Sentences with phrase «school assembly which»

Pleasant Valley Elementary School participants in this leadershop will see voice and choice in action in classrooms through morning meetings, classroom activities, arts integration experiences, a Student Council Meeting, Art Selection Board, and the bi-monthly whole school assembly which is completely designed, organized, and performed by students.

Here I have 6 whole school assemblies which have previously sold individually and they have been very popular with no negative feedback.

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A special assembly of bishops which met in Rome in November 1998 drew attention to the fact that «teachers in Catholic schools often have lives and ideas that are publicly in conflict with Church teaching» and they recognised this as a «countersign».

Central Bible College is an Assemblies of God school which is the church in which I was raised and which I spent most of my life.

We created a sketch on the Prodigal Son to link with the Year of Mercy, and presented it for a whole - school assembly, after which the day was spent meeting with one year group after another for follow - up work.

A Catholic school in east London has apologised after parents were sent an unauthorised letter which suggested pupils mark Black History Month by attending a special assembly dressed as slaves.

New School delegates were shocked, but they wanted to remain within the Church, so they held a special meeting in which they voted to uphold the Plan of Union, maintained their orthodoxy, and determined to attend the next General Assembly.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, inschool followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, inSchool, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

Silver didn't address any of Cuomo's policy positions, some of which seem to be a direct hit on the speaker and his colleagues — like the one that would require full disclosure of lawmakers» outside income, for example, or the lifting of the charter school cap (not popular with the teachers unions, who are close allies of the Assembly Democrats).

The invite to the May 12 event, which costs between $ 1,000 and $ 3,800 to attend, features a photo of the mayor and a note from him lauding the Buffalo Democrat as a «champion for charter schools in the Assembly,» (which is, for the record, a place where that sort of behavior is not widespread), and also an «outspoken advocate for public school reform.»

Opposition continues in the Assembly even as supporters point to the dozens of lawmakers from both parties who have signed on in support of a version of the legislation, which would provide a tax credit to those who donate to public schools or to a scholarship program that benefits a private or parochial school.

We want schools to instead provide inclusive assemblies, which focus on shared values.

Silver and the Democratic - run Assembly now have to decide between low - income, mostly minority parents demanding charter schools as an option for their kids, and the teachers unions, their longtime allies, which are trying to rein in charters.

We spoke today following a Staten Island press conference in which Malliotakis and fellow Staten Island Republican Assembly Member Ron Castorina, Jr. called for additional stop signs on roads near schools.

Among the major areas of disagreement are the Senate's insistence — despite the huge deficit — on a politically popular property - tax rebate and a new Senate plan to lift the cap on the number of charter schools, which is strongly opposed by the teachers - union - friendly Assembly.

But in what appears to be a face - saving exercise, the Wa Municipal Assembly, which is reportedly unhappy with the school's Headmistress for allowing the plight of the school to be publicized, has hurriedly started the construction of some 200 desks for the school.

The bill backed by the Assembly does not include any legislation strengthening charter schools, which Senate Republicans are seeking in the trio of measures introduced on Sunday for mayoral control.

At the Accra High school assembly hall, which was packed with over 500 energetic and enthusiastic high school students who were already in reading mode as they prepare for their exams next week, said they were eager to talk about their own ambitions and to read passages from The Fishermen.

Assembly Democrats conferenced the proposed changes this afternoon, which include taking charter schools out of the discussion.

But he has sought an expansion of charter schools in the mayoral control talks, which is opposed by the Democratic - led Assembly.

He told the General Assembly that his government has started the Free Senior High School programme, which aims to guarantee at least secondary education for all Ghana's children.

Both legislative leaders said yesterday that her proposals are a template from which to re-start negotiations, although there is a school of thought — one particularly of concern to black and Latino leaders in the Bronx and Upper Manhattan — that Mann's lines will end up standing, since they allow the majorities in both the Senate and Assembly to punt on hard decisions about whose district to eliminate and how.

The Bronx Democrat said Thursday that the Assembly will back a deal on charter school funding, one of the last sticking points in the way of a budget, which was due April 1.

Blasting the «secret process» by which the mayor selected Cathleen Black as the next schools chancellor, UFT President Michael Mulgrew proposed a resolution at the Nov. 17 Delegate Assembly to fight to change the law to require a public hiring process for chancellor in the future.

A source said Cuomo spent Wednesday trying to broker a deal over mayoral control, which balanced the desire of Senate Republicans (which Cuomo shares) to increase the number of charter schools against the Democrat - dominated Assembly's refusal to budge.

Generally speaking, the Assembly's proposal, which allows for the cap to be overridden by a 60 percent majority of a local school district and is directed particularly at areas with crushing property taxes like Long Island and Westchester County, is similar to that of the Governor, who said today that he applauded their efforts.

The solution passed by both the Assembly and Senate: relabeling the schools as «struggling» — which will no doubt make a world of difference for the 109,000 children those schools are miseducating.

The authority had planned to close the center, which lets the public use Stuyvesant High's athletic facilities when school is not in session, on Dec. 20 — much to the outrage of residents and officials — but the authority agreed to keep it open while they work with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's office to find a new operator for the facility.

We would liek to cut all property taxes to 3 or 4 percent annually... We haven't been able to get any cooperation from the Legislature... so we've come back to them and said look we'll just tax the entities which are not school taxes which are voted on by the public... but we haven't been able to get the Assembly to pass that either, so we're still trying.

But Democrats, who run the Assembly, continue to argue that most increased education funding should go to the highest - need schools, which would happen if it were put in the «foundation» funding pot by which most state aid is allocated, and which also was cut drastically during the economic downturn.

Not included in the to - do list is an extension of mayoral control for New York City schools, which is emerging as a main sticking point for the Senate and Assembly and due to expire this month.

This Green House Christopher Sedita is the founder of the «Green Buildings» program at the Urban Assembly School for Green Careers, which prepares students for careers in 21st - century building design.

Also at 1 p.m., AQE releases a report, «Gubernatorial Delinquency: Cuomo's Failure to Fund New York State's Public Schools», which gives a detailed accounting of how much the state owes schools in every Assembly and Senate district in New York, Sen. Neil Breslin and Assembly members Pat Fahy John McDonald and Angelo Santabarbara will attend, LCA Press Room, Legislative Office Building, 198 State St., Schools», which gives a detailed accounting of how much the state owes schools in every Assembly and Senate district in New York, Sen. Neil Breslin and Assembly members Pat Fahy John McDonald and Angelo Santabarbara will attend, LCA Press Room, Legislative Office Building, 198 State St., schools in every Assembly and Senate district in New York, Sen. Neil Breslin and Assembly members Pat Fahy John McDonald and Angelo Santabarbara will attend, LCA Press Room, Legislative Office Building, 198 State St., Albany.

The investment tax credit, which is aimed at encouraging donations to public schools and non-profit scholarship programs for private schools, remains a heavy lift for Assembly Democrats, who already trying to calm the statewide teachers union for approving a variety of Cuomo's education reform proposals.

But Assembly Democrats are also wary of Cuomo potentially linking the $ 100 million upstate school fund to the passage of education tax credit, which is being pushed by private and parochial schools.

The state's teachers union and some Assembly Democrats were opposed to the education tax credit, which is meant to spur donations to public schools and private - school scholarship programs.

Members of the state Assembly could as early as this week vote on a bill that would undo the changes to the STAR School Tax Relief program that were included in last year's budget negotiations but which have sparked statewide complaints.

Cuomo told reporters during an event at Yonkers City Hall that the money wouldn't be tied to the passage of an education tax credit, which some Assembly Democrats — particularly members representing school districts that could greatly benefit from the upstate - only fund — have vehemently opposed.

Missing were de Blasio's «mansion tax» and a continuation of the mayoral control model for public schools, which Assembly Democrats attempted to fold into the spending plan.

Mr. Dolan and Mr. Rodriguez, a Democrat, both highlighted that the measure — which they argued would allow more parents to send their children to religious schools — cleared the Republican - run State Senate in January, and that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie have both endorsed versions of the abatement.

When that idea was dropped, the Senate proposed onerous new reporting requirements for individual school budgets, which the mayor and his allies in the Assembly resisted.

Speed cameras have less legislative momentum, but language was included in the Assembly's budget priorities that would allow them to be placed in 290 school zones — double the existing authorization, which expires at year's end — and allow cameras within a quarter - mile of schools, not just on adjacent streets.

Republicans in the state Senate pushed to thaw the freeze — which would have directed millions more to charter schools that Democrats in the state Assembly and teachers unions often oppose.

The bill, which would lift the current cap of 200 charter schools to 460, has met stiff resistance in the Democrat - controlled Assembly and from the teachers unions.

A letter Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver received this week from the city Department of Education indicates it is considering granting Lower Manhattan its wish to expand the school, which is slated to open in 2015.

The powerful Assembly speaker has thus far kept his cards close, but he's traditionally been no friend to charters — which have an embarrassing tendency to outperform schools run by his teachers - union masters.

The Senate and Assembly passed the bill that had been introduced Monday after lawmakers and the East Ramapo School Board agreed on measures to be contained in the legislation, which sends $ 3 million to the district to restore student programs.

Squadron, along with other local officials including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and a host of concerned parents and residents, have been pushing the DOT to improve pedestrian safety on the block, which is home to the Spruce Street School.

Nolan also expressed her dismay over the recent decision by a SUNY committee that allows some charter schools to certify their own teachers — a move that is being challenged by the statewide teachers union, NYSUT, and its NYC affiliate, the UFT, both of which are longtime allies of the Assembly Democrats.

a bill, A40001 was introduced into the New York State Assembly, which was an essential comprehensive bill, permitting, among other things, the vital extension of all local sales taxes and the Mayoral Control of the New York City Schools.