Sentences with phrase «school year as a whole»

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I've taken no theology or philosophy classes (other than a year or two of Catholic Sunday School as a child), though I've done a a whole lot of reading in both subjects.

As we approach the Child Nutrition Reauthorization in Congress — the every - five - year funding of child nutrition programs — lawmakers will have the opportunity to weaken some of 2010's biggest school meal improvements with respect to sodium, whole grains and fruits and vegetables.

When the family fills out the free meal application and lists $ 0 as their income, the student can get 8 weeks of temporary free status; after 8 weeks, the family needs to fill out another application (and so on, every 8 weeks for the whole school year.)

Interest groups expect the agreement to be somewhere between relaxing whole grain and future sodium requirements, as proposed by Sen. John Hoeven (R - N.D.), and a one - year waiver from all new standards for schools losing money, as proposed by Rep. Robert Aderholt (R - Ala.).

As we approach the Child Nutrition Reauthorization in Congress - the every - five - year funding of child nutrition programs - lawmakers will have the opportunity to weaken some of 2010's biggest school meal improvements with respect to sodium, whole... [Continue reading]

So while I appreciate the argument that keeping our kids in public school benefits the community as a whole, I'm also not willing to keep my kids in a sinking ship so the school can reap an extra $ 5000 / year per child for the benefit of our community.

We know from our own experience as parents and from the many hundreds of families we have worked with that regulated sleep habits for children makes the whole endeavor of parenting easier and provides an important structure that can carry through all of the school years.

Processed foods tweaked to cut salt, fat and sugar might not have been exactly what the first lady envisioned five years ago when she stood by the president as he signed the new law designed to increase the availability of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and fat - free and low - fat milk on school menus.

Effective food policy actions are part of a comprehensive approach to improving nutrition environments, defined as those factors that influence food access.1 Improvements in the nutritional quality of all foods and beverages served and sold in schools have been recommended to protect the nutritional health of children, especially children who live in low - resource communities.2 As legislated by the US Congress, the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetableas those factors that influence food access.1 Improvements in the nutritional quality of all foods and beverages served and sold in schools have been recommended to protect the nutritional health of children, especially children who live in low - resource communities.2 As legislated by the US Congress, the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetableAs legislated by the US Congress, the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetSchool Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetSchool Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetschool year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetableas well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetableas dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetables.

As President of the School Nutrition Association (SNA), I have seen school meals programs nationwide expand their offerings of whole grain products in the last few School Nutrition Association (SNA), I have seen school meals programs nationwide expand their offerings of whole grain products in the last few school meals programs nationwide expand their offerings of whole grain products in the last few years.

Intersperse using these books during the whole school year as you are doing the other workbooks.

At present, whatever the merits of individual schools under the system, the free schools programme as a whole is in danger of helping to unravel a national school system developed in successive pieces of legislation over the past 70 years.

And during his eight years as deputy superintendent and then superintendent for the San Francisco Unified School District, Carranza raised graduation rates for African - American students by 13.9 percentage points and for Hispanic students by 15.4 percentage points — faster than the overall growth rates in California as a whole.

In this Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women's Hospital study, which collected data on over 74,000 female nurses aged 38 - 63 years over a 12 year period, weight gain was inversely associated with the intake of high - fiber, whole - grain foods, such as whole wheat, but positively related to the intake of refined - grain foods, such as products made from refined wheat.

A team of researchers from Harvard School of Public Health recently published the results of two cohort studies that had been conducted over the course of 26 years showing how the health benefits of whole grains - such as oats, maize, and amaranth - may increase longevity.

Up until my senior year of high school I would spend the whole day before the first day trying on any and every outfit combination I could think of and forcing my Mom and brother to watch my «Back to School Fashion Show» in order to pick out my first day attire (and then second, third, fourth, etc. as school I would spend the whole day before the first day trying on any and every outfit combination I could think of and forcing my Mom and brother to watch my «Back to School Fashion Show» in order to pick out my first day attire (and then second, third, fourth, etc. as School Fashion Show» in order to pick out my first day attire (and then second, third, fourth, etc. as well).

For anyone who happens to be sane, however, no, it's not, it feels as if the whole thing has been made by a 19 year old who's done one semester of film school.

Currently employed as a Subject Leader for ICT at a high performing secondary school in Yorkshire, England this management role involves him in not only leading a department, managing the staff, teaching 11 to 18 year old students in the study of ICT and Computing but also responsibilities whole school and to feeder primary schools.

Last year, the whole school read the same book, Facing the Lion, and used it as a springboard for cross-disciplinary studies.

January 2011 had marked the 27th successful year of BETT, where once again the significant role that technology plays in the classroom and in the school as a whole was clear to see, even in a time of ongoing change and austerity in the sector.

In an update at the start of the year, inspectors were asked to familiarise themselves with the School Food Plan's guidance around developing a whole school approach to food as it is «relevant to their assessment of how schools are supporting pupils to keep themselves healthy&rSchool Food Plan's guidance around developing a whole school approach to food as it is «relevant to their assessment of how schools are supporting pupils to keep themselves healthy&rschool approach to food as it is «relevant to their assessment of how schools are supporting pupils to keep themselves healthy».

So we have to make sure each child goes outside of his / her comfort zone and speaks and listens to every child in the classroom on a regular basis (I cringe to think of my days as a new high school teacher when I am sure «student K» went the whole year without uttering a sentence to «student G» and vice versa.)

Student proficiency rates have been publicly reported every year for schools in every state as well as for the state as a whole.

Her 30 years of experience as an educator, with five years specifically as a technology educator, tell her that her computer club, Ballard's tech team, is a valuable activity for its members and the school as a whole.

Play as warmers, starters and plenaries across the whole school year too for maximum reinforcement - playing against a timer in teams works really well too.

QAR is a reading strategy that can be implement as a whole school program, as QAR can be used for any text type in any subject for all year levels.

In addition to the views of the public as a whole, we pay special attention in this year's survey to two potentially influential types of participants in school politics: the affluent and teachers.

This change can impact on the classroom, year group, and school life as a whole.»

Entering the Ed School both as an aspiring teacher and as someone with little knowledge of education as a whole, my goals were to acquire a repertoire of skills that would allow me to leave HGSE with a solid foundation in preparation my first year in the classroom and to gain as much knowledge about current issues, policies, and trends in education as possible.

It is divided into year groups and can be purchased per year group, by key stages or as a whole school pack.

A guide, produced by Mayer - Johnson, which explores strategies to support inclusion in the whole school setting, with topics such as: Hello, the National Year of Communication, The Inclusive Classroom: Using Technology to Support Teaching Assistants, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, National Association of Special Educational Needs, and case studies.

However a government spokesperson argued: «Teaching has a lower turnover rate than the economy as a whole — 90 per cent of teachers in state schools stay in the profession from one year to the next while the number of teachers returning to the classroom continues to rise year after year.»

During a two day programme of free learning outside the classroom within walking distance of the school involving the whole of Year 7 (350 pupils), pupils developed their resilience during activities such as a hike, team building skills when participating in den building and knowledge of a local charity when visiting the lifeboat station.

She worked as Principal Project Coordinator with Queensland Department of Education for many years leading a major initiative implementing conflict resolution in schools in South East Queensland, and through this role developed several whole - school programs and teaching resources to address bullying and promote social and emotional skills of students, staff and families.

As well as attending parents» evenings, staying connected throughout the year is vital in helping parents to feel like they are actively involved in their child's learning journey, and thus positively contributing to whole school goalAs well as attending parents» evenings, staying connected throughout the year is vital in helping parents to feel like they are actively involved in their child's learning journey, and thus positively contributing to whole school goalas attending parents» evenings, staying connected throughout the year is vital in helping parents to feel like they are actively involved in their child's learning journey, and thus positively contributing to whole school goals.

In recent years, one Jersey City public school, PS 24 (better known as Watters School), has focused more on the whole child and has used a systematic social, emotional, and character development program in grades six through school, PS 24 (better known as Watters School), has focused more on the whole child and has used a systematic social, emotional, and character development program in grades six through School), has focused more on the whole child and has used a systematic social, emotional, and character development program in grades six through eight.

Each participating school received a tailored toolkit of information to help them put on a whole day of activities across the curriculum, including supportive materials such as downloadable planning packs with suggested activities for various key stages, as well as certificates to celebrate their participation in the most active day of the year!

This chapter helps to explain autism and its history, as well as offering sound advice to early years educators when it comes to whole - school empathy...

The bill would give states the option of using the funds now distributed through a host of federal programs — amounting to about $ 24 billion a year on the whole — as a single block grant to states for public and private school vouchers.

«To help small schools with the transition to universal infant free school meals, we paid them an extra # 32.5 m over two years — over and above the # 600m we have spent on the policy as a whole so far,» they said.

But the estimated effects on achievement of adding 30 days to the school year are tightly clustered around the 0.10 estimate for the nation as a whole.

In addition to running whole school and whole grade results, the data was disaggregated by a variety of typical subgroups — regular ed, special ed, Title I, LEP — as well as gender, years in district, feeder school, and type / genre of writing.

With a new year comes new opportunities to work together to address challenges charter schools face in Northeastern California, and to improve public education as a whole.

As one of 10 schools chosen by ASCD for their «Whole Child Network» three - year comprehensive school improvement process, P.S. 9 subscribes to the goals of Tenet 1 of the Whole Child Initiative — Healthy:

Considering this long overdue and welcomed change, combined with the fact that as a school, we have moved from «special measures» to «Good» in two years, it's the perfect time to redefine the whole school approach to teaching and learning and this has been a very careful and considered move.

The district as a whole during the 2015 - 16 school year was 82 percent Latino and African - American, 77 percent qualifying for free or reduced - price lunch, 12 percent have special needs and 22 percent are English learners.

The auditors found that while the teaching workforce has grown as a whole, secondary schools face «significant challenges» to keep pace with rising pupil numbers, which are expected to increase by a fifth in the next eight years.

Schools in Dorset have reported lower take - up than had been anticipated for the whole school year — leading to fears that funding will drop as a result.

We know that this means 15 secondary schools are still local authority schools and have been rated as less than good for the whole 10 year period in question — all of which is down to the local authority (unless you can explain otherwise).

Joe Crawford, former assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in Freeport, Illinois, told me that during five years in which each school and the district as a whole used one - page plans, student achievement improved significantly.