our K - 12 educational program, including a science building, geothermal library, competition cross-country trail system, eight athletics fields, and a new 110,000 - sq ft Center for Health and Wellness.

I was particularly interested to see the secondary school's reading building, which houses a small, one - room library.

Under the proposal, ownership of the library's present building in Wilder Park would be transferred to the school district for an adult education center and for administrative offices.

I would donate it our school library so that the students in our building could all benefit from the book.

Announcements included the awarding of state grants that will support 18,000 miles of broadband infrastructure, serving 18 upstate libraries and 96 government buildings, health care facilities, colleges and public schools.

He mentioned the upgrading of Zuarungu market, construction of modern community library, construction of CHPs compound, improvement in water supply, building of school blocks in Gambibgo, Nyokoko, Dubila and Kumbosco as some phenomenal development he has pursued and said they were all meant to improve the living standards of the constituents.

At 10:30 a.m., Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy and state Sen. David Carlucci join advocates from New York's small business, school and library communities to push their legislation to enforce net neutrality in New York, Legislative Office Building, LCA Pressroom, Room 130, Albany.

To date REF has proudly donated more than 34,000 new books to help build the home libraries of city students, and to city school libraries.

The duo has also said that this measure is merely a first step, recognizing that it leaves a lot of ground untouched — like, for example, the question of private schools and other buildings where children (who are particularly vulnerable when it comes to lead exposure) are likely to be present, like libraries and daycare centers.

A pool of candidates should constantly be built up from local organizations: zoning boards, school boards, library boards, etc..

«Whether we're fixing the roof at a branch library, renovating a playground, or building out a new computer lab at a local school, these capital awards are going to strengthen our borough and our city, and improve people's lives.»

Corcoran High School - $ 35.6 million - Replacement of HVAC systems and related work - Includes library expansion / relocation, cafeteria improvements, bathroom renovations, security improvements, minor interior renovations - Students remain in building during construction

Henninger High School - $ 37.4 million - Partial renovations include expanded cafeteria, enlarged library, new windows, reconfigured main entrance, gymnasium renovations, spaces for career technical education programs, support spaces, partial mechanical system replacement, bathroom renovations and security improvements - Phased construction with students remaining in building

Melissa Grace, a spokesperson for the mayor, said that the administration is «focused on developing affordable housing, building and modernizing our parks, libraries and schools — and doing so in a manner that ensures community engagement.»

Upper West Side City Councilwoman Gale Brewer, who emphasized the need to combat overcrowding in public schools, also said building libraries and parks needs to be a priority.

It is in the middle of nowhere, there are more banned books in town than actual books to check out at the library, the high school history teacher teaches The War of Northern Aggression, and there are more churches than any other buildings.

I left this building exactly 60 years ago when I graduated from the USC film school and they had the ceremony out in front of the library, and I haven't been back since — not to this building.

Not long afterward, Wood left Microsoft to found Books for Nepal, which rapidly developed into Room to Read, an international literacy nonprofit organization that builds bilingual libraries, schools, and computer labs in developing countries.

It is also important to communicate with the media specialist, librarian or computer lab teacher in your building if you are using resources located in the school library or intend to use the computer lab.

One of the students» tasks would be to think of ways our school building was analogous to their assigned body function — for example, the nervous system group might see the elevator in our eight - story building as the spinal cord, the main office and library as the brain, and so on.

Facilities include a kitchen fitted out with the school's own equipment, a music room, library, pre-school nursery, 11 classrooms, and an administrative building for the staff room, head teacher's office, general offices, sick bay, toilets and school reception.

A new research center at Rutgers University intends to build on evidence that well - equipped school library media centers can boost student achievement.

«The Ed School's mission and priorities provide opportunities for librarians to research the role and impact of libraries in learning and also for librarians to collaborate across schools to help students and faculty build student research skills,» said Fliss.

Given the new demands levied by the Common Core standards, teammates and ’14 master's degree graduates Taylor Percival, Michelle Skinner, and Jessica Yarmosky are busy with CommonLit, a free online library for middle school teachers to help them easily find news articles, poetry, and other short texts aligned with the Common Core curriculum that help build reading skills across a wide array of abilities.

Different volunteers, organizations, schools and individuals have contributed significantly for the development of this school including the school building and the library.

Perhaps this is because there is no way that a government school would have a $ 8 - 10mill budget to build a library.

«We used funds from Green Cross Japan to build a small library for a Sri Lankan school and created the basis for an operational Green Lane Diary program for 5th grade school children,» said Mr. Kawamoto.

The library, which is situated in the physical centre of the building, is considered the heart of the school by staff and students.

These software come with built in modules to manage timetables, attendance, examinations, grade sheets, campus news, hostel, library, transportation, school calendar, events and a lot more.

Donations might build the school's library collection or support a local charity.

«It would be great to help with a particular project, say a school building a new library, for example,» she says.

Everything is built around a central, three storey market place and includes an Internet Café with 30 Macs for use before and after school; a dedicated PC lab with 60 computers; a Science Mega-lab; The Cube Theatre with state of the art a / v equipment, Mac suites for art, TV and music departments; multimedia suites for photo editing; and Kindles and laptops available from the library.

Today Room to Read operates in Africa, the Middle East, and South and Southeast Asia, focusing on resourcing communities in five areas: creating and stocking libraries, publishing children's books in local languages, constructing schools, establishing long - term girls» scholarships, and building computer and language labs.

I snagged my souvenir by supporting their successful Kickstarter campaign to build their own school library, outfitted with interlocking X-Space shelves and tables.

In 2013, when Studio H middle - school students told her that REALM needed a library, she and her colleagues had them design and build it themselves, starting with unique X-shaped shelving units that formed the basis of a successful Kickstarter campaign — which raised enough money for building materials, books, periodicals, and digital subscriptions.

These include buying school materials (clothes, supplies, and even homework) on eBay and the Internet; exchanging music on P2P sites; building games with modding (modifying) tools; setting up meetings and dates online; posting personal information and creations for others to check out; meeting people through cell phones; building libraries of music and movies; working together in self - formed teams in multiplayer online role - playing games; creating and using online reputation systems; peer rating of comments; online gaming; screen saver analysis; photoblogging; programming; exploring; and even transgressing and testing social norms.

Gutman Library was the first library building built by the School since its founding in 1920.

The new school's masterplan consists of a central administration and specialist building that houses reception, office, art, library and staff facilitiies, which is then flanked by two double storey buildings, containing four «learning communities».

The dining hall and library sit in the heart of the building, with high ceilings which offer room for expansion, should the school need it in the future.

Good school buildings today have modern architecture, with open areas where students can gather together, work in smaller studying places around the building such as the library.

The school has an array of age - appropriate robotics kits and Raspberry Pi bare - bones computers built for programming, which kids can check out from the library and take home.