Sentences with phrase «demonstrating community support»

As time passed and the sun set, attendees joined together in a candlelight vigil to demonstrate community support as the names of the 17 victims killed were read aloud by Marjory Stone Douglas High School's senior class president.

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Under Mr. Fairbank's leadership, Capital One has demonstrated a strong commitment to philanthropy and volunteerism, supporting a number of area programs focused on community redevelopment and youth education, including DC Cares, the DC College Access Program and Junior Achievement.

By providing vital resources, mentorship and partnership opportunities to Impact8, Saint Elizabeth continues to demonstrate its support for innovation and sustainable solutions that impact people, their health, their communities and the health system as a whole.

The company received the award for demonstrating sustained support for the local communities through its network of over 600 brokerage offices and for philanthropic innovation on a national scale.

The Outstanding Corporate Citizen Award is presented annually to a franchise system that has demonstrated genuine and ongoing concern and support for a community or social service organization.

To win, nominees must demonstrate that they have fast - growth businesses, mentor or actively support other women and girls involved in entrepreneurship, and stand out as leaders in their communities.

The company received the award for demonstrating sustained support for the local communities.

And even if there are valid arguments in support of churches with a predominant ethnic group, still the wider Christian community often falters when it comes to demonstrating unity in Christ.

This wastewater treatment system in this video, constructed for a Rainforest Alliance CertifiedTM coffee cooperative by our agricultural trainer in Rwanda, demonstrates how responsible water practices support the health and well - being of surrounding communities.

However, with business management training, technical assistance and legal support from the Rainforest Alliance, the cooperative is now producing one million board - feet of timber per year and projects sales of US$ 130,000 for 2015 — the kind of success that demonstrates that healthy landscapes and thriving communities go hand - in - hand.

The success of the Rainforest Alliance's work in Cameroon demonstrates that sustainable community forestry can support healthy forest economies.

We'll be talking about how to engage & rally education staff, approach principals and administrators to drum up support for initiatives, demonstrate to administrators how your initiative is essential to achieving the overall district goals and mission, and engage communities to support and embrace your program.

Whether you work as a teacher, a principal, or a health professional, the Knowledge Guide supports members of the school community to understand what has become an internationally recognized approach to health that has been demonstrated to improve students» health and academic success.

Studies demonstrated the significant impact of peer support provided in either health facilities or in the community on both retention - in - care of mothers and also early testing for HIV status in young infants.

It demonstrates to the world what our children can accomplish and how far they can go with the support of their families and the hope, help and community of FRUA behind their efforts.

U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, D - N.Y., said they would support building a missile interceptor site at Fort Drum if the community wants the project and the Pentagon demonstrates a need.

Many elected officials were in attendance to show their support for Meng who described her respect and admiration for the volunteerism and community service demonstrated by the Italian - American people.

As a result of his demonstrated commitment to the working families and residents of the district, District Leader Hector Ramirez has earned the support of his community and peers to make the move to Albany to advocate for their rights.

«Main Street Ice Cream is a terrific example of why small, local businesses are critical to our communities, demonstrating the importance of supporting organizations and being an integral part of what makes our region great,» Legislator Dixon added.

«The support shown for this store has been outstanding, demonstrating the true power of a community organized behind a common cause.»

County Executive Molinaro said, «By helping our community better welcome, communicate with and support those living on the autism spectrum, we demonstrate how we «Think DIFFERENTLY» in Dutchess County.

«This unique collaboration of business, labor, conservation, and community leaders demonstrates the broad, diverse, bipartisan support for launching a new local industry that can create thousands of jobs while creating reliable, affordable, pollution - free electricity for New Yorkers.»

We're proud to support those leaders who have stood with us and have demonstrated a commitment to advancing our community's priorities.»

An original draft of the committee's resolution stated, that McCarthy had been asked to «temporarily withdraw the application and continue to collect petition signatures to demonstrate there is substantial support from the local community.»

One of those hopefuls is 29 - year - old Gareth Rhodes, who this week demonstrated that he has strong support in New York's LGBTQ community, having made many friends from his days in Cuomo's press shop beginning in the period that led up to the 2011 victory of marriage equality in the state.

In a statement, Madden said with the support of the state, Governor Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers, Troy has demonstrated its «commitment to investing in the invisible system of pipes beneath our feet for the long - term health and benefit of our residents and surrounding communities.»

MacKay added that by endorsing IDC minority senators, his party «demonstrated our support of, and commitment to these communities, and that our agenda was relevant to their needs.»

«From his leadership on issues like co-op and condo equity, and his work keeping our communities safe, Barry Grodenchik has consistently demonstrated why he deserves our support,» Mr. Flake added.

With County Executive Poloncarz's leadership and the strong support of Mayors Brown, Pilozzi, and Szymanski, our community demonstrated the kind of regional cooperation that will serve to make the land bank a success, and it's an effort that is being justly rewarded by New York State.»

And the new push seems designed, in part, to demonstrate support for de Blasio's plan from the city's black community.

Other surveys, such as this one by the Committee on Economic Development demonstrate support for reform is also strong in the business community; 72 percent are in favor of creating a public financing system that would match low - dollar contributions and give average citizens more incentives to contribute to campaigns.

The event took place in a small suite at the Roosevelt Hotel, just down the hall from the annual Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty breakfast — a must - attend event for local politicians to demonstrate their support for the Jewish community — and it took place just an hour before the annual Israel Day Parade... Neither Schumer nor Silver nor Nadler so much as mentioned Israel, though there were a couple of Orthodox supporters conspicuously positioned behind the speakers... Silver, who is now a constituent of hers, called Velazquez his «newly acquired» congresswoman, and mostly talked about her work for federal housing money and on behalf of small businesses.

«The task for the year ahead,» Kraut says, «is to continue to demonstrate to those on the Hill what all of us in the community already know, that the nation's most pressing problems — the violence of terrorism, economic well - being, learning and literacy, international negotiations, ethnic and minority group discrimination — all have at their core a social and behavioral base that simply can not be addressed without the knowledge from the social and behavioral research that NSF supports.»

IOP Publishing continues to support the MathJax project as a MathJax Supporter, demonstrating its commitment to partnering with the scientific community.

Its main objectives are: to train SESAME staff in the storage ring and beamline instrumentation technology, research techniques and administration, to build - up human capacity in Middle East researchers to optimally exploit SESAME's infrastructure, and to train SESAME staff and user community in public outreach and corporate communications, as well as to support SESAME and its stakeholders in building awareness and demonstrating its socio - economic impact to assure longer term exploitation.

«This programme further demonstrates the University's commitment to social responsibility and initial teacher education, through providing highly capable teachers to support schools serving low - income communities.»

Playwright, screenwriter, actor and author, Alan Bennett will present the award to the winning Gloucestershire library that has demonstrated the power of reading, leading to more borrowing, reading and discussion of books, and encouraged community support.

Joe brought community and political leaders out to demonstrate Rochester's strong base of support, and Elissa highlighted for the principal the cultural and social perks that make Rochester an attractive place for young professionals.

Veteran teachers understand students and know that the secret to building student rapport is to create engaging and motivating lessons that demonstrate a community of support.

Waiting lists to enter the choice programs continue to grow, demonstrating strong support from these ethnic communities.

For me, this demonstrates the breadth of his commitment not only to the details of what it takes to support educators and students in schools to do their best work, but also to use his leadership position in the community to advance the welfare of students and their families.

Alexandria, Va. (March 28, 2017)-- The National School Boards Association (NSBA) today announced the second phase of Stand Up 4 Public Schools, a national public education campaign that reveals the true teaching and learning in public schools and it provides a means for people to demonstrate support for their community - based schools.

Their passion and dedication to improving student outcomes are demonstrated through a personalized learning experience that encourages students to think differently about math, actively engages families and communities, and supports teacher professional learning.

During the last week, dozens of foundations and community groups in two coalitions have demonstrated their support for school administration proposals that are subject to collective bargaining.

The Inclusive Practice Partnership Project is designed as a professional development model to support inclusive education that recognizes and promotes the sharing of resources and expertise of schools and teams who have demonstrated successful inclusive practices within the school and community.

The Holy Apostles Church community demonstrated strong support for the vision of the school by raising over $ 11 million to fund the construction of a state - of the - art school building.

Multiple studies have demonstrated that organizations that prioritize a performance - management system that supports employees» professional growth outperform organizations that do not.25 Similar to all professionals, teachers need feedback and opportunities to develop and refine their practices.26 As their expertise increases, excellent teachers want to take on additional responsibilities and assume leadership roles within their schools.27 Unfortunately, few educators currently receive these kinds of opportunities for professional learning and growth.28 For example, well - developed, sustained professional learning communities, or PLCs, can serve as powerful levers to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.29 When implemented poorly, however, PLCs result in little to no positive change in school performance.30

Your school might not have been approved without demonstrating strong buy - in and support from the local community.

B. Demonstrates knowledge of specific school, family, and community resources that can support student learning.

The event, held at the Rubin Museum in Manhattan, honored five people who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to enacting positive change in education: Tanell Pendleton, an English teacher who has worked at Bronx Haven High School for eight years, and Michael Wolach, founding teacher and instructional coach at Jill Chaifetz Transfer School, both of whom have worked with Eskolta on multi-year projects on topics ranging from developing students» academic mindsets to implementing outcomes - based grading; Cristal Cruz, a graduate of Brooklyn Frontiers High School, who, after facing significant challenges during school, graduated as salutatorian, enrolled in college, and is now working at Good Shepherd Service to support students in the same way she was supported; and Jeff and Tricia Raikes, co-founders of the Raikes Foundation and part of the founding team of Microsoft, who have become champions of school improvement by establishing national initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency Improvement Community.