Sentences with phrase «schoolchildren on»

While we enjoy al - Azhar Park, we sometimes rue the fact that it is almost exclusively the preserve of foreigners, relatively well - to - do locals and groups of schoolchildren on field trips.

Whether it's participating in pet - facilitated therapy at human hospitals and nursing homes or visiting schoolchildren on career days, he loves to share his passion for animals with Fairfield County «s young and young at heart.

Local newspapers carry stories and editorials about the bill, while parents, teachers and schoolchildren on both sides of the debate have contacted legislators with their views.

Simultaneously, you'll also have had plenty of time to rue the day in 2003 when another political deal promised an Olympic sporting legacy for our schoolchildren on the back of London 2012.

I had caught up with him for part two of our interview in his official Trenton office, 50 miles to the south and west, where the state's education department is headquartered and where he has lively paintings drawn by schoolchildren on the walls.

The hallways of the Capitol were noisy with protesters, advocates and even groups of schoolchildren on field trips with only two days left in the session.

The Governor George E. Pataki Leadership and Learning Center, located in Peekskill, New York, is designed to educate schoolchildren on government using Governor Pataki's public service as an example.

There is no school for French elementary schoolchildren on Wednesdays, so no French menu for Wednesday, November 28.

Not exact matches

A demonstrator from the group CodePink holds up a banner as National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre delivers remarks during a news conference at the Willard Hotel on December 21, 2012, in Washington, D.C. — one week after Adam Lanza used an assault - style rifle to slaughter 20 schoolchildren and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

Instead of rushing in, several Broward sheriff's deputies waited outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School while a killer gunned down schoolchildren, according to other officers on the scene.

Schoolchildren searching for whitehouse.com on the internet found porn in the late 1990s, and «the bottom line is it's almost impossible to protect yourself from this kind of stuff,» said Reese, a Jesuit at Georgetown University.

In a question to the Education Secretary, the MP for Enfield, Southgate, said: «There are reports that Ofsted is demanding that a Christian school invites an imam to take collective worship and that Jewish schoolchildren have been asked intrusive questions about their views on sexuality.

After 20 schoolchildren and six adults were shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday, the national debate over gun control has resumed with a fervor.

On the morning of the shooting, Marie led a prayer group at a local church, where they asked God to keep schoolchildren safe.

The real Trojan horse in the Birmingham affair is the imposition on schoolchildren of a radical liberal agenda lurking behind a thin veneer of «British Values».

For the past year, the foundation's efforts have been focused on giving Hydro Flask vacuum insulated bottles to schoolchildren.

In recent years, the fight against ocean plastic pollution has gone from a preoccupation of marine scientists to a movement embraced by everyone from schoolchildren to Queen Elizabeth II, galvanized by images of trash - strewn seas and sea turtles choking on plastic straws and other consumer castaways.

A British - born son of Yemeni immigrants, Hamed is a huge draw in England and in his parents» homeland, where his face is plastered on everything from schoolchildren's composition books to postage stamps.

The school system in England gave up on competitive sport but now professional clubs have taken over the coaching of schoolchildren and the dividends are paying off.

England trained in Kielce for the first time since arriving on Monday, with 300 local schoolchildren watching an open session on Tuesday.

Old Sturbridge Village is committed to developing and offering quality programs for schoolchildren with a specific focus on youth from disadvantaged circumstances.

When fast food companies, infamous for cutting corners at any cost, turn their noses up at a questionably safe ingredient that ends up on the lunch trays of schoolchildren, headlines are to be expected — and rightfully so.

Spending boatloads of money on professional lobbying and a massive postcard campaign to legislators, the organization and their deep - pocketed friends like PepsiCo, Coca - Cola, Con Agra and Schwan's killed the state school nutrition bill, ensuring many more years of junk food for New York's schoolchildren.

(It was concern over schoolchildren eating the product that set off the initial firestorm in The Daily just weeks ago, leading to a popular petition on Change.org directed at USDA.)

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 04: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama jokes with schoolchildren with White House chef Sam Kass (L) after planting the White House Kitchen Garden on the South Lawn of the White House April 4, 2013 in Washington, DC.

But since my bleeding - heart liberal appeals are likely to be lost on you, I'll instead appeal your pragmatism: More than 35 percent of Texas schoolchildren are overweight or obese.

This drop in the bucket allows our leaders in Washington to appear to be focusing on the nutritional needs of schoolchildren.

AQE Executive Director Billy Easton heaped praise on Silver, calling him «one person who's not only been listening for as long as you can imagine to the needs of schoolchildren across the state, but has been reflecting that voice back and speaking it out in the halls of decision - making» and the «originator of pre-kindergarten.»

Appointed parliamentary secretary for pensions by Winston Churchill, in the coalition government of 1940, she went on to become minister for Education in the landmark Attlee government of 1945, introducing free milk for schoolchildren and raising the school leaving age.

No one is taking these peoples» guns away, as long as they stay in their lanes and don't open fire on innocent people, like say, schoolchildren?

A new scheme to urge schoolchildren to be vigilant on British streets against the threat of robbery is being launched today by the Home Office.

Thousands of Buffalo's schoolchildren live on streets where violence is a constant part of their lives.

But don't look to the U.S. Secretary of Education for guidance on which candidate would be best for the city's 1.1 million public schoolchildren.

Ever since he announced his candidacy, Braunstein, 29, has campaigned on a platform of cutting spending, reforming Albany and protecting quality of life in northeast Queens, particularly for schoolchildren and seniors.

Always proud of her ties to Queens, Ferraro introduced the borough to the rest of the country in her 1984 convention speech, telling how schoolchildren pass by subway stops on their way to school, residents hang flags on Grand Avenue on the Fourth of July and small businesses «take pride in supporting their families through hard work and initiative.»

New York City schoolchildren deserve a mayor who believes their needs are worth focusing on.

Steve Sinnott, the NUT's general secretary, said the influence of advertising was having an effect on primary schoolchildren both at home and in class.

«To stop schoolchildren being put off from playing rugby, could she stop Boris Johnson going on the pitch again?»

The state Legislature ended its scheduled legislative session last Wednesday without a deal on an extension, something Governor Andrew Cuomo called «dereliction of duty,» and de Blasio has said puts the futures of 1.1 million schoolchildren at risk.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says the «sham» organization was supposed to provide training for parents of schoolchildren, but existed only on paper.

Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon's reply on the number of schoolchildren potentially affected is odd.

He also believes that public safety is a huge priority, and wants to meet with all of the schoolbus drivers to get their input on what they see as potential hazards or dangers on the roads as they drive schoolchildren to and from their homes.

The governor said the country should be mourning at the moment, following the killing of schoolchildren and teachers in Potiskum, Yobe State, on Monday by the Boko Haram sect.

Six school districts and parents of schoolchildren submitted a brief on Nov. 10 accusing Pennsylvania of violating its state constitution by skimping on education funding.

Transit officials, once again teetering on the edge of a financial abyss, said they will be forced to shut down the W and Z subway lines and 25 bus routes, carry out layoffs and pay cuts and take free MetroCards away from a half - million schoolchildren.

In an admission that he is losing the propaganda war, Cameron, in his letter appointing Hughes, claimed there was a «material risk» poor schoolchildren would be put off by «misinformation» from applying to higher education institutions or staying on to study A-levels.

The education bond act, which will put iPads and laptops into the hands of schoolchildren, will now appear alongside Cuomo's name on the November ballot instead of a bond act that proposed spending more than twice the amount on sewers and clean water projects.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez and Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa wanted a ceremony to honor the artistic talents of several Washington Heights schoolchildren Thursday night to focus on education.

«This ceaseless commitment will continue this year with a community - supported bus lane, pedestrian refuge islands and a protected bike path on First Avenue straight through East Harlem, and we will continue to push for speed cameras to make our streets and our schoolchildren even safer,» he said.

Scottish Labour would spend # 1,000 a head on schoolchildren from poor backgrounds, guarantee state grants for college students, replace council tax with a more progressive property tax and ban fracking.