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Family physician Dr. Wayne Gravois presented prizes to six Copper Mill Elementary Tar Wars poster contest winners Friday, May 6. Front row, from left, are: honorable mentions Akira Grant, Ben Arigo and Ben Grice. Standing, from left, are: Dr. Wayne Gravois, Katheryne Young, third place; Kolton Jacobs, first place; and Kiswayla Scott, second place. Congratulations, to the Tar Wars winners!
Copper Mill students battle in Tar Wars
Dr. Wayne Gravois, a family physician at Lane Regional Medical Center, recently recognized six fifth graders at Copper Mill Elementary for their participation and placement in a Tar Wars poster con...
May 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Baker School Board hears magnet school update
The Baker School Board heard a status report on the newly formed Park Ridge Academic Magnet School at its May 3 meeting. Teacher interviews are in the works. Promethean boards and laptop labs are t...
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The LeBlanc family recently awarded six $500 scholarships to local high school graduates to assist with their college education. From left are: Randy LeBlanc, Mayra Gudino, East Ascension High; Kaitlin McClure, St. Amant High; Jennifer Woodard, Zachary High; and Marcy LeBlanc. Unavailable for photo: Cody Hood of Assumption HS, Mallory McMorris of Doyle HS and Caleb Alexander of Dutchtown.
LeBlanc's announces scholarship recipients
LeBlanc’s Food Stores along with the Baton Rouge Area Foundation announces the 2011 recipients of the M. Paul and Janice LeBlanc Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship, which assists students with t...
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Band seniors Melinda Cook, Brandi Ackoury, William Poole and Brad Billeaudeau were recognized Wednesday, May 4, at Zachary High’s first ever band scholarship signing. Pictured, from left, are: Band Director Jason Venable, Cook, student teacher Christian Bautista; Billeaudeau, Ackoury, Poole and Associate Band Director Donny Alexander.
Band of Blue students sign with honors
Four seniors from the ZHS Band of Blue signed music scholarships Wednesday, May 4, to two Louisiana universities. In celebration of their scholarships, band students Melinda Cook, Brandi Ackoury, W...
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The Northeast Middle School track team finished its season as district and East Baton Rouge Parish champions. Northeast Middle's track team, sitting, from left, are: Xavier Wicker, student trainers Mikishia Causey, Pearl Jones and Kierra Day and Marvin Ramsey. Kneeling, from left: Coach Darrin Wicker, Chris Chaney, Stephan Williams, Jamal Jones, Justin Dawson, Dominick Yates, Dillon Burns and Jordan Jefferson. Standing, from left: NHS athletic director Wayne Spears, Tilon Williams, Darryl Adams, Brandon Johnson, Javon Williams, Jehua Burrell, Colt Brashier, Kyris Lewsi and coach Jarvis Turner.
Northeast Middle finishes top in district, parish
The Northeast Middle School track team has claimed the title of best in district and best in East Baton Rouge Parish for the second year in a row. The 16 boys are coached by Northeast's Jarvis Tur...
May 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Current ZES Principal Jennifer Marangos, 1986 ZES Principal Ronnie Daniel and Zachary Superintendent Warren Drake dig in!
Blast from the past! Zachary Elementary digs up time capsule
A span of 25 years was celebrated Wednesday, May 4, at Zachary Elementary by teachers and students who taught and attended ZES in 1986. A time capsule they buried together on May 4, 1986, was unear...
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ZHS Class of '61 asked to participate on historic follow-up study
Fifty-one years after being selected to take part in the Project Talent study of American high school students, the class of 1961 from Zachary High is being asked to participate once again. In 1960...
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ZHS golfers, from left, are: Zach Holley, Peyton McCulloch, Jonathan Davis, Bryce Bonin, Drew Patin and head coach Clark Engemann. Congratulations, to the ZHS golf team on their Class 5A Regional Championship win!
ZHS golf team makes history
The Zachary High School boy’s golf team won the Class 5A Region II Championship held April 26 at The Oaks at Sherwood. The regional win was the first in Zachary High's history and will allow ZHS to...
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Copper Mill student receives game ball
Reed Rushing, a fifth-grader at Copper Mill Elementary, plays for the Legendz 10U team. Rushing hit two, two-run homeruns and received the game ball in his team's 8-2 win over the Jack Hammers in t...
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Louisiana's first virtual school to hold information session in Zachary
(LACA), the state’s first statewide virtual charter school for grades K-12, will host a free information session for parents who want to learn about the free, full-time, public virtual charter scho...
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Kelly Wright of Zachary is a 2010 Central LA AHEC Rural Scholar.
Zachary native accepted to Rural Scholars program
Kelly Wright, a junior at Xavier University in New Orleans, has been accepted as a participant in the Rural Scholars program offered by Central Louisiana AHEC (CLAHEC). Wright is majoring in biolog...
May 08, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Aimee Perrodin
NMS teacher selected for Lift Off Summer Institute
Aimee Perrodin, a teacher at Northwestern Middle School, is one of the 46 teachers selected from across the nation for the prestigious LiftOff Summer Institute to be held at NASA’s Johnson Space Ce...
May 06, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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