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The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) convened in Baton Rouge at the Claiborne Building on Tuesday, April 14th and Wednesday, April 15th. Agendas are accessible at the following website: http://bese.louisiana.gov
The committee meetings and official board meeting are live-streamed and can be accessed during board deliberations. If you are unable to tune in during scheduled meetings, you may view agenda items and videos at the following website: http://bese.louisiana.gov.
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Mr. Donald Skipper, Parks Primary Custodian, is the recipient of the April, 2015 Employee of the Month award. He has been an employee of the school district for one year. Mr. Skipper was nominated for this prestigious honor because of his untiring efforts and exemplary work ethic. He was nominated by Parks Primary Principal, Mrs. Julie Laviolette. He often goes above and beyond to make sure the school is in “tip top shape.†According to Mrs. Laviolette, Mr. Skipper often reports to work early and stays late†to ensure the environment is conducive to teaching and learning. His efforts and professionalism are greatly appreciated.
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Special Thanks to COURTESY MOTORS in BREAUX BRIDGE!
I want to reiterate my appreciation to Courtesy Automotive in Breaux Bridge for its sponsorship of the 2015 Courtesy Video Competition. On Friday, May 1, St. Martinville Sr. High students and administrators were issued a monetary award of $18,000. The SMSH winning video received 83,011 votes. Students were treated to cake and punch during a visit with Courtesy Motors Representatives. Later this month, Stephensville Elementary will be presented a second place award of $1000; the school’s video received 61,313 votes, and a third place award of $500 will be presented to the Early Learning Center; ELC’s video received 38,771 votes. Thanks to everyone who supported this endeavor and we look forward to future partnering between the St. Martin Parish School System and Courtesy Motors!
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Open enrollment meetings will begin on May 6, 2015 and conclude May 20, 2015. Please see correspondence below that was recently distributed with payroll checks. The rates and open enrollment dates are for active employees, separate correspondence will be sent to retirees regarding their rates and a scheduled meeting for them. The community meetings are for any school staff that was unable to attend their school meeting, bus drivers should attend the meetings being held at the DOA. Please contact Tammie Graham with any questions, 337-332-2105 Ext. 2824. Click here for additional information.
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Update from the Transportation Department
Earlier this spring, the Transportation Department ordered and took ownership of 12 new Bluebird busses. The order consisted of ten regular 66 passenger busses and 2 Special Needs busses. These busses are currently out on regular routes around the district.
By law, busses can be used for up to twenty five years, then must be taken out of service. In St. Martin Parish, we currently do not have any busses on regular routes that are at or near twenty five years in age. All of our regular route busses are fifteen years old or newer. We do, however, have spare busses that are between fifteen and twenty years old, but these are not in regular daily service.
In addition to the new busses, we have refurbished some of the older busses in the fleet to keep them in working order, in the event they are needed. You may have noticed busses parked at some of the campuses. These are spare busses stationed in each area of the parish for use in the event of a breakdown or for use by coaches to attend athletic events. In the next fiscal year we have budgeted to purchase five additional busses, which will be ordered in July and should be received by October. Efforts have been made by the Transportation Department to maintain and update the bus fleet.
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The St. Martin Parish Educational Technology Department is sponsoring a two-day Technology Boot Camp. Teachers will be able to participate in four (4) sessions per day. Sessions include: Promethean Board Training, Smart Board Training, Smart Board-Notebook 14, Gaggle, Google, Grant Writing, JCampus, Class Dojo, to name a few. On the last day, all participants will gather in the gym for a closing session, where door prizes will be drawn, including, but not limited to, a laptop, iPad mini, HP Tablet, Memo Tablet, Chrome Book, and gift cards. Participants must be present to win. Registration is limited to the first 150 teachers you sign up. Click here to access the registration form.
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In 2012, the St. Marin Parish Virtual Learning Center began offering an online program where students could receive credits towards a high school diploma. The program offers students a variety of courses that qualify them for both Core 4 and Basic diplomas. In addition, for the last three years we have been able to bridge the gap between traditional school and virtual learning for countless students. Since the start of the program, we have one student who was able to complete her entire journey virtually.
Courtney Knott of Cecilia High School enrolled in our program at the start of the 2012-2013 school year as a freshman. Early on, she found success with the program and was able to earn 9 credits during the course of the year. From there, she completed 10 credits the following year. Then as a graduating “juniorâ€, she only needed 5 credits to complete her LA Core 4 diploma, which she earned this year. Thanks to her hard work and dedication, Courtney will be graduating next week with the class that she was slated to graduate with, effectively making up an entire school year that was previously lost to her.
The St. Martin Parish Virtual Learning Team would like to recognize and congratulate Courtney on being the first student in St. Martin Parish to graduate from high school by completely utilizing virtual courses. Your hard work and dedication to this goal will serve you well in all of your future endeavors. Courtney, we want to thank you for making us look so good in the process.
The Virtual Learning Team
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Breaux Bridge High School
National Honor Society Induction for 2014-2015
​From Left: Priya Patel, Maranda Wiltz, Devin LeBlanc, Tristan Louviere, Morgan Fontenot, Claire LeBlanc, Amber Theriot, Principal Louis Blanchard, Superintendent Dr. Lottie Beebe​. Not Pictured: Mary Nguyen, Kaitlyn Guidry, Hunter Credeur, Charli Romero, Alex Franks, Elizabeth Chauffe, Krystie LeBlanc.
BBHS District Rally participants at UL
Amy Ho, Bakari LeBlanc, Victorian Cooke, Devin Leblanc, Caelan Melancon, Joshua Warfield, Conner Colligan, Hannah Dwyer, Mary Nguyen, Chazz Boyd, Courtney Castille, Sierra Ihde, Jordy Broussard, Bethany Wright, Brylon Viator, Valerie Sonnier, Jonathon Talley, Camille Guidry, Hannah Prudomme, William Clark, Krystie LeBlanc, Caleb Hebert, Zach Wells, Andre Dupuy, Regan Jackson, Victoria Morck, Maranda Wiltz, Geoffrey Glover, Alexander Lear, Taylor Gary and Jonathon Tallely (not pictured).
Cecilia High School
Cecilia High School FFA small engine team members (left to right) Noah Pontiff, Josh Ashley, Ben Tauzin, and Christian Taylor. First place honors in district competition, 3rd in Area and 7th in State.
Several CHS Band students auditioned for the U.L. Pride of Acadiana Marching Band. They all received entry into the band as well as scholarships to cover housing cost estimated at $4500 per semester (not including summer sessions). Pictured are (from top left to right) : Peter Saujon (Eb alto saxophone), Danny Nguyen (Bb soprano clarinet), Eric Jackson (baritone), Danielle Charles (Bb soprano clarinet/bass clarinet), and Desire Mouton (Bb soprano clarinet).
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