Sentences with phrase «of local high school students»

Enlist the services of local high school students to perform as mock jurors (they'll gain a unique experience and you'll have about the right educational demographic for your jury, but consider how to deal with confidentiality).

Recently we were presented with an opportunity to sponsor a group of local high school students who build and race electrically powered vehicles as an extra curricular activity.

But instead of pictures of professional athletes or cartoon characters, these cards have photos of local high school students who excel in school and community activities.

One key to the sustainability of Bugscope is the training of local high school students, who prepare the specimens and perform the initial microscope setup.

Marist is partnering with the Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies to host a pilot project aimed at increasing the number of local high school students from underrepresented groups entering STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) careers.

For the past 25 years, Broome County has partnered with thousands of local high school students, promoting a unique and exciting experience to help end drinking and driving.

Not exact matches

Finn became very active in the local Chamber of Commerce partly to help create new training programs and internships to groom high school students for potential accounting careers.

Black also hosted a series of informal «town hall» gatherings on college campuses, inviting college students and local high school kids to talk about how they see their futures.

The co-founder of Evolution Martial Arts, a Parkland, Florida, karate school, would soon learn that more than 20 of her customers were under lockdown at the local high school, where a shooter had opened fire and slaughtered several students.

Perhaps a good place to start is by focusing on 10 students in your local high school, with the goal of increasing their chances of graduating.

Inquire at a local high school or university, and you're likely to find eager students willing to work for experience instead of a (high) salary.

Students across the country are walking out of class at 10 am local time on Wednesday, March 14, for the National Student Walkout to honor the one - month anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Although the issue of homeschool student participation in public high school sports isn't exactly a pressing national concern, it hits pretty close to home in our family — both our kids are competitive club - level swimmers who could contribute to the success of our local high....

We saw the names of some who had been students at the local high schools and community college; we saw the names of friends with whom we had grown up, members of our track teams and little league; some of us saw the names of family members.

A summary of a sermon preached in a local church, and a transcribed discussion of a group of church members (three adults and three high school students) who gathered to discuss the service and the sermon immediately afterward.

Ton Mulgrew, BBC Cook of the Year and chef at Ravenscliffe High School, which provides a predominantly vegetarian menu, said: «This is a great opportunity for all school chefs to showcase their skills — for example, writing their own menus for their students and schools, and having the flexibility to use only the best quality and local produce when designing menus.&School, which provides a predominantly vegetarian menu, said: «This is a great opportunity for all school chefs to showcase their skills — for example, writing their own menus for their students and schools, and having the flexibility to use only the best quality and local produce when designing menus.&school chefs to showcase their skills — for example, writing their own menus for their students and schools, and having the flexibility to use only the best quality and local produce when designing menus.»

Developed by a local high school culinary student in partnership with Medical City Children's Hospital in Dallas, El Fenix's Kids Fit Menu allows kids to build their own meals by choosing from an array of delicious, low - fat / calorie entrées and sides, along with a glass of apple juice.

Traditionally a fundraiser for local scholarship programs, the festival to date has contributed nearly $ 80,000 in scholarships for Marathon High School students through the Marathon chapter of the Organized Fishermen of Florida, a statewide group that represents the interests and well - being of the commercial fishing industries.

Additionally, 25 percent of proceeds on Feb. 18 will be donated to a local high school, whose school representatives and student council will be present.

Trap shooting is doing so both figuratively and literally as student - athletes are increasingly hitting the range at local shooting clubs to hone their craft and compete against students of rival high schools.

Run student and parent awareness programs, talk to the faculty at a local high school, and work on having any of the Challenge Success founders speak at your local school.

In August the company took over operations from Aramark and began serving daily meals of sustainable, local and organic food to 4,700 students at Niles North and Niles West high schools in Skokie.

The fruits and vegetables grown from local farmers contain very high amounts of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and phytonutrients that are not often found in school lunches, providing students with an enormous health advantage to their diet.

In observance of Veterans Day, Richmond County Nutrition Services in Augusta (GA) partnered with local veterans to honor Cross Creek High School's cafeteria staff for their commitment to «Serving Students with Excellence.»

Here in Houston ISD, for example, high school students, PTOs and coaches often set up fundraising tables at lunch to sell entrees from local restaurants and fast food chains, everything from pizza to Chinese food, creating veritable «food courts» of junk food.

On one project, we worked with a group of great students at Henry Sibley High School in St. Paul, MN, along with a local chef, and the food service staff, to come up with a new school lunch menuSchool in St. Paul, MN, along with a local chef, and the food service staff, to come up with a new school lunch menuschool lunch menu item.

Local school districts have been improving the quality of food they've been serving for years, but Tanner wanted to see the district leverage its considerable buying power to serve higher quality food to more students, more consistently.

On Taste Washington Day, the FFA students from the high school visit all of the schools and talk about local agriculture and serve samples to all of the students in the lunch room so everyone has the opportunity to sample the fresh, local products.»

This year, FFA members from Cedarcrest High School (CHS) worked to promote local agriculture and offer samples of the locally grown produce to students — including Asian Pears, roasted red and gold beets, radishes, mini sweet peppers, kale, banana peppers, etc..

Some of my students worked with high school teams and local chefs to create healthy and delicious items that met the NSLP requirements and could be produced for under $ 1.00 / meal.

To tackle the stigma of free and reduced lunches in the high schools, Weiss has five «Mobile Cafes» (trendy food trucks donated by The Orfalea Foundation) that park outside the school and sell nutritious reimbursable meals to the high school students who otherwise might leave campus... These mobile cafes are also bringing free lunches to local, low - income students during the summer months as part of Santa Barbara's Seamless Summer meals program.

The number of students eating free and reduced - price school lunches edged higher in many local districts last year, and appear on pace to climb even more this fall.

Miller Place is the first Long Island district to publicly acknowledge the posting of armed security personnel since the Feb. 14 shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 students and teachers but other local systems are moving in that direction.

A dramatic spike in the use of a particular type of electronic cigarette among middle and high school students has local parents, educators and activists, clamoring for action.

Western New York Congressman Brian Higgins met with a group of local, suburban high school students to discuss gun reform.

Eighty high school students from all across the state gathered in Albany on Tuesday to lobby in support of the Young Voter Act, a bill that would lower the legal voting age to 17 for state and local elections.

The Board of Regents today adopted regulations to expand the criteria under which students with disabilities may be eligible to graduate high school with a local diploma.

Indeed, our own surveys in local high schools found that 70 percent of high school students read books to their brothers, sisters and cousins.

The least poorly funded schools tend to be rural schools in low income rural areas with an insufficient local tax base to support them and with high costs associated with a lack of economies of scale and large transportation costs for students.

MECHANICVILLE, N.Y. — Three months later, the deadly shooting at Parkland, Fla.'s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is still on the minds of many local students.

Of the 569 students who attended the four closing high schools during the 2010 - 11 school year, only 47 percent graduated with a local or Regents diploma (lower than the citywide average by 15 percent) and 22 percent of them dropped out or were discharged (more than twice the citywide averageOf the 569 students who attended the four closing high schools during the 2010 - 11 school year, only 47 percent graduated with a local or Regents diploma (lower than the citywide average by 15 percent) and 22 percent of them dropped out or were discharged (more than twice the citywide averageof them dropped out or were discharged (more than twice the citywide average).

(pictured <) «From the beginning, we have been clear and consistent in our position: forced co-locations that result in overcrowding, special students» losing space, and elementary students being mixed with high school students, are unacceptable; as are co-locations that ignore the will of local parents and teachers.»

Like he did at the University of Buffalo and at a local high school in Syracuse, the conversation focused on making college affordable to students.

Fed up with the seeming inaction of their local and state government, or in this case the adults, the students of Hoosick Falls High School held an emergency meeting to demand that Governor Cuomo help them find a reliable safe source of drinking water, that did not come in a plastic bottle.

The New York State Board of Regents is expected to act on two committee reports Tuesday, calling for a delay the impact of Common Core - related state assessments on educators and students and reducing the level of local school district testing associated with the new teacher evaluation law and higher standards for teaching and learning.

Its activities include assisting undergraduates with the graduate admissions process, mentoring local high school students, connecting black graduate students with faculty of color, as well as several social activities, including bowling, barbeques, and an annual formal with alumni.

After he had begun the new job, some of his former Sharon High students encouraged him to run for the local school committee, and even helped him campaign.

This program for high school students underrepresented in STEM is implemented by the Space Telescope Science Institute's Office of Public Outreach in partnership with select local schools.

Dr. Ganz was active in academic outreach throughout her time at Cornell, mentoring undergraduate students, co-teaching a weekly computer science course to a local high school chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Jr., as well as a five - week mini-course on experiments in chemistry and biology to local elementary school students.

Bordeaux Neurosciences works in collaboration with local Doctoral Schools and Universities to offer students a high level of doctoral training.