Sentences with phrase «walls of the school building»

Not all learning occurs most effectively within the walls of a school building.

This is why parents, who are trying to decide where to send their kids, or where to buy a house, should personally experience what happens within the walls of the school building.

In addition, Internet - based telecommunications offer science teachers opportunities to expand their professional networks beyond the walls of the school building.

It's impossible to isolate «school» within the walls of the school building.

Areas beyond the walls of a school building also may be used as outdoor learning environments to teach about native plants and habitats.

All too often we educators forget that learning and relationship - building (which, in turn, leads to engaged learning) do not always take place within the four walls of the school building.

Conclusion In a world where justice is often perverted, and where children go through experiences they do not deserve, it is crucial to begin implementing programs like the one proposed to make students feel safe, welcome, and cared for within the walls of their school buildings, and to make sure students are not punished for the traumas they experience outside of school.

Ned, nearsighted and infamous for licking the dusty soles of his penny loafers in the back of social studies class, was splayed against the cold orange brick wall of the school building.

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All Hands and Hearts — Smart Response will retrofit the entire school with disaster resistant walls and roof and repair the interiors of the buildings, the electrical system, a computer lab, the playground and all the outdoor fencing.

A school official told police that the vandals broke glass panels on two doors at the north side of the building and a window on the west wall.

Just some asbestos removal here and some bathroom renovations there, and «this will be an alternative school that teaches the idea and premises of sustainability,» Geraci explained as he bounced through the aqua - walled main building.

He ran against Hillary Clinton for Senate in 2006, receiving 1.2 percent of the vote, and his platform calls for «universal single - payer health care, fully funded public schools, tuition - free SUNY and CUNY, building a carbon - free clean energy system — all paid for by restoring progressive tax rates on Wall Street and the rich.»

A new strategy — an injectable antibody — for lowering blood lipids and thereby potentially preventing coronary artery disease and other conditions caused by the build - up of fats, cholesterol, and other substances on the artery walls, is supported by findings from two new studies from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Determined to finish the year, she and her fellow students and their professors lived in the basement of the medical school building, attending class in «safe» rooms, with double - thick walls.

About 150 volunteers turned out at the school, where they painted the exterior and interior of the building, including painting quotes from famous African - Americans on the stairwell walls.

Lurking behind the scenes Asbestos could be in any part of a school building, from floor tiles to roof sheets, toilet seats to wall panels and all things in - between.

«Build an African Farmyard» is a learning resource that's all about creating a fantastic wall display of an East African farm in your school.

While both principals share responsibilities for the whole building and can respond to any issue, each administrator — Gentili, Wall, and the assistant principal — is assigned to one of the three grades in the school.

Does requiring students to wear uniforms directly affect school environment and student achievement, or is it the equivalent of painting the walls of a crumbling building — merely cosmetic?

In the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, private schools are made from the same materials as every other building: corrugated iron sheets or mud walls, with windows and doors cut out to allow light to enter.

The walls and roof of Richmond Hill School achieve optimum thermal insulation effectiveness, far exceeding the requirements of the current building regulations.

Although the buildings that house Crossroads and Mother Hale appear worn, there is a sense of a caring and loving community inside those school walls.

I think we are so trained to think of education as school and school as a building with walls, teachers, boards, and books.

Wall of Peace Mary E. Noyes (with Barrie Citrowske), who teaches at Minneota (Minnesota) Public School, submitted this week's lesson in which students» essays are used to build a classroom Wall of Peace.

Building a culture of digital health and wellness across a school district will insure that our students carry out the missions posted on our walls.

Around the nation, a new definition of educator is emerging as schools work in partnership with many community - based groups to extend learning beyond the school clock and the building's walls with noncredentialed instructors.

Ask any teacher who has had success using a word wall to build vocabulary and spelling skills and you'll likely hear the same explanation as that provided by middle - school staff developer Melba Smithwick: The key to success with word walls, said Smithwick, is to refer to them often, so students get in the habit of using the wall throughout the day, in all their assignments.

Around two - thirds of heat is lost through the building fabric in a typical school building, so making improvements to walls, floors and ceilings is important if savings are to be made.

Whether exploring entirely virtual classrooms and schools or ways to expand learning beyond the walls of your building, the resources are out there.

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Public charter school teacher Nicholas Simmons once wrote in the Wall Street Journal that he «worked in the same building as the Wadleigh Secondary School, at which 0 percent of students in grades six through eight met state standards in math or English» (emphasis aschool teacher Nicholas Simmons once wrote in the Wall Street Journal that he «worked in the same building as the Wadleigh Secondary School, at which 0 percent of students in grades six through eight met state standards in math or English» (emphasis aSchool, at which 0 percent of students in grades six through eight met state standards in math or English» (emphasis added).

Students can access learning from a variety of online sources or learn from activities based in their community, expanding the concept of «school» beyond the walls of a building.

The intensive culture of Drew can be seen on the walls of the schools where student work is displayed with critiques a la Regio Emelia, and in the interactions that kids have throughout the building where there is a sense of excitement and joy in being in school.

build real human relationships inside and outside school walls to better meet the needs of students and create compassion and empathy for young people.

Manning looks forward to sharing her belief that educators must build real human relationships inside and outside school walls to better meet the needs of students and create compassion and empathy for young people.

A school may be built with movable walls so it can be reconfigured if rooms of different sizes and shapes are needed to accommodate new ways to deliver education.

The Innovation Challenge was developed to educate board members about the possibilities of real world problem - solving, and to help conference attendees understand that learning outside the walls of a classroom can be equally as effective as learning inside a school building.

Wall Of Debt Could Crush State's Role In Funding School Construction Unless there is a major turnaround in the California economy in the next two years, schools may be looking at a future without financial support from the state for building new classrooms and upgrading old ones.

They didn't see the value in school, she said — until she helped expand their idea of learning and stretched the walls of the high school far beyond its physical building.

Much of the school estate is more than 40 years old with 60 % built before 1976 and the cost of repairs is expected to rise, with common defects including electrics and external walls.

As interest continues to build for his recent book, Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America's Public Schools, Terry Moe is on the pages of today's Wall Street Journal with a great op - ed examining how continued advances in internet - based learning will ultimately diminish the power of...

The protests — the culmination of a weeks - long national campaign called «Build Schools, Not Walls» — will call on elected officials to invest money in education, rather than in hurtful immigration policies like a wall between the United States and Mexico.

As San Bernardino City moves to take Linked Learning «wall - to - wall» throughout all nine of its high schools by 2017, it is also beginning to build a strong foundation in K - 8 to better prepare young people for these emerging new high school opportunities.

The school is housed in a sprawling complex consisting of a main building constructed in 1938, a modern addition with curved walls built in the 1980s, and an earlier annex built in 1922.

If the walls of the school are porous, there is the acknowledgement and expectation that learning can happen within and outside of the brick and mortar building.

EUSTIS — The walls and the floors at the new Eustis Heights Elementary School building are splashed with an array of bright colors: blue, red, yellow, orange, purple and green.

Too often, charter school successes are isolated and don't have an impact beyond the walls of their own buildings... We're helping [charter] schools to scale.»

One of our intentions is to be a laboratory school for San Francisco and the Exploratorium and beyond, so that the work we're doing and what we're learning isn't done in a silo or on an island of privilege, serving just a small number of kids, but rather the curriculum we're developing, what we're learning about inquiry, the individualized learning plans, everything we're doing is open - source, so our impact can be broader than just the four walls of our building.»

Through a number of different options, we have created opportunities for those beyond our school walls to benefit from the lessons we've learned and join us in building strong schools that serve the needs of a diverse student body.

Students also take field trips to local landfills, water treatment plants, and sustainable buildings, strengthening their abilities» to understand the depth and breadth of sustainability beyond our school walls.