Sentences with phrase «yearly meeting in»

The annual award will be presented during the society's yearly meeting in September.

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«You really need to be able to convey what you do in the first 30 to 60 seconds,» says Sanjay Parekh, a serial technology entrepreneur and founder of Startup Riot, a twice - yearly competition in Atlanta that gives contestants three minutes to pitch and compete for startup cash and initial investor meetings.

This proposal, which was subsequently adopted and is now in operation, provided for a small body of state and provincial delegates meeting yearly to assume direct responsibility for the General Service Headquarters.

This affiliation is not exclusive, however — our meeting actually has a double affiliation: in addition to the conservative yearly meeting, we also associate with the liberal Quakers through Piedmont Friends Fellowship.

A large proportion of those respondents having much higher than average yearly figures were those having AA groups meeting in their church halls, or otherwise having a close relationship with AA.

According to a declaration of 132 nations that met in Naples, Italy in November, 1994, the yearly global expenditure on drugs, prostitution and arms totals $ 732 billion, a sum equal to 40 percent of the per capita income of humanity.

I grew up in Iowa Yearly Meeting and have been in college (both in IA and IN) since their move out here, so even five years later, I'm still not all that familiar with the workings of Western and Indiana Yearly Meetingin Iowa Yearly Meeting and have been in college (both in IA and IN) since their move out here, so even five years later, I'm still not all that familiar with the workings of Western and Indiana Yearly Meetingin college (both in IA and IN) since their move out here, so even five years later, I'm still not all that familiar with the workings of Western and Indiana Yearly Meetingin IA and IN) since their move out here, so even five years later, I'm still not all that familiar with the workings of Western and Indiana Yearly MeetingIN) since their move out here, so even five years later, I'm still not all that familiar with the workings of Western and Indiana Yearly Meetings.

Gotcha... my father is currently a pastor in Western Yearly Meeting.

The organisation issued a statement after its Yearly Meeting held in Bath.

In addition, there is a yearly face - to - face meeting.

In addition, the agreement provides a regularly twice - yearly forum where Ishida will be able to update Danish Crown on its latest equipment innovations and technical developments to help meet changing industry requirements.

Through the years to come, as he met his wife, got a green card, found religion and became a pastor, Bohorquez made yearly visits to see a brother in Colombia.

By meeting yearly with your teen, the doctor can keep track of changes in physical, mental, and social development and offer advice about avoiding unhealthy behaviors, such as smoking and drinking.

These committees meet with administrative staff yearly to review and recommend changes in each of their respective athletic activities.

It would be recalled that Mr Bamikole Omishore, the Special Adviser to Saraki on New Media, had said on Sunday in Abuja that he would contact SERAP and other CSOs for a meeting to give more details on the yearly earnings of senators.

Since the decision to open negotiations on the EU - US TTIP agreement in 2013, discussions on these negotiations have figured prominently in these twice yearly meetings.

The Climate Change Act 2008 sets legally binding emission reduction targets for 2020 (reduction of 34 % in greenhouse gas emissions) and for 2050 (reduction of at least 80 percent in greenhouse gas emissions); the Act also introduces five - yearly carbon budgets to help ensure these targets are met.

The governor called for a yearly stakeholders» meeting to revive development by the federal government in the state.

Following Ravi's appointment, Bronx State Senator Gustavo Rivera described the other people who sat in the center awaiting their yearly meeting.

In other business at the Jan. 4 meeting, the town board voted to designate various appointments and salaries, authorize yearly contracts, set official holidays, establish meeting dates and declare official newspapers — all in one resolutioIn other business at the Jan. 4 meeting, the town board voted to designate various appointments and salaries, authorize yearly contracts, set official holidays, establish meeting dates and declare official newspapers — all in one resolutioin one resolution.

In October, the Citizens Budget Commission released a report that projected TZB tolls would have to double, to around $ 10, to meet the yearly debt service on the loans and bonds used to build the $ 3.9 billion bridge.

Quirk recalled yearly union summits in Puerto Rico, where Seabrook refused to stay in the same hotel with his fellow leaders — favoring instead a more luxurious resort with a casino, where Seabrook spent much of his time instead of going to meetings with his colleagues.

In addition to our team of science journalists attending the yearly meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which publishes this blog, we're opening up our site this year to guest bloggers — the scientists and public attending the event.

Also, the April meeting is JBC's yearly reunion with its editorial board members and gives us a chance to discuss best practices in peer review to ensure consistency and fairness.

The yearly VJAS Research Symposium and Annual Meeting occurs in conjunction with the VAS Annual Meeting.

In addition, she recently won the Society for the History of Discoveries» yearly essay contest with an essay on the development of germ theory, which she presented at the SHD Annual Meeting in October 201In addition, she recently won the Society for the History of Discoveries» yearly essay contest with an essay on the development of germ theory, which she presented at the SHD Annual Meeting in October 201in October 2014.

In addition, the Institute's External Advisory Board meets yearly to review the Center's programs and plans for recruitment and research.

It embraces all the GSP partners in a yearly meeting to review IKEA furniture and home accessories are practical, well designed and affordable.

This film sees Anaïs Demoustier (random pic above) in the lead which whom we have our yearly meet - up in Cannes with since her debuts with La belle personne and Anne Novion's Grown Ups.

The eighth annual Art House Convergence, the only yearly meeting of independent art house owners and operators in the U.S. and Canada, will be held January 15 — 18, 2018, in Midway, Utah.

It will be auctioned off during the yearly Thieves Ball where all the criminal organizations in the world meet up.

In fact, the «safe harbor» provisions in NCLB mean that all schools do not have to meet fixed targets across the board each year, but only make some improvement in order to make adequate yearly progresIn fact, the «safe harbor» provisions in NCLB mean that all schools do not have to meet fixed targets across the board each year, but only make some improvement in order to make adequate yearly progresin NCLB mean that all schools do not have to meet fixed targets across the board each year, but only make some improvement in order to make adequate yearly progresin order to make adequate yearly progress.

Also, if students with disabilities are to meet the adequate yearly progress goals set forth in the No Child Left Behind Act, they must have access to the general education curriculum.

A common reality for teachers, especially in areas failing to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is loss of control and ability to be culturally responsive because of mandated, even scripted curricula, which removes opportunities to be a culturally responsive teacher (Durden, 2008).

Harrowgate's solution was to initiate the Parent Partners Program that awards points to guardians for participating in different school events: parent - teacher conferences, PTA meetings, classroom service, any of the 40 yearly workshops, etc. «Parents responded to these new opportunities, making high parent involvement an embedded part of our culture,» writes Linda Wood, Harrowgate Elementary School Principal, in NAESP's Best from the Best.

State efforts at carrying out requirements to test English - language learners under the No Child Left Behind Act are receiving increased scrutiny, as hundreds of schools across the country fail to meet goals for adequate yearly progress at least in part because of such students» scores.

The NCLB accountability system divides schools into those in which a sufficient number of students score at the proficient level or above on state tests to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) benchmarks («make AYP») and those that fail to make AYP.

By the 2006 - 2007 school year, Csar Chvez had made annual yearly progress (AYP) two years in a row, and started the year in Phase Zero — meaning the school did not meet AYP for a year, and then made it back to AYP, so the school had been headed back to «in need of improvement» under NCLB, but now is back on track to meeting AYP goals.

The standards for an adequate education in this study were that all students must achieve proficiency on the state assessment by 2014, and that all schools must meet «adequate yearly progress» targets.

In poorly performing schools, there are usually more challenges to contend with, such as demoralized staff (which often leads to high turnover), increasing pressures from district staff to meet adequate yearly progress targets on standardized tests, and physical environments that are poorly maintained and often unsafe.

The 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) marked a new level of federal oversight by requiring states to set more rigorous student evaluation standards and, through testing, demonstrate «adequate yearly progress» in how those standards were met.

«Wisconsin's superintendent of public instruction took the first step Thursday toward withholding up to $ 175 million in federal funds from Milwaukee Public Schools because of the district's failure to meet yearly academic progress targets required under law.»

After the states have set their yearly performance goals, the Department of Education will have to monitor the performance of the nation's 92,000 public schools to see whether each demographic group in each grade being tested is meeting the state performance goals.

The act provides a «safe harbor» for schools whose total student populations make adequate yearly progress, but in which one or more subgroups fail to meet the target.

Howell neglects to mention that among the 14 largest urban districts in Massachusetts, Worcester had the second highest percentage (68 percent) of schools meeting state targets for making «adequate yearly progress» under the law; the statewide average was 48 percent.

For a school or district to make adequate yearly progress, both the overall student population and each subgroup of students — major racial and ethnic groups, children from low - income families, students with disabilities, and students with limited proficiency in English — must meet or exceed the target set by the state.

The law established tiered consequences for states that failed to meet the yearly proficiency goals, increasing in severity each subsequent year a school missed its target.

The biggest difference between Harkin's bill and NCLB is that NCLB currently requires that states use raw numbers of students proficient in math or reading to determine whether «Adequate Yearly Progress» measures are met, or face escalating sanctions.

As a result, the achievement gap is now further measured when students are judged against the 39 categories needed to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) as specified in No Child Left Behind.

We have observed time and again where in an effort to meet Adequate Yearly Progress under No Child Left Behind requirements, states have watered down standards and school districts have taken a narrow «teach to the test» view of curricular implementation.