Sentences with phrase «school is best for your family»

How can you tell if a particular school is best for your family?

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Another possibility is expanding school choice by providing vouchers for poor families to attend better - funded schools in rich neighborhoods.

The sad truth is that for some kids there, labour in the cotton fields is their best alternative; their families can't really afford to feed them, let alone to send them to school.

Turning our provincial school systems into providers of universal free child care for well - to - do families is a perversion of good public policy.

For instance, in Weston, Mass., most homes lost value during the downturn, but a select few lower - priced homes maintained their value because the town has a very good school system and there's always demand at the low end of the market from families looking to move in, Weiss said.

She is an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business where she leads programs for both business families as well as their advisors in the Business Familiesfamilies as well as their advisors in the Business FamiliesFamilies Centre.

There was no shortage of creativity in our fundraising efforts, which included partnerships with Denver restaurants and shops, such as Chick Fil A and Alex and Ani, a wine party for friends and family with tickets and raffles, spirit week at Denver schools, as well as email and letter writing campaigns directly to prospective donors.

All this has attracted the attention of one Barry Sheerman, chairman of the parliamentary cross-party committee on children, schools and families, who now wants to haul offending bishops (the good news is that there are at least two) in front of his committee for an inquisitorial going - over (which by the time you read this may have taken place).

What constitutes legitimate protection of a child and what are the obligations of a family to protest against an injustice in school segregation, for example, and to open the way for better public education?

Every additional year of school that a girl completes increases her future earnings, which is good for her family, her community and her country.

To help them, the support and loving discipline of families is essential, and more especially of groups of families with similar standards, and of churches, schools, and other institutions with well - developed programs for more worthy modes of mutual association.

The most prevalent argument currently offered on behalf of liberal education is that it best prepares the student for graduate or professional school, for executive leadership in business, or for being a wife or mother in a professional or executive family.

Then I finally read it because I've been so torn about schooling and education and what the best path will be for our family in the fall.

For this reason, the family also constitutes the best school of faith, where future generations learn to place their trust in the word of those who have generated their being.

From simple sandwiches to seasonal treats and school lunches to special occasions, Nature's Own is there to make the best bread for you and your family.

I will be making this loaf often for my family as well for after school snacks.

We are making these again this year for our family and also providing the GF dough for our synagogue's Purim Carnival (where many hamantaschen will be made) as well as the recipe for our older daughter's 3rd grade (public Waldorf) class, which is studying Judaism this year, and learning about Purim, in part by making hamantaschen as a school activity.

Wanted to be in a smaller community with good schools and the right fit for his family.

Two years ago, M. Christian Green, a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University and a former lecturer at Harvard Divinity School, wrote that divorce doesn't just affect a couple and their immediate family — friends, neighbors and entire communities are impacted as well.

We looked into private school options when we learned that public school was not working well for our family.

But most of all, Sacred Heart works for us because we feel that the school has a very strong sense of community and is truly a partner to us in developing our sons» sense of morality and what it means to be a good friend, family member and neighbor.

Yet it is vital, for example, that family services and the NHS modernise themselves so they properly support active fatherhood, that boys» needs are better understood by schools and that work accommodates a dad's caring role.

• Shake up the parental leave system so fathers can spend more time with kids under two years - old • 25,000 more dads per year to sign their child's birth certificate, to reach international standards and halve the number of those who don't • Dads able to stay overnight in hospital with their partner when their baby is born • Modern and relevant antenatal education for both parents • Dads reading with their children in all primary schools • Family professionals — midwives, teachers, health visitors, nursery workers, social workers — confidently engaging with dads as well as mums, and supporting all family Family professionals — midwives, teachers, health visitors, nursery workers, social workers — confidently engaging with dads as well as mums, and supporting all family family types.

I realize for many families this would be a struggle financially and so it is all the more important our government helps out to make sure kids are eating well at school.

Even though many families think that academic skills are what are most important for school success, social skills play a huge role in school success as well.

After - school care may be a good child care choice for a work - at - home parent's family, even if one of the reasons to work at home is spending more time with family.

Which in turn would allow more working class to (hopefully) have to pay less taxes and therefore could better afford better meals for their family and actually be able to pay for school lunches.

CEO allows schools to serve free breakfast and free lunch to all students when 40 percent or more of students are certified for free meals without a paper application, which includes students who are directly certified (through data matching) for free meals because they live in households that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), as well as children who are automatically eligible for free school meals because of their status in foster care or Head Start, homeless, or migrant.

Families best served at SWS are those whose values are compatible with the culture of the school as an educational community, who share SWS's educational goals, and who seek the unique character of Waldorf Education for their children.

Overachieving kids, he says, are distorting their high school experience to create a perfect but phony profile they deem necessary to get into the best schools, while those who can't keep pace, often for family reasons, feel there is no point in trying.

It's go time and your family will be better prepared for the coming school year after your trial run.

There could be other factors involved as well, such as school - family incompatibility, multiple intelligences (where certain children learn best within environments that aren't offered in either public or private schools), as well as religious convictions and beliefs that aren't welcome in the public school system (creationism, for example).

Although Zoe hasn't officially started school yet, we loosely began last fall and have been experimenting with various curriculums, trying to figure out what will work best for our family and the official «first day of kindergarten» later this year.

While some are young people in long - distance relationships because of schooling or careers, or couples who want to live together but can't for various reasons (military families are a good example), many include women like me — divorced, middle - aged empty - nesters who want nothing that resembles the married life we knew.

Creating a successful after - school routine «is simply a matter of finding out what works best for your family,» Burstow adds.

The Center is well - known for providing high - quality, multidisciplinary services using highly professional staff for their child - centered, family - focused services in client's homes, schools, clinics and other community venues.

Katie's also the author of Best Lunch Box Ever: Ideas and Recipes for School Lunches Kids Will Love, a beautiful cookbook which has given me countless good ideas for lunch — as well as a sandwich idea we love so much it's now part of our family dinner rotation!

«Helping our community has always been a part of Chris Madrid's, especially with schools and children... There is no government assistance for diapers, however there are many families that can not financially buy enough for their babies... I believe I made a good decision to help this organization.

Yet some families have managed to find certain safe foods for their child to eat at school, and all is going well.

Whether you're looking for school foodservice - friendly recipes or recipes to prepare at home with your family, one of the best things about National Nutrition Month is the endless number of new recipes you'll find online.

Psychologist and step - parenting expert Dr. Patricia Papernow of Harvard Medical School believes that «authoritative parenting» is best for children on every measure imaginable, including through a difficult transition like becoming a step - family.

It is a school that is open - minded and supports families exploring and discovering the best choices for their children.

Many people are making better food choices for their families, and are now demanding the same from school food.

So, if you have decided your teen would be best served by being withdrawn from public school, to be placed in a residential treatment center or another private schooling facility, we want to make the transition as easy as possible for your family.

According to Bill McKibben, author of Maybe One: An Environmental and Personal Argument for Single - Child Families, studies show that only children tend to do better in school, especially in science, math, and literature; have more friends; and be more flexible about gender roles than kids in larger fFamilies, studies show that only children tend to do better in school, especially in science, math, and literature; have more friends; and be more flexible about gender roles than kids in larger familiesfamilies.

He is an international speaker and advocate for home education, having served twelve years on the board of North Carolinians for Home Education (NCHE) as well as being the North Carolina Ambassador for the Home School Foundation, a ministry dedicated to helping homeschooling families in need.

Children with SM can attend any type of school that the family feels is best for them.

Success in school for this family meant the development of their child to be a well - rounded adult.

Identified students include those who qualify for free meals because they live in households that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), as well as children who are certified for free school meals without submitting a school meal application because of their status as being in foster care, enrolled in Head Start, homeless, runaway, or migrant students.

Designed to guide parents in all aspects of feeding their family through the school year, this book is perfect for those with school - aged kids who need both the how and the what when it comes to food and keeping their littles well fed.