Sentences with phrase «needed for community schools»

Milwaukee, WI - November 18, 2014 Over 100 people attended a community meeting with Chicago organizers Jitu Brown at Bethesda Baptist Church to talk about education, racial injustice and the need for community schools.

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«It really comes down to this combination of funding and mentoring — the two key areas high - growth startups need,» says Michael Goldberg, visiting assistant professor of design and innovation at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management where he created an online course that uses Cleveland as a model for other communities.

Speaking at schools and community centers across America, I was inspired to write this book when I saw an underserved need for a guide that would show aspiring and current entrepreneurs how to leverage their personal habits and goals to make themselves into the type of person a successful entrepreneur is.»

He's made giving back to the community an integral part of his business, starting in 2012 when he began offering free classes once a month to The Little Light House, a tuition - free school for children with special needs.

The American people already know that beneath all the politics lies the real answer, the need for more mental health counselors in our schools and tolerance and love for those who suffer in our community.

Even the language of faith needs something to build on, for confidence is more than words and must arise from the relationships of home, church, school, and community.

Schools that are racially integrated — assuming that the way integration is achieved promotes unity rather than division in the community — will have the greatest need and opportunity to provide those daily experiences that make this real for children.

In order to address this problem, high academic standards will need to be achieved in every school, and communities will have to provide the necessary resources for those students facing additional challenges.

This money has helped cultivate vital needs for those communities like electricity, healthcare, schools, clean water supplies and new farming equipment.

«Whether or not Fonterra or Murray Goulburn see themselves as liable for the mess that we're dealing with, I think a good corporate, community minded organisation, helping out those in need within your supplier base with simple things, like hampers or going into a school to help out with excursion costs, should be considered.»

agree with Kass, schools need help from the community to make real food in the lunch room a reality for students.

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This program is working because of the commitment by the entire school community to insuring that at - risk students received the nourishment they needed for the afternoon and evening.

Next we heard from Mark Terry, who gave a compelling comparison of his old school district — a low SES urban district with a high ELL population, an 85 % free / reduced qualifying rate, and a high need for meal and nutrition education services — and his current district, which is more affluent with a much lower free / reduced qualification rate and a community of parents who have high expectations for student success and a healthy lifestyle.

Lynne can be found at the crack of dawn on Christmas mornings in the school kitchen, helping a local restaurant to warm up over 600 free meals for community members and shut - ins in need of a Christmas miracle.

In other words, some other events / activities that show the school district how as a community we need to become more sustainable - minded instead of relying on industrial, processed sources for meals.

We offer a full continuum of care for families in crisis, including community - based counseling, foster care and adoption services, and a therapeutic nonpublic school for children with special needs.

Lunch Lessons offers a variety of services to assist school districts and their community partners in realizing their vision for school food service, including: educational programming through speaking engagements; workshops that address a variety of needs from fiscal to culinary training; focused analysis of various aspects of existing programs; as well as full assessments which analyze all aspects of the food service department and provide recommendations to assist in strategic planning and goal setting.

«When we really looked at our dependence on fossil fuels for practically everything needed to live comfortably in Maine — home heating, transportation to work and school, even getting Hannaford's shelves restocked every 5 days — an ecologically - minded cohousing community seemed like one viable and attractive alternative.

It doesn't matter if it's a playground at school, in the community or rigged in your own backyard, any place where you're going to let your child play is a place that needs to be inspected regularly for safety.

Horton said school boards and administrations need to demonstrate to the communities they serve how school meals are «critical for fulfilling the mission of the school, and stop seeing them as a separate program that needs to break even.»

Such generosity strengthens the School's mission by providing resources for student needs, faculty and staff salaries, financial aid, and community outreach.

LeBarre said the bond measure was approved because the school district worked with members of the community, discussing the need for resources to help boost their children's long - term success with improved nutrition and the plans for how the funds will be used to accomplish these goals.

Responding to School Violence: Tips for Administrators Administrators can reinforce the importance of creating a caring school community in which adults and students respect and trust each other and all students feel connected, understand expectations, and receive the behavioral and mental health support theySchool Violence: Tips for Administrators Administrators can reinforce the importance of creating a caring school community in which adults and students respect and trust each other and all students feel connected, understand expectations, and receive the behavioral and mental health support theyschool community in which adults and students respect and trust each other and all students feel connected, understand expectations, and receive the behavioral and mental health support they need.

Some areas of treatment include: activities of daily living (ADLs), such as dressing, feeding, toileting; instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), such as home management, shopping and cooking; leisure activities; school - based and educational activities; community re-integration; work tasks, such as interviewing to finding appropriate jobs for individuals with special needs and social skills; as well as sensory integration just to name a few.

Established as an orphanage in 1888, today Five Acres offers programs spanning a full continuum of care including community — based counseling and support services, intensive residential care, a therapeutic school for special needs students, and foster care and adoption services.

Established as an orphanage in 1888, today Five Acres offers programs spanning a full continuum of care including community - based counseling and support services, intensive residential care, a therapeutic school for special needs students and foster care and adoption services.

Established as an orphanage in 1888, today Five Acres offers programs spanning a full continuum of care including community - based counseling and support services, intensive residential care, a therapeutic school for students with special needs, and foster care and adoption services.

Today, the organization supports more than 8,500 children and families across five counties in southern California and offers residential care, community - based programs, foster care and adoptions and a therapeutic school for children and youth with special needs.

Getting salad bar equipment into local schools directly affects your local community and their children, which makes parents and local businesses some of the most passionate advocates for your cause — they just need to know about it!

«make it harder for schools to qualify for the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), which allows them to serve free meals to all students, by reportedly increasing the threshold of «Identified Students» needed to qualify for CEP from 40 percent to 60 percent.

I'm back from summer vacation in time to share some nice news: Houston ISD, the seventh largest district in the country, has announced that it's taking advantage of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) to provide universal (free) school breakfast and lunch to every student at 166 of its schools, regardless of economic status, and without the need for meal applications or other paperwork.

Despite these clear legal obligations, Palmer said, «Our organizations have received many complaints and questions from parenting employees and students who do not know their lactation rights, have faced difficulties when they need to pump milk on the job or during the school day, and do not know who to turn to within the school community for help.»

This must not only continue to address the need for sustained improvement in health services, but also consider the education of children in schools and adults in their workplaces and communities.

For instance, the Administrator said through the Schools Support Project, the Foundation hoped to answer to infrastructural needs of schools in Lagos State and work with manufacturers of building and construction materials, building technology professionals and other well meaning sponsors to help refurbish and upgrade public schools, while the Foundation has so far won three awards for projects executed at Government Technical College, Agidingbi; St. Jude's Primary School, Ebute Metta and Ojokoro Community LibraFor instance, the Administrator said through the Schools Support Project, the Foundation hoped to answer to infrastructural needs of schools in Lagos State and work with manufacturers of building and construction materials, building technology professionals and other well meaning sponsors to help refurbish and upgrade public schools, while the Foundation has so far won three awards for projects executed at Government Technical College, Agidingbi; St. Jude's Primary School, Ebute Metta and Ojokoro Community LSchools Support Project, the Foundation hoped to answer to infrastructural needs of schools in Lagos State and work with manufacturers of building and construction materials, building technology professionals and other well meaning sponsors to help refurbish and upgrade public schools, while the Foundation has so far won three awards for projects executed at Government Technical College, Agidingbi; St. Jude's Primary School, Ebute Metta and Ojokoro Community Lschools in Lagos State and work with manufacturers of building and construction materials, building technology professionals and other well meaning sponsors to help refurbish and upgrade public schools, while the Foundation has so far won three awards for projects executed at Government Technical College, Agidingbi; St. Jude's Primary School, Ebute Metta and Ojokoro Community Lschools, while the Foundation has so far won three awards for projects executed at Government Technical College, Agidingbi; St. Jude's Primary School, Ebute Metta and Ojokoro Community Librafor projects executed at Government Technical College, Agidingbi; St. Jude's Primary School, Ebute Metta and Ojokoro Community Library.

Julie Killian, the Republican candidate for George Latimer's open seat, says in order to reduce property taxes, Westchester communities need more school aid

Per - pupil funding levels should be adequate across all programs and settings — both school districts and community based organizations — in order to support high - quality pre-k for 3 - and 4 - year - olds, and the state should establish a timeline for ensuring adequate resources while expanding access to all eligible children, particularly in high - need communities.

From Laura Lavine's call for mayoral control of the schools to Howie Hawkins» suggestion of a Marshall Plan for Syracuse, the candidates lacked the calls for community governance that we need to succeed as a city.

«Downtown residents are in great need of recreational space and the Stuyvesant High School Community Center has served our community well for 20 yearCommunity Center has served our community well for 20 yearcommunity well for 20 years.»

Greenleaf, who has been tracking school population numbers for years, has determined that you need 60 kindergarten seats for every 100 births in the Community Board 1 area (roughly the area south of Canal St).

From Molinaro's view, groups of people were leveraged against each other, whether it was county leaders seeking certainty for their finances, the New York City school system and how it's leadership structure is formed or the communities affected by flooding that are in need of aid.

Council Member King, who reviewed his 12 - Point Plan for the 12TH Council District with more than 700 Bronx residents, friends and special guests in attendance, discussed upcoming and future projects, which include affording housing for working families through a partnership with Habitat for Humanity, the renovation of Agnes Haywood Park, capital funding to schools in the 12th Council District, expense funding to community - based organizations, funding for NYCHA developments and youth programs as well as DOT and DSNY needs in the 12th Council District.

In February, 200 public school parents from communities across New York City traveled to the State Capital in Albany for a special panel co-sponsored by State Senator Kevin Parker and StudentsFirstNY on the need for high - quality school options in our communities.

The governor needs this injection of revenue to pay for a host of campaign promises, including more money for schools, tuition - free community college and road and rail projects.

Also at 11 a.m., a new report from the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder, will be released showing that community schools need at least five years or more to create lasting school improvement and reduce barriers to achievement in a measurable way, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, 233 Broadway, Suite 720, Manhschool improvement and reduce barriers to achievement in a measurable way, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, 233 Broadway, Suite 720, ManhSchool Reform, 233 Broadway, Suite 720, Manhattan.

«The way this society said we are going to pay for high school because you need high school, this society should say we're going to pay for college because you need college to be successful,» Cuomo told a crowd at LaGuardia Community College in Queens.

«For years the small business community, municipal officials, and taxpayers have travelled this state pushing «Let NY Work,» a common sense platform of mandate relief proposals that will reduce mandated costs on school districts and municipalities, allowing local governments to live within their means while providing the services citizens need.

«These schools would provide a high quality, culturally relevant curriculum; health, social and emotional services in high needs communities for both students and their families; and sahre best practices across the state and nation,» she wrote in the letter.

«The goal should be to provide relative stability for taxpayers while accounting for the costs needed to provide services — many of which are required of public schools and supported by their communities.»

He said that the board, «vehemently opposes any plan that closes the Phoenicia elementary school and robs our residents and their children of convenient localized education opportunities for their younger children, disregards the needs of the local economy and businessmen and residents that assist with, sponsor and pay for school programs...» The resolution listed how the school acts as a community center including athletic, educational, social programs during the evenings, weekends and summer that are sponsored by the town.