Sentences with phrase «girls at the boarding school»

When their headmistress proves to be at a loss on how to prevent her school from financial ruin and closure, a group of girls at the boarding school hatch a plan to save their beloved learning institution.

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It was opened in 2005 — funded by the actress and special envoy to the UNHCR — as a boarding school for bright or at - risk girls.

So far at least, the data, says Dawn Comstock, PhD, an associate professor of Epidemiology for the Pediatric Injury Prevention, Education, and Research (PIPER) program at the Colorado School of Public Health, MomsTeam Institute Board of Advisor and a co-author of a 2014 study on injuries in high school lacrosse [5], «is quite clear - boys most commonly sustain concussions (nearly 75 %) from athlete - athlete contact, the kind of mechanism we all know helmets don't always do a great job preventing - while girls most commonly sustain concussions (nearly 64 %) from being struck by the ball or the stick, the kind of mechanism that helmets are actually quite good at preveSchool of Public Health, MomsTeam Institute Board of Advisor and a co-author of a 2014 study on injuries in high school lacrosse [5], «is quite clear - boys most commonly sustain concussions (nearly 75 %) from athlete - athlete contact, the kind of mechanism we all know helmets don't always do a great job preventing - while girls most commonly sustain concussions (nearly 64 %) from being struck by the ball or the stick, the kind of mechanism that helmets are actually quite good at preveschool lacrosse [5], «is quite clear - boys most commonly sustain concussions (nearly 75 %) from athlete - athlete contact, the kind of mechanism we all know helmets don't always do a great job preventing - while girls most commonly sustain concussions (nearly 64 %) from being struck by the ball or the stick, the kind of mechanism that helmets are actually quite good at preventing.

And when it comes down to it, if given the choice, my kids would rather have a (relatively) rested, calm, relaxed and PRESENT mom to come home to after school and to tuck them in at night than one who is their class mom and girl scout troop leader and baseball team mom and who runs the school store organizes the school fundraiser and is on every board there is to be on in town (I don't do all that stuff, but you get the point) and who is also a complete and total stressed out and spread thin raging lunatic from the moment they get home until the moment they are in bed.

Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, Jr., along with the Oneida County Board of Legislators honored the Remsen High School Varsity girl's soccer team at a recent Board of Legislators meeting.

The last of the series, this British comedy finds the girls of St. Trinian's boarding school fighting off a group of criminals who are determined to reclaim the $ 7 million they hid at the school years earlier.

A young girl who can somehow communicate with insects may be the key to solving a string of murders at an exclusive boarding school.

Her (Harron) torpid adaptation of Rachel Klein's novel about female sexual desire, jealousy, death wishes, and vampires at a girls» boarding school defeats Harron's talent for exploring darkness on the edge of kinkiness.

A moody sensual film exploring passions at a girls boarding school.

«I was at a boys» boarding school and our only chance to meet girls was at dances,» he explains.

The story unfolds during the Civil War, at a Southern girls» boarding school.

We're introduced to an all - girls boarding school with Kat (Shipka) and Rose (Lucy Boynton) at the center of the story.

In one we are introduced to Kat (Kiernan Shipka of «Mad Men»), a young woman at an all girls boarding school whose parents haven't picked her up for a long, holiday break.

He brings to this tale of supernatural incidents at a girl's boarding school a palette of navy, teal and black to match the school uniforms, and pale flesh tones out of Vermeer.

Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer - breeding Sámi girl exposed to the racism of the 1930's and race biology examinations at her boarding school she starts dreaming of another life.

Picnic at Hanging Rock explores a bizarre event in 1900, where three girls and a teacher mysteriously vanish from a girls» boarding school outing.

The initial teaser trailer for Sofia Coppola's remake of The Beguiled was long on ethereal atmosphere and short on plot, but a newly released trailer for the film gives us a little more insight into the sinister events going on behind closed doors at a Southern girls» boarding school during the Civil War.

Between midday on 4th and 14th December, all donations online can be doubled, which means in the future twice as many teachers could be learning about child rights and gender - based violence, twice as many communities learning about the importance of girls» education, twice as many school - boards understanding and enforcing national policies aimed at supporting girls, and hopefully twice as many girls could be making that crucial transition from primary to secondary school, become shining beacons for hundreds of other women and girls who dream of a better future but wonder if it's possible.

St Mary's Calne, an independent all girls» boarding school founded in 1873, occupies a 25 - acre site in the town and the new library will be located at the heart of the campus next to an existing and much - loved orchard.

The girl had been educated at home and at a private religious boarding school.

Yelverton found out about Girls Prep Charter School in the Bronx at a community board meeting.

A coalition of education groups led by the National School Boards Association and its Ohio affiliate had urged the justices to review a federal appeals court opinion that denied qualified immunity to an administrator who had reported to state authorities her suspicions that a 17 - year - old girl with an intellectual disability was being sexually abused at home.

Cindy Stuart and Susan Valdes — Half of the so - called «Mean Girls» — so identified by Bob Buckhorn after the ouster of former Hillsborough school Superintendent MaryEllen Elia at the beginning of the year — the pair of school board members will go before the voters next November.

Other co-founders include investment manager R. Boykin Curry, who is a founding board member of New York's Girls Prep and a member of the board of the Alliance for School Choice; and John Petry, a partner at Gotham Capital and co-founder of the Harlem Success Charter School.

The girls at St. Kilda's boarding school can keep a secret, and that's a problem for Detective Moran, who believes some of the students may be involved in the death of a teenage boy.

The novel tells the story of Flip, an American girl away at boarding school in Switzerland, and her unexpected love for Paul, a French boy.

I also spent 13 years writing about education as part of a marketing role at Westonbirt School, a traditional girls» boarding and day school in the heart of the beautiful Cotswold countrSchool, a traditional girls» boarding and day school in the heart of the beautiful Cotswold countrschool in the heart of the beautiful Cotswold countryside.

They'd gotten the same text 17 years earlier, when all four of them were students at Salten House, a girls boarding school.

One writer marveled at Osage girls who attended the best boarding schools and wore sumptuous French clothing, as if «une très jolie demoiselle of the Paris boulevards had inadvertently strayed into this little reservation town.»

The end of term at the finest girls» boarding school in St. Petersburg was no place for policemen but there they were, unmistakable in their smart navy - blue tunics with white trimming, shiny sabers, and lambskin helmets with sultan - spikes.

The wait is over, and this time Detective Stephen Moran takes the spotlight in this clever, fast - paced mystery set at an all - girls Irish boarding school.

As middle - class, Midwestern girl Lee learns to swim among the sharks at her upscale boarding school, Sittenfeld perfectly captures all the pain and drama of growing up, making for a solid, perceptive debut.

On the outside, Theo is opinionated and confident, but on the inside she wishes her parents could find a little more time for her; her father's always busy in the museum, her mother's usually abroad, her brother's at boarding school, and her grandmother believes young girls should be seen and not heard.

She also spent a year at a Roman Catholic boarding school in the countryside called Servite Convent of the Assumption School for Girls — which was a bit like the school she describes Ida as attending in The Pirate's Dauschool in the countryside called Servite Convent of the Assumption School for Girls — which was a bit like the school she describes Ida as attending in The Pirate's DauSchool for Girls — which was a bit like the school she describes Ida as attending in The Pirate's Dauschool she describes Ida as attending in The Pirate's Daughter.

At boarding school in Lagos, she was deemed by the other students «a bush girl» and laughed at for her native Igbo accenAt boarding school in Lagos, she was deemed by the other students «a bush girl» and laughed at for her native Igbo accenat for her native Igbo accent.

2) Question: My daughter was competing for a spot at a New Zealand boarding school with another girl.

The girl was a student of the board, but not at the caretaker's home school.

The case presented the court with an interesting question: whether the school bus» insurance company could be responsible for the girl's injuries when the bus driver was not at all involved in the physical collision, but he told the girl to board the bus moments before she was struck.

Justice Quince has received the following honors and awards: 2017, National Bar Association Hall of Fame; 2017, Women Lawyers Division Jurist of the Year; 2017 Sharon Press Excellence in ADR; 2008, Lifetime Achievement Award by The Florida Bar's Government Lawyer Section; Florida Commission on the Status of Women, 2007 Florida Women's Hall of Fame award; American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession; 2007 Justice Quince was inducted into Florida Blue Key as an honorary member; 2006 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award; 2006 Rickards High School Outstanding School Volunteer Award; 2005 Key to the City of Winter Haven; 2005 Richard W. Ervin Equal Justice Award; 2004 Key to the City of Panama City, Florida; 2004 Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Black Law Student Association Alumni Achievement Award; 2004 Lee County Association for Women Lawyers and the Lee County Bar Association Award for dedication to the promotion of equality in law and outstanding service as a distinguished member of the Florida judiciary; 2002 Florida Bar Equal Opportunities in the Profession Award; 2002 Florida Girls State Award; 2003 Helping Hand Award; 2003 Southern Women in Public Service Pacesetter Award; 2003 Florida Girls State Award; 2003 Pioneering the Future in our Community Award; 2003 Outstanding Jurist and Howard University Alumna Award; 2001 William H. Hastie Award from the National Bar Association Judicial Council; National Bar Association Presidential Achievement Award; Girl Scouts, Woman of Distinction Award, 2001; National Bar Association Women Lawyers Division Jurist Award for Outstanding Leadership Achievements and Dedicated Service to the Community At Large; Florida Chapter of the National Bar Association for Service on the Bench; Virgil Hawkins Bar Association Award for Community Service and Advancement of Equal Justice Under Law; the Virgil Hawkins Bar Association Certificate for Achievement in Jurisprudence; the Fort Lauderdale High School Award for participating in the School Law Magnet Program; the Broward County School Board Appreciation Award for Inspiration and Devotion to Our Youth; Award of Distinguished Service and Continuing Commitment to the People of Florida from the Fort Lauderdale B'nai B'rith; Proclamation from the Broward Board of County Commissioners stating that February 28, 1999, as «The Honorable Peggy A. Quince Appreciation Day»; Hillsborough County Sheriff's Black Advisory Council Appreciation Award; Lakeland NAACP Award for Contribution to Civil Rights; the African - American Production Company Personal Achievement Award; Paul C. Perkins Bar Association Appreciation Award; Florida State University College of Law Appreciation Certificate for Contributions made to Summer Law Program For Undergraduate Students; Certificate from the Office of the Attorney General, Florida Crime Prevention Training Institute for Exemplary Contributions to Crime Prevention in the State of Florida; and 2016, inducted into Stetson University College of Law Hall of fame.

Prior to beginning my graduate studies, I provided direct care and supervision for troubled adolescent girls at a therapeutic boarding school.