Sentences with phrase «families in our neighborhoods»

Parents can scroll through local sitters» profiles to learn more about them, see their hourly rates, and read reviews from families in their neighborhood.

There are families in my neighborhood who have relocated here with their kids, and one thing they tell me is that they want their kids to grow up knowing that not everything is okay in this world — that racism exists, that injustice exists, that just because someone smells doesn't mean we have to be afraid of them, and so on.

We often bemoan the fact that we don't know the families in our neighborhoods better, but Halloween is one night of the year where most of the neighborhood families will be knocking on your door.

-- Weekly gathering with other families in our neighborhood for a time of reading the Scriptures and worshipping together.

While my husband was getting his Ph. D at Princeton, we became close friends with an immigrant family in our neighborhood.

I shared them with a gf family in my neighborhood.

We've known for a while that kids born into poor families in neighborhoods like Harlem have big obstacles to overcome in order to succeed.

She said families in her neighborhood had been disrupted by previous boundary changes made when Andrew was built, and said other parents should now accept the changes for the overall good of the district.

«The importance of the small parks and playlots can't be overestimated, especially for keeping families in the neighborhood,» said Chuck Eastwood, chief of staff for Ald.

'' [The project] represents a chance to evaluate the direction of development in Williamsburg and ensure that we are creating opportunities for everyone to afford to raise healthy children and families in this neighborhood,» Adams said.

Our Community Schools partner network is working to expand the school day in our community schools and to integrate social - emotional, medical, dental, and nutritional services for students and families in our neighborhoods.

Principals of local schools, parents and community board members emphasized the dire need for more schools Downtown, as the number of young families in the neighborhood continues to grow — thanks, in large part, to the reputation of the good public schools, they said.

Principals of local schools, parents and community board members emphasized the need for more schools Downtown as the number of young families in the neighborhood continues to grow — thanks, in large part, to the reputation of the good public schools, they said.

«In Western New York, without an active duty base, a guard or a reserve family... a lot of times a child may be the only one in a school district that has a parent who is serving, and they're the only family in the neighborhood who understands what words like deployment mean, ot TDY (temporary duty assignment), those sorts of things,» Lauer said.

Community activists say the city's plan to rezone a swath of the neighborhood between East 104th and 132nd streets from Park to Second avenues, and between East 126th and 132nd streets between Madison and Fifth avenues to allow high - density development will hasten gentrification and displace working - class families in the neighborhood.

Mandy Milkovich, Mickey's sister, is from the only family in the neighborhood worse off than the Gallaghers.

A sprucely uniformed postman delivers mail to the Meyers, the first black family in the neighborhood.

[content block] «There is no way to know ahead of time what to expect, so the large turnout of families in the neighborhood was a wonderful surprise,» Long told Education World.

It also says the vouchers are designed to give low - income families in neighborhoods where schools need improvement the chance to send their children to «higher - performing schools.»

Mortgage banker Sam Castorena and about 10 families in his neighborhood in Diamond Bar carpool to send their kids to Walnut Valley schools instead of schools in Pomona Unified.

As the kids and families in my neighborhood begin the process of recovering from the trauma of recent events, Patty and teachers like her in Back of the Yards will be key resources to help them develop resilience.

As a Westside community member, Ms. Fick is dedicated to the betterment of her community by volunteering with local organizations and supporting initiatives to increase the quality of education for students and families in her neighborhood.

This policy memo fails to address the nuances of integration and segregation when black middle and upper - class families are also part of the gentrifying families in these neighborhoods.

A family in the neighborhood claimed him as their own and they relinquished Brucie back to them.

Millions of dollars have been spent by families in neighborhood pet stores buying fish, turtles, guinea pigs, hamsters, lizards and birds, along with the aquariums, habitats, cages and all the ancillary products needed to care for these new members of the household.

That is a lesson that can not be taught, it must be learned firsthand, so chalk up another broken family in the neighborhood.

Free Art Days for Kids is a free program that invites local professional artists, musicians, dancers, craft makers, architects, etc, to teach and explore books and the arts with the children and families in our neighborhood.

Growing up there in the 1910s and»20s, his was among a small number of black families in the neighborhood, which was also populated by Jewish, Irish, and Italian communities.

MacDougal Alley was originally built in the 1830's as stables for wealthy families in the neighborhood of Greenwich Village and Washington Square.

Our Solarthons have brought together people from all walks of life to install solar electric systems for multiple low - income families in neighborhoods across the region.

All of the proceeds benefit the local chapter of the Windermere Foundation, which provides funds to charities that support low - income children and families in the neighborhoods we serve.

For many, the greatest return on investment is building memories and raising your family in a neighborhood and home that you just plain love.

it's pretty tough for me to list my absolute favorite - ist thing about my favorite season, but if I had to choose it would be the combined smell of rain and burning wood in the air as I picture all the families in my neighborhood snuggling down for the evening under their favorite blankie, nibbling a pumpkin cookie and watching the flames dance in their fireplace.

We will serve hundreds of families in our neighborhoods providing education, medical care, training and jobs.

This project includes an expanded medical clinic, additional school rooms and a multipurpose facility to support the success of our current programs that strengthen the families in our neighborhood.

Not exact matches

You can find a nice «Nica - style» one - bedroom furnished house or apartment for $ 300 to $ 400 a month, often a block or two from the beach or with a beautiful mountain view, well - located, and in a safe family neighborhood.

Hamburger Mary's This chain of nine restaurants was developed to fill a specific niche — to offer a family restaurant in gay neighborhoods.

Born in Chicago's Near North Side, he was raised by his grandmother, who moved the family to Indianapolis to escape the neighborhood's growing gang violence.

Since 1951, the family - owned funeral home has been at its current location at the corner of Addison and Middlefield streets in Palo Alto, Calif., an upscale neighborhood housing many of the Silicon Valley elites.

Perhaps not surprising to learn, given his family's modest means, but Frazier grew up in a tough inner - city neighborhood in Philadelphia in the 1960s before attending Penn State.

Experts have suggested building public housing in low - poverty areas instead of high - poverty areas, which would spur poorer families to move to better neighborhoods and increase their chances of success.

Another possibility is expanding school choice by providing vouchers for poor families to attend better - funded schools in rich neighborhoods.

The context here is that we're currently in the «Moving to Opportunity» era, which is fueled by the theory that low - income families improve their lots when they're able to live in wealthier neighborhoods with better economic prospects.

Many families now living in neighborhoods that are so racially and / or economically segregated might be better off uprooting themselves and moving a different community that could bring them better economic outcomes.

«Family members are good but independent persons are even better, [like] a school teacher, a grocery store owner he may have come into contact with, someone in the neighborhood,» says Ms. Warburton in an interview.

The hostages were found in a neighborhood of closely spaced one - and two - story single - family homes.

Hours after the rampage ended, family members and friends were in the neighborhood trying to locate loved ones who were missing and believed to have been at the club.

As they eagerly describe a young Alison staging plays in the family living room and leading neighborhood children on make - believe safaris, the subject of their recollections sits quietly, as though detached from a past that has little to do with who she is today.

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