Sentences with phrase «for other students at the school»

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Although Tyson, who was Yancopoulos» friend and classmate at the Bronx High School of Science, was quick to point out that he was not a winner or semifinalist in the competition (in fact he didn't even enter), knowing other students who were was a point of pride for him.

UCLA Anderson B - school students bested other MBA teams at this year's North American preliminaries for the Left Bank Bordeaux Cup, one of the biggest amateur wine tasting competitions.

As another school year begins, artistic - minded students (and their parents) are once again wrestling with the age - old question of whether one should indulge an enthusiasm for music, literature or other fine - arts subjects at school, or instead study something more... shall we say... employable?

The NRA, bolstered by Trump, has been a vocal proponent of allowing more guns in public places, including schools, but the exception for the convention has raised eyebrows and prompted skepticism among students and at least one parent who lost his child in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in which 17 people were killed and others injured.

He also created Course Match, a program that enabled students / users to decide what college courses they wanted to opt for based on what other students at their school were choosing.

Students at the Florida school where 17 people died last week said Sunday they will organize nationwide marches for gun control next month and try to create a «badge of shame» for politicians who take money from the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups.

One of the students who survived Wednesday's deadly shooting at a Florida high school called for stricter gun regulations and took aim at President Donald Trump and other Republicans for their inaction on the matter on Saturday.

With donations from community members and others interested in the health and safety of Ramona's students, FORUS has paid for everything from batteries for AED units and vandal - proof soap dispensers at the secondary schools to roof repairs and water fountains.

At the very least, therefore, schools for poor and minority children should have as much funding per student, as many qualified teachers and as good physical facilities as other schools.

Students choose their own curriculum at school, educate each other, and teachers become mere «facilitators» (peer education, education for all, lifeskills education).

In 1824, a group of theological students at Yale Divinity School signed a compact «to go to the State of Illinois for the purpose of establishing a seminary of learning such as shall best be adopted to the exigencies of that country — a part of us to engage in instruction in the seminary; the other to occupy, as preachers, important stations in the surrounding country.»

Dunkin' Donuts offers restaurant models to suit any university, including full retail shops and kiosks that are perfect for campus centers, student unions, dining commons and other high - traffic locations at or near the school.

So if participation in high school sports is good for students, at a certain level it makes sense that as many students as possible should get that opportunity — but if the same group of athletes hogs three sports» worth of spots, then opportunities are lost for others.

I spoke with several other students that I personally trained at the Honor Council's first ever Integrity Day about defining success in qualitative rather than quantitative ways, organized presentations for parents in the local community, wrote brochures explaining of the program for the teachers, and held discussions about how Challenge Success ties into Jewish values at my Hebrew School.

Students at Forest Bluff School not only exhibit academic excellence, but also the many qualities that constitute positive character development: empathy, integrity, grit, resilience, responsibility, initiative, self - discipline, self - reflection, and respect for themselves, others, and the environment.

In addition, students are responsible, whenever possible, for assessing themselves; twice a year, at report - card time, parents or other family members come in to the school for meetings known as student - led conferences, in which students as young as five narrate for their parents and teacher their achievements and struggles over the past semester.

In the Youth Indicators, 2005 report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), we can see that athletic teams is the favored school - related extracurricular activity for boys in 1990 and 2001 at 43.2 % and 45.3 % respectively, out of a choice of music / performing arts, athletic teams, academic clubs, student council / government, and other school clubs / activities.

One significant victory in that battle was last year's passage of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act which, among other things, uses Medicaid data to directly certify children for free and reduced price meals; helps states improve the certification process for school meal aid; allows universal free meals for students in high poverty communities; and expands USDA authority to support meals served to at - risk children in after school programs.

Student athletes at the Waldorf School of Garden City are expected to think clearly, demonstrate a sincere concern for others, and perform with discipline and courage.

The CEP allows districts and schools to serve free meals without paperwork if at least 40 percent of their students are already automatically enrolled for free school meals due to their participation in other means - tested programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Although the food service director likely has no control over the cafeteria time allotment, he / she might be able to point to other barriers that make lengthening the lunch difficult (ratio of students: cafeteria size etc., budget for labor) 6) Schedule a meeting with the school principal and share your concerns and ask how you might help to arrive at a solution.

The review of existing research on the AP program was undertaken by Denise Pope with Madeline Levine, both co-founders of Challenge Success, a research - based organization at Stanford University that develops holistic curriculum, conferences and other programs for parents, schools and students.

For all other schools, the number one thing students can do while on the waitlist is communicate clearly, firmly and respectfully to the admissions office that, if offered, they will accept a spot at the school.

A 2013 white paper by Denise Pope and Madeline Levine, both co-founders of Challenge Success, a research - based organization at Stanford University that develops holistic curriculum, conferences and other programs for parents, schools and students, suggests that isn't always the case.

Some colleges like to see that students have taken AP courses when these classes are offered at their high schools; some give extra points to student GPA's when they take AP courses; some give credit for passing scores on the AP exams, while others do not.

Requirements for a private school student to participate, including, but not limited to, meeting the same standards of eligibility, acceptance, behavior, educational progress, and performance which apply to other students participating in interscholastic or intrascholastic sports at a public school or FHSAA member private school.

It is common in high schools especially for students to sell pizza or other quick food at lunchtime to their peers to raise money for school clubs or activities, but those sales draw students away from the cafeteria and cost your nutrition department money.

I'm back from summer vacation in time to share some nice news: Houston ISD, the seventh largest district in the country, has announced that it's taking advantage of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) to provide universal (free) school breakfast and lunch to every student at 166 of its schools, regardless of economic status, and without the need for meal applications or other paperwork.

At 7 p.m., state Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, Sen. Todd Kaminsky, Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa and other elected officials attend a forum on providing diploma options for students, South Side High School Auditorium, 140 Shepherd St., Rockville Centre.

Speaking through the State's Deputy Governor, Dr.. Mrs. Idiat Oluranti Adebule, who led other top government officials on the tour, Governor Ambode recalled that at the end of last year, the State Executive Council approved N10billion for the rehabilitation of existing schools as well as the construction of eight new ones, including three model colleges to boost learning experience of students in the State.

Other forms of support he said he gave to the constituency in the educational sector include the provision of 1,100 teachers» note 3 lesson notes books for schools, 10 packets of roofing sheets for schools, disbursement of Gh cents 10,000 as scholarship packages for students, construction of 4 classroom blocks in four communities (Bugri, Bugpiigu, Gagbiri Natinga and Kugur), roofing of a classroom block at Bulpielise and rehabilitation of a kindergarten block at Bugri Natinga.

Kaminsky and Brooks appeared with other Democratic Senate leaders Saturday afternoon in Rockville Centre at South Side High School to unveil the proposed legislation with school officials, students and the advocacy group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in AmSchool to unveil the proposed legislation with school officials, students and the advocacy group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in Amschool officials, students and the advocacy group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.

Union contracts, for example, could allow senior teachers, who typically are paid more, the ability to choose the school at which they teach, which could be seen as providing increased support for students in one building over others.

Cuomo will reportedly veto a controversial special education bill today that requires school officials to consider religion and other family beliefs when approving taxpayer - funded tuition for students at private schools.

Under the proposal, half of the expected 300 students would have to meet the higher performance standards while the others — who could be admitted by taking a school tour or signing up for information at a fair, for example — could gain entry based on less stringent criteria, the notice stated.

Oneida County Youth Bureau Director Robert Roth said youth volunteers from The Boys and Girls Club of the Mohawk Valley, Compeer of the Mohawk Valley, Cornell Cooperative Extension, The Center for Family Life and Recovery, The Neighborhood Center, Thea Bowman House, Utica Municipal Housing Authority, Utica Safe Schools / Healthy Students / Underground Café and the YMCA of the Greater Tri-Valley performed community service that included assisting in a bicycle giveaway program for Utica children, collecting and distributing clothing to the children who reside in Utica's Municipal Housing Authority locations, soliciting donations, collecting money and walking in Utica's version of America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk, the Multiple Sclerosis Walk and the American Cancer Walk, collecting food, preparing and serving meals at local food pantries, collecting donations and goods to aid animals at the Stevens Swan Humane Society and other community activities.

The 3,300 - student district has drawn down its cash reserves at an unsustainable rate in recent years and now must look at possible layoffs and other economies to balance its budget for the 2018 - 19 school year, Superintendent Patrick Brimstein said in an interview.

The other four winning projects pitched by students are: $ 100,000 for a new track at the College of Staten Island High School; $ 250,000 to improve the track at Tottenville High School; $ 600,000 to wire air conditioners at Susan Wagner High School; and $ 250,000 to upgrade the girls» locker room at Gaynor McCown High School.

Levels of gang activity in a school are also closely related to its safety, and some schools may be safe for some students and not for others (e.g. a gay student is at higher risk of personal safety concerns in many schools, and black students are at higher risk of personal safety concerns in many rural predominantly white schools).

If the school had been proactive enough to provide oxygen cylinder and other first aid kits which could have sustained the life of the deceased student (s) before being taken to competent doctors for further medical attentions, students would not have been so enraged to move to the street to express their grievances which has subsequently led to the closure of the school even at the period of examination.

McConville and thousands of other college - bound students across the state are now eligible for free college tuition at State University of New York schools after passage of the 2017 - 18 state budget last week.

The Committee on Education will meet at 1 p.m. for oversight on bullying, harassment, and discrimination in the public schools; there will be a particular focus on LGBT students and other vulnerable students.

Because of the funding gap, the school isn't able to provide the same level of education as it does at the other specialized schools, which require the same test for entry, parents and students say.

City officials have argued the new requirements will require twice as many stops as before and likely prompt parents of students at charter schools and other private schools to clamor for equal treatment.

«For example, 83 percent of the students who had been cyberbullied within the last 30 days also had been bullied at school recently, and 69 percent of the students who admitted to bullying others at school also bullied others online.»

In cooperation with Ilyan Georgiev, PhD student at the Graduate School for Computer Science in Saarbrücken, Jaroslav Krivanek from the Charles University in Prague and Thomas Davidovic from the Intel Visual Computing Institute at Saarland University, Slusallek developed a mathematical approach in 2012 that combines both methods with each other in a clever way.

Twice over 18 months, students responded to a teacher at the school who was provided a script of questions to ask when other information was collected for registration and administration.

For example, if you figured out the average height of students in a classroom, that statistic could help you predict the average height of students in other classrooms of the same grade at the same school.

In the future, we will look at other factors, such as evaluating the organization of schools for the inclusion of these students.

By competing and succeeding in a truly challenging course at a real university, students who have no other connection with higher education — because they often are the first in their families to complete high school, let alone consider college — receive an emotional boost and a realization that college is possible for them.