Sentences with phrase «school for the kids»
Lyne: A suburban life was very comfortable, lots of great clubs around, lots of good schools for kids, but for somebody who grew up thinking, «I want to do something, I want to have an impact on the world,» it was not necessarily the place you could do that.
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That's a lot of schools for a kid.
In fact I bet you're one of those hypocrite teabagger trolls who are happy to have the government pave their roads, provide public schools for their kids, provide a mortgage credit, etc. then whine about all those fictional people getting so much for free.
right before Labor day and the first day of school for the kids.
You can disagree on what color to paint the kitchen, the best school for your kids, and even about which church denomination or political party is best.
Because of that week, not only was my own life changed profoundly through friendships and awakenings, but I'm proud to say that we — and I mean all of us because you have all walked this road with our family — we have partnered with incredible leaders to build a school for kids in earthquake ground zero Port - au - Prince (staffed and run by Haitians), supported a home - based village for trafficked children near the border, built a preschool for early support for these children, supported schooling and food programs in neglected villages decimated by the cholera outbreak, supported pregnant and nursing women with a fantastic maternity centre, and so much more.
But then again, we do want for everything around us to fall into place, home, neighbourhood, where we live, city, town, village, farm, mountain top, job, career, family, friends, food (comfort food) where we dine, what we dine on, schools for our kids, church, car we drive... yes the list does go on... amazing!
Note I left out the walnuts from this step because I knew I was sending the filling to school for the kids lunch the next day.
«People who have personal trainers, who choose schools for their kids based on athletic opportunities, tell us, «Prove it!
Nice long break from school for the kids, too long break from school for the parents!
Here it is, the last day of school for my kids.
Its very good school for the kids learning from 6 months to 6 years.
I especially liked this post about the habit of bringing cupcakes to school for a kid's birthday.
As for school events, it has worked well in our school for kids to accumulate points or tickets to use towards extra recess time or a popcorn or pizza party or something of that nature.
I think the director of the program created a program that schools could implement & maybe wrote a book... I'll never forget the part in Super Size Me when the school for kids kicked out of other schools changed the menu to healthy, real, cooked in a kitchen food & behavior problems diminished.
For some moms and dads, traditional schooling for kids is not a viable option.
Voters want good schools for their kids,» said Easton, AQE's executive director.
«New York City's results prove that Governor Cuomo's evaluation system measures teacher effectiveness when implemented in good faith — making it a critical tool to improve schools for kids.
«Mulgrew saw the teachers contract as an opportunity to settle scores rather than as a tool to improve schools for kids,» said Jenny Sedlis of StudentsFirstNY.
«This is the state where I have been a vocal advocate for LGBTQ equality and for women's health and women's rights, including a woman's right to choose, and in the last 17 years, I have been traveling across this state fighting for better public schools for my kids but also for all of New York's kids,» Nixon said.
Mulgrew saw the teachers contract as an opportunity to settle scores rather than as a tool to improve schools for kids.
«You can't imagine a better school for kids with severe special needs,» said Brewer.
On Rosemary Avenue, the scene is similar; a school for kids with learning, social and emotional needs sits less than a mile from where the sex offenders now reside.
Parents at the even chanted «si se puede,» and described how overcrowding has affected life at the school for their kids.
There is no price tag on elevating the voices of parents demanding better schools for their kids.»
But they also understand that what needs to happen in their schools for their kids, it's not about testing... they make sure they have tons of sports programs, art and music, they're experimenting, they go on trips, they have high - quality this, that, and the other, they have libraries with librarians in them.
The reference was to the Department of Education's plan to reserve 25 percent of seats at 17 middle schools for kids who score below grade level on state exams.
Support like this is on par with good schools for kids.»
Yesterday was the first day of school for kids in Loudoun County, Virginia which includes my two kiddos!
We put together some really great looks for back to school for each kid and the plus side is that each outfit is under $ 50.
First was when I volunteered at James» school for the kids to get pics with the Big Guy and give him their Christmas Wish Lists.
If you're on the East Coast, I hope you're staying dry & warm during the bomb cyclone — the weather here in NY was -20 with the wind chill yesterday (they even cancelled school for my kids!).
Today is the first day of school for the kids in our neighborhood.
It all begins at a secret school in the clouds like none on earth: Sky High, the first and only high school for kids with super-human powers going through crime - fighting puberty.
As millennials grow up and become parents, find schools for their kids, and move into positions of leadership, what's apt to change on the education reform front?
«At the end of the day, parents don't care about charter, union, traditional, they just want a good school for their kids,» says Riley.
I don't think there's any community that doesn't want great schools for their kids.
«I was working at youth houses and helping youth workshops, working at schools for kids who were living on the streets or who were trying to transition off the streets.
He wanted to create a school for these kids that would really work.
(For a fuller picture of Weingarten and a good account of the difference between political savvy and fixing our schools for kids, I suggest RiShawn Biddle's profile in the American Spectator.)
In a way, he's right, but affluent parents shopping for private schools for their kids might shrug.
For parent turned activist Emma Paulino, that means creating a safe, supportive, and challenging school for kids and a place where parents are respected and valued.
If one looks strictly at the flow of federal dollars rather than the flow of talk, one sees that in 2010 maintaining jobs for teachers trumped fixing schools for kids.
This initiative mattered only if it resulted in more good schools for our kids.
NEA Leader Stresses Goal of Great Public Schools for All Kids National Education Association president Dennis Van Roekel wants to give all students access to a quality education in part by working to close the achievement gap, seeking more funding for public schools, and increasing parent and community involvement.
«There is only one program in America where the federal government allows parents to choose the best schools for their kids, it is right here in Washington, DC, and it is working,» Boehner said.
The majority of choice parents said it was easy to find the right private schools for their kids, and they chose those schools for a variety of reasons.
And let's explore new ways of executing state governments» responsibility to ensure high - quality schools for all kids.
«My general view,» says the Post's Mathews, «is that the voucher path is a dead end because we are never going to have nearly enough spaces in private schools for the kids who need it.
Sadly, that includes Washington's various schools for kids in trouble, such as the juvenile detention center, Next Step Public Charter School, and Maya Angelou.