Sentences with phrase «other local high schools»

At the Competition, the students are required to participate in several mock trials against other local high schools representing both the Plaintiff and the Defendant in a personal injury case.

During years three through six of the program, SJU will provide services to GEAR UP scholars attending William Cullen Bryant High School (primary high school) and other local high schools.

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In Prince Rupert and many other communities throughout British Columbia, there are widespread concerns about high lead levels in schools and local drinking water.

Other work - from - home ideas include catering services for birthday parties, small weddings and anniversaries; a babysitting service, which may require licensing from local health and child welfare services; a pet - sitting service, which may require approvals from your landlord and potentially your neighbors; and tutoring services for middle and high - school students.

Although largely a local media figure, Allman's remarks drew national attention both because of how out - of - line they were and because they exemplified a broader pattern in conservative media of personally attacking Hogg, Emma Gonzalez, and other survivors of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 people.

As a local business, «We support local kids» high school [activities],» he says, noting that this includes agricultural groups, sports teams and drill teams to name a few that compete with other schools.

That night Walton is on the basketball court at a San Diego high school, along with several other present and former Clippers, Nater, Kevin Kunnert, Kermit Washington and Freeman Williams; Paul Westphal and Joel Kramer of the Phoenix Suns, who are summering in San Diego; Walton's friend and Ernie's son, Kiki Vandeweghe, who plays at UCLA; and some local players.

These students, and others from 14 local public high schools, were competing in Cooking Up Change, a healthy cooking contest in which teams were challenged to create nutritious school lunches on a tight budget — $ 1 per meal — and limited ingredients and prep work.

In other local sports news, Deerfield junior sharpshooter Eric Porter hit eight out of 15 shots but fell short of qualifying for the Illinois High School Association's 3 - point shooting contest last Thursday at Carver Arena in Peoria.

There aren't a bunch of Waverlys slamming lockers shut at the local high school or bumping into each other at story time at the library.

State and local youth hockey associations can offer leagues without body checking — often called «recreational» — at all ages, but competition with high school and other elite hockey programs that may promise the potential for advancement to higher levels of ice hockey, which typically sanction body checking, may make this option rare in many communities.

We work to protect the ravine environment through partnership with the City of Highland Park, the Gary Borger chapter of Trout Unlimited, Highland Park High School, local elementary schools and countless other members of the community.

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.

Erie County Legislator Lynne Dixon and Urban Valet Dry Cleaners invite local high school girls to «shop» for a free dress for their prom or other special occasion.

The other co-chair, former State Comptroller Carl McCall, a Democrat, chided local governments and schools for what he says is a continued high rate of spending that's contributed to the state's highest in the nation property taxes.

Local high school girls are invited to attend the shopping event to find a free gown for prom or other special event at from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 5 or noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 6, at Performing Arts Dance Academy, 206 Lake St., Hamburg, NY.

After approving the tax increase, House lawmakers quickly signed off on a reworked spending plan that would funnel funds to local schools, social service programs, higher education and other state operations such as the lottery, prisons and road projects.

The bill comes after several other state and local governments have passed contentious gun - control measures in the wake of the February mass shooting at a Florida high school.

Others though, say the loss of deductions for state and local school and property taxes above $ 10,000 gives many high earners a reason to leave New York for a more tax - friendly state.

It is uncertain whether other school districts can replicate these effects, because they depend on factors that many have little control over (including the local supply of high - performing teachers), as well as those they do control (for instance, the introduction of meaningful teacher evaluation).

The team usually works with other local service groups or high school students looking to fulfill community service hours.

The Heliophysics Educator Ambassador (HEA) program is a collaborative, multi-mission effort that provides professional development and resources to middle and high school science teachers who then train other teachers at local, regional and / or national workshops, conference and meetings.

New York About Blog Opera Teens is a national initiative to empower high - schoolers to pursue their interests in opera, share opera learning with others and leverage the power of opera to serve local communities.

Two weeks after the New York City Board of Education adopted a controversial plan to distribute condoms in all of the district's high schools, local and national debate about the plan's merits, and its possible influence on other districts, continues unabated.

Both student and teacher attendance is higher than at other local schools, with the student attendance rate surpassing that of every other middle school in the district (and significantly better than the citywide average).

And in a number of other states, voters approved education - related ballot items, suggesting a high level of local support for public schools.

When a North Dakota elementary school needed a new classroom, school leaders found their construction crew on the other side of campus — at the local high school.

Districts could address within - district inequities in lots of ways — they could offer higher salaries to teachers in poorer schools, they could have lower class sizes in poorer schools, or they could expand other services within poorer schools — but local teachers» union contracts often prohibit all of these policy options.

In other words, the average school leader faces pressure from the school district, the state, the parents and the local community to get high test scores.

He called the results a turning point that demonstrated the political power of charter school backers as well as others who are seeking more high - quality learning opportunities for local students.

There have been some investments in Teach for America and other talent - recruitment strategies, but many observers believe they need an even stronger focus on human capital to bolster nascent high - quality local school providers.

Whether those volunteers are parents, students from a local high school, or other community members, their contributions are immense.

Whereas some foundations sustain established community cultural and charitable institutions, such as the local symphony or United Way, other foundations are organizing institutions dedicated to new purposes, such as Andrew Carnegie's libraries, the Gates Foundation's restructured high schools, or the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's school - based health centers.

Other hospitals in the Boston - area have already contacted Mowschenson about bringing the course to their local high schools and facilities.

Academia has a set of standards that you move up based on the number of articles that you get published in the highest ranked publications, which cater to an exclusive audience of other academics that doesn't include the general public, community educators, and the people on the ground at local schools.»

Those giving local schools one of the two highest grades stands at 49 percent among the uninformed but just 41 percent among those told their own district's ranking relative to other districts across the state (see Figure 1).

St. Malachys High School hosted the Northern Ireland launch and its lead teachers will work with other Digital Schoolhouse secondary schools, Ballyclare and De La Salle, to support local feeder primary schools and bring the creative computing programme initiative to Northern Ireland.

The consensus appears to be that these higher levels of performance have less to do with policy than with everything else: the «ecosystem» of reform in a given place (usually a city) and its network of «human - capital providers,» expert charter - management organizations, leadership - development programs, school - incubator efforts, local funders and civic leaders, etc. — in other words, what conservatives like to call «civil society»: the space between the government and the individual (in this case, between government and individual schools).

Although informing people of the ranking of the local school district changes their views of teachers unions, the shift in opinion depends on whether the local district has a high or low ranking relative to other districts.

In Lordsburg and Magdalena, the high cost of bringing in bandwidth from the outside means the local districts can't fully utilize the robust fiber - optic networks that connect their schools to each other.

Beginning in the 2010 - 2011 school year, for each school identified for preliminary registration review pursuant to subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph, the local school district shall be given the opportunity to present to the commissioner additional assessment data, which may include, but need not be limited to, valid and reliable measures of: the performance of students in grades other than those in which the State tests are administered; the performance of limited English proficient students and / or other students with special needs; and the progress that specific grades have made or that cohorts of students in the school have made towards demonstrating higher student performance.

Randi Weingarten is president of the more than 1.4 - million - member American Federation of Teachers, which represents teachers; paraprofessionals and school - related personnel; higher education faculty and staff; nurses and other healthcare professionals; and local, state and federal employees.

We compared how districts fund schools that are eligible to receive federal Title I dollars with other schools in their grade span — elementary, middle, or high school grades — and found vast disparities throughout the country in how districts spend state and local dollars on Title I schools.

Sheninger says his school, New Milford High School in New Jersey, was just like every other school in the localschool, New Milford High School in New Jersey, was just like every other school in the localSchool in New Jersey, was just like every other school in the localschool in the local area.

The AFT represents 1.7 million pre-K through 12th - grade teachers; paraprofessionals and other school - related personnel; higher education faculty and professional staff; federal, state and local government employees; nurses and healthcare workers; and early childhood educators.

RANDI WEINGARTEN is president of the 1.7 million - member American Federation of Teachers, AFL - CIO, which represents teachers; paraprofessionals and school - related personnel; higher education faculty and staff; nurses and other healthcare professionals; local, state and federal government employees; and early childhood educators.

The data also indicate that patterns of student attrition at KIPP schools are typically no different from other local schools except that KIPP schools replace vacancies with fewer students in the last two years of middle school, and those late - arriving students are somewhat higher - achieving than students entering KIPP schools in 5th and 6th grades.

At least 200 students were in the gym of the 1,100 - student John McDonogh High School shortly after 10:30 a.m. on April 14, local police said, when four young men armed with an AK - 47 semiautomatic rifle and two handguns unleashed a hail of bullets at 15 - year - old Jonathan A. Williams, who was sitting on the bleachers surrounded by other students.

Copyright 1988 Editorial With an annual salary of $ 150,000, Schools Chancellor Richard R. Green of New York City is not only the nation's highest - paid public - school administrator but earns more than any other state or local public official in the country, according to a national survey.

The trend of increasing racial and economic segregation is a nationwide trend — not just in Alabama and other Southern states.55 The South, however, was the only region in the country to see a net increase in private school enrollment between 1960 and 2000, and where private school enrollment is higher, support for spending in public schools tends to be lower.56 A growing body of rigorous research shows that money absolutely matters for public schools, especially for the students from low - income families who attend them.57 What's more, private schools in the South tend to have the largest overrepresentation of white students.58 In fact, research has shown that the strongest predictor of white private school enrollment is the proportion of black students in the local public schools.59