Sentences with phrase «hosting school visits»

It has been in the same family for nearly a hundred years and has been hosting school visits for over 30 years.

In addition to providing recommendations to their respective Departments of Education, they have met with legislators and hosted school visits, and have independently written op - eds and essays that have been published in news outlets across the nation.

During In Lieu of Unity, we hosted school visits from the Marfa Studio of the Arts» program, Studio In The Elementary School (SITES).

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Yeo visited Rotman's career center and attended interview and resume prep sessions hosted by the school's Management Consulting Association to get up to speed.

What happens when you offer a two - week introduction to the business world; then add museum visits, swimming, outdoor and social activities; and host it all at a top - ten business school at the world's premier public university?

Late in the day on Friday, news filtered out that Class of 2018 point guard prospect Quentin Grimes would be hosting four schools for in - home visits over the weekend.

While writing the School Food Plan, we hosted seven regional roadshows and visited more than 60 schools.

My sincerest thanks to Ivy Marx, LAUSD Senior Nutrition Specialist, and Rocendo Gonzalez, Belvedere Cafeteria Manager, for hosting my visit to Belvedere — and for nourishing children well at school.

Host a Legislator Site Visit Wednesday, September 6, 2017, 2:00 pm ET Bringing your legislator in for a behind - the - scenes look at the daily operation of your school cafeteria could make the difference in preventing block grants, preserving funding and expanding commodity support.

The Cove School currently employs a director and a classroom teacher as well as hosting visiting teachers for our enrichment program.

On the first and third Friday each month September through June, Old Town School hosts workshop - style social events — lectures, listening talks, dances, singalongs, and play - alongs — with faculty and visiting artists.

The Model Dual Language sites will also host visits by staff from other schools with the intent to share best practices and strengthen other sites» existing or prospective Dual Language programs.

At 1:45 p.m., Farina and de Blasio visit a Community School and host a press conference, Port Richmond High School, 85 St. Josephs Ave., Staten Island.

Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Fariña Celebrate Computer Science Education Week Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña today visited PS 241 in Brooklyn to celebrate Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 5 - 11), a national and global effort encouraging schools to engage students in computer science (CS) education by teaching an «Hour of Code» or hosting other CS activities and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña today visited PS 241 in Brooklyn to celebrate Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 5 - 11), a national and global effort encouraging schools to engage students in computer science (CS) education by teaching an «Hour of Code» or hosting other CS activities and schools to engage students in computer science (CS) education by teaching an «Hour of Code» or hosting other CS activities and events.

Visiting 12 of the more than 500 schools that had received NSF grants during the last decade to host students, Story found great variations in how the programs were carried out, who they served, and why institutions and students participated.

Dr Renate Smallegange, a visiting researcher at the School who worked on the pilot study, said: «It is exciting that we are the first ones to prove this phenomenon in a biological relevant system of mosquito, parasite and blood host, and, moreover, in a system affecting millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa.»

Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) Educator Professional Development Workshops: The SAM E / PO team hosts workshops for middle and high school educators who visit GSFC.

Director and star Michael Moore stirred up controversy and won an Oscar ® with this dissection of America's fascination with firearms, a skillful work of agitprop that is by turns infuriating, disturbing and hilarious as the rotund host gets a free gun with his new bank account, pays an impromptu visit to NRA chief Charlton Heston, and visits K - Mart with survivors of the Columbine High School shootings.

After visiting the schools, Gustafson reported that all four — each an independent «mom - and - pop» operation with no links to national groups — faced a host of challenges, including strained budgets, low enrollments, curriculum problems, inexperienced staff, weak professional development for teachers, and board members ignorant of testing and other academic essentials.

Over the last few months, the school has hosted visits by several experts who have spoken to staff and students about the importance of STEM learning.

On Friday morning, he and his entourage visited Walter Payton College Prep, a decade - old, high - achieving, selective - admission public high school that focuses on science, math, and languages and which has hosted a «Confucius Institute» since 2006.

Both groups will live with host families, attend local schools, and visit historic and cultural sites.

So, in order to provide suitable hosts it is important that they have sufficient information provided, which should include: name, age and gender of pupils, plus any special requirements such as food, medical or cultural issues; minimum standards of accommodation required; information on the dynamic risk management process to ensure it can operate effectively; the visiting school's code of conduct; and contact numbers, including emergency contacts and medical insurance information.

This can be done in a number of ways, by the host school, the visiting school or a third party, such as a local agent or a tour operator.

Host families when selected should receive the following information about their guests: name, age and gender of charge, plus any dietary requirements or necessary medical or cultural information; contact numbers, including emergency contacts and medical insurance information; and the visiting school's code of conduct.

For example, recruit pupils for extra-curricular groups; arrange extra rehearsals; follow up on interests shown in the classroom (eg finding a child who is learning the guitar at home, informally, and getting them involved in a school group); produce a programme for the school concert which includes every child's name; liaise with other staff members (eg with the Art Department to provide a cover for said programme); organise refreshments; run a Parent Support Group for music; arrange for matching T - shirts for the jazz band or school choir; deliver a «sponsored sing» for charity; visit an old people's home to perform for the residents; and a host of other things which make for «a musical school».

In addition, the Competition sponsor, F&C Investment Trust, is running a schools» roadshow during 2018, hosting fun sessions on «Why Investing Matters», with each entrant receiving a visit from the campaign bus (schedules permitting).

The broader picture revealed commercial potential in the recent Design Museum's Virtual Ventura Award to students, while the Academy was the only UK school to host a visit from President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron.

While Partnership leaders are hosting education reform leaders and visiting Success Academy, Achievement First and Uncommon Schools charters for inspiration, they say there's plenty they don't want to take from the charter sector.

We also help colleagues craft local policies that can be presented to their boards of education; and we frequently host study visits to our New York City community schools for delegations of elected officials from other cities and countries.

This spring, we are hosting a series of Immersion Learning Visits at three innovative EdVisions schools: Northwest Passage High School, Avalon Charter School and Minnesota New Country School.

I lead a Sheffield Hallam University team evaluating the primary part of the Shanghai teacher exchange, which involved teachers from 48 schools visiting Shanghai in 2014/15 and hosting Shanghai teachers back in their own schools.

Denver Public Schools hosts endless visits from civic and district leaders looking for ways to reinvent public education.

In June, classes from Grange, Roxeth, St Anselm's, Vaughan and Wellden Park Primary Schools visited the Ryan Theatre, to perform their collaborative version of a Shakespeare play hosted on their visit by sixth - form Harrovians.

To learn more about Michigan's College Decision Day and the more than 200 high schools hosting events across the state, visit the Michigan College Access Network website.

One great example of this was hosting a visit from a Harvard team interested in understanding and supporting schools that were trying to accomplish «Deeper Learning.»

The award of Accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges indicates that an educational institution has conducted a rigorous, comprehensive self - assessment of its learning community as a whole and has hosted a Visiting Team of peer reviewers to evaluate and validate its alignment with the Standards for Accreditation in terms of its own stated educational goals.

Moskowitz's high praise for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her willingness to host high - profile visits from Ivanka Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan at Success's signature campus in Harlem have angered parents and staffers, and unnerved some of her local allies in the charter school movement.

So with that in mind we can visit your school and host a parents evening for all things iPad or extend that to Grandparents session for school projects or purely to help out a little with their iPad skills.

Based on your input, visiting a school site is definitely preferred (Latino College Prep Academy, our winter host, was a big hit!)

Many charter schools have hosted their current board member for a visit - an important chance for parents to meet their representatives and, perhaps more importantly, for board members to hear directly from the families that their policies impact.

To learn more about Michigan's College Decision Day and the high schools hosting events across the state, visit the Michigan College Access Network website at www.micollegeaccess.org/events/college-decision-day.

The mentor school will host visits, allow observations, share strong practices and programs, and serve as a laboratory for learning, thereby providing expertise to project schools.

To learn more about Michigan's College Decision Day and the more than 200 high schools hosting events across the state, visit the Michigan College Access Network website at www.micollegeaccess.org/statewide-initiatives/college-decision-day.

This process continues into 8th grade and includes high school visits, hosting admission staff, application and interview prep, and placement assistance.

«The Rachel Simmons visit was the single most successful school assembly event we have ever hosted.

We kicked off the convening with a visit at this year's school host, DSST Public Schools.

Hosted ConnectEd and partner districts, these school site visits allow participants to hear about the successes and challenges directly from students, teachers, and district leaders and witness the teacher and student interaction and sense of family first had.

Soon they began visiting other schools that were curious about the method and hosting conferences on flipping.

As mentioned previously, before engaging in site visits, preservice teachers were paired with «buddy» students from the host school, whom they were encouraged to get to know on a more personal level.