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Street new leader of LA school nurses
Tanya Street R.N., of St. Charles Parish Schools, was recently installed as the president of the Louisiana School Nurses Organization. […]
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Mimosa Park program wins international reading award
On April 25, Mimosa Park Elementary School principal Michelle deBruler and two of the school’s teachers traveled to Chicago to accept the 2010 International Reading Association’s Exemplery Reading Program Award.
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Sparks fly at welding competition
Thirty-eight students from 11 schools, including both Destrehan and Hahnville, took part in an Associated Builders and Contractors welding competition in St. Rose. […]
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Schools allow students to carry life-saving medication
Students with severe, life-threatening allergies will now be allowed to bring their medications to school with them and self administer them if there is an emergency. […]
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Principal perseveres after losing hands, legs
Most people don’t even notice that there is something different about Merlyna Adams. […]
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Schools: No racism in suspensions
Despite a recent study that says St. Charles Parish schools are 2.6 times more likely to suspend African American students than their Caucasian counterparts, the schools say that race is never a factor in deciding whether a student is suspended. […]
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Only students will be treated at new health center
Students of Albert Cammon Middle and St. Rose Elementary schools will have the option of going to a new health clinic built between the two schools starting in late April. […]
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District shoots for large screens in every classroom
By the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year, most classrooms in St. Charles Parish will have a large-screen device, whether it is an LCD projector, a flat panel monitor or a Promethean Board. […]
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Dictionaries spelled out for local third graders
The Republican Women of St. Charles teamed up with the National Dictionary Project to make sure that every 3rd-grade student in the parish received a free dictionary. […]