Melissa Bird,
a St. Rose Elementary
School employee, was named as
Louisiana’s School Nurse of the Year.
Nicholas Lirette,
a Hahnville High School
student, is an Individual State Wrestling
Champion.
WarrenMassimini,
a Hahnville High School
student, is an Individual LHSAA State
Swimming Champion.
R.J. Vial Elementary School
was recognized by the International
Literacy Association as an Exemplary Reading Program.
2015-2016 Teachers of the Year
Ellis Alexander
, a School Board Member, and
James Melohn
,
a Central Office employee, were awarded the Friends of Public
Education Award at the Annual Louisiana School Boards Convention.
2015-2016 Students of the Year
Dr. David Schexnaydre,
a J.B. Martin Middle School
employee, was selected as the winner of the 2016
Louisiana Educational Research Association’s
Outstanding Graduate Paper Award for his
dissertation, and his work was published by the
Research Issues in Contemporary Education.
AWARDS
Asia Jupiter,
a Satellite Center teammember,
placed in the top 1% of student sportswriters in the
nation and was awarded an excellent rating in the
Journalism Education Association’s National Write-
Off Competition at the National Scholastic Press
Association Conference.
Three school systememployees
were selected as
finalists for the 2015 Louisiana Association of Teachers of
Mathematics Outstanding Teacher Honors.
Four J.B. MartinMiddle School students
were selected to
participate in the Middle School Honors Performance Series at
Carnegie Hall in New York.
Clarence Dupepe’, Jr.,
a Destrehan High
School employee, was named as the
Louisiana Athletic Director of the Year.
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