Sentences with phrase «local school traditions»

As a collaborative school network, we are committed to learning from each other while embracing local school traditions and building upon the foundation of excellence in Catholic education.

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In the tradition of the Humanitarian Bowl (the former name of the Famous Idaho ® Potato Bowl), many events during game week will raise funds and awareness for local charities, including the United Way, Optimist Youth Football, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Boise School District, Treasure Valley YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs, Girl Scouts, and Armed Forces personnel.

I thought of all the street vendors in Mexico that gather around the local schools and sell fresh fruit cups and all assortments of vegetables - on - a-stick as after school snacks (a tradition I'm highly jealous of, btw).

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As a tradition, the best student in the local high school was expected to bear the Greek flag.

It also has explicit guidelines for the use of healthy food in school menus, including foods that respect the culture and traditions; and it provides incentives for the purchase of diversified foods, preferably from local family agriculture.

The Buckingham Players try to uphold British tradition by staging Shakespeare plays for the general public, boarding schools, and local royalty, but are unable to compete with the wildly popular Bollywood film industry.

«This law moves against the tradition of local control in a fundamental way,» said one midwestern school board member in the autumn of 2001.

Getting cooperation from so many schools is not easy, given the history of local control in education and the absence of a tradition of random assignment.

This raises a question very much worth pondering: What is the best way to arrange a city's system of schools given our tradition of local control and the state's ultimate constitutional obligation?

Though I am primarily a food critic, I have written a book about the traditions of American cooking (which included a chapter on school lunches) and can tell you that hot lunches in public schools were originally produced, with a few exceptions, early in the 20th century by local charities because immigrant children were coming to school hungry.

Some may view charter schools as a threat to local traditions and long - standing power - sharing arrangements.

For school - board leaders and others charged with implementing those man - dates at the district level, the legislative activism has renewed an old debate over the governance of public education and the degree to which the tradition of «local control» is being eroded.

In fact, because of the strong tradition of local control, New Hampshire's districts and charter schools were free to interpret and implement the state's competency mandate as they saw fit.

Speaking from more than 40 years of experience in the field — and speaking for all learners who hope to succeed, the teachers who want them to succeed, and the local school leaders whose aspirations for success have been thwarted by assessment traditions — Stiggins maps out the adjustments in practice and culture necessary to generate both accurate accountability data and the specific evidence of individual mastery that will support sound instructional decision making and better learning in the classroom.

Continuing a 10 - year long tradition, the National Alliance honors individuals at the federal, state and local level who enrich the lives of students by leading the most impactful charter school initiatives and supporting charters as a high - quality public school option.

Among its basic goals, DSBA is dedicated to advancing the quality of Delaware's public schools, promoting efficient and effective administration of those schools and strengthening the tradition of local citizen control through the establishment of education policy by elected and appointed school board members directly accountable to the communities they serve.

There has been a long standing tradition at Nottingham High School of involvement in our local educational community.

And he argued that Connecticut should intervene more aggressively in school districts, saying local control, grounded in American tradition but not the law, has given the state an excuse to bow out rather than meaningfully try to improve schools.

American public education has a long tradition of local control, with many decisions made by schools or districts and the rest typically settled at the state level.

-- tradition of independent, local control of public schools will respond to this recommendation.

Some local schools never had class rank, or did away with it long go, along with the time - honored tradition of the No. 1 student taking the graduation stage as the valedictorian.

«Under our system of government, state education policy is determined by the Legislative and Executive Branches and implemented under a strong tradition of local control by municipal school boards and, ultimately, teachers,» Jepsen said in a statement.

Our agency is proud to be part of the Holmes tradition of giving back to the community we serve — from sponsoring various local school organizations and sports teams to hosting pet adoption events.

Residents can attest to the excellent schools, shops where the owners know your name, a rich tradition tied to local historical sites, and the sense of living in more than just a house or a neighborhood.

Visitors looking to listen to Garífuna music and see Mayan ruins have encouraged locals to preserve their culture, and new schools and government programs have begun to help keep Belize's older traditions intact.

The Hudson River School created the first local art movement, which is often referred to as American history painting, setting it against the dominant tradition in Europe at the time.

In particular we have a long tradition of our lawyers being actively involved in local charities, churches, schools and politics.