Lifestyles
Des Allemands names Teacher of the Year
Des Allemands Elementary announced Tuesday, Dec. 16, its Teacher of the Year. […]
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Book Review
Book Review “The Hit”
Do you want the ultimate high? One week with nothing to lose, but there is one catch. After the amazing week, the victim dies a slow painful death. That is the great adventure that Adam and Lizzie take. With all of that comes the ups and downs of young love with a few bizarre twists in between. […]
Lifestyles
$5 million school expansion honors Norco Vietnam pilot killed in 9/11 attacks
A $5 million renovation of St. Charles Catholic High School will feature a memorial to a St. Charles Parish-raised Air Force pilot killed while valiantly trying to save a woman during the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon. […]
Lifestyles
Norco Christmas card artists
Norco Elementary chose its Christmas card from among five entries. Fifth-grader Alex Dusang’s drawing will be used as the school’s Christmas card. […]
Book Review
Book Review: “Divergent”
Veronica Roth, author of Divergent, creates a perfectly balanced and structured society that consists of five groups divided strictly on how the brain works: Abnegation, Erudite, Dauntless, Amity, and Candor. At age sixteen, all members of the society have to choose which faction they will live in to begin their journey as adults. A mind stimulation is given to each inductee before the Choosing Ceremony to help determine where they would be most fit. […]
Lifestyles
Luling students help Santa decorate hospital Christmas tree
Pre-K and kindergarten students from Luling Elementary helped spread the holiday cheer by decorating the hospital’s holiday tree. […]
Lifestyles
New Sarpy announces Teacher of the Year
New Sarpy Elementary announced Mrs. Lauren Celeste Benefield as the 2014-2015 New Sarpy Elementary School Teacher of the Year. […]
Lifestyles
St. Charles Parish Schools celebrates its Students of the Year
Superintendent Felecia Gomez-Walker likened the Dec. 4 Student of the Year awards ceremony to the Oscars. After every school selects a student of the year, committees have the task of picking three – at the elementary, middle, and high school levels – as the district’s students of the year. […]
Lifestyles
Destrehan student selected to perform at Carnegie Hall
The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland and Luciano Pavarotti all performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall, now Destrehan junior Haley Taylor will follow in those famous footsteps. […]