Sentences with phrase «growing needs of the school»

State virtual schools have been online learning pioneers for the past decade, improving learning opportunities for students while supporting the growing needs of school districts to deliver services beyond the expertise and resources available at the local level.

Adapting to the growing needs of the school by using technology such as tablets to build the collaborative learning culture needed for student success goes without question.

Not exact matches

-- Stacey Boyd, founder and CEO of Olivela, a luxury e-commerce site which has grown revenue 240 percent this year, and founder of Schoola, an online retailer that sells gently - worn clothing to support schools in need

While such managers wouldn't have the benefit of such unique experiences as OCS and the Basic School, the marines are quick to admit that the outside world may have expertise and management solutions that can be translated to meet their own needs — and they don't necessarily want to wait to grow such capabilities on their own.

I was pleased to see the PCs move away from that short - sighted approach during their final years in government and that the NDP has continued to invest in building the type of public infrastructure — schools, hospitals, roads and public transit — that Alberta's growing population will need.

A growing coalition of conservative political leaders, religious groups and government officials is leading the attack against publicly supported programs of sex education, school - based health centers, guidance programs in family planning, and other activities designed to address the sexual needs of youth from both a social and a health perspective.

«As a father of three, I know that our whole milk yogurts are a delicious addition to any school lunch, but they also offer children the fuel they need for their growing bodies and minds.»

While there is growing awareness of the health and educational benefits that salad bars provide to kids, many school districts are unable to afford the basic equipment needed to adopt this strategy.

It's about what children need in order to thrive — especially children growing up in difficult circumstances — and what kind of practices and policies, in the home and at school, will provide them with the best possible chance at success.

The first episodes of «Sesame Street: Old School» have been released on DVD, and they're accompanied by a message to parents that the shows «are intended for grown - ups and may not suit the needs of today's preschool children.»

It wasn't long before the two groups» talking points mirrored each other perfectly, with each espousing a pressing need for «flexibility» in school food programs, a goal which sounds innocuous but really means throwing science - based nutrition standards out the window, despite growing evidence of their success in improving the diets of 31 million school kids each day.

What I liked most about the book is that it doesn't shy away from addressing the real - life challenges that can trip up the best - intentioned parent, whether it's the growing influence of peers as a child moves into elementary school, the «I don't need your advice» attitude of the high schooler, or the scheduling conflicts that can make healthy, communal eating seem impossible.

I think that makes a lot of sense, especially for children who are growing up in disadvantaged situations — they need more time in school.

That measure reflects growing sentiment that schools need to address a nationwide epidemic of childhood obesity and stop selling nutritionally inferior food to students.

Before high school, a child is not likely to fully appreciate that if she plays on a select team she may often be practicing or going to bed early, worn out after a hard day of exercise, while her classmates are watching TV or socializing, or she may be getting up early, while others are giving their growing bodies the rest they so desperately need.

The 2017 Kick Off Luncheon Seminars will be serving all of the NOURISHMENT you need to GROW & ACHIEVE the best school nutrition programs and cafeterias.

Following a 30 - year career at Green Meadow Waldorf School as a class teacher (1986 - 1991) and as Director of Physical Education and Athletics (1991 - 2016), Will is broadening the spectrum of his work in movement education to meet the growing needs of our time.

The meals schools serve to students are an important source of nutrients kids need to grow, learn and succeed.

As the number of children participating in the school - lunch program grew, the need to provide more food led the schools to buy prepackaged, processed food, which led to the companies making those foods becoming big players within SNA.

They didn't cut out a necessary aspect of education like music, history, science, or art (as some schools do) that children need to grow and learn as citizens of society.

Critics of the school lunch block grant idea warn that the measure does not provide enough funding to keep up with growing needs, does not guarantee a free lunch to needy students, and would prompt many schools to offer fewer complete meals or to drop their lunch programs altogether.

1 - 4 thick black, plastic bags for growing the potatoes in (we don't actually need those, but it's great that schools and homes without gardens can take part as well) 2 - 2 x rocket seed potatoes 3 - 2 x vales emerald seed potatoes 4 - 1 water spout — it's a plastic spout that you can screw ontop of a water bottle!

A lot of parents hold off on buying school shoes because they believe that their child's feet are going to grow between buying the shoes and them being needed.

At the end of the day, the school would see a profit of more than $ 33,000 thanks to federal reimbursements and about 720 kids will have better access to the food they need to grow and thrive.

School lunches and snacks are a major source of the essential vitamins kids need to grow and develop.

«The Governor also proposed initiatives to support our youngest children, including expanding opportunities for prekindergarten in high - need school districts and implementing the recommendations of the First 1,000 Days on Medicaid working group so all children start life with the services and supports they need to excel as they grow.

«The Coalition Government was repeatedly warned about the growing crisis in school places, but rather than addressing the needs of children and young people, it has decided it is more important to fund its ideological free school programme.»

The number of seats needed for middle schoolers over the next 4 years will grow to over 8,000 — nearly triple the enrollment in grades 5 - 8 today.

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.

Modest improvements in the financial condition of some of New York's public schools are not keeping pace with growing needs among the students they serve, warns a new report released today by the New York State Council of School Superintendents.

Describing himself as «a home - grown candidate who went through the public schools and who just happens to be openly gay,» Garcia added, «We need new leadership for the Bronx — elected representatives able to make decisions for all constituents regardless of age, sexual orientation, or race.»

The groups are also asking for an additional $ 500 million, for some targeted needs, including more resources to help the growing number of children who need to learn English at school.

In comments ahead of the vote, Badger had called for Essex County to pair with school districts to provide resource officers and the need to grow the department without placing a burden on county taxpayers.

«Over the past two years, I, and members of my School Overcrowding Task Force, have made it clear to DOE staff that much of the 26 Broadway space should be used to address the need for additional school seats for this fast - growing community,» Silver wrote to School Overcrowding Task Force, have made it clear to DOE staff that much of the 26 Broadway space should be used to address the need for additional school seats for this fast - growing community,» Silver wrote to school seats for this fast - growing community,» Silver wrote to Klein.

Those of you who left the lab and pursued an MBA, or who stayed in the lab and went to business school part - time, may find patent law to be just the opportunity you've been waiting for: The number of biotech start - ups who need advice on corporate law and designing scientifically sound business plans is only growing.

Screen time, the authors say, is part of the problem, but so are well - meaning parents and schools, who are unwittingly taking from children the opportunities they need to grow stronger, more confident and more themselves.

With the understanding that emergency, health care and other services» reliance on software will only grow over time, Microsoft has for the past eight years hosted a global competition that challenges high school and college students to develop applications that address some of the planet's most urgent needs.

«Climate change is a persistent global stressor, but the consequences of it appear to be slowly evolving; they're fairly certain to happen — we know that, now — but the impact on individuals seems to be growing really slowly and needs to be taken very seriously,» said Helm, whose co-authors include UA Norton School researchers Melissa Barnett, Melissa Curran and Zelieann Craig, along with UA alumna Amanda Pollitt.

«The CCRC is an interdisciplinary model of care focusing on the unique needs of ICU survivors, a growing population that does not receive specialized care it deserves,» said study senior author Babar A. Khan, MD, of the Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Regenstrief Institute, Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science and IU School of Medicine.

«As the world faces monumental health challenges related to climate change, there is a growing need for health professionals with the knowledge and skills to respond in a meaningful way,» says Jeffrey Shaman, director of GCCHE and associate professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

Kathy Graham, founder and director, started the school in 1986, when the growing need for Montessori education became apparent in Jacksonville and the Beaches, and has played a major role in the expansion of Montessori in the public sector as a model school.

Kathy Graham, founder and director, started the school in 1986, when the growing need for Montessori education became apparent in Jacksonville and the Beaches, and has played a major role in the expansion of Montessori in the public sector as a model school.

But there's another school of thought growing within the Wakandan people, one that argues a more aggressive stance needs to be taken, particularly when the citizens of other African countries have undergone such horrible treatment on the global stage.

As McDonald watched increasing numbers of children who needed help not receive it — dropping through the cracks into school failure, school violence, substance abuse, and delinquency — she grew impatient.

The way forward, in addition to refocusing reform's considerable energies on improving practice, is to become far more pluralistic, both in the types of schools we support and the policies needed to grow and sustain them.

Inconsistent local authority policies on leasing finance have been a barrier to some schools in the past, but with growing independence comes a new generation of savvy business managers who are more comfortable negotiating the lease finance they need to cover assets that will depreciate over the next three years.

Russell Hobby, general secretary of school leaders» union NAHT, said: «After three years of warnings by NAHT, the government is still falling short of its core responsibility to guarantee enough teachers of a high enough standard to meet the needs of our growing school population.»

As a result of the legislative activity of the past 20 years, school systems have grown in size and power, under the mistaken assumption that more funding and more authority would give educators the clout and resources they needed to improve achievement.

There is growing national discussion about the need to create a more expansive definition of learning to include all the ways that youth can access educational opportunities — not just through the traditional school model, but also through afterschool activities, time spent with the family, and increasingly, through interaction with digital media.