Second grade teacher Caroline Thomas at Highland Elementary prepares her classroom for first day of school.
Eunice teachers prepare for first day of school, which for public school students is Thursday. St. Edmund students will begin their first half-day of school Wednesday.
The Summer Reading program concluded Wednesday with an awards program, recognizing those who participated and completed required books. Grand prizes and door prizes were awarded to many library reading participants. From left are Kristin Autrey, Bailey Conde and Katie Griffith. Other winners were not pictured. (Photo by Myra Miller)
“Every Hero Has A Story” Summer reading program concluded for youngsters, teens and adults Wednesday morning with an Awards program.
Door prizes, along with grand prizes were given to all library participants names that were drawn from a plastic bucket.
Ava Manuel, a fourth-grader, with her parents Sherry and Kenneth at Meet The Teacher Night.
East Elementary held its “Meet The Teacher” open house Thursday, with a theme of, “A Rootin’ Tootin’,” for parents and students. Parents and students had the opportunity to meet teachers and bring school supplies to their classrooms.
Fireworks gomphrena has a taller growth habit than other varieties. (Photo by Allen Owings, LSU AgCenter)
By Allen Owings
LSU AgCenter horticulturist
HAMMOND – A tough plant that will keep blooming through summer and into fall, gomphrena likes really high temperatures.
Also called globe amaranth, legend has it that the original planting was at the gates of Hades.
Mallie LaFleur
Mallie LaFleur, first photo, a third-grade teacher at Glendale Elementary, places final touches to a paper-mache’ flower on the wall of her classroom. Second photo, Destiny Gallow, a first-year teacher and first at East Elementary, hangs a wreath on her kindergarten classroom door.
