Sentences with phrase «schools run the competition»

Some schools run the competition as an extracurricular activity but Curtain - Magee says it was a great fit with the project - based learning being used in class.

Not exact matches

He was a member of the first high school team to enter the International Aerial Robotics Competition, the longest - running event of its kind, and he continued on the circuit while studying engineering at the University of Waterloo.

Prizes from business contests run the gamut: A seemingly infinite number of local and business - school competitions offer small - change awards of $ 5,000 to $ 15,000; meanwhile, Rice University doles out six - figure prizes annually, as do accelerators MassChallenge and TechStars.

Run by the Harvard Business School's Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and the Social Enterprise Initiative, the HBS New Venture Competition provides an integrative learning experience for all participants.

The winning messages from children are displayed on www.fatherhoodinstitute.org by Fathers Direct, the national information centre on fatherhood, which, along with the Department for Education and Skills, ran the competition in May 2004 in Britain's primary schools.

From Walk - a-thons and fun runs to hula hoop competitions and cookbooks, there are many ways to earn money for your school while encouraging kids and families to make healthy choices.

But the teachers union, threatened by charters that outperform traditional, union - run schools, thinks it can squash the competition by depriving it of real estate.

Runs meetings, summer schools, and an annual essay competition.

They took top honors 3 years running in the FIRST Lego League in Oman, an international competition in which elementary and middle school students build a LEGO Mindstorm robot.

All the activities considered as part of the study were delivered as after - school clubs, competitions, or out - reach programmes, and were run during Key Stage 3 and 4.

Thanks to a personal connection, one of the most successful biotechnology companies in the United States is apparently the new title sponsor of the Science Talent Search (STS), the prestigious high school science competitions run by the Society for Science and the Public (SSP) in Washington, D.C. New York - based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. will invest $ 100 million over the next 10 years to become the third such sponsor in STS's nearly 75 - year - long history, according to several media outlets.

I'm from Chicago, and back when I was in high school, there was a home run competition between Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs and Mark McGuire of the St. Louis Cardinals.

A full - scale transition from a government - run monopoly to a competitive marketplace won't happen quickly, but that's no reason not to begin introducing more competition... We pursued that goal in New York City by opening more than 100 charter schools in high - poverty communities.

This includes a couple slides discussing recent discoveries, why science is important and 2 competitions you could run at your school, it also includes 2 links to optional youtube videos you can show as part of the assembly.

Pluralism does not exist to create competition for state - run schools; it's valued intrinsically.

Secondly, whilst in more recent times there is more emphasis on the need for places, in fact the genesis of the idea behind the free school programme was to allow those who could demonstrate they could run schools successfully (be they parent groups, foundations and sponsors or indeed other schools) to be allowed to do so in an attempt to use competition to drive up standards.

The money will also allow schools to run more sports competitions, partner with other schools to run sports activities and clubs and encourage pupils to take on leadership or volunteer roles that support sport and physical activity within a school.

When exactly the first high school match did follow is unclear, but according to Guinness World Records, the first televised competition aired on October 7, 1961, with a show that is still running — It's Academic!

Though some adults thrived on the competition in their school physical education classes, others remember the experience as humiliating, with the operative word being last — picked last for a team or coming in last in the mile run.

The folks who start and organize competitions run the gamut: television stations (often PBS - affiliated), individual schools, state associations, for - profits started by former players, and volunteers who want to encourage a love of learning.

New Orleans's polycentric administrative structure — with schools run by the state and the school board as well as by autonomous charter organizations — has fostered competition and performance gains.

The competition can be run on a day of the school's choice, but entries need to be submitted to Brake by Friday, 30 June 2017.

Competitions Many schools have been supported in raising aspirations through running competitions in photography aCompetitions Many schools have been supported in raising aspirations through running competitions in photography acompetitions in photography and painting.

Activities Ideas: - A range of ideas in the «Twilight» documents - Teach a Skill / Run an Activity Forms - student led in form time - Quiz on school rules and expectations (obviously will need to be adapted)- Settling in Meetings / Interview Question Sheets - Caption Competitions - Desert Island Disks Certificates (students talk about and present extracts of two songs that are important for them)- Puns and Riddles to keep their mind fresh.

In addition, the Competition sponsor, F&C Investment Trust, is running a schools» roadshow during 2018, hosting fun sessions on «Why Investing Matters», with each entrant receiving a visit from the campaign bus (schedules permitting).

Good private schools will not emerge, even in the theoretical long run, if there is no serious investment in them; if the rules for funding them and allowing students to choose them change constantly; and if bad ones are not eliminated by competition.

In previous years, schools have run the competition as a classroom project and as an extracurricular activity.

After a month - long search, Bleasby Primary School is the winner of # 500 worth of gardening supplies in a competition run by The Cornerhouse.

The UCL Institute of Education and school tour operator, Equity, who collectively run the First World War Centenary Battlefield Tours Programme, are inviting all state secondary schools in South East London and Medway, Lincolnshire, Essex, Central England, Cheshire and Lancashire to participate in a First World War History Regional Competition, as part of the national commemorations of the conflict.

Chaucer Junior School in Ilkeston, Derbyshire have won a «Design a Teepee» competition run by British lifestyle brand FieldCandy.

The UCL Institute of Education and school tour operator, Equity, who collectively run the First World War Centenary Battlefield Tours Programme, are inviting all state secondary schools in Kent, Central England and the Midlands, South - East London, East London and Essex, North London, Eastern England and North - West England, to participate in a First World War History Regional Competition, as part of the commemoration of the Battle of Passchendaele centenary.

I ran a design competition to create the school banner.

Competition and choice among government - run schools falls far short of what is ordinarily meant by market competition, which requires the free entry of, and choice among, different types ofCompetition and choice among government - run schools falls far short of what is ordinarily meant by market competition, which requires the free entry of, and choice among, different types ofcompetition, which requires the free entry of, and choice among, different types of providers.

Stiffer competition, so the theory goes, should nudge improvements in district - run schools, which traditionally enjoy monopolies over the delivery of K — 12 education.

Children 16 and under are competing with pupils across the UK in the Classroom of the Future Competition, being run by schools supply company Viking and the British Institute of Interior Design.

Music is at the heart of the winning school, which runs a very successful choir participating in many competitions throughout the country, including the BBC's Songs of Praise.

Previous shortlisted projects include a Dragons» Den style competition; a Global Maths Project; a project that raises awareness about food waste and sustainability while working with local businesses to provide free meals for school children; and a student - run newspaper which encourages everyone in the school community to think critically about the world around them.

The Discovery Education Espresso «Sweet Inventions Competition» runs between 13th September and 21st October 2016, and is open to primary schools everywhere.Pupils are asked to design an eye - catching poster promoting their sweet or chocolate, with a winner being chosen from each Key Stage.

A sixth - year pupil at Aberdeen's only all - girls school, St Margaret's, has achieved the highest mark in Scotland in a national competition run by the Royal Society of Biology.

Murley runs his entrepreneurship classes, electives within the school's business academy, with help from the NFTE, using the group's curriculum and taking part in a business - plan competition the foundation sponsors.

The competition, run by Viking the provider of everyday essentials to schools, encouraged pupils to utilise their imagination, and expand their vision of the potential advancements to their everyday stationery items in the classroom.

In the fall of 2009, ED released the FY 2009 SIG application for states to run a competition to award a first cohort of SIG schools.

The Discovery Education Espresso «Sweet Inventions Competition» runs between 13th September and 21st October 2016, and is open to primary schools everywhere.

Discovery Education supports a number of UK schools in teaching coding, and recently ran a competition to encourage students to put their coding skills to use in history lessons.

Harrow School opens its grounds and facilities for an annual cross-country running competition for schools in the area.

Of 24 Indiana school districts who initially applied for a grant in the Race To The Top competition, MSD Warren Township is the only one still in the running.

They say PROSE schools will be better than charters because they won't create competition with city - run schools.

The Pitch, Hit, and Run Program (PHR) is the official skills event of the Major League Baseball which offers a free sports program to after school sites and youth organizations interested in hosting local competitions to engage students in physical activity.

Giving parents a choice of schools, they say, fosters competition that weeds out badly run campuses.

The report suggests that regional school commissioners or directors of school standards should run the competition.