Sentences with phrase «support schools and education»

We wanted this information for all school providers (district, charter and private) as well as for local community leaders, business leaders and others involved in growing and supporting schools and education programs.

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The idea was proposed by a Nebraska high school student named Shelbi Klingsporn as part of a private education program partnership with NASA and is now being supported by Medtronic.

Building programs that support STEM education, vocational schools and skills training for underrepresented groups will grow the pipeline of more diverse potential candidates for everyone down the line.

Be Great Fest plans on offering support to Pencils of Promise, a local nonprofit that builds schools and education programs abroad, by donating $ 25,000 of the proceeds to the organization.

The program, called PROMISE (Preventing Recidivism Through Opportunities, Mentoring, Interventions, Supports & Education), began after Republican - proposed legislation directed school districts away from zero - tolerance policies that led to expulsions and law enforcement referrals for «petty acts of misconduct and misdemeanors.»

The Management Alumni Excellence Award recognizes individual excellence in innovation, support of business education, service to the university and Haskayne School of Business, community involvement and business success.

Dozens of local organizations have received financial support from the Diamond Foundation over the years, including the BC Cancer Foundation, BC Women's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery, United Way of the Lower Mainland, King David High School, the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, and many more.

«Expanded federal support, along with all medical schools and teaching hospitals working to enhance education and improve care delivery, would be a measured approach to solving what could be a dangerous health care crisis.»

Investments in education, college readiness, and technology for schools College Track is the education nonprofit Powell Jobs co-founded in 1997 to support teens who hope to be the first college students in their families.

«Agents provide community health education through regular community health talks, especially leveraging connections with local community groups, schools, places of worship, and support from local leaders and council members.»

The problem isn't wide access to military - style weaponry, Rubio argued; it's Broward County Public Schools» disciplinary policies and the previously little - known program PROMISE (Preventing Recidivism Through Opportunities, Mentoring, Interventions, Supports & Education).

We're helping with education through the rebuilding of schools and by using technology to support teachers and students.

Name: Kelly Blackett Title: Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Communications Areas of responsibility: Human resources, learning and development, corporate communications Years with CWB Financial Group: 3 Career history: 17 years with General Electric in Canada holding a series of progressively responsible human resources leadership roles at GE Capital and GE Corporate, supporting businesses within Canada as well as globally Education: Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction from the University of Alberta Community involvement: Sits on the Board of Trustees for the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation, member of the MacEwan Business School Advisory Board, and past mentor with MORE, a program providing cross-business mentorship to female leaders in Edmonton's business community

The state's «education tax» supports schools (as do local school district taxes in most other states) and is the largest single source of property taxes in Vermont.

In regard to primary and secondary education, initiatives include imposing caps on class sizes; ensuring schools have the necessary support staff; funding full - day kindergarten and half - day junior kindergarten for vulnerable children; eliminating fees and fundraising for learning essentials, such as computers; phasing out private schools and bringing charter schools under the jurisdiction of school boards; and providing breakfast and lunch programs.

Those who speak out against abortion and family practice and at the same time support cuts in education, school lunch funding, decry reasonable control of weapons and other programs that help children can not call themselves Christians.

Parochial schools are supported by church funds in addition to tuition, not tax dollars, providing in many areas a reasonable alternative for working class and middle class parishioners and removing these millions of students from the public education system paid for by taxpayers.

You've heard the horror stories about the schools: kindergartens with a dose of amoral sex education; teachers sowing gender confusion with the hearty support of administrators; violence and widespread drug use in the tony prep schools that train tomorrow's elites; depression, eating disorders,....

Other churches are fighting on different fronts: Beacon Church Brixton has seen many young men give their lives to Christ and come off the streets thanks to the passion of a teacher in their congregation; Ecclesia Church is partnering with an education charity to provide support for young people excluded from school; and Emmanuel Pentecostal church has organised successful youth events where Christian ex-offenders share their testimonies.

In this regard, several external groups such as the Challenge Team and the Ten - ten Theatre Company offer useful services to schools, while some good supporting materials are available - the primary school «This is My Body» scheme and Education for Life aimed at secondary schools spring to mind.

Like almost all institutions of higher education, these schools, whether university - related or denominational, are buffeted by inflation, a decrease of public support, and a drop in student enrollment.

Schools have continued to offer as an option a version of the liberal arts education they traditionally provided; but such concerns and the faculties supporting them have played steadily decreasing roles among the financial forces that drive the institutions.

A growing coalition of conservative political leaders, religious groups and government officials is leading the attack against publicly supported programs of sex education, school - based health centers, guidance programs in family planning, and other activities designed to address the sexual needs of youth from both a social and a health perspective.

By staying abreast of issues impacting access to high - quality education like accessible and timely school reports for parents, we can discover specific ways our churches can help to support their local schools.

Instead, our role as Christian leaders within the community can be to actively engage in conversations around education equity issues like accountability, state vision, and transparency and accessibility in reporting so parents and community leaders alike have the needed information to know how to best support strengthening local schools.

He criticized the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. the Board of Education, and in 1956, at the invitation of the governor, he addressed a joint session of South Carolina's legislature to support the concept of separate but equal for churches as well as for the public schools of the land.

But this is a far cry indeed from the public controversies that our current epidemic of so - called realist atheism has given rise to, such as whether it is permissible to pray or celebrate Christmas in schools and other public institutions, or to grant government support of one kind or another to private religious education.

«87 But Peter Cartwright, who actually during his lifetime did a tremendous amount for education by the distribution of literature and the support of schools, had such a conception of Methodism and the «Western world» as seems at times to have made him compulsively boorish.

The Casads provided the opportunity and financial support for García to further his education through formal schooling.

Australian Organic is proud to support healthy and organic education in schools through the Australian Organic Schools initschools through the Australian Organic Schools initSchools initiative.

Dawn says, «We want to work with and support at grass roots the education of the next generations (and their parents and grandparents) about the importance of living sustainably and responsibly and Australian Organic Schools does this in an interactive, informative and hands - on way.»

The NESTLÉ Cocoa Plan helps support this by building schools to support education and improving the social conditions of the communities.

The charity works with local authorities, schools, parents and children to improve school meals and support food education through cooking, growing and links with local farms.

As part of MacKenzie River's mission to support education in local communities, the company invites schools to participate in one of the easiest (and tastiest) fundraising promotions.

Not only do the centres provide much needed care, support and necessities such as clothing, they provide the boys a start in life through paying for their school education or their study for a trade at local colleges.

This education provision is designed to be flexible and to provide support for each player to achieve whilst remaining in their school of preference.

Common Roads, as the youth programming arm of the Center, serves LGBT youth in Central Pennsylvania through weekly group meetings in Harrisburg and Lancaster, support for area high school and college gay - straight alliances (GSAs) and community education and training on creating a safe space for LGBT youth.

We are calling on schools, nurseries and other family learning settings to sign up for Fathers» Story Week 2012 and do more to help dads support their children's education.

• Shake up the parental leave system so fathers can spend more time with kids under two years - old • 25,000 more dads per year to sign their child's birth certificate, to reach international standards and halve the number of those who don't • Dads able to stay overnight in hospital with their partner when their baby is born • Modern and relevant antenatal education for both parents • Dads reading with their children in all primary schools • Family professionals — midwives, teachers, health visitors, nursery workers, social workers — confidently engaging with dads as well as mums, and supporting all family types.

The new standards ensure that children can enjoy nutritious food at school which supports their health and education.

Guidance Materials: The Department of Education is required by Statute 18.1003.453 to provide on its website links to information regarding the nutritional content of foods and beverages and to healthful food choices in accordance with the dietary guidelines of the United States Department of Agriculture and provide examples of wellness classes that offer nutrition education for teachers and school support staff and encourage school districts to offer classes that are taught by a licensed nutritional professional for the school nutrition deEducation is required by Statute 18.1003.453 to provide on its website links to information regarding the nutritional content of foods and beverages and to healthful food choices in accordance with the dietary guidelines of the United States Department of Agriculture and provide examples of wellness classes that offer nutrition education for teachers and school support staff and encourage school districts to offer classes that are taught by a licensed nutritional professional for the school nutrition deeducation for teachers and school support staff and encourage school districts to offer classes that are taught by a licensed nutritional professional for the school nutrition department.

Victoria Temple interviews the educators at Cairn Hill, on their support of Public Waldorf education via after school and pre-school programs in the greater Boston Area.

Other: The State Board of Education adopted a position statement supporting local wellness policy adoption that lists pre-established rule and regulations regarding school health and wellness.

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Guidance Materials: The State Board of Education adopted a position statement supporting local wellness policy adoption that refers to pre-established rule and regulations regarding school health and wellness.

It also requires the Department of Education to develop a procedure to monitor and measure implementation of a local school system's wellness policy monitoring implementation plan, and provide technical assistance to support local systems in this effort.

Visit helpful sites like one set up by the Military Child Education Coalition, a nonprofit that advocates for military kids in the school system, and the American Academy of Pediatrics Military Child Support site.

Other: A White Paper on Health, Nutrition, and Physical Education produced by the Department of Education entitled, Healthy Children Ready to Learn (2005), highlights the need for local wellness policies and outlines steps the Department is taking to accelerate their adoption and implementation, including collaborative efforts, promoting a coordinated school health approach, and supporting state legislation supporting wellness policies.

The Research Institute supports projects dealing with essential contemporary educational issues such as attention - related disorders, trends in adolescent development and innovations in the high school curriculum, learning expectations and assessment, computers in education, the role of art in education, and new ways to identify and address different learning styles.

Have support and involvement from the school principal, school nutrition professional, lead physical education teacher and the school's Fuel Up to Play 60 Program Advisor.