Sentences with phrase «kids in the neighborhood as»

we also have one child, another in the works and have many kids in the neighborhood as well as running a parenting group witch has kids over a lot.

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Including investments in consumer companies he holds through Maveron, a venture capital firm he co-founded — and the tens of millions of dollars of equity he owns in Groupon (GRPN) as a director — his net worth is in the neighborhood of at least $ 2 billion, which isn't bad for a kid who grew up in the projects of Brooklyn, on the seventh floor at 1560 East 102nd St. Obama himself, according to Schultz, said he was «very aware of my personal story.»

Gold recalled seeing Cruz as a kid attempt to join other kids riding their bicycles in the neighborhood, but the kids brushed him off and called him names.

So in the (not so distant) future look for him to do animal sacrifices in his yard, beat / kill his kids when they mouth off, torch his neighborhood when he realizes he lives next to people that don't believe as he does, own and beat his slaves, and we won't even discuss how he'll treat his wives.

Thus, if a minister today is not in process of being ousted, is regarded by at least many of his people as a wonderful Christian, a helpful preacher, a diligent pastor, and so on, he may rest content in this kind of status even though privately he is disturbed at all the kids who drop out of church school, at the inattentiveness of the church to its neighborhood, at the virtual neglect of older people, and at the bourgeois aroma that infects everything.

Probably because I have the best memories of trudging around in my snowy neighborhood as a kid with all of my best friends, collecting pillowcases full of candy.

There's this kid in the neighborhood, a kid who spends enough time at my house that he has taken to referring to me as «mom.»

Usually I fault the parents a bit more than the kids but one time some little shitty girl in our neighborhood who spent all of last year playing with my kids decided that now she's grown as an 8 year old and she started bullying the shit out of my son.

And it looks as if their scores will be truly impressive — almost indistinguishable from those of middle - class kids living in better neighborhoods.

Well moving on is sometimes a hard matter for kids who may have grown a big group of friends, for instance 2 years ago when I had to go under a similar situation, one of my kids who as a consequence of me introducing him to a k 12 homeschool curriculum, had grow a good group of friends around the neighborhood, when time came for us to move on he did not want to move on and let behind his friends, so we had to explain him a lot about what we were doing and promise to bring him back so that he could keep in contact with his friends!

We've just made the decision as a family to take a financial detour by enrolling our kids in the neighborhood Catholic school when they reach school age (already made a deposit for NEXT year, actually, since spots are scarce).

There is also research that shows that kids who are more civically engaged are more likely to vote as adults, and that engagement can also be a method of reducing violence in neighborhoods.

In my own neighborhood, which I would describe as middle class, there are quite a few kids whose parents go to work early and leave the it up to the kids to get themselves up, dressed, and onto the bus.

Matt Guncheon, 22, a North Park senior who has played softball with neighborhood kids in the park, said, «I'm as supportive of the athletic teams as anyone.

As I made my way back up the stairs, I could hear children laughing outside — a common sound in my neighborhood that's filled with kids and families.

Sarah's book about the experience, Fed Up With Lunch, contains a «Guide to Quiet Revolution,» which parents, teachers, kids and teenagers, as well as community members can use as a road map to make health and wellness a priority in neighborhood schools.

Get in touch with other parents in the neighborhood who will be schlepping their kids to the same places as you will.

Having once carried 510 pounds on his 5 - foot - 10 frame, Mitchell is on a mission to teach healthy eating to adults as well as kids in this North Side neighborhood.

As Gurnee resident Julie Hermsen sizzled last week, she harked back to her youth in Lincolnshire, where she could always cool off at the local swim club with the other neighborhood kids.

Lunch Line follows six kids from one of the toughest neighborhoods in Chicago as they set out to fix school lunch — and end up at the White House.

«As mayor, I will have no higher priority than ensuring kids in our city can go to a good school in their neighborhood, whether public, private, parochial or religious,» Massey said.

Researchers found that adolescents aged 11 to 17 spent over an hour less each day on average in their neighborhoods if residents there were very fearful, compared to kids from areas perceived as being safer.

There weren't many kids in our neighborhood, as we lived out in the country, so I learned to play by myself using my imagination.

As Sam watches «Papa» Joe care for and love the kids in his under - resourced neighborhood, she begins to realize that no matter life's circumstances, the love of God is always reaching out to us.

DJ (Mitchell Musso) has spent years staking out the neighborhood crank, Mr. Nebbercracker (Steve Buscemi), and his tumbledown house, the one in stark contrast to the otherwise pristine suburbs around it, all the while keeping a journal of exactly what he's been confiscating from the hapless neighborhood kids who trespass by so much as a millimeter on his sinister lawn.

There is also quite a bit of good pop culture thrown in the mix, and satirical knocks on how kids pick up things from video games and music, such as when B - Rad tears up a neighborhood with his gats, and credits

Cornbread is a good kid in a bad neighborhood and he sees basketball as his family's ticket out of poverty.

As kids in the same neighborhood, they hang out together, but the inherent personality differences lead to polar opposite paths in high school.

But as Paul Tough writes in his book, Whatever It Takes, about Canada and the Harlem Children's Zone, Canada had something growing up that a lot of other kids in the neighborhood didn't: a mother with a couple years of college under her belt who realized that education doesn't only happen in school.

«U.S. Students from Educated Families Lag in International Tests: It's not just about kids in poor neighborhoods» will be available at http://educationnext.org/us-students-educated-families-lag-international-tests as of 12:01 AM on Tuesday May 13, and will appear in the Fall 2014 issue of Education Next.

Meanwhile, more parents in D.C. neighborhoods west of Rock Creek Park are sending their kids to public schools, resulting in fewer spots for «out of boundary» students in the most sought - after neighborhood schools such as Lafayette, Murch and Eaton elementary schools or Deal Middle School.

First, in the old system, each neighborhood had a school, and that school existed so long as the neighborhood had kids.

So you use all kinds of connections and networks to get your kid into a good school, as opposed to what should be the case in public education; you go to the school in your neighborhood and its a good school.

It's a warm afternoon in May in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, and as the bell signals the end of the school day at the Smith Leadership Academy School, kids flood into the halls and burst through the doors outside.

But the reality that many kids must travel as long as two hours away from home in order to attend school (often on inefficient public transit) has also put a strain on the Crescent City's poorest families, who, like middle - class households, want high - quality schools within their own neighborhoods.

In my neighborhood, charter schools marketed themselves to white, middle class families as a way to send their kids to school without «those kids».

As the kids and families in my neighborhood begin the process of recovering from the trauma of recent events, Patty and teachers like her in Back of the Yards will be key resources to help them develop resilience.

As a white kid from the country, I quickly learned that my corduroy pants and cowboy boots were not going to cut it in hallways where many kids wore parachute pants and Air Jordans popular in my inner - city neighborhood.

As a black kid navigating New Orleans's overwhelmingly white private schools, I spent most of my adolescence in their neighborhoods and at their homes.

Executive Director, Caleb Dolan addressed the significant investment that KIPP has made in the Boston community, stating that KIPP's commitment to use the school as a community center as well as an educational institution will benefit residents of that neighborhood, sharing that our teachers, leaders, kids and families have worked hard to earn this beautiful building.

When busing ended I had the sense that many in Denver felt that the district could get back to business as usual, maintaining traditional neighborhood schools and creating magnets seemingly designed to keep white middle class kids in the district.

Although one can find heroic exceptions here and there (generally in schools led by extraordinary, beat - the - odds and damn - the - torpedoes principals), far too many public schools in tough neighborhoods and poor communities fail to get beyond the challenges of discipline, truancy, turnover of both students and staff, the ever - present risk of drop - outs, students» lack of basic skills, and such fundamental human needs as feeding breakfast to kids who come to school with empty stomachs.

Brinig: As we discuss in our book, the loss of Catholic schools is a «triple whammy» for our cities: When Catholic schools close, (1) poor kids lose schools with a track record of educating disadvantaged children at a time when they need them more desperately than ever; (2) poor neighborhoods that are already overwhelmed by disorder and crime lose critical and stabilizing community institutions — institutions that our research suggests suppress crime and disorder; and, (3) middle - class families must look elsewhere for educational options for their kids, leading many to migrate to suburbs with high - performing public schools.

As savers go, I'm somewhere between decent and so - soâ $ ¦ or at least that's what I thought until I saw a 22 - year - old neighborhood kid who used to work with me saving $ 800 a month with his earnings, plus furnishing his own rental apartment (in New York!)

Other respondents referred to their credit reports or scores as «the most important thing in my life, right now, well besides my babies,» as «that darned thing that is destroying my life,» and as «my ticket to good neighborhoods and good schools for my kids.»

roaringmad you are a fuking idiot when it comes to the breed apparently you have read too many bad articles my son has two pitbulls and a 3 yr» old as well as a 7 yr» old theses dogs are great with kids even in the neighborhood with other kids like any breed they can be bad or good it's all in how they are raised..

Cheri Thompson — founder of Healing Species, a South Carolina - based program that plucks rescue dogs from shelters and places them in a school program designed to reduce aggression and bullying, while increasing empathy in those classrooms — discusses her formative years as an animal lover and being that kid who tended to sick or injured animals that turned up in the neighborhood.

When I applied to veterinary school, I envisioned myself as «The Boy - Wonder Equine Surgeon», the whiz - kid ministering to high - dollar pet horses in exclusive neighborhoods.

because the dog owners are internally leaving scraps of food on the upper left border of my yard - and where dogs eat they will usually crap; so this is what i have to deal wth - they breed dogs and let them run free as if they own my property as well; i have called animal control about 6 times within the past 2 years - i believe they are related or friends which is my assumption - and guess what not only do i have 1 neighbor who let their dogs use my yard as a toilet but another neighbor two doors down who collect stray dogs but do not feed them and let them roam the neighborhood so they can knock over my garbage can 2 - 3 times a week; i am at my wits end - i want to put red peeper on the border of my yard as well but i do nt want to be sued; i have even confronted my neighbor about this and just suggested that they would keep their dogs from crapping in my yard as well as jumping in my kids pool - what did these animal loving people say:» they're animals - we cant control where our dogs do their business or if they get hot and go into your kids pool!»»

-- less than 40 pounds — low - shed, because of children's allergies (there is no such thing as a non-shedding dog)-- playful and fun — good with kids — will want cuddling and petting — medium exercise needs (able to be fulfilled in a fenced yard and with neighborhood walks for the most part)