Sentences with phrase «by supporting local schools»

We also believe in giving back to our community and do so by supporting local schools, public organizations, and animal rescue groups.

And we have been working to accomplish this by supporting local school board candidates who we believe will make a difference not just for charter school students, but for all students.

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Be Great Fest plans on offering support to Pencils of Promise, a local nonprofit that builds schools and education programs abroad, by donating $ 25,000 of the proceeds to the organization.

By staying abreast of issues impacting access to high - quality education like accessible and timely school reports for parents, we can discover specific ways our churches can help to support their local schools.

In California The Fairmont San Francisco and The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn are supporting local agricultural studies by purchasing two student - raised hogs from the Sonoma Valley High School Agriculture Department so that they can make their own sausages, bacon and dried meats, as well as support local schools and help strengthen the regional farming community.

Other: A White Paper on Health, Nutrition, and Physical Education produced by the Department of Education entitled, Healthy Children Ready to Learn (2005), highlights the need for local wellness policies and outlines steps the Department is taking to accelerate their adoption and implementation, including collaborative efforts, promoting a coordinated school health approach, and supporting state legislation supporting wellness policies.

MPS received support through local restaurants and businesses, the public health department, internal funding, as well as by working closely with United Fresh Foundation, a partner of Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools.

«Based on research and experience, more and more local districts are rejecting the use of ineffective strategies like corporal punishment as an acceptable form of school discipline in favor of effective techniques, like the Positive Behavioral Support system favored by most educators,» said Vitaglione.

They are all available free to schools as part of the Local School Nature Grants Programme, supported by...

The expanded use of school kitchens can benefit school districts and their communities by improving access to, knowledge of, and the ability to prepare healthy foods; helping to process and store fresh produce from community gardens; and even supporting local entrepreneurship.

The group also asks its members to support the inclusion into the House bill of The Healthy School Meals Act (which would require more plant - based meal options in accordance with recommendations made by the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association) and to provide comments to the House supporting changes to the Farm Bill (in 2012) to increase federal support for local, organic diversified agriculture.

The support for school breakfast programs in Montana is growing by leaps and bounds — from local teachers and principals all the way to the state Office of Public Instruction.

Local, democratically accountable school commissioners should be introduced to help support schools to continue to raise standards, a new report published today by the IPPR think - tank recommends.

The report argues that there is now insufficient local oversight of school performance and the creation of locally accountable school commissioners, appointed by partnerships of local authorities across city or county regions, would act to address this vacuum and support better local coordination of education.

@JamesK Donations would sometimes be made directly to a public school or more often to a 501 (c)(3) foundation that supports a public school often managed by a local Parent - Teacher Association.

Others were unaware that Erie County also supports local school districts by making them whole for unpaid property taxes at county expense, another financial support that will continue.

Senate Democrats, while hobbled by a mere one - vote majority, could barely contain their glee at Cuomo's strong support for some of their most favored positions: more charter schools, a tough cap on state spending and local property taxes, and opposition to a massive new borrowing scheme — all counter to Silver's positions.

The Secondary school sports must be reinvigorated and sports clubs should spring up in local communities supported by the private sector as part of their corporate social responsibility.

«I urge local authorities to join with schools, parents and the public, who are outraged by the cuts to the school building programme, and support the NASUWT's lobby of Parliament on Monday 19 July.»

Conference maintains its full support for the National Executive's industrial action strategy to secure a resolution of the trade disputes across the UK by: (i) maintaining and enhancing, as appropriate, the action short of strike action instructions and (ii) escalating to strike action at school, local, regional and national level as appropriate.

These projects, some of which are part of wider regeneration projects such as our work in schools and with young offenders and local residents in Thurrock, or initiatives of the London 2012 Open Weekend project supported by BP, help to bring communities together, up and down the country, inspiring individuals to participate and explore their creativity in new ways.

«The NASUWT predicted that the funding changes, driven by a desire by the Department for Education to mask the level and impact of cuts to school and local authority budgets, would result in those who needed the support to address their needs losing it.

«What would be a cause for concern is if this Bill was used by local authorities as a green light to intervene when they may not understand the challenges faced by a particular school, or may not have the capacity to offer the support needed.

With local businesses, including the Rochester Red Wings, ESL Federal Credit Union, and many others, REF helped coordinate a quality summer internship program for city students until the school support component was eliminated by the city school district.

By extension, that's going to put a lot of pressure on state programs that support our local cities and our school districts and municipalities.»

In the NUT we believe this is best done in schools which are well supported by local authorities.

Maxwell said he will look to achieve that goal by focusing efforts on Say Yes to Education — a local, community - wide partnership that supports Syracuse students in school and through college — and career and technical programs.

Cuomo only asking the people to support the cap without any mention of mandate relief is the hamburger bun without the burger and simply fuels the opposition's (they say mandate relief before tax cap) claim that tax cap alone is a big - government scheme to take power away from and defund local towns and school districts and increase the power of the larger state government which created the property tax problem in the first place by passing the mandates which are the biggest property tax drivers and now refuses to change those mandates.

With the school year beginning, the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System reminds you that one of the simplest ways to support a child's academic success is by using your local library.

is AFFIRMING that a more democratic, equitable and collaborative system is possible where local schools supported by the entire community provide excellent education and the wrap around services needed to meet each child's right to reach his / her full human potential and their community's right for social and economic development,

The Campaign launched in June 2013, and is also already being supported by the Accord Coalition, the British Humanist Association, Professor Ted Cantle and the iCoCo Foundation, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, the Campaign for State Education, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, the Christian think tank Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Liberal Youth, the Local Schools Network, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches and a number of local campaign grLocal Schools Network, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches and a number of local campaign grlocal campaign groups.

Members of the New York State Assembly and Senate, joined by parents and members of the city's Community Education Councils, on Feb. 28 announced their support for proposed legislation that would give the local councils veto power over proposed school co-locations in their districts.

Local scientists and engineers should get involved with the science teachers in the local school, find out what they are doing, and encourage and support them and their students through their projects by offering advice, resources and opportunity for scientific activity in their place of Local scientists and engineers should get involved with the science teachers in the local school, find out what they are doing, and encourage and support them and their students through their projects by offering advice, resources and opportunity for scientific activity in their place of local school, find out what they are doing, and encourage and support them and their students through their projects by offering advice, resources and opportunity for scientific activity in their place of work.

-- CPS should support a Local School Council in every school with training by experienced community organizaSchool Council in every school with training by experienced community organizaschool with training by experienced community organizations.

With support from the school and the local community and government, Wood arranged a shipment of used computers, donated by the Toronto Stock Exchange, and helped build a computer laboratory.

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Good, sustainable farming supports regional communities by working with groups like Fair for Life fair trade funds and partnering with the farmers and members of a community to jointly develop programs that address needs in local communities such as medical support, improving critical local infrastructure, supporting local schools, establishing sources of potable water, nutrition education, to name a few.

The students had just found out that they — like middle and high school students across the country, boosted by fundraising campaigns and the wise support of their principals, teachers, parents, and local community leaders — were taking a school trip to see Black Panther for free.

Most local organizations or non-profits are keen to partner with schools if they realize that such a collaboration allows them the opportunity to deepen their impact by engaging young and motivated students to help support their mission.

They are supported by Enterprise Coordinators who work with clusters of 20 schools to give them access to the best local employers and programmes, such as inspirational speakers and CV workshops.

There was also praise for the support provided by local authorities and Attainment Advisors in schools.

A proposed change in the Minnesota school - aid formula would raise the level of state support for local districts by about 15 percent, but at the same time would reduce state - subsidized property - tax credits, thereby leaving the amount of money schools receive essentially unchanged.

Furthermore, teachers and support staff visiting stand D134 can sign - up for a free school seminar covering key features, benefits and options of the Teachers» Pension Scheme (TPS) and Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), which will be presented by one of Wesleyan's knowledgeable financial consultants.

On average, those who support increasing spending on their local schools underestimated per - pupil spending by nearly $ 6,000 (see Figure 2).

In fact, buttressed by the support of the business community and many local and regional newspapers (who are even more distant from the realities of schooling than state policymakers), SED officials have tended to characterize those who question their initiatives as «whiners and complainers.»

«Schools» ability to manage particularly difficult cases has been adversely affected by cuts to local authority budgets, in particular Behaviour Support Services, and the fragmentation of the school system into academy and free sSchools» ability to manage particularly difficult cases has been adversely affected by cuts to local authority budgets, in particular Behaviour Support Services, and the fragmentation of the school system into academy and free schoolsschools.

We can not say for sure with our data, but it may be that parents are more likely to support charter schools in heavily unionized states, perhaps in a desire for more local control and less bureaucracy, or a desire for curricular and personnel policies that are less influenced by the union.

Schools can support Traidcraft by learning about our producers and (most importantly) buying and using Traidcraft's products in school, not only as a demonstration of a respect for handmade, but as a demonstration to your local community of your commitment to trade justice.

Based on the literature reviews, observations in the schools and meetings with the departments at the Ministry of Education, the team presented several key policy considerations to the Ministry: (1) utilize a website, the National Play Day, and the Jamaican Teaching Council as platforms from which educators can develop and share best game - based learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for teachers to develop and share game - based learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school level.

Saying they support «diversity by choice,» members of a task force led by three local mayors are urging the Wake County, N.C., school district to abandon a student - assignment plan that aims for economic integration and adopt a neighborhood - schools approach instead.