Sentences with phrase «of schoolchildren on»

While we enjoy al - Azhar Park, we sometimes rue the fact that it is almost exclusively the preserve of foreigners, relatively well - to - do locals and groups of schoolchildren on field trips.

The hallways of the Capitol were noisy with protesters, advocates and even groups of schoolchildren on field trips with only two days left in the session.

Not exact matches

Instead of rushing in, several Broward sheriff's deputies waited outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School while a killer gunned down schoolchildren, according to other officers on the scene.

Schoolchildren searching for whitehouse.com on the internet found porn in the late 1990s, and «the bottom line is it's almost impossible to protect yourself from this kind of stuff,» said Reese, a Jesuit at Georgetown University.

On the morning of the shooting, Marie led a prayer group at a local church, where they asked God to keep schoolchildren safe.

The real Trojan horse in the Birmingham affair is the imposition on schoolchildren of a radical liberal agenda lurking behind a thin veneer of «British Values».

In recent years, the fight against ocean plastic pollution has gone from a preoccupation of marine scientists to a movement embraced by everyone from schoolchildren to Queen Elizabeth II, galvanized by images of trash - strewn seas and sea turtles choking on plastic straws and other consumer castaways.

A British - born son of Yemeni immigrants, Hamed is a huge draw in England and in his parents» homeland, where his face is plastered on everything from schoolchildren's composition books to postage stamps.

The school system in England gave up on competitive sport but now professional clubs have taken over the coaching of schoolchildren and the dividends are paying off.

When fast food companies, infamous for cutting corners at any cost, turn their noses up at a questionably safe ingredient that ends up on the lunch trays of schoolchildren, headlines are to be expected — and rightfully so.

Spending boatloads of money on professional lobbying and a massive postcard campaign to legislators, the organization and their deep - pocketed friends like PepsiCo, Coca - Cola, Con Agra and Schwan's killed the state school nutrition bill, ensuring many more years of junk food for New York's schoolchildren.

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 04: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama jokes with schoolchildren with White House chef Sam Kass (L) after planting the White House Kitchen Garden on the South Lawn of the White House April 4, 2013 in Washington, DC.

But since my bleeding - heart liberal appeals are likely to be lost on you, I'll instead appeal your pragmatism: More than 35 percent of Texas schoolchildren are overweight or obese.

This drop in the bucket allows our leaders in Washington to appear to be focusing on the nutritional needs of schoolchildren.

AQE Executive Director Billy Easton heaped praise on Silver, calling him «one person who's not only been listening for as long as you can imagine to the needs of schoolchildren across the state, but has been reflecting that voice back and speaking it out in the halls of decision - making» and the «originator of pre-kindergarten.»

Appointed parliamentary secretary for pensions by Winston Churchill, in the coalition government of 1940, she went on to become minister for Education in the landmark Attlee government of 1945, introducing free milk for schoolchildren and raising the school leaving age.

A new scheme to urge schoolchildren to be vigilant on British streets against the threat of robbery is being launched today by the Home Office.

Thousands of Buffalo's schoolchildren live on streets where violence is a constant part of their lives.

But don't look to the U.S. Secretary of Education for guidance on which candidate would be best for the city's 1.1 million public schoolchildren.

Ever since he announced his candidacy, Braunstein, 29, has campaigned on a platform of cutting spending, reforming Albany and protecting quality of life in northeast Queens, particularly for schoolchildren and seniors.

Always proud of her ties to Queens, Ferraro introduced the borough to the rest of the country in her 1984 convention speech, telling how schoolchildren pass by subway stops on their way to school, residents hang flags on Grand Avenue on the Fourth of July and small businesses «take pride in supporting their families through hard work and initiative.»

Steve Sinnott, the NUT's general secretary, said the influence of advertising was having an effect on primary schoolchildren both at home and in class.

The state Legislature ended its scheduled legislative session last Wednesday without a deal on an extension, something Governor Andrew Cuomo called «dereliction of duty,» and de Blasio has said puts the futures of 1.1 million schoolchildren at risk.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says the «sham» organization was supposed to provide training for parents of schoolchildren, but existed only on paper.

Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon's reply on the number of schoolchildren potentially affected is odd.

He also believes that public safety is a huge priority, and wants to meet with all of the schoolbus drivers to get their input on what they see as potential hazards or dangers on the roads as they drive schoolchildren to and from their homes.

The governor said the country should be mourning at the moment, following the killing of schoolchildren and teachers in Potiskum, Yobe State, on Monday by the Boko Haram sect.

Six school districts and parents of schoolchildren submitted a brief on Nov. 10 accusing Pennsylvania of violating its state constitution by skimping on education funding.

Transit officials, once again teetering on the edge of a financial abyss, said they will be forced to shut down the W and Z subway lines and 25 bus routes, carry out layoffs and pay cuts and take free MetroCards away from a half - million schoolchildren.

The education bond act, which will put iPads and laptops into the hands of schoolchildren, will now appear alongside Cuomo's name on the November ballot instead of a bond act that proposed spending more than twice the amount on sewers and clean water projects.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez and Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa wanted a ceremony to honor the artistic talents of several Washington Heights schoolchildren Thursday night to focus on education.

Next comes annoyance — which impairs people's well - being even if it has no direct impact on health — with a corresponding figure of 587,000 years, followed by learning deficits among schoolchildren estimated at 45,000, and tinnitus with 22,000.

We did this using a variety of methods, including experimental games, door - to - door surveys and questionnaires aimed at schoolchildren, and by observing the frequency of spontaneous prosocial acts such as people picking up and posting a stamped addressed envelope left on the sidewalk, or the extent to which people decorated their houses during Halloween or Christmas.

The results of eye tests carried out as part of last year's annual survey of the health of schoolchildren were the worst on record, with the highest ever number of children having sight classed as «extremely poor».

Nearly a year later, a giant raft of Krakatoa pumice washed up on the shore of Zanzibar, 3,000 miles away off East Africa, where it was found by schoolchildren.

But although President Barack Obama ordered the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to recommence gun research in the wake of last December's massacre of 20 schoolchildren and 6 adults in Newtown, Connecticut, federal funding for research on gun violence remains scarce so far.

At issue is a study funded by the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that was conducted on schoolchildren in Hunan province in 2008 and published online in August.

Even better, it's «really terribly gross,» says Ruth Musgrave, director of WhaleTimes.org, a Web site that connects schoolchildren with deep - sea researchers and provides kid - friendly fact sheets on marine science.

There is no question that it was stuffed full of imaginative and useful events — schoolchildren debating genetics or drawing posters, teachers discussing space science, and young people making videos on environmental topics.

Rico, J. A., Kordas, K., Lopez, P., Rosado, J. L., Vargas, G. G., Ronquillo, D., and Stoltzfus, R. J. Efficacy of iron and / or zinc supplementation on cognitive performance of lead - exposed Mexican schoolchildren: a randomized, placebo - controlled trial.

Makers of some of the cleanest hand soaps around, Soapply is a company founded on the philanthropic mission to bring soap to schoolchildren in the developing world.

Likewise, when the schoolchildren are kidnapped in the opening set - piece, they treat it as an adventure, causing havoc on the pirates» ship and willingly jumping overboard when it is forced to land (one of them explains that they are all part of the school swimming team).

We begin 50 years in the past, with a class of schoolchildren drawing imagined visions of the future for inclusion in a time capsule to be buried on campus.

Though the aforementioned schoolchildren have heard of John Brown and know that his body lies a-mouldering in the grave, probably none had heard of Newton Knight, a real character on whom this film is based, and whose heroism as a farmer who became a deserter (for good reasons) emerges when he becomes a freedom fighter.

The Greatest Show on Earth, it seems, is now in the business of preventing American schoolchildren from becoming the largest kids on Earth.

On Friday 16th March, the school hosted 400 schoolchildren from other local schools who participated in a range of activities.

The educational futures of a group of low - income D.C. schoolchildren hinge on the answer.

As with the Opportunity Scholarship Program, the elimination of the Excellence Commission will not have a significant immediate effect on Florida schoolchildren.

She has published several books and articles on the way Twain's interpretations of race should be taught to today's schoolchildren, including The Jim Dilemma: Reading Race in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and «Uncle Tom: the Stereotype, the Man - Jim in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.»

Mike serves or has served on various advisory boards: transition teams for the past two MA governors (Deval Patrick and Mitt Romney), the National Council for Teacher Quality, Harvard's Futures of School Reform, Boston Schoolchildren's Consortium, Education Sector, and others.