Sentences with phrase «talk about our school community»

If you are interested in coming to visit or simply to talk about our school community, please reach out to us.

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I remember watching his science videos in elementary school but now whenever I see him on the news talking about science it seems like he is politicizing science (when it comes to climate change) and promoting evolution as the only option to the creation of the world to try and discredit the religious community.

I talked about this in a recent post, The Gospel According to Lady Gaga, regarding how Christian communities should take a more personal and active interest in protecting gay kids from being bullied in schools.

Twice each year, I take two bus - loads of high school students on retreats at which they worship, walk labyrinths, talk in small groups with adults who care about them, and «hang out» in Christian community.

This week, we talk with Teresa Goines about Old School Cafe, how it's making a difference in the lives of young people and to actually effect change in local communities.

and for a school who always talks about community and «once a cat always a cat» «let's forget about him» is kinda dumb

Avoid the word «just» when talking with other parents about our kids or their peers: «She is just applying to the state schools,» «he is just going to community college,» «they are just working for right now.»

Many community activists and school administrators talk about race as a big factor in educational performance, and others mention economic issues — and those are factors.

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.

When we talk about school food we are touching on agriculture and economic development, public health and equity, community building and cooperation around achieving shared goals.

Also talk to people in your neighborhood, community center, and church about home schooling and ask if there are others home schooling there.

I'm hoping to hold additional screenings in my community to help fuel the discussion because I think this movie is a great way to get people together to start talking about how to create real changes in school food!

But on visiting each of the three classrooms, I brightened — seeing the joy and hope on the girls» faces as they talked about what they loved studying (e.g., Amharic, English, science, math), what they hoped to be (e.g., pilot, doctor, engineer, driver, teacher, community mentor for BiruhTesfa), and what the best / worst parts of their days are (unanimously, best = being at school, worst = work hours).

The NSBW theme for 2015 is «Make the Grade,» and for the last month we've been talking with school nutrition professionals, principals, teachers, and other stakeholders about the school breakfast programs in their communities to share with you throughout next week.

This isn't the first time I've sat in a room like this, where community stakeholders were brought together to talk about improving Houston's school food.

AC: Since kids eat lunch every day at school (whether it's packed for them at home or offered in a school cafeteria), I see it as a perfect opportunity to talk about the ways that their food is connected to their environment, their health, their community and issues of equity around the world.

After Sandy Hook, there was a lot of talk about this and our local schools» Community Education Council actually voted in favor of it,» Borelli said.

«I'd get kids from local high schools and talk to them about what's going on in the community,» Schulman said.

The report talks about several closed school buildings in the region that have been repurposed to become community centers, and village halls.

Primary Candidates from across the city were invited to come talk with educators and community members - and face the tough questions about how they will fight for our schools and communities.

When the Syracuse University community gathers tomorrow to talk about sexual violence against women, the main message will be delivered by a man: Vice President Joe Biden, who graduated from SU law school in 1968.

In a facilitated discussion, the panelists will talk about the progression of drug use, abuse and addiction; the impact opiate abuse has on individuals, families, schools, and community resources; and the ways communities are responding to this epidemic.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew talks about student work at PS 192 in Manhattan, the newest school to join the UFT's Community Learning Schools Initiative.

Octavio Warnock - GrahamUFT President Michael Mulgrew talks about student work at PS 192 in Manhattan, the newest school to join the UFT's Community Learning Schools Initiative.

Haynes talked about the financial benefits the college provides the community including workforce development and concurrent enrollment programs for high school students.

Rosenberg said the Army brass began the day at Indian River High School, where business and community leaders talked about why Fort Drum is good for the North Country, New York state and the Army.

Monica Piñon talks about her academic path from a community college to UC Berkeley School of Optometry.

It is a topic no one really likes to think about or talk about, but such an important one Sex trafficking is on the rise and it is a major concern for many parents, schools and communities.

Asked to name a few, several people in the Ed School community talked about the academics — notably, the fact that she pushed through not just one but two new doctoral degree programs, and that she moved faculty and students to think about how their work will not only be admired by other academics, but will actually have an impact on real kids, real teachers, and real schools.

14, talks about the Hall Pass Tour and what she hopes to accomplish by visiting schools and communities.

As we have listened to our young people — from 5 to 18 years of age — gather and talk together in the opening days of school about what they want their school communities to be like, their words represent the best of who we are as humans.

At Millfield we are proactive in talking about, and facilitating, a healthy lifestyle for our whole school community.

In this episode of the Ed Next Book Club podcast, Mike Petrilli talks with Sam about the book, the two schools, and how this experience has changed his views on community and choice.

Mason chairs the New and Aspiring School Leaders Institute, a four - day professional development program at HGSE that invites new principals to come together and talk about leadership styles, how to construct a positive learning environment, and how to form a community of school leSchool Leaders Institute, a four - day professional development program at HGSE that invites new principals to come together and talk about leadership styles, how to construct a positive learning environment, and how to form a community of school leschool leaders.

HGSE Grads Talk About Why Today's Kids Need Full - Service Education Last year, when Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer introduced landmark legislation to provide funding for full - service community schools, he became part of a nationwide movement aimed at making children's school days longer, more numerous, and filled with services once provided solely through other industries.

Meanwhile, defenders of the current system view all this talk about the achievement gap with suspicion — asserting, as they do, that schooling is hopelessly intertwined with conditions in the family and community, and thus that we can't expect results to improve much until we alleviate poverty and racism.

I have seen apathetic students change to students who are excited, enthusiastic learners; students who were failing every subject become engaged in learning and making better grades; students who, in the past, avoided talking with me about their grades, come... waving their report cards in their hands to show me their improvement; students who thought of themselves as incapable begin to think of themselves as capable learners; and students who thought that dreams were for others, begin to dare to dream about the world outside their school and community and how they can contribute.

«Unless you're actually involving and engaged with your community — and I'm not just talking about parents, I'm talking about all the other opportunities that are out there — then you're not adding value to your school.»

We have talked about our program with higher education officials, chief state school officers, state boards of education, and individual community college and no one has raised a legal objection to the program.

Get everyone from parents to the superintendent together to talk about what your community wants from its schools.

In education policy, we often talk about «teacher turnover» as a problem for schools, employers, and communities.

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).

At this point, when I talk to my colleagues working in schools and / or universities, many of them are skeptical about the relevance of education for global citizenship in Brazil when the endeavor of educating all Brazilians to act as citizens in their schools, communities, cities is not completed.

In a conversation, Usable Knowledge asked Warikoo, a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, to talk about why students in the U.S. need to understand the historical roots of affirmative action and how colleges can become communities where students can talk about racial difference.

Secretary Arne Duncan Meets With Students From Charles Hart Middle School In this video ~ Duncan talks with students at Hart Middle School in Washington ~ D.C. ~ about their experiences with community violence and guns.

Pollock's three years of ethnographic research on race labeling at Columbus — a high school whose name has been changed to protect the community's privacy — led her to discover six core dilemmas of American race talk and to explore how educators and policymakers might engage in constructive conversations about race.

To background themselves on the city and its schools, they read old newspaper stories and talked to community leaders, who told them about my involvement in the effort to create a separate school district.

«Over the past year, when I've been talking with people about the problems in schools, the answer is always «distance learning,»» says Rachel Tompkins, president of the Rural School and Community Trust, which advocates for online learning.

With six positive statements about your school on the tip of your tongue, you'll never lack for the right words to say when you're out in the community or talking with the media.

Dialogue circles provide a safe, supportive space where all school community members can talk about sensitive topics, work through differences, and build consensus.