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  Student and Teacher Awards | FBLA State Conference| Donate Your Christmas Tree to Save Louisiana's Wetlands |  Simmons' English III | 2005 Football Season | Sumner Junior High |

 

Student and Teacher Awards

Melanie Dauterive was honored last night by the Jewish Community of New Orleans and the New Americans Social Club for a special letter she wrote to Holocaust survivor Anne Levy.  Daniel Miller attended the memorial service in New Orleans, also.

 
Lynne Vance and Deanna Simmons were presented with the Yom Hashoah Educator of the Year Award in appreciation for their commitment and ideals in teaching the Holocaust. 

Mindy Kliesch was also honored by the Morning Advocate.  Mindy won the Morning Advocate's Holocaust essay contest.  The awards ceremony was held April 25.   Lynne Vance attended the ceremony with Mindy Kliesch in Baton Rouge.

 

Congratulations to the following FBLA members for placing at the State Conference held in Baton Rouge March 26-28:

William Brumfield placed 1st in Computer Applications and qualified for the National Leadership Conference in Nashville.
Luke Morris placed 10th in Accounting I.
Jessica Pelous placed 4th in Business Math.

 

Help Save Louisiana's Wetlands:

Donate Your Christmas Tree

at Sumner High School

December 28-January 6

 

Sumner Junior High is participating in a Christmas Tree Recycling Program to help conserve wetlands in our parish.  Trees can be dropped off at the tennis court at the school after all decorations have been removed.  No flocked trees please.  This project is available thanks to the work of local teachers, Turtle Cove Environmental Research Station, and Waste Management of Tangipahoa Parish.  These students traveled to the elementary school to promote this event.

 

 

 

 

Simmons' English III

Deana Simmons' English III class visited Mrs. Joy Moore's 1st grade class at Spring Creek on Wednesday, December 14.  The juniors read Christmas stories to the first graders along with making cards and reindeer bags for the reindeer food they prepared.  Santa even paid the first graders a visit.  (Santa was our very own Ryan McGregor, and he didn't even get extra points).  Both classes enjoyed the day.  It was truly a Christmas blessing.

 

2005 Football Write-up

Coach Catalanotto says that he is proud of Sumner's team.  They lost two district games and could have folded, but they were resilient and came back to compete until the third round in the play offs. Coach Cat believes that this was a big accomplishment for his team because of the hurricane and all the missed practices.  Coach Cat would like to give credit to the Seniors for helping the team get back into the routine of practice and game play.  The team did very well because they did not get down after the losses.  This resilient spirit is the main thing that Coach says helped the team make it to the third round of the play offs.  Coach believes that the season was very strange because of the hurricane and all other distractions that occurred.

Sumner Junior High

The new junior high will be finished around January and will service grades 6-8.  Students will begin attending the new junior high in August 2006.  The new school will have two assistant principals who will help run the school. These assistant principals are Mr. Stuckey and Ms. Hammons.  They will also continue their positions at the high school.  Mr. Alston will be the principal of both the junior high and high school.  The junior high will have a multi-purpose building, which will be used as a gym and an eating area.  Sixth-grade teachers will be hired for the new school.  The school will hold about 350 to 375 students.  Course offerings at the new junior high will remain the same.  Parents will take students to the area where the buses load and unload.  Additional parking will be provided where the old tennis court is now.  The old junior high building will be used for high school classes. We believe this new junior high building  will have a positive effect on the school.  More space for classes will provide greater opportunities for our students.

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