Sentences with phrase «good attendance by»

Use early childhood programs to promote good attendance by increasing parent awareness of the importance of attendance, helping families overcome barriers to attendance and develop the routines for regular on - time attendance.

Not exact matches

In - person attendance at board meetings fosters far better communication and deliberations between board members, but it looks like Sanofi directors appear to attend these meetings by call or video so regularly that the company has set up a separate pay scale based on their location.

«We found that communion cut into our attendance by as much as 40,000, and the services still ran well into the wee hours.

Gradually, however, the realities of cultural politics are becoming evident even to secular academics, and some political scientists have developed survey items that distinguish among religious traditions as well as levels of religious commitment (the latter measured by church attendance, devotional practices, and the like).

I continue to worship and seek God out by myself, but my church attendance is poor at best (I am well aware of what the Bible says about not forsaking the fellowship of other Christians — I haven't.

Well before that traumatic date, from as far back as William's thirteenth year, his father John had apparently begun to run into financial difficulties, at which time he tried to avoid town meetings and church attendance, allegedly to elude summons by subpoena (one could be served for debt in church).

Thanks to its record - breaking second edition in 2013, where attendance increased by 57 percent to 3,158 attendees from 67 different countries, Natural Products Scandinavia, and its sister event Nordic Organic Food Fair, have been selected as finalists in the Best Tradeshow Exhibition (UK & International) Under 2,000 sq. m category at the Association of Event Organizers» Excellence Awards 2014 — the exhibition industry's equivalent to the Oscars.

Meetings of the two are frequently watched by crowds of well over 100,000, and even when they are not in opposition their names can draw attendances almost as large.

Wild played against top team such as the # 1 nationally ranked ECNL Crossfire Premier, where many college coaches in attendance thought it was «the best game of the tournament» Wild tied 2 - 2 in that first game getting goals from Miciah Madison & Emilie Allum assisted by Tori Nicolo and Kasidee Wiley.

This gave Everton a lift and made the game closer than it needed to be for the second half, Arsenal continued to play their football, as did Everton which made for a really enjoyable game of football, in truth either team could have scored the next goal, and both had opportunities to do so, Grioud denied by the bar, Ozil by the post and Lukaku by the post, Delofeu was was also denied by a good block by Cech with Kozzer and Nacho in close attendance.

The second night, with my husband in attendance, we stayed up later and he slept better, but by 6 am, I'd pulled him back into the sleeping bag, desperately hoping he'd catch a few more winks before dawn.

Good parenting by fathers is associated with better mental health in children, higher quality of later relationships, less criminality, better school attendance and behaviour, and better examination results.»

Officials aim to save $ 2.5 million by shutting down Monday, as well as the day after Thanksgiving, the day before Christmas Eve and the day before New Year's Eve — traditionally low - attendance days at the parks, said General Superintendent Timothy Mitchell.

The midwife - led continuity model of care includes: continuity of care; monitoring the physical, psychological, spiritual and social well being of the woman and family throughout the childbearing cycle; providing the woman with individualised education, counselling and antenatal care; attendance during labour, birth and the immediate postpartum period by a known midwife; ongoing support during the postnatal period; minimising unnecessary technological interventions; and identifying, referring and co-ordinating care for women who require obstetric or other specialist attention.

The DOE wants the middle school planed for vacant sections of popular P.S. 158 to admit students who meet somewhat stringent admissions criteria, such as good attendance records or test scores, as well as students who would meet lower standards, according to a notice released by the department.

Those expected to be in attendance include governors of All Progressives Congress, APC, as well as members of the National Assembly led by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara.

With a little over 50 people in attendance and set to vote, current party chair Al Peck kicked things off by announcing that a committee had met and was making endorsements for candidates Stanley, Jordan, Hofmeister, and town justice Tom Crucet, all incumbents as well.

This year's edition which was sponsored by telecom company Glo saw special dignitaries, celebrities and fans of good music in attendance.

The program funds attendance of language and area studies courses as well as special language / terminology courses that are offered by state or state - recognized German universities and by affiliated language schools.

Knowing well the couple you're celebrating is an easy way to gauge what might «fit in» with the celebrators in attendance, and I knew that Andrea and her husband Paul would not take issue with my choice to wear my black and white colourblocked Amanda dress by Pinup Girl Clothing.

For several years, we've provided a platform to examine the best of the festival by surveying critics in attendance for their favorite films, performances and other accomplishments.

This horror - comedy — one that many have emulated over the years but that virtually none have been able to equal — is one of the best cinematic mash - ups ever made, and when it was announced that Mondo would be screening the film at Fantastic Fest with Rick Baker in attendance (and a special print created by Olly Moss), I knew I had to be there.

This doesn't sit well with the guy she's stolen the gig from, Gustav Warner (Marino, Role Models), with whom she has a dalliance while in attendance at a party put on by the golden - voiced performer.

Also in attendance was Tiffany Haddish, who was joined by author Hal Rubenstein, as well as Brian d'Arcy James and Dolly Wells.

«Closing school for everyone appears to be better for student learning than adding to the challenges posed by American students» already low attendance rates,» Goodman concludes.

According to Goodman a «likely explanation is that schools and teachers are well prepared to deal with the coordinated disruptions caused by snow days — much more so than they are to handle the less dramatic but more frequent disruptions caused by poor student attendance.»

If you run a small school in a poor city, and you're trying to boost outcomes for your students by awarding scholarships to encourage attendance and achievement, do you give the scholarships to the best students, or to the neediest?

Participation in afterschool programs is influencing academic performance in a number of ways, including better attitudes toward school and higher educational aspirations; higher school attendance rates and lower tardiness rates; less disciplinary action, such as suspension; lower dropout rates; better performance in school, as measured by achievement test scores and grades; significant gains in academic achievement test scores; greater on - time promotion; improved homework completion; and deeper engagement in learning.

Hopefully, prompting from the guidance to look at the variation in disciplinary responses by schools within the district would encourage the local school board to voluntarily eliminate suspensions for attendance violations and adopt (district - wide) those responses already working well in its less racially isolated schools.

If you run a small school in a poor city, and you're trying to boost outcomes for your students by awarding scholarships to encourage attendance and achievement, do you give the scholarships to the best students, or to the neediest?As it turns out, both pathways have beneficial effects on...

A randomized study by MDRC found that students in academies were less likely to drop out, had significantly better attendance, and had a 20 percent higher college - application rate than their peers not in academies.

If you've got good relationships, you know the belonging and the stability and the connection which brings attendance, by far the most important thing, and the teachers managing teacher - student relationships but also student - student relationships.

Now, before we go overboard on this - some would say that sounds like there's nothing we can do about it (that's far from the case)-- but I think the thing we would stress in the findings is that we were quite shocked at how well established, by Grades 2 and 3, the pattern of attendance at school would be.

Confidence in gross findings can be developed by replication, by averaging results over several time periods, and by using several measures of the development of human capital — not tests alone, but also attendance rates, dropout rates, and promotion rates (a very high - quality assessment will track indicators of human capital such as post-secondary school earnings and higher - education outcomes as well).

This included: attendance levels (studies show a positive relationship between participation in sports and school attendance); behaviour (research concludes that even a little organised physical activity, either inside or outside the classroom, has a positive effect on classroom behaviour, especially amongst the most disruptive pupils); cognitive function (several studies report a positive relationship between physical activity and cognition, concentration, attention span and perceptual skills); mental health (studies indicate positive impacts of physical activity on mood, well - being, anxiety and depression, as well as on children's self - esteem and confidence); and attainment (a number of well - controlled studies conclude that academic achievement is maintained or enhanced by increased physical activity).

Often though, improved attendance is a by - product of good programs, rather than a stated goal.

By every criteria and measure we use, reading and math scores in NAEP, high school graduation, drop - out rates, college attendance rates, public education's performance is the best that is has ever been.

The city has even tried to attack the deeper issue of how children are reared at home, by offering some families monetary incentives to go to the dentist for checkups, for example, or to maintain good school attendance.

Research conducted by Marcus Crede suggests that grit is barely distinct from other personality traits and that standardized test scores, attendance, and study habits are much better predictors of long - term success than grit.

The Anderson School will select a pool of applicants who have demonstrated a strong performance in school, as shown by their fourth grade report card, good attendance and punctuality, and fourth grade NYS ELA and Mathematics test scores - as reported in the Department of Education's Student Enrollment Management System (SEMS).

Charter schools that are open to any child are far more public than magnet and criteria - based schools that select based off of the highest test scores, best attendance, most talented interviewee, and most astonishing presentation by student applicants.

These institutions promote social justice and inclusivity as virtues of good character, and where public school attendance is determined by residence and highly segregated on socioeconomic lines, Catholic schools, especially those that participate in school choice programs, are diverse in terms of race, social class and even religion.

A proud Year 3 pupil showing off the Attendance Award, received by Year 3 for the best attendance Attendance Award, received by Year 3 for the best attendance attendance this week.

Stocks in the Future is a financial literacy and incentive program for students in grades 6 through 8, delivered weekly by students» regular classroom teachers, allowing students to earn dollars with good attendance -LSB-...]

Even if we were confident that the test score gains in New Orleans are not being driven by changes in the student population following Katrina (and Doug and his colleagues are doing their best with constrained data and research design to show that), and even if these test score gains translate into higher high school graduation and college attendance rates (which Doug and his colleagues have not yet been able to examine), we still would have no idea whether portfolio management and other high regulations in NOLA helped, hurt, or made no difference in producing these results.

We hope the courts will also understand the importance of the 20,000 DACA teachers in public K - 12 schools who bring a unique set of skills to the classroom and serve as role models and navigators for students — especially students of color — who consistently perform better when taught by teachers of color, leading to better attendance, fewer suspensions and higher test scores.

Staff from area high schools, the CWA office and the Hayward Police Department enlisted local businesses to promote good attendance and advance truancy intervention by putting up decals in store and business windows announcing their support of the initiative.

A number of states have already taken steps to address chronic absenteeism by making schools keep better track of attendance rates and report the numbers publicly.

Stocks in the Future is a financial literacy and incentive program for students in grades 6 through 8, delivered weekly by students» regular classroom teachers, allowing students to earn dollars with good attendance and grades that they can invest in their own stock portfolio.

Research shows that by 9th grade, attendance is a better predictor of graduation than 8th grade test scores.