Sentences with phrase «teacher at community school»

Kids love to take photographs and with digital cameras, said Lelia Cross, computer teacher at Community School in Roanoke, Virginia.

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Her reputation as a conciliator was part of her appeal during the 2013 leadership contest, a skill she's used to make peace with public school teachers angry over wage - freeze legislation and appointing herself agriculture minister to mend fences with communities upset over decisions to cancel the slots - at - racetracks program and the installation of industrial wind turbines.

Along with the rainbow in the sky Monday morning, teachers heading into work to prepare for Wednesday were greeted at the school's entrance by parents and members of the Parkland community showing their support with signs.

I met a woman who, as a little girl, watched a cross burn in her front yard and endured teachers at her new school shouting racial slurs at her because the community around her was angry about integration.

On a July morning I decided to visit one of my congregations at Nagapuram (a pseudonym) to consult with the teachers of our mission school and the elders of the community about a proposed project to reconstruct the school building.

I spoke with several other students that I personally trained at the Honor Council's first ever Integrity Day about defining success in qualitative rather than quantitative ways, organized presentations for parents in the local community, wrote brochures explaining of the program for the teachers, and held discussions about how Challenge Success ties into Jewish values at my Hebrew School.

Communicating your school's nutrition program effectively means reaching out to a number of key groups; not just students and their parents, but teachers, administrators, custodians, and the community at - large.

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Admission is based on a review of many factors, including strong prior academic performance, positive teacher reports, a successful interview at our School, and the student's ability to give something back to our School community.

A second - grade teacher and an assistant principal have been removed from student contact at Jordan Elementary Community School in the Rogers Park neighborhood while Chicago Public Schools conducts an investigation into their conduct.

By offering more than 50 unique programs at the Museum and out in the schools and communities, our 78,000 contact hours reach 1,700 teachers every year.

At Concord, he served as the faculty advisor to the nation's first Gay - Straight Alliance (GSA) leading him in 1990 found GLSEN, a national education organization bringing together lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and straight teachers, parents, students, and community members who wanted to end anti-LGBT bias in our schools.

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).

Implement science and environmental science programs to students and teachers in Chicago area schools, at the Nature Museum, and as community - based programs.

Over the past year, I have met with community leaders and stakeholders from across the country — parents and teachers, school board members and principals, suppliers and food service workers — about the importance of making sure every child in America has access to nutritious meals at school.

As the strike entered its 14th school day Friday the board came under pressure from at least one community group to begin using nonstriking teachers to conduct classes.

Healthy eating routines start at home, but creating a healthy food environment requires teachers, parents, caregivers, extended families, schools, teachers, governments and communities to work together.

Diane Erd Rowlett, 49, of Arlington Heights, a former teachers assistant at Kirk School in Palatine, died of cancer Sunday, Jan. 13, in Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights.

Elaine Griffin, 88, a music teacher at St. Jude's Parish School in New Lenox and a private piano teacher, died Friday, Dec. 24, of heart failure in Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights.

Mary A. Zimmerman, 66, a longtime resident of Hoffman Estates who was a teacher and principal at elementary schools in the northwest suburbs, died Friday in Northwest Community Healthcare Center in Arlington Heights.

«I am overjoyed that the United Federation of Teachers will be implementing a community learning school program in my district at PS 192, and I look forward to our continued work together in the future.»

And republicans, in addition, are concerned about many other issues: the discrimination faced by the LGBT community, consumers at the mercy of retailers or companies, Internet users at the mercy of providers or regulatory states, children at the mercy of their parents or teachers, the elder at the mercy of younger disrespectful citizens, the kid being bullied by a classmate at school, the prisoner abused by his jail mates or by the prison authorities, etc..

Other forms of support he said he gave to the constituency in the educational sector include the provision of 1,100 teachers» note 3 lesson notes books for schools, 10 packets of roofing sheets for schools, disbursement of Gh cents 10,000 as scholarship packages for students, construction of 4 classroom blocks in four communities (Bugri, Bugpiigu, Gagbiri Natinga and Kugur), roofing of a classroom block at Bulpielise and rehabilitation of a kindergarten block at Bugri Natinga.

Chris Keates: «This is a shocking and distressing event and our thoughts are with the teacher concerned, their family, and staff, pupils and whole school community at Dixons Kings Academy».

Speaking at the inauguration of new Longoro Community Senior High School in Kintampo North, in Brong Ahafo, President Mahama mentioned that about 2,400 teachers have been recruited and are being deployed to their stations.

At 8:30 a.m., Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa and Regent Judith Chin will participate in a panel discussion on a new study by the Learning Policy Institute and the National Education Policy Center showing that well - implemented community schools can lift achievement in high - poverty communities, Teachers College, Columbia University, Joyce Berger Cowin Auditorium, Broadway, Manhattan.

«Michael Gove has suggested that he wishes teachers to be «free from stifling bureaucracy» and yet at the same time plans to put in place a curriculum that will force all schools to teach the same subjects regardless of the needs individual learners, employers and their local communities.

The move came after a raucous joint hearing at Wadleigh on 114th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, held by Community Education Council 3 and the DOE, where politicians, parents, teachers, students and clergy vowed to take whatever steps were necessary to keep the school open.

The community partners honored at the event — three individuals and one program — have had a major impact on the lives of students and teachers in the city school district.

In the interim, the federal government has set up an advisory board of business and education leaders — including American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, SUNY chancellor Nancy Zimpher and Stan Litow, an IBM executive and former deputy chancellor of New York City schools — assigned to look at current community college funding programs and formulate the best strategies for the national program.

They include a program honoring a gifted math student at Edison High School in honor of teacher Vincent Fazio; and the REF Founder's Award for a graduating senior deeply involved in community service.

Through a collaborative effort with city school teachers, funds are raised through wonderful music concerts to support summer lessons for students at Hochstein School of Music and the Eastman Community school teachers, funds are raised through wonderful music concerts to support summer lessons for students at Hochstein School of Music and the Eastman Community School of Music and the Eastman Community Music.

The OREA Spring Luncheon for retired teachers and staff from the Oneida City School District will be held on Wednesday, May 2, at Lakeview Restaurant at the Oneida Community Golf Course.

«The students really enjoy being able to use their skills and what they've learned in ceramics classes to make a positive difference in their community,» said Desirae Collins, the art teacher at HFCS who spearheads the school's involvement in Empty Bowls.

Danielle is also very involved in the Hoosick Falls community, volunteering at her church, including as a Sunday School Teacher, playing with the Community Band, and helping at various fundraisers and service learning expcommunity, volunteering at her church, including as a Sunday School Teacher, playing with the Community Band, and helping at various fundraisers and service learning expCommunity Band, and helping at various fundraisers and service learning experiences.

Once completed, the lab at IS 228 will be used as part of the South Brooklyn Engineering Pipeline, a curriculum and teacher training partnership between K — 12 schools and Kingsborough Community College.

Passions ran high on Thursday night at a University Heights Secondary School parents meeting where over 650 parents, teachers and students met with Department of Education representatives and Mary Coleman, a senior vice president of Bronx Community College, to discuss the possible relocation of the school from its current site on the college's cSchool parents meeting where over 650 parents, teachers and students met with Department of Education representatives and Mary Coleman, a senior vice president of Bronx Community College, to discuss the possible relocation of the school from its current site on the college's cschool from its current site on the college's campus.

Teachers at the Parkoso Community Day Senior High School in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region, are struggling to assess the performance of first - year students.

Tony Okafor A mathematics teacher at the Community Secondary School, Isuofia in Anambra State, Chiadikobi Ezeibekwe, and his family members narrowly escaped being lynched by some angry youths in their Agba village, Ekwulobia, in the Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State penultimate week, when news filtered that the teacher had secretly married his 17 - year - old -LSB-...]

Attendees at today's kickoff included: City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Buffalo Public Schools Interim Superintendent Donald Ogilvie, SUNY Trustee Dr. Eunice Lewin, University at Buffalo President Dr. Satish K. Tripathi, SUNY Buffalo State President Dr. Katherine Conway - Turner, Erie Community College President Jack Quinn, Regional Economic Development Council Co-Chair, businessman and developer Howard Zemsky, Staff Scientist Mwita Phelps of Life Technologies / Thermo Fisher Scientific, Director of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries Mary Jean Jakubowski, Dr. Norma J. Nowak, Director of Science and Technology, UB's NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, as well as a number of invited guests, including elected leaders, teachers and students.

Continuing their battle to stop the mayor from laying off teachers and cutting child care and after - school program funding, a group of parents and community members gathered at City Hall on June 16 to deliver a petition on seven 50 - foot scrolls signed by more than 20,000 New Yorkers telling Mayor Bloomberg and City Council members to invest in school improvement, not cut programs or personnel.

State legislators addressed members at the convention center just before the educators fanned out to lobby their local elected officials to call for an increase in school funding, more Teacher Centers, an end to the charter equity gap and further expansion of the Community Learning Schools initiative.

Students in kindergarten through third grade at nine low - income New York City schools will receive more than 24,000 books they can take home, as part of a pilot literacy project launched Tuesday by the United Federation of Teachers, the New York City Department of Education, First Book, The American Federation of Teachers and The New York Community Trust.

Comrie honored 16 women in total, including Gaye Anderson, community affairs site developer manager for Healthfirst; June Bunch, 33rd state Assembly District leader; Jacqueline Grace Boyce, 29th Assembly District leader; Latasha Smith - Bondswell, CEO of Occasions Banquet and Catering Hall; Beverly Bazil Edge, founder and teacher at The Edge School of the Arts; Gular Hamilton Glover, a minister at the United Church of Christ; Jolander Headly, vice president of Willis Global Energy; Moira Jack, president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc..

One of Gaab's newest projects, which she is developing in collaboration with at least one Boston - area school for children with dyslexia, is a blog that will provide useful information about emerging research to parents, teachers, and community workers.

«With support from teachers, administrators and parents, our schools can become healthier places,» said Mindy Hightower King, evaluation manager at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community at IU Bloomington.

In fact, the teachers at one school in this hardscrabble farm community have revised their entire science curriculum to make use of the concept.

Presenters and speakers at the summit include Thirty Meter Telescope Associate Project Manager Ravinder Bhatia, TMT Hawaii Community Affairs Sandra Dawson; Imiloa Astronomy Center Executive Director Ka'iu Kimura; «Imiloa Astronomy Center Navigator in Residence Kalepa Babayan; Office of Mauna Kea Management Executive Director Stephanie Nagata; Janet Babb, USGS Hawaii Volcano Observatory; Dr. Saeko Hayashi, Subaru Telescope; Peter Michaud, Gemini Telescope; Dr. JD Armstrong, University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy; Dr. Rob Wright, Hawaii Space Grant Consortium,; Dr. Paul Coleman, Institute for Astronomy, Waiakea High School Science teachers Dale Olive and Tom Murphy; and Pisces (Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems Test Operations Manager) Christian Andersen.

Chelsea conducts trainings for yoga instructors and classroom teachers at local yoga studios, community centers, and schools and continues to contribute research findings to educational journals and contemporary publications.

Newtown (Unrated) Political gridlock expose» chronicling a grieving Connecticut community's futile lobbying effort for gun reform legislation in the wake of the mass murder of 6 teachers and 20 students at an elementary school.