Sentences with phrase «local nonprofit schools»

Earlier this week, a group of about 100 principals, deans of students and other school leaders gathered at Alverno College's Sister Joel Read Center for a summer training session led by the local nonprofit Schools That Can Milwaukee.

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Accordingly, Airbnb employees volunteer alongside the company's hosts and guests to serve local schools and nonprofits.

Be Great Fest plans on offering support to Pencils of Promise, a local nonprofit that builds schools and education programs abroad, by donating $ 25,000 of the proceeds to the organization.

(Cupcake Royale's donation program provides more than 50,000 cupcakes or scoops of ice cream each year to local schools and nonprofits.)

All around the U.S. and worldwide, the company's day of service benefits local nonprofits, schools, parks and zoos, hospitals and more.

He attributes his success to community support and in return has donated more than $ 50,000 since 2010 to local organizations including, but not limited to nonprofits, fire departments, area schools, booster clubs, health organizations and athletic teams.

USDA strongly encourages schools to donate leftover foods to appropriate nonprofit institutions provided this practice is not prohibited by State or local laws or regulations.

Some school districts partner with local nonprofits to feed kids during weekends, as well.

Researchers interviewed four food service directors and six community members (including local groups, nonprofit organizations, and for - profit businesses) and conducted in - depth analyses of policies in California, Indiana, Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Texas to illuminate the legal and regulatory frameworks that govern the sharing of school kitchen facilities.

Local nonprofit organizations, churches, summer camps and other groups that serve Cherokee County children in need are invited to attend the meeting at 2 p.m. on Feb. 28 at the School Nutrition Office to learn more.

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.

Umbrella sponsors may be local government agencies, school districts, food banks, youth - serving organizations, and other private nonprofits.

The USDA's Farm to School Grant Program — originally funded as part of the Healthy Huger - Free Kids Act of 2010 — provides resources on a competitive basis to schools, nonprofits, farmers and government entities to assist in implementing farm to school programs that improve access to local foods in eligible scSchool Grant Program — originally funded as part of the Healthy Huger - Free Kids Act of 2010 — provides resources on a competitive basis to schools, nonprofits, farmers and government entities to assist in implementing farm to school programs that improve access to local foods in eligible scschool programs that improve access to local foods in eligible schools.

(2) to supplement and complement the efforts of States, the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States, the private sector, public and private educational institutions, public and private nonprofit educational research institutions, community - based organizations, parents, and students to im - prove the quality of education;

Valesky said that freedom since the IDC formed in 2011 has allowed him to cut better deals when it comes to state funding for local schools, healthcare organizations and nonprofits.

Students at the Jamesville - Dewitt Middle School in central New York are learning computer coding through a program developed by a local nonprofit.

Also at 6 p.m., NYC Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo, joined by local agencies and nonprofit organizations, marks National Bullying Prevention Month with a community conversation and resource expo, W.E.B. DuBois Academic High School, 402 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn.

Local parents and community activists organized through the nonprofit organization Advocating For Change met at the First Baptist Church of Spring Valley at 7 p.m. on the evening of January 7 to address problems faced by students in the East Ramapo School District.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Local parents and community activists organized through the nonprofit organization Advocating For Change met at the First Baptist Church of Spring Valley at 7 p.m. on the evening of January 7 to address problems faced by students in the East Ramapo School District.

But schools may seek other strategies such as recruiting health care professionals from local hospitals or clinics or nonprofits to offer occasional sessions on first aid or CPR.

She knew a physicist who did educational outreach (but had just lost his grant, so he couldn't offer me any work), who knew a space scientist (who did no outreach or education at all), who knew a geologist (who occasionally volunteered in the schools), who knew an evolutionary ecologist (who worked for a nonprofit with no money at all), who knew the director of another local nonprofit educational company.

Break bread with food - minded locals, famous chefs, and travelers alike at this nonprofit communal cooking school and event center, which uses cooking as a means to strengthen and unite communities.

Knowing that out - of - school suspensions aren't effective, a Connecticut - based nonprofit studied alternatives and gathered some great ideas that are working for local schools.

«We had Citizens Schools coming in to run our afterschool program,» he says, referring to the nonprofit that connects students to local apprenticeships.

With support from SASTEMIC, a local nonprofit, the bus launched in 2014, traveling to underserved and rural schools around greater San Antonio that don't have access to STEM and maker resources.

Gallatin Valley Farm to School, a local nonprofit that teaches kids about growing food and healthy eating, now runs BOB, and plans to extend its reach throughout the district, as well as incorporate math and English into the existing garden lessons.

Overarching local nonprofits such as New Schools for New Orleans and Teach NOLA have coordinated and supercharged the reform initiatives, and national organizations such as Teach for America and the New Teacher Project have expanded their presence in New Orleans.

In the 24 states where online charter schools exist, some are locally operated by nonprofits using commercial platforms and content, some nonprofits contract with local partners for content and instructional services, and other nonprofits contract with national partners.

A joint effort by Mayor Baraka, the Newark City Council, school board members, the leaders of many charter organizations, education - related nonprofit groups, and several local and state representative to procure state aid for both district and charter schools is another sign factionalism is waning.

In its 10th year of existence, Guajardo's nonprofit development organization in Texas is run entirely by college - educated locals, and the school districts which it helps are seeing significant increases in graduation rates and college matriculation.

In partnership with nonprofit groups and local universities, the mayor's office runs five iDesign schools (also dubbed partnership schools).

For example, earlier this year Mayor Baraka, the Newark City Council, school board members, the leaders of many charter organizations, education - related nonprofit groups, the Newark City Council, and several local and state representatives all signed a letter asking Christie to provide additional state aid.

By what metric should we determine whether these schools are more or less «public» than local nonprofit Roman Catholic schools?

For example, at Big Picture Learning schools throughout the country, internships in local businesses and nonprofit organizations are integrated into the regular school week.

Students at Avalon School in St. Paul, Minnesota learn filming from a local nonprofit in the area, and students at Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia learn from scientists and researchers at the Franklin Institute through mini-courses.

But in 2003, a nonprofit program called Digital Equalizer created a computer lab at the local high school, giving Hemant and his peers access to eight computers, a dot - matrix printer, and a digital camera.

NewSchools Venture Fund, a nonprofit grantmaking organization, operates in several major cities across the U.S. CMOs in its portfolio work exclusively in urban neighborhoods, serve predominantly low - income students, with demographics that are similar to those of their local public school peers.

They also struggled with local community politics because state charter laws required them to contract with nonprofit governing boards rather than run schools directly.

Contributors to the final plan included representatives from the New Orleans Public Schools, state and local government, Louisiana universities, the U.S. Department of Education, the Broad Foundation, the Gates Foundation, the Council of the Great City Schools, IBM, Teach For America, the American Federation of Teachers, New Orleans nonprofits, and the Philadelphia, Norfolk (VA), and Oakland public school districts.

In Indianapolis, the local nonprofit The Mind Trust recently analyzed projected teacher needs across the city's charter sector and plans to use the data to inform the way it supports schools of all kinds.

She suggests a mix of formal and informal learning opportunities in settings including homes, schools, libraries, museums, local cable access centers, colleges, and nonprofit organizations.

Despite the nonprofit's many successes — including getting the local communities invested in the program by hiring locals, even having some build schools — Wood admitted that it hasn't always been easy.

A literacy nonprofit might send volunteers into a school with low reading scores, or a local YMCA might invite teenagers from a poor community to its afterschool program.

Pilot schools are created as the result of a planning process funded by the Boston Foundation, a private charity, with technical assistance from the Center for Collaborative Education, a local nonprofit organization that runs the Boston Pilot Schools Nschools are created as the result of a planning process funded by the Boston Foundation, a private charity, with technical assistance from the Center for Collaborative Education, a local nonprofit organization that runs the Boston Pilot Schools NSchools Network.

More funding is needed in many districts to address the lack of resources, but given the recession, we will need to rely upon better coordination between schools, nonprofits, and local government to respond to student needs.

These nonprofits were started in part thanks to local philanthropists looking for a new way to support inner - city Catholic schools.

Local foundations and nonprofits are also investing in local special education supports for charter schLocal foundations and nonprofits are also investing in local special education supports for charter schlocal special education supports for charter schools.

That law would allow as many as 45 new charter schools to open in the next six years, run by nonprofit organizations under contract, or «charter,» with a local school district or with the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Soon after, our school was selected to work with a local nonprofit, LEAP Innovations, to design a schoolwide model for personalized learning, using a framework to rearrange our classrooms conceptually and physically.

This measure would allow a newly - created state commission or approved local school boards to authorize qualifying nonreligious, nonprofit organizations to operate public charter schools, limited to forty schools over five years.