Schools awarded during meeting

Submitted by admin on Tue, 06/03/2008 - 16:02

By Shantelle Breaux

NEWS EDITOR

CROWLEY – At Monday evening’s meeting of the Acadia Parish School Board, the board recognized the Principal’s of the Year on the elementary, middle and high school levels.

Recognized as the Elementary School Principal of the Year for Acadia Parish was Linda Wilkerson of Morse Elementary.

Recognized as the Middle School Principal of the Year for Acadia Parish was Paul De Rouselle of Church Point Middle School.

Recognized as the High School Principal of the Year for Acadia Parish was Lee Ward Bellard of Church Point High School.. Bellard is also a state finalist for the honor.

Five schools in Acadia Parish which have improved greatly in academic growth were recognized by the board. The schools were also presented with School Performance Growth Flags, and given a monetary award for their achievement. These schools in the parish are Central Rayne Kindergarten, which received $9,469; Martin Petitjean Elementary, which received $18,755; Midland High School, which received $14,191; Morse Elementary School, which received $11,022; and Richard Elementary School, which was awarded $14,444. A total of $67,881 was awarded to schools in the parish by the state legislature.

“As the schools continue to strive to meet or exceed their growth targets, it is always exciting to see we continue to have schools that are being rewarded by the state and recognized by our board for their accomplishments,” stated Acadia Parish School Superintendent John Bourque.

The board was also given an update on the Turn on to Learning Laptop Initiative program at Richard Elementary School.

Jill Doga reported to the board that iLEAP test scores of sixth grade students who were part of this program improved from their previous year’s scores.

When fifth graders, only 68 percent of the students in the program scored Basic or above in English/Language Arts. In the sixth grade, 88 percent scored Basic or above. Doga presented several examples like this to the board, and also stated that none of the sixth grade students in the program , in any subject, scored unsatisfactory.

“The program was wonderful, I can’t say enough about it,” said Jeannette LeJeune, one the program teachers at Richard Elementary.