Sentences with phrase «parents hold schools»

helping parents hold schools accountable by providing clear answers to often - asked questions.

Can I as the parent hold the school accountable legally?

Not exact matches

Many parents of kids who struggle in school have wished that they could somehow tinker with their kid's brain to fix whatever was holding them back and making them feel so miserable.

Actually, I was held after school, my parents were brought in, and I was reprimanded for not caring enough about microbiology.

Students, teachers and parents called for an increase in mental health services and more school counselors on Monday night during a discussion of gun violence held in Delray Beach.

Hopefully, adult education experiences in the church school will help rectify the distorted views held by parents.

Finally, a vertical group composed of two trustees, administrators, teachers, parents, excellent students, and failing or dropout students is held on the theme: «Our schools: What I like and don't like about them, and what I want them to be.

Hold infants at your local church nursery while the parents attend service; participate in a house build with Habitat for Humanity; mentor a student at a nearby school a few times a month; sponsor a missionary overseas; give wildly beyond the tithe.

Elizabeth felt the sting of the latter when she tried to set up a boarding school for boys, with the help of a kind Episcopalian pastor — who didn't hold her Catholicism against her — only to have parents angrily withdraw their sons, once they discovered Elizabeth was a Catholic.

The district holds regular morning, evening, and weekend meetings between parents and school administration to discuss student breakfast options, menus, and school food topics.

The school suspended him, and worse, his parents held him out of the season - opening flag football game against his team's biggest rival.

In the end, it will continue to be up to the student athletes and their parents to hold the schools accountable.

Purchase this MP3 to hear API Co-Founder and co-author of Attached at the Heart Barbara Nicholson and former NBC anchor Lu Hanessian discuss parenting in the school - age years with Hold On To Your Kids author Dr. Gordon Neufeld.

I spoke with several other students that I personally trained at the Honor Council's first ever Integrity Day about defining success in qualitative rather than quantitative ways, organized presentations for parents in the local community, wrote brochures explaining of the program for the teachers, and held discussions about how Challenge Success ties into Jewish values at my Hebrew School.

I have found that many parents hold on to stereotypes from when they were teenagers as to which schools were considered «good» or «not so good.»

Schools take action because they understand something that parents can lose sight of: kids make the choice to do these things, and as a result, they should be held accountable.

I will turn a blind eye to what others choose to feed their kids on an individual basis, but if there is some policy at the school that demands that what another parent sends must be served to my child, then there needs to be some kind of standard to which those offerings are held.

Attending parent information nights and cultural activities for families held at the school will help you learn to provide the best support for your child.

We hold fun events at our school like Parent's Night out and Trunk or Treat.

Parents (and students) are customers of schools and hold tremendous power to influence school policies and practices.

Whenever back - to - school time rolls around, parents collectively hold their breath for months, fearing receipt of a note from their children's school informing -LSB-...]

For instance, ConAgra and the giant, privately held Schwans, which sell millions of processed school meals, including pizza, have funded the «Coalition for Sustainable School Meal Programs,» which includes a website with a campaign called «Fix the Reg,» asking parents and other «interested parties» to contact USDA and lawmakers to demand changes to the school nutritionschool meals, including pizza, have funded the «Coalition for Sustainable School Meal Programs,» which includes a website with a campaign called «Fix the Reg,» asking parents and other «interested parties» to contact USDA and lawmakers to demand changes to the school nutritionSchool Meal Programs,» which includes a website with a campaign called «Fix the Reg,» asking parents and other «interested parties» to contact USDA and lawmakers to demand changes to the school nutritionschool nutrition rule.

It holds the remnants of our parent's hopes and fears for us and for themselves, our school history, our religious upbringing, and the competitive culture that we live in.

On Tray Talk, we're holding contests for parents and the community to celebrate National School Lunch Week!

This term, popularized by Yale Law School professor and author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chua, reflects the belief that «academic achievement reflects successful parenting,» a belief held by the vast majority of Asian parents.

There are many opportunities to learn about the school and its programs, including the Observation Mornings (held on the third Tuesday of each month from 9:00 — 10:30 am), Open Houses and Parent Education events.

Parents only are invited to join us for school and classroom Tours held on the following Thursdays and at our two campuses from 8:30 - 9:30 am:

A lot of school misbehavior can be dealt with by just letting the school give consequences, but if violence or destruction is involved, parents have to also hold the child accountable at home.

Most parents hold a mixed or negative opinion of the nutritional quality of snack foods and beverages traditionally sold in schools and consider them to be only somewhat or not at all healthy.

Parents of premature infants might have to be held back from school.

Mayim Bialik, best know for her roles as «Blossom» and «Amy» in the Big Bang Theory, who holds a PH.D if Neuroscience and is the recent author of «Beyond the Sling», mentioned that while in graduate school studying the hormones of human attachment as part of her thesis, she started seeing the results of these kinds of parenting choices.

Michael's mother, middle school principal and single parent Debbie Phelps, certainly didn't let ADHD hold back her parenting potential, either — as her son's success not only in the pool, but in life as well, can attest.

These sympathetic souls include Green Moms with college - age kids — La Marguerite, Karen Hanrahan, Anna from GreenTalk and Diane MacEachern — as well as many with elementary school age kids like my Big Boy — the Not Quite Crunchy Parent, Surely You Nest, Sommer from Green and Clean Mom and even a few like me, still dealing with diapers — Alana from Gray Matters holding the honor of having the youngest baby among us.

Magic Breakfast is holding a number of parent engagement events in schools, to bring nutritional education and the importance of a healthy breakfast to the wider school community.

A lot of parents hold off on buying school shoes because they believe that their child's feet are going to grow between buying the shoes and them being needed.

The Parent - Teacher Organization will hold a book fair from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday in Meridian Middle School, 2195 Brandywine Lane, Buffalo Grove.

She holds a bachelor's degree in English and secondary education, a master's degree in school counseling and is a certified parent coach.

At 4:15 p.m., hundreds of public school parents and teachers from Kenmore, Lakeshore, Hamburg and across WNY are expected to rally at Sen. Mark Grisanti's office to «hold him accountable for breaking his promise to fully fund public education,» 65 Court St., # 213 (Corner of Court & Niagara Square), Buffalo.

After making her remarks at the Hilton Albany, Nixon, who has made education one of her key issues in her campaign, held a roundtable discussion with public school parents to talk about the conditions their students face.

KINGSTON, N.Y. >> School district Superintendent Paul Padalino says his decision to issue a shelter - in - place for students during a tornado warning Tuesday was correct despite complaints from some parents of students that their children were being held hostage at the end of the schooSchool district Superintendent Paul Padalino says his decision to issue a shelter - in - place for students during a tornado warning Tuesday was correct despite complaints from some parents of students that their children were being held hostage at the end of the schoolschool day.

The new school governance law passed by the state Legislature this summer gives parents and UFT members new tools to hold the DOE accountable and to have input into policy at the central and school levels.

Hundreds of school children, parents and union members held a rally and sit - in at the state Capitol to build momentum for more spending on schools in the state budget.

Success will close all its schools and bus 9,000 students and their parents upstate for the rally, which will be held on the steps of the Capitol.

The U.F.T. held three «emergency» meetings with its members and parents on Thursday, ran a full - page anti-Cuomo advertisement in the Daily News, and released an extensive report claiming, among other things, that charter schools don't enroll enough high - needs students compared to their district school counterparts.

«We're saying, yes, put the money in, but let's have... high expectations for these schools, and let's have the state Education Department be required to hold them to the standards, including a standard that parent and community engagement must be robust,» Billy Easton of the alliance said.

New York, NY — Public school parents from across New York City gathered outside today's mayoral control hearing to send a clear message: parents are dissatisfied with the quality of NYC public schools and they expect Mayor de Blasio to be held accountable.

Siena will hold information sessions and tours of Tweed Courthouse this winter for prospective Peck Slip School parents, but the dates and times have not yet been set.

Also at noon, NYC Councilman Ben Kallos Liz Accles, the executive director of Community Food Advocates and Monique Lindsay, a public school parent leader and food advocate hold conversation on universal free lunch, food access and nutrition for New York City's public school students, NYSHealth's office, 1385 Broadway, 23rd floor, conference room, Manhattan.

At 9:30 a.m., NYC Councilman Barry Grodenchik and state Sen. Leroy Comrie hold press conference with parents who collected hundreds of petitions in opposition to a charter school co-location, 213 - 10 92nd Ave., Queens.

At 11 a.m., parents hold a press conference on a civil rights complaint against Buffalo school district, CAO Masten Resource Center, 1423 Fillmore Ave., Buffalo.