Sentences with phrase «students talking to their parents»

After some students talked to their parents about the fitness room at Chief Kanim, their parents bought memberships so they could work out as a family.

STEM is one of the most fun and engaging ways to get students talking to their parents about what is happening in their classroom.

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In a study published in The European Journal of Social Psychology, students who wrote out self - advice using «you» not only completed more problems but said they would be happier to work on more in the future compared with students who used «I.» The researchers speculated this is because second - person self - talk may trigger memories of receiving support and encouragement from parents and teachers in childhood.

Students and Parents Need to have «The Talk»: RBC Poll Do mom and dad know best?

«George would always take the extra 45 minutes or hour to talk to a parent about a student's progress,» said Randy Enos, a former school board president and assistant principal at El Cerrito.

Run student and parent awareness programs, talk to the faculty at a local high school, and work on having any of the Challenge Success founders speak at your local school.

In 2009, Bellingham Public Schools in Washington state brought together a coalition of district employees, parents, students, foodservice workers, community organizations and food advocates to talk about school food.

Instead teachers have an ongoing dialogue with their students and meet regularly with parents to talk about the children's progress.

No parents spoke out about the peanut restrictions, but one parent of a student who has a peanut allergy said after the meeting that he was too upset by the board's decision to talk about it.

On Tuesday 21st January T and I set off extremely early in the morning to London joining the commuters on the train to one of the main London Stations and then onto the Tube for a trip to West Minster Palace to meet with other parent bloggers who believe strongly like we do that together we can make a change for these children with our voices, teachers, students, volunteers, representatives of Save the Children and Beanstalk, MP's from around the country and peers of the realm to talk about reading, books and how we can make a difference.

SNA has updated unpaid meal charge talking points to assist members in responding to questions about meal charge policies and to educate parents, reporters and legislators on the challenges school nutrition professionals face when students are unable to pay for their school meals.

The article talks about educating different groups of people, parents, student - athletes, and administration, and bringing them all together to make sure that all are on the same page to promote the safety of student athletes.

During her morning announcement to students, staff and parents, principal Eugenia Montalvo of PS 106 in The Bronx read the UFT's «talking points» flier opposing Cuomo's education reform plan, and urged them to wear red on Fridays to demonstrate their disapproval.

After making her remarks at the Hilton Albany, Nixon, who has made education one of her key issues in her campaign, held a roundtable discussion with public school parents to talk about the conditions their students face.

Experts have said it is critical for students who are bullied and their parents to have allies at their schools who they can talk to, which is why many advocates have been calling for more guidance counselors and social workers, while some principals have said they'd like to add more school aides to their rosters.

We talk to education experts and parents about the kinds of services bilingual students need.

Question: Do the students and parents of Buffalo Public Schools talk to administrators?

Please make sure you work with your parents and teachers in your community to talk about those things and to address the issue of opt - outs from a perspective of what we are losing out on if we don't have assessments in place for students.»

«I conducted interviews in English and Spanish, talked to students, parents, teachers, security guards, police officers.»

It's encouraging that many students are talking to their parents, Connell said, but families need a tool to do something with the information, such as a tip line or email address provided by the school.

There were other hardships in there (another death in the family, another family member joining us in student housing, divorce, single - parenthood, and moving to a new country among them), but talking about those won't help anyone else with parenting issues.

You or the school nurse might lead the discussion, or you might ask the parents or even the student with diabetes to talk to the class.

Then we talk to teachers, administrators, parents, and students to discover schoolwide practices that promote exceptional learning and have the potential to be adapted in other schools.

Please let your parent or guardian know that they have the option to stay and talk more with the teachers, even though it is now time for you, as the student leader, to go back to class.

In Talent, Oregon, middle school students aren't shunted aside to be talked about behind their backs when it's time for those annual or biannual parent - teacher meetings.

Differing from the traditional parent - teacher conference, the SLC places students solidly at the center of the conversation to talk knowledgably about areas of growth and challenge, and to collaboratively set goals with their teacher and family member (s).

Smile at the Child When talking to a parent in front of a child, smile and make eye contact with the student to demonstrate that you care about him / her.

«Teachers are well placed to talk with individual students and their parents about the things that each student can do well and areas where they can improve.

Also useful to give to parents or perhaps use in a talk to parents and students about Student Finance.

We talked to Professor Thomas Hehir about these changes and what they mean going forward for the administration, and for the parents and families of disabled students.

We talk about ways to engage parents and students in learning.

Talking with parents about current topics related to technology allows us educators to overcome the obstacles and embrace the opportunities that technology affords our students.

I talked to the CEO of Edmodo, a leading innovator in K - 12 blended learning, about how teachers, learning platforms, software, parents and students across the globe can work together in new ways thanks to digital technology.

Before each school year begins, classroom teachers and the school nurse from McIlvaine Early Childhood Center visit the homes of incoming students to identify potential health risks to students and talk with parents about how they can help their children be successful in their new classes.

«Many students tell me that they enjoyed the project because they have the chance to really talk to their parents and discover things that they never knew.

When she comes across something disturbing, Jago prefersto talk directly to the student or possibly a parent, but that «snot always possible.

Try to have the parents come in for a meeting and consider involving the principal and any other staff members who talked with the student.

Each of the district's four high schools is also establishing a higher education center, staffed with counselors who will talk to parents and students about the college application process, Tanakeyowma noted.

A contract signed by parent, student, and teacher establishes a parental commitment to talk about school daily, attend conferences, limit television viewing, and encourage food study habits.

Her book, Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City (University of California Press 2010), challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture — the clothing, music, and tough talk — to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students and children of immigrants as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives.

I'm consistently struck by how much more comfortable we are talking about policy and even about centralizing government power when it comes to schooling than we are talking about the responsibilities of parents and students — or how private action can encourage responsible behavior.

Her talk, «Helping Children with Scary and Stressful Events,» included her experience after the tragedy, both as a social worker and a parent, as well as her advice for the mostly student audience — some who had direct connections to the marathon tragedy.

She talks about her students» favorite games, such as suicide, and how parents and schools can work together to limit exposure to media that portray violence

Tracey Mackin, Director of Curriculum and Pedagogy, adds: «Quite early on we latched onto the recognition that if any report is going to have any value for students across multiple year levels... it needs to be focused and specific enough to prompt questions, and to get the student talking to the teacher, or their parents, about what they might need to support their future [learning].

Students whose parents reported «spending time just talking to my child», «eating the main meal with my child around a table» or «discussing how well my child is doing at school» daily or nearly every day were between 22 per cent and 39 per cent more likely to report high levels of life satisfaction.

Teachers» new Catch - 22: Students Want to Talk Politics, but their Parents Don't (The Christian Science Monitor) Dean James Ryan comments on Usable Knowledge's new series, One and All, and its impact on navigating controversial topics and conversations in schools.

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Her forthcoming book, Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City (University of California Press 2010), challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture — the clothing, music, and tough talk — to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students and children of immigrants as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives.

And it seems to matter for performance too: Students whose parents reported «spending time just talking» were two - thirds of a school - year ahead in science learning, and even after accounting for social background the advantage remains at one - third of a school year.

Homework offers parents insight into what their children are learning, provides opportunities to talk with children about their learning, and helps create conversations with school communities about ways to support student learning (Walker et al., 2004).