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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.
The queens of andouille
2009 Miss Andouille Pageant winners
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.
Andouille Festival '09 goes off without a hitch
Gal Holiday and the Honky Fonk Revenue rocked the crowd Saturday.
LaPlace Elementary’s ‘09-’10 cheerleaders
LaPlace Elementary School Cheerleaders for 2009-2010 are (front row, left to right) Team Leaders Angel Robinson, Jannie Wilright, (second row, left to right) Brooke Guillory, Myca Parker, Amari Clark, Chante’ Schnyder, (back row, left to right) Taiyiana Robinson, MaKayla Duncan, My’Jewell Sly, Zharya Johnson and Kayla Ceaser.
The new mascots of R. J. Vial
R.J. Vial Elementary School in Paradis recently held their mascot try-outs. The students had to do a dance solo and interview with judges. The sixth-grade students who are “R.J.” the jaguar are (left to right) Maeson Martindale, Charleigh Frickey, Kiel Bates and Taylor Wester.
Hahnville High School Cadet selected for Honors Camp
HHS Cadet Jean Pierre Alexander DuRousseau was selected to attend one of 10 honors camps this summer at the University of Oklahoma. Out of 107,000 cadets in AFJROTC only 500 are selected for the camps. During the week-long camp, he took tours of Tinker AFB facilities, got briefings on the Air Force Academy, ROTC and the University of Oklahoma. He participated in college engineering classes and experimented with many hands-on activities. He also attended a ground school course which will lead up to flying a single engine plane. This camp also gave an insight into the operations of the Air Force and opportunities available to high school seniors upon graduation.
Letterman jackets handed out at DHS
Homecoming week festivities kicked off with the annual Senior Jacket Night ceremony. These traditional jackets were awarded to the seniors who held memberships in clubs, organizations, the honors program, or played a sport for three or more years. In all, a total of 125 seniors participated in the event.
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