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Farmer’s Bureau workshop brings together teachers from three school districts
Thirty-four elementary and high school teachers from across the river region came together at East St. John High School for the USDA’s “Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC)” annual workshop. Lynda Danos, who is the AITC State Coordinator and a Louisiana Farm Bureau employee, and local educators made the presentations during the workshop. The attendees represented St. John, Jefferson, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James and Tangipahoa parishes.
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When it’s good to get paddled
LULING — With 70 teams cooking jambalaya or gumbo, United Way of St. Charles kicked off its fundraising campaign with the eigtht annual Battle for the Paddle cook-off last week at the West Bank Bridge Park in Luling.
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Louisiana Supreme Court Justice visits East St. John Elementary
RESERVE - Louisiana Supreme Court Justice John L. Weimer, the Honorable Madeline Jasmine and Honorable Sterling Snowdy made a special visit to East St. John Elementary School speaking to the sixth- through eighth grade-students. Their message to the students: devote yourselves to your schooling, follow rules and respect authority.
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Back in the Bayou
The Hurst Middle Wetland Watchers were back in action recently as 135 eighth-grade students used Wetland Watchers Park as a setting for activities focused on geography, history, math, language arts and science. As a service-learning project, students participate in activities where they are meeting required academics standards as well as helping to improve the community and the environment. Students will use some of the information gained to create interpretive signage for the Wetland Watchers Park boardwalk. During the school year, students also share the knowledge they are learning from experts at University of New Orleans PIES, Dow and Motiva to share with younger students across the region.
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Let’s ride . . .
LULING — Over 100 bikers participated in the “Ride United” Poker Run hosted by United Way of St. Charles.
A new team on the court
Riverside Academy has recently added a Varsity Basketball Cheerleading Squad to its extracurricular offerings for the 2009-2010 school year. Displaying their monogrammed equipment bags are (front row, left to right) Jamie Mire, Sandi Daniels, Hyde Manuel, Coach Mandy Luminais, (back row, left to right) Amy Mire, Tori Gonor, Kayla Perriloux, Lindsey Hall, Shelby Tregre, Sarah Borne, An’jenea Mitchell and Lesley Bryant.
Shopping spree for Lake Ponchartrain teachers
Each year the LaPlace Wal-Mart selects one school to be the recipient of its effort to assist educators in St. John the Baptist Parish. Ten teachers from Lake Pontchartrain Elementary School were chosen to receive a $100 Wal-Mart gift card.
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