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Calendar For 2010-2011 School Year Announced ::..
The St. Tammany Parish School Board adopted the Calendar for the 2010-2011 School Year Thursday night, after a vote by employees between two proposed calendars.
The school calendar for the next school year is available here in PDF format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the file.
On the new calendar, school opens on Monday, August 9, and the first semester ends before the Winter/Christmas break. The last day of school is on Friday, May 20, 2011.
Election Day on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, is a holiday since many of the schools are used as polling places.
Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Pete Jabbia reported to the Board that after a committee had narrowed down suggested calendars ... - Continue
Mandeville Junior High Student Named State Student of the Year ::..
An eighth grade student from Mandeville Junior High School has been named Louisiana State Student of the Year for the Middle School/Junior High School Level.
Aaron Zachary Reed, 14, won District Student of the Year honors earlier this year, then moved up to become a Regional Student of the Year. On March 17, in a special State Department of Education ceremony at the Louisiana State Museum in Baton Rouge, he was chosen as Louisiana’s top student in the Grades 6 through 8 category.
Reed is a member of several clubs at his school, the student council and honor society, as well as a drum major. He is also active in area sports and musical performances with the Greater New ... - Continue
Tech Center Named In Honor of Dave Treen ::..
The School Board renamed the Instructional Technology Center in Mandeville in honor of the late David C. Treen on Thursday, March 18. Members of the Treen family attended the special ceremony, as well as many area visitors, School System administrators, supervisors, and children from Woodlake Elementary School.
Deputy Superintendent Trey Folse emceed the event, and Superintendent Gayle Sloan and Supervisor of Technology Julie Matte gave an overview of the history of the location. A video by Channel 13 portrayed Treen's life and accomplishments, and his grandson Jason Neville voiced the family's appreciation for the honor.
Governor of Louisiana between 1980 and 1984 and a resident of the Mandeville area for many years, Treen died last October. The Board voted in November to ... - Continue
Madisonville Junior High PTA Plans Race and Fun Fair ::..
The Madisonville Junior High School PTA will sponsor a 5K run and a one-mile fun run again this year, with the event planned for next Saturday, March 20. This year however, the group will add a family-oriented fair called “Fun on the TcheFUNcte” to the festivities.
The fair takes place in the center of town at the old recreation field north of the Maritime Museum, beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending around 4:00 p.m. All Madisonville area families are invited to attend.
Last year the 5K run brought out almost 400 people, making it one of the largest runs on the northshore, said Principal Fran Shea. “This year we added the family fun fair that will include games, vendors, a ... - Continue
Superintendent Announces Retirement ::..
Superintendent Gayle Sloan has announced her intention to retire at the end of the current school year. In a letter to the School Board members, Sloan expressed her desire to step down effective June 30, 2010.
“Serving as Superintendent for St. Tammany’s public schools has been a privilege for me, as I grew up here, graduated from one of our fine public high schools, lived almost my entire life in this community, and came up through the ranks of dedicated employees. This has been much more than a job to me. It has been a labor of love,” Sloan said in her letter. “It is time for me to move on to the next opportunity in my life and maybe slow ... - Continue
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