Sentences with phrase «students contribute to their families»

Admissions officers should look at what students contribute to their families, such as if they care for younger siblings or have a job to support their parents.

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The family hasn't just slapped their name on the front door, either — in 2005, Sobeys Inc., Empire Company Limited and The Sobey Foundation contributed $ 2 million to fund undergraduate scholarships for students enrolled at the School of Business and pay for infrastructure developments.

Students can not claim independent status just because their families won't contribute to their college education.

Although the issue of homeschool student participation in public high school sports isn't exactly a pressing national concern, it hits pretty close to home in our family — both our kids are competitive club - level swimmers who could contribute to the success of our local high....

Words can not express the depth of gratitude we feel for the ways the Waldorf School of Princeton and the academic community it sustains have contributed to our son's development as a student, as an artist, and as a human being and to our lives as a family.

This report serves to provide a better understanding of possible factors that may contribute to difficulties in a school environment following a concussion and serves as a framework for the medical home, the educational home, and the family home to guide the student to a successful and safe return to learning.

They Include: * Individuals, families, and corporate or community groups * Students, parents, professionals, and retirees * Seasonal, weekly, occasional, or one - time volunteers Depending on their interests, experience, and the time they have available, volunteers contribute to Mass Audubon in a variety of meaningful ways — welcoming visitors to the sanctuaries, maintaining trails, tending gardens, submitting wildlife observations, educating people of all ages, assisting with ecological management projects.

«The new scholarship may contribute to a modest increase in overall enrollment, but we believe it is more likely these funds will supplant tuition dollars already paid by students from middle - income families,» said Moody's Associate Managing Director Susan Fitzgerald.

Murray said it does not offer equivalent college aid to students and their families who immigrated to the country legally and who also contribute to the state's economy.

Hamilton, a doctoral student in the Mood and Cognition Laboratory of Lauren Alloy at Temple University, hypothesized that life stressors, especially those related to adolescents» interpersonal relationships and that adolescents themselves contribute to (such as a fight with a family member or friend), would facilitate these vulnerabilities and, ultimately, increase teens» risk of depression.

Angela L. Curl, assistant professor in the Department of Family Studies and Social Work at Miami University, and Jessica Bibbo, a graduate student at MU, contributed to the study.

This is especially true for minority students, who are often expected to contribute monetarily to their extended families.

Dr. Eichler: The most favorite parts of the job are: 1) making new discoveries and contributing to the body of scientific knowledge especially as it relates to the evolution of our species, 2) seeing students mature into independent scientists as well as helping to launch new independent research careers, and 3) seeing your work directly benefit families who are struggling to understand their children's illness.

It's been a remarkable experience contributing to research on adult, family, and adolescents; presenting and publishing research with faculty; and participating in Associate Professor James Kim's project on a summer reading intervention for elementary school students.

They also provide the opportunity for families to contribute to students» achievement, because the conferences position family members as key supporters in their child's schooling.

Drawing on a six - year study that closely followed more than one thousand high - achieving fifth - and sixth - grade African - American, Latino, Indochinese, and Caucasian students, Bempechat uncovers the family and school practices and attitudes that contribute to high achievement in at - risk children.

Regardless of their specific plans, however, all students need to be proficient in the range of fundamental skills and knowledge in math, English language arts, science, and history / social science if they are to go forward with postsecondary learning that prepares them for good jobs, healthy families, and contributing citizenship.

• Two recently published studies (by Addo, Houle, and Simon and Grinstein - Weiss et al.) use national survey data to show that black students hold substantially more debt by age 25 compared to their white counterparts, and that disparities are evident even after controlling for family income and wealth, indicating that differences in postsecondary and labor market experiences contribute to the debt gap.

That being said, if I do my job well, my hope is that I can leave DCPS as a district where students are achieving at high levels no matter their backgrounds, families are choosing DCPS schools because of the world - class education we provide, and parents and community members feel like they've contributed to DCPS» amazing successes.

Not too surprisingly, these conditions — combined with increased competition from charter schools around New York City — contributed to an erosion in student achievement, school culture, and family recruitment efforts across our schools.

Moreover, given the number of deals where the provider sells directly to the district, not to the end student / family, it becomes almost impossible to assess performance because there is little sense of who is contributing what to performance (it's not transparent who is providing the service).

We can contribute to this transformation through our students, who in turn spread the news to their friends and families.

Although the school is 100 percent funded through donor gifts and the students» compensation, the students» families do contribute a minimum amount to reserve a spot for their children.

Families who choose to pay for K — 12 expenses using their 529 accounts will clearly have less time to save for kindergarten than for high school, but the eligibility of anyone (such as a grandparent) to contribute to a student beneficiary's account can also boost a family's purchasing power.

Bonus: Your students will love discovering which members of their families and their classmates» families have contributed to their classroom library.

The bottom line is that our students go home to their families each night, and sometimes this is a situation that is not what we want for them - either not reinforcing what is happening at school, or even actively contributing to the children's trauma.

But for students attending four - year institutions, including students from low - income families, the private, non-profit sector plays an important role and may be in a position to contribute even more to the nation's educational attainment and economic mobility.

Any public educational option that contributes to the holistic well - being of its students and their families is worthy of our support.

Here's how you can contribute to that: We have set up a table in the library for students to write letters of love to students, educators, and families during this incredibly difficult time.

This understanding reduces the pastoral care burden often experienced by pastoral leaders within the school, and encourages students, staff and families to recognise how much they can contribute to a positive, safe and supportive school culture.

Alabama The Tax Credits for Contributing to Scholarship Granting Organizations program, enacted in 2013, provides scholarships for students who live in districts with failing schools and whose family income can not exceed 150 percent of the median household income in Alabama.

This demographic shift makes it imperative that Idaho; s schools learn to fully engage theses students and their families in high - quality educational opportunities, especially if we are to ensure that theses students are able to contribute to the future of Idaho's social and economic development.

This demographic shift makes it imperative that Idaho's schools learn to fully engage these students and their families in high quality educational opportunities, especially if we are to ensure that these students are able to contribute to the future of Idaho's social and economic development.

This, Taylor says, contributes not only to student success, but also a comfort level for families in taking an active role in their child's education.

Although there is general consensus among educational researchers that family engagement contributes to the success of students and schools, there is less agreement about what types of family engagement matter.

In our community of teachers, students, families and friends, each plays an important part, and each contributes to the ongoing success of the Weilenmann School of Discovery.

Motivated students, a dedicated staff, a great deal of family involvement, and high expectations from all stakeholders contributed to Hickory Elementary School being recognized as one of Maryland's Blue Ribbon Schools in 2007 and in September 2008 Hickory was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.

The Board believes that the purpose of family life and sex education is to help students acquire factual knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values which will result in behavior that contributes to the well being of the individual, the family, and society.

While many factors contribute to this problem, it is a reality in American public education that students who have fallen behind are disproportionately in families with low incomes and disproportionately members of communities that have been on the wrong side of inequities and injustice in our society, including people of color, recent immigrants, and members of the LGBTQ community.

Schools can use climate data to promote meaningful staff, family, and student engagement — and to enhance the social, emotional, ethical, civic, and intellectual skills and dispositions that contribute to success in school and in life.

Efforts to include teacher, student, family, and community participation in the planning and then implementation of changes have a better chance of gaining traction and contributing to a shared focus.

However, in schools where 20 percent of students are chronically absent, the extent to which schools, families and communities each might play a contributing role needs to be considered.

Students, families, and educators work together to develop, live, and contribute to a shared school vision.

Of all school factors — from expanded school calendars to smaller class sizes to community and family engagement programs — teachers contribute the most to student achievement.

He hopes that his time on the Principal Advisory Council will allow him to gain a deeper understanding of District priorities and contribute to future policies that will have a positive impact on family engagement and student learning.

If chronic absence levels are significant for particular schools, neighborhoods or populations of students (that is, specific ethnic or language groups or, for example, children in special education), schools should partner with community agencies and families to understand the factors contributing to early absence to develop appropriate responses tailored to their realities.

Bair, having been superintendent in wealthy cities such as Lexington, Massachusetts and Carmel, California, had no experience within cities such as Hartford, where the exodus of white families to the surrounding suburbs contributed to the decrease of white students in Hartford schools and the increase of minority students, in this case black and Puerto Rican students.

Included in this strand are sessions that examine how programs can create a system of shared assumptions, values, beliefs, and protocols that contribute to overall student success, staff buy - in, and school, family, and community engagement.

Students should not be taking assessments that do not provide meaningful learning experiences in their own right; do not provide valuable information to them, their families, and their educators; or that in any way contribute to an environment of over-testing.

Contributing to La Comadre will provide her an additional avenue in assisting fellow educators, parents and families of Special Education students in the varied related topics that may seem overwhelming to comprehend often due to conflicting or misinformation.