Sentences with phrase «of public school library»

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A client asked me the other day why in the world he should care about getting links from a few K - 12 public school library Web sites, most of which look horrible, have very few visitors, and live way out in the middle of nowhere in the.

The waqfs were created for a great variety of services, such as the building and upkeep of water conduits, fountains, wells, roads, sidewalks, bridges, kitchens for the distribution of free meals, guest houses, homes for widows, schools, libraries, mosques, tekkes, cemeteries, open — air places for prayer, caravansaries to lodge full caravans of men and animals, clock - rooms for telling time, bakeries for distributing bread and cakes to the poor, dispensaries, hospitals, public baths, shaded land on the roadside.

They have — most of them — hot running water, central heating, electric lighting, immunizations against deadly disease, public schooling, access to parks and beautiful libraries, etc. etc, wonderful benefits that, for most of human history, were either reserved for the few ruling elite or didn't exist!

And as far as socialism goes, I bet there are millions of those evangelicals who wallow in it every day: public schools, state highways, medicare, medicaid, libraries.

In this country, at least, we tend to divide childhood into a series of discrete chapters, segmented like clothing sizes or the aisles in a public library: infants and toddlers over here, elementary school students over there, teenagers somewhere else entirely.

Find copies of our monthly magazine at libraries, grocery stores, public and private schools, preschools, day care centers, medical offices, hospitals, retail locations and other family - friendly sites.

And on Friday, I had the privilege of donating many LeapFrog Tag and Tag Jr Readers to local libraries and public schools.

The area near the intersection of Woodridge and Plaza drives includes, among other things, Village Hall, a library, public works facility, park district community center, post office, junior high school and open space.

Glen Ellyn's involvement was a community effort involving College of DuPage, school and park districts, library, chamber of commerce, village, and volunteers who showed their home gardens or helped plant public areas.

It is intended to be used with school age children and is designed to meet the requirements of different settings; for instance, a home school unit, a public school classroom, the local library, or your community center.

Probably some variation of what I have answered the other hundred thousand times I've fielded that question at a school, library, church, or any other public area: «No.»

Announcements included the awarding of state grants that will support 18,000 miles of broadband infrastructure, serving 18 upstate libraries and 96 government buildings, health care facilities, colleges and public schools.

The impasse means a range of public services including libraries, courts and schools are expected to be hit in the mass walkout this Wednesday.

CodeLagos will officially launch this April, with a roll out of coding centers across 350 public and private schools as well as public libraries across the State.

According to him, the upgrade of the public libraries in schools across the six education districts in the State was in line with the commitment of the present administration to expand access to knowledge for Lagosians.

• Proposition 3 - authorize the Hamilton Central School District to levy a tax in the amount of $ 132,535 and pay the trustees of the Hamilton Public library for the support and basis of the library.

Two - thirds of Americans put the benefits of libraries at the top of the list of public services as compared to schools, roads and parks.

Presented in collaboration with Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo Public Schools, City of Buffalo, Erie Community College, Life Technologies / Thermo Fisher Scientific, Praxair, State University of New York (SUNY), SUNY Buffalo State and University at Buffalo, this collaborative effort continues to underscore the critical importance of STEM fields to future employment in Buffalo's emerging life sciences and advanced manufacturing industries.

With the school year beginning, the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System reminds you that one of the simplest ways to support a child's academic success is by using your local library.

September is Library Card Sign - up Month, a time when the Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries join with the American Library Association and public libraries nationwide to encourage every student to have the most important school supply of all — a free libraryPublic Libraries join with the American Library Association and public libraries nationwide to encourage every student to have the most important school supply of all — a free librLibraries join with the American Library Association and public libraries nationwide to encourage every student to have the most important school supply of all — a free librarypublic libraries nationwide to encourage every student to have the most important school supply of all — a free librlibraries nationwide to encourage every student to have the most important school supply of all — a free library card.

Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has launched the distribution of seven hundred thousand free textbooks and library resources materials to public primary schools in the...

Attendees at today's kickoff included: City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Buffalo Public Schools Interim Superintendent Donald Ogilvie, SUNY Trustee Dr. Eunice Lewin, University at Buffalo President Dr. Satish K. Tripathi, SUNY Buffalo State President Dr. Katherine Conway - Turner, Erie Community College President Jack Quinn, Regional Economic Development Council Co-Chair, businessman and developer Howard Zemsky, Staff Scientist Mwita Phelps of Life Technologies / Thermo Fisher Scientific, Director of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries Mary Jean Jakubowski, Dr. Norma J. Nowak, Director of Science and Technology, UB's NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, as well as a number of invited guests, including elected leaders, teachers and students.

In addition to approving a new school budget, Albany voters saw fit to green - light the public library's 2018 budget, approving it by a vote of 2,165 to 691.

Critics, including Upper Manhattan City Councilman Robert Jackson, said charter students at the schools are getting illegal, preferential treatment, while public students are being treated like «second class citizens,» forced to learn in lesser classrooms and loosing out on their fair share of library, auditorium and lunchroom time.

We may be living in an information age, but New York City's public school students are being cheated out of the skills they need to evaluate, process and analyze information because school libraries and librarian positions are drastically underfunded, UFT Assistant Secretary Robert Astrowsky told a City Council hearing on May 6.

Eminent domain — ask the average person what it means, and he is likely to think of the government taking property for a high public purpose — a school, park, highway or library.

Projects funded this year include numerous classroom upgrades, the creation of new media centers, library renovations, technology upgrades, playgrounds, auditorium renovations and other physical plant improvements in public schools across The Bronx.

Amanda also served as the Director for Participatory Budgeting for Council District 30, where she spearheaded the allocation of over one million dollars in capital funds, as voted on by thousands of local residents, to improve public schools, libraries, and parks in the district.

Senator Michael Ranzenhofer said, «The final plan secures our fair share of state funding for our school districts in Western New York, and restores funding — initially cut under the Executive Budget proposal — to our local public libraries.

In addition to potentially using library and NYCHA space, the mayor's office plans to generate the needed seats through a combination of converting the more than 27,000 existing half - day pre-K seats in public schools and community - based programs, as well as getting non-Universal Pre-K-compliant programs into the fold, sources said.

Established in 1848, by an act of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts, the Boston Public Library (BPL) was the first large free municipal library Boston Latin School Association 27 School Street, Suite 300 Boston, MA 02108 Phone: [phone]

Marijuana stores would have been prevented from locations within feet of a house of worship, public library, public or chartered elementary or secondary school, state licensed day care center or public playground.

At the Homeschool Resource Center operated by the Seattle Public School District, home - schooled children can choose from a rotating menu of classes or just stop by to use the computer center or library.

Those are the words of one educator, words that are echoed in many schools and the majority of public libraries.

Another resource worth pointing out is the USPTO's directory, which is a great way to find public libraries and other facilities that are available to help students conduct research outside of school.

Students must have access to the books on the list through the school and public libraries, and refreshments must be provided on the day of the «battle.»

Under the administration proposal, all K - 12 public, private, and parochial schools, as well as public libraries, would receive a basic package of services for free.

All content is made with / by kids for kids; it is free of advertising; it is offered as Open Educational Resources to schools, kindergartens, public libraries, civil - society media (community radios) for free.

Public libraries will be joining in with a line - up of family events, including exclusive screenings of a brand new short film about a young William Shakespeare, produced especially for the Week and titled «Unwillingly to School».

The impetus behind creating an after - school system in Providence started with the mayor, David N. Cicilline, who jump - started the process by bringing together all middle school principals, directors of city recreation centers, and the heads of the public libraries.

An example of a school district that is capitalizing on the library's role as a tech hub is Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS).

The National Education Technology Funding Corporation will aim to stimulate private investment in school technology and encourage states to sponsor information networks for public schools and libraries, said James E. Murray, a member of the group's board and a former president of the Federal National Mortgage Association.

The deterioration of libraries in California's public schools is jeopardizing education - reform efforts, a study by the state education department contends.

WASHINGTON — In a carefully circumscribed venture into the sensitive area of book banning in public schools, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this summer that First Amendment guarantees limit the power of school boards to remove books from school libraries.

«Getting rid of school libraries also risks increasing inequalities and further disadvantaging the most deprived children who are less likely to have access to books or computers at home and will have less access to public libraries since so many are closing.»

said Bill Derry, supervisor of library media services for public schools in New Haven, Connecticut.

To meet his goal of providing 1 million new books to school and public libraries, governor wants to spend $ 5.2 million on media - center materials for schools.

Until she managed to help launch a movement in 1995 to locate and restore a neglected trove of historic art at Chicago Public Schools (CPS) campuses, as many as 440 murals and smaller paintings had been gathering dust in school hallways, libraries, and auditoriums, often crumbling, obscured by grit, stuffed in closets, or forgotten in boiler rooms.

The National Library Power Program promotes the creation of new public elementary school and middle school library programs that improve the quality of services for children.

A middle school English class selected and recorded a set of books - on - tape for the children's department of the local public library.