Sentences with phrase «help local high school»

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Finn became very active in the local Chamber of Commerce partly to help create new training programs and internships to groom high school students for potential accounting careers.

By staying abreast of issues impacting access to high - quality education like accessible and timely school reports for parents, we can discover specific ways our churches can help to support their local schools.

As community stewards, LSR employees have helped develop projects throughout the community, including implementing a recycling program at the local elementary and high schools and donating land and equipment for a new playground.

«Whether through sponsoring local high school activities, being an active supporter of the county 4 - H program, educating youth through the dozens of tours given at the mill each year, providing flour for various service organizations» fundraisers, helping at the area health fair or providing equipment for the volunteer fire department, we believe that a healthy community builds strong, productive citizens.»

In California The Fairmont San Francisco and The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn are supporting local agricultural studies by purchasing two student - raised hogs from the Sonoma Valley High School Agriculture Department so that they can make their own sausages, bacon and dried meats, as well as support local schools and help strengthen the regional farming community.

Afterward, Gio helped lead a local high school baseball team in a rooftop workout that was definitely no joke.

Also, several players from Canada speak French and have made appearances at local high school French classes to help students develop their language skills and share information about their culture.

To help older students learn to make good financial decisions, Country Bank offers a «Credit for Life» financial literacy exercise to more than 1,000 local high school seniors each spring.

Fort Bragg Unified School District — Pilar Gray Innovation: Noyo Food Forest: Growing Fresh Produce Consumption in a Remote Rural District In collaboration with a local nonprofit, the Noyo Food Forest, Nutrition Services helped create a small working farm on the district's high school cSchool District — Pilar Gray Innovation: Noyo Food Forest: Growing Fresh Produce Consumption in a Remote Rural District In collaboration with a local nonprofit, the Noyo Food Forest, Nutrition Services helped create a small working farm on the district's high school cschool campus.

Last month, Astorino announced the creation of a concussion task force to develop a model program that will be available to local high schools voluntarily to help them address the full spectrum of managing sports - related concussions.

For the past 25 years, Broome County has partnered with thousands of local high school students, promoting a unique and exciting experience to help end drinking and driving.

With the help of NAF - provided course materials and the involvement of local businesses, themed academies are offered at three of the city's high schools, providing career - focused courses in addition to core classes.

Fed up with the seeming inaction of their local and state government, or in this case the adults, the students of Hoosick Falls High School held an emergency meeting to demand that Governor Cuomo help them find a reliable safe source of drinking water, that did not come in a plastic bottle.

After he had begun the new job, some of his former Sharon High students encouraged him to run for the local school committee, and even helped him campaign.

I did Lauren's first gynecological exam and Pap smear when she was seventeen, and I can't help think about how she graduated in the top tenth percentile of her high school, earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and received a full scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania, but ended up attending the local city college so she wouldn't leave her single mom alone.

I took my first yoga class in the local high school cafeteria at the suggestion of a doctor to help relieve some chronic pain.

If You Build It follows designer / activists Emily Pilloton and Matthew Miller to rural Bertie county, the poorest in North Carolina, where they work with local high school students to help transform both their community and their lives.

But, Charley, who has just entered the «cool» circle at the local high school and is now dating the local blonde bombshell, Amy (Imogen Poots), is approached by Ed (Christopher Mintz - Plasse), his former friend and a self - proclaimed geek that threatens to air his ex-BFF's dirty laundry (complete with embarrassing video), if he doesn't help investigate the local disappearances and stories of a man trying to bite young women in the dead of night.

On a recent summer day, Chief Operating Officer Ben Reyes summons her to his office to help respond to a local television reporter who claims to have found high levels of lead paint on the playground equipment at an elementary school.

And Habitat for Humanity is building affordable housing for local families near a new high school campus, which students from the district's architecture theme school will help them build.

Meanwhile, through another program, at the Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center, local high school students help collect data about salamanders.

For instance, the manager of the local general store had problems handling his Web site, so he and a teacher at the high school got together and decided it would be a good idea for the kids to help with the store's Web marketing, and they moved into the basement of the store.

A state judge's threat to close some of North Carolina's lowest - performing high schools is prompting angry reactions among local education leaders, while also spurring state efforts to give the schools promised technical help.

High school students published their own field guide with a little help from local organizations.

Grant funds are awarded to help states and local school districts establish high - quality, comprehensive reading instruction for all children in kindergarten through third grade.

Anne Bull of the Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA) describes how new government guidelines can help school caterers deliver meals of a high nutritional standard

«That could mean having a conversation with a young neighbor or a relative, serving as a mentor, or volunteering at a local high school to help students fill out their college applications,» she said.

The ESSA also requires that, if students fall behind in meeting these standards, States and local educational agencies (LEAs) implement evidence - based interventions to help them and their schools improve, with a particular focus on the lowest - performing schools, high schools with low graduation rates, and schools in which subgroups of students are underperforming.

These include Solihull Alternative Provision Academy, set up by 3 headteachers of high - performing schools in Solihull, West Midlands, which will help transform the lives of local children who have fallen out of mainstream schooling.

The culprit is the overreliance on property taxes to fund local public schools, which helps rich neighborhoods with high property values have better public schools than do poor areas.

While a student at San Fernando High School, she worked at a local middle school helping students improve their reading skills and grow their reading lSchool, she worked at a local middle school helping students improve their reading skills and grow their reading lschool helping students improve their reading skills and grow their reading levels.

For instance, the order will help enable schools and libraries to build high - speed broadband facilities themselves, if no cost - effective local alternative exists.

A four - tier formula would use state and local funds to provide the foundation for a high quality education for every student, state funds to help districts with students whose educational needs are truly greater than the norm, and local funds to provide additional programs and services communities want for their schools.

Eisenhower Jr High School held their second annual McTeacher's Night Fundraiser at the Hoffman Estates McDonald's in Barrington Square on Higgins Rd.. A McTeacher's Night is organized to help raise money for local schools by having teachers work at...

The Chicago Leadership Collaborative was set up by the district in 2011 to help meet its principal hiring requirements and to triple to 100 its number of annual high - quality «residencies,» in which aspiring leaders get on - the - job experiences in local schools.

The primary duty of instructional personnel is to work diligently and faithfully to help students meet or exceed annual learning goals, to meet state and local achievement requirements, and to master the skills required to graduate from high school prepared for postsecondary education and work.

An added bonus: They often have deep roots in the local community and may be more likely to stay in the job, which can help address the chronic problem of high teacher turnover at many urban schools.

The cap limits how high local property taxes can be set in order to keep districts from raising school taxes too much and to help the state keep the system more equal.

The reauthorization of ESEA would force legislators to make key changes in the law that helps transform public schools into high - quality learning centers by recognizing the shared responsibility among local, state, and federal governments.

And just as we need more successful schools to take on the responsibility of supporting others to improve, I'd like to see more high - performing local authorities give their struggling neighbours a helping hand.

(D.C.) In Utah, first - year federal grant funding of $ 2.2 million was used to create a partnership between seven rural school districts, three charter schools, the Ute Indian Tribe, Utah State University and four local business organizations aimed at helping more low - income and at - risk students graduate from high school prepared for college.

With this survey, MCAN is providing high school counselors and local college access professionals in a credible position with information that can help further their student's pursuit for higher education.

For example, high - scoring countries tend to recruit and retain talented teachers and help them continually improve their classroom skills; they also combine clear, ambitious academic standards for all students with a strong degree of autonomy at the local school level, argues Schleicher, of the OECD.

With Phoenix Union High School District's student demographics, 95 percent of whom are minority, the school is in a good position to help increase diversity in the local tech indSchool District's student demographics, 95 percent of whom are minority, the school is in a good position to help increase diversity in the local tech indschool is in a good position to help increase diversity in the local tech industry.

In partnership with the United Way, a dozen public school districts and higher learning institutions, local museums, local medical partners, and under the leadership and guidance of the YMCA of the USA, the YMCA of Greater Rochester continues to implement innovative programming that strengthens their communities, help children to be active and make healthy food choices, develop passions for arts and sciences, and strives to close the achievement gap.

«By adopting this compact, the SCS school board and local educators have taken a huge step forward to help ensure all students have access to the high quality education they deserve, and to underscore the important role that public charter schools play in our community.»

DRAPER, Utah — Concussions have been a hot topic in the world of football the last few years, and a handful of local high school teams have taken measures to help reduce concussions by using new protective headgear during practices.

If creating materials from scratch, contact local community artists, graphic designers and / or high school / college students to help design and develop materials.

Faculty connect with community area partners to develop innovative service courses, such as «Persuasive Writing: Aristotle in New Orleans,» in which students mentor middle and high school debate clubs and help facilitate a citywide debate tournament, and «Introduction to International Relations,» in which students create lesson plans for pre-K and elementary school students at a local charter school.

Title I Part A provides financial assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low - income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards.