Sentences with phrase «on school dinners»

Cashless payments allow them the peace of mind that money is being spent in the way it is intended — on a school dinner, club or trip — rather than a visit to sweet shop at lunchtime for example.

For parents, it gives them the peace of mind that money is being spent in the way it is intended - on a school dinner, club or trip — rather than a visit to sweet shop at lunchtime for example.

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At a Thanksgiving dinner party in 2012, four Harvard Business School MBA students had a plan: Rather than spend their upcoming summer interning at big corporations or traveling the world, they were going to drive around the United States consulting entrepreneurs with a social purpose on key business issues.

«Together for 13 years, Smith is on morning duty, making breakfast and driving [the kids] to school; Swisher takes the after school through dinner shift.

The high school senior and Boy Scout participated in the annual Iftar dinner - or «breaking of the fast» meal - hosted by the All Dulles Area Muslim Society Scout program on Saturday night.

One may teach Biblical concepts in Sunday School, another in public university, another by writing books [or maintaining a blog; ^)-RSB-, another in a home daycare, another on a street corner, and another during breakfast, lunch, dinner, playtime, bathtime, and bedtime.

I was wrong once again, when Paloma not only ate the polenta for dinner the night I made it, but became completely fixated on eating it every day, asking for it each time she came home from school.

The work / life balance is far better, since schools don't hold class on the weekend and the cafeteria never has a dinner rush.

My mom would always make a big dinner like meal at lunchtime because my dad would pick me up from school in his truck every day and half my friends would jump on the back of the truck all the way home (many years ago btw and home was only a few blocks lol).

This little trick is helpful when you have a chunk of time earlier in the day to work on dinner, since focusing on meal prep at «the witching hour» (AKA, 5:00 p.m. at our house) sometimes feels next to impossible between after school activities, homework, sibling bickering, and end - of - day toddler meltdowns.

At the time, I was coming home from work to an always empty house, laying on the floor for an hour to re-calibrate from my day, working myself into a 30 minute or so run, and then reading a couple food blogs over dinner (usually a sweet potato, roasted during that run, with black beans, salsa, and a pile of greens), working another couple hours just to survive the next school day, and falling into bed into a deep and dreamless sleep before my alarm clock wrenched me out and up and into another day that was much the same.

What's for dinner is the most impossible question to answer on our best nights, but during the chaos and rush of back to school it feels nearly hopeless.

Now that the kids are back in school, I find it's hard to rush dinner on the table after we get home from after - school activities.

Put prioritizing dinner on your back to school list.

A quick and delicious lunch, an after school snack for hungry teenagers, or a quick dinner (just add a salad and a few corn chips or toss on a baked sweet potato or into taco shells).

Since school hasn't started yet, Babycakes devoured this as a picnic dinner on the patio.

Hey all, I am making desserts for our school Thanksgiving dinner but I am tight on time.

I know from experience that once school is back in session and the kids» start up again that's about how long I have to get dinner on the table on a school night.

It wasn't until high school when I experienced a full - on traditional Thanksgiving dinner.

On an evening in mid-October, the culinary program was tasked with serving dinner to a large group of local professionals who would be meeting at the school.

My girls enjoyed these on the go to school or after dinner when you just need a little extra treat.

These easy, make ahead nuggets, are great for the lunch box, an after school snack, or quick dinner on the go.

Paul is on Spring Break from school which means he'll be home more with us for dinner.

Not a baby rookie now, but there are lots of rookie things I'd love to learn about with older kids: * Packing peanut - free school lunches * Getting dinner on the table every night (have loved this series) * Crafts that older sibling and younger sibling can do together

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Rather than have your child or teen work continuously for one full hour on homework, perhaps fifteen to twenty minutes right after arriving home from school, followed by a long break, and then work on homework again after dinner.

3) The usual every day fails: delinquent tooth fairy, lazy Elf on the Shelf, the time they had sandwiches for dinner three nights in a row, those days I don't check the weather forecast and send them to school dressed inappropriately for the weather — just to name a few.

I no longer need to worry about spending 50 $ on a dinner that should otherwise go into a college fund or a couple pairs of needed new school shoes.

I work 40 + hours a week so I don't have time once I get off, cook dinner, make sure school stuff is seen and complete, bath time, book time and cuddle to work out or do anything outside of focus my all on my child.

As school nutrition professionals, we know many of our students rely on the school breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and dinners we prepare throughout the school year.

I use one of our quick dinner ideas on Wednesdays because the kids have hot lunches at school that day.

-LSB-...] saw THIS cute idea on dating divas of a back - to - school - night dinner, and you know what, it was perfect for -LSB-...]

«When you know that one meal every day is going to be school lunch, you are really focused on making sure breakfast and dinner are phenomenal.»

«As a former dinner lady, I know how much it helps that these new school food standards — which all schools, including academies, will be called on to meet — have been made simpler so that Cooks have some room to be creative in coming up with nutritious menus that students will enjoy.

«Mommy will still buy food and make dinner for you» and «Daddy will still take you to school in the mornings and to sports practices on the weekends» as these kind of concrete events are what mark a child's world as predictable and understandable.

I'll be guest pinning on HyVee's Back To School Pinterest Board this Saturday through Monday (8/8 — 8/10,) sharing fun snacks and make - ahead breakfast ideas, lunches your kids won't trade for juice boxes, and quick, filling dinner recipes from my fellow food bloggers.

Our Breakfast Hero, Lunch Bundle, and Dinner Hero products are perfect for on - the - go nutrition for school, work or play and quick meal solutions from breakfast to dDinner Hero products are perfect for on - the - go nutrition for school, work or play and quick meal solutions from breakfast to dinnerdinner.

To help your child beat the back - to - school blues, keep doing the fun activities you did in the summer (such as going to the park on weekends or eating dinner out on the porch) and plan fun fall activities your child can look forward to, like going apple - picking or hiking.

When you do this, you will have the option to pull an easy dinner out of the freezer on a busy weeknight or put a slice of banana bread in your children's school lunches instead of a pre-packaged snack.

Some days I avoid burnout by going to yoga, taking the dog for an extra long walk, having one more cup of tea, pouring over some textile or fashion books on the couch, making myself a lovely little lunch, meeting my son after school for some ice - cream, and having a great family dinner in the evening.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

You may have limited family time to spend with your child (by the time you get home from work and you eat dinner together as a family and go through your evening routines — make sure homework is done, school bags are packed for the next day, teeth are brushed, baths are done, and so on — there's very little time to sit and review schoolwork with your child); but you can try to look over what your child is doing with his tutor, and try to use free time on the weekends to incorporate fun into learning by playing math games, reading fun books and helping your child pick out books he likes to encourage reading and more.

Identify behaviors you want to see more of, such as getting ready for school on time or getting homework done before dinner.

And since experts say school - age children roughly need about 9 to 11 hours of sleep — which means they need to go to bed around 8 or 9 o'clock, depending on what time they need to get up — that doesn't leave much time for anything besides dinner, homework and reading one short book chapter together.

What about the OTHER meals that are eaten away from schools (snacks, dinners and all meals on weekends, holidays, breaks and... summer).

As moms, we have so much going on every single day: school, sports, friend's houses, packing lunches, making dinner, cleaning the house, paying bills, talking to teachers, etc... If you are like me, when you get into bed at night, you just lie there... awake... with everything on your mind.

It was nearly time to pick up the girls from nursery school, George was set on nursing until the cows came home (almost literally in this case) and no dinner was made.

Homemade calzones are great for breakfast, lunch, dinner, after school snack, and quick dinners on the road!

It's not easy to squeeze homework into schedules packed tight with after - school activities, family and work responsibilities, dinner and still get the kids to bed on time.

I avoid answering that question because if that night's entree is remotely unfamiliar or has been previously spurned, my kids sometimes approach the table in an oppositional state of mind — and sometimes fill up on after - school snack, too, to avoid eating dinner.