APSBulletin - November 2023
Dr. John Barthelemy, Superintendent
SCHOOL BOARD
Honoray Lewis, Ward 1
Lee Meyer Jr, Ward 2
Andrea Barras, Ward 3
Electa Fletcher-Mickens, Ward 4
Joshua Hebert, Ward 5
Daniel Washington, Ward 6
Bambi Hood, Ward 7
Jessica Ourso, Ward 8
Doris Dugas, Ward 9
CALENDAR
Local winners of the Governor’s Office of Disability Affairs 2023 Inclusive Art Competition display their artwork during a ceremony at the Old State Capitol. Pictured left to right, with Governor John Bel Edwards, are Slade Thibodaux, Teacher Patrice Parks, and Mya Mollere.
A Napoleonville Middle School teacher and two students were recently honored at the Governor’s Office of Disability Affairs 2023 Inclusive Art Competition Ceremony at the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge.
Mya Mollere was awarded first place in the competition. Slade Thibodaux earned third place. Teacher Patrice Parks placed second in the adult category.
The inclusive art competition is open to artists of all ages and abilities and aims to promote understanding and acceptance of people with disabilities.
Assumption Parish Schools Improves District Score
Assumption Parish Schools continued its upward trend in student academic performance, according to the state’s most recent accountability report, which showed the district improved its performance score from 78.7 in 2022 to 80.6 for 2023.
That score gives Assumption Parish Schools a strong “B” Rating in overall performance. This year’s School Performance Scores also make the second consecutive year in the past six years that no Assumption Parish school received a failing grade.
Seven of the district’s nine schools saw improved scores, including Assumption High School, which garnered an “A” Rating by earning a School Performance Score of 92.4.
The other schools with improved scores are Belle Rose Middle School, up from 53 point to 55.3 points; Labadieville Middle School, up from 53.1 points to 58.4 points; Napoleonville Middle School, up from 79.2 points to 79.8 points; Napoleonville Primary School, up from 63.5 points to 67.3 points; Pierre Part Elementary School, up from 79.4 points to 83 points; and Bayou L’Ourse Primary, up from 67.7 points to 73.8 points.
At the same time, most of the district schools remained the same or grew their percentage of students scoring Mastery or Advanced on the 2023 LEAP Test. Those schools that grew their percentage of Mastery and Advanced scores were Bayou L’Ourse Primary, up 11% (from 31% to 42%); Assumption High School, up 10% (from 37% to 47%); Belle Rose Middle School, up 4% (from 10% to 14%); Pierre Part Elementary, up 3% (from 45% to 48%); Labadieville Middle, up 2% (from 19% to 21%) and Belle Rose Primary, up 1% (from 23% to 24%). Napoleonville Primary and Napoleonville Middle maintained the same percentage of students scoring Mastery and Advanced, at 32% and 41%, respectively. Labadieville Primary saw a slight 6% drop (from 28% to 22%).
The district overall saw a 3% climb in the percentage of students scoring Mastery and Advanced, improving from 33% to 36% and advancing Assumption Parish Schools into the state’s top one-third in that category.
Assumption High Earns “A” Rating
Assumption High School increased its School Performance Score by 3.6 points, up from a score of 88.8 to 92.4, to earn an “A” rating with the Louisiana Department of Education. Assumption High School’s School Performance Score of 92.4 ranks in the top one-third percent of the state.
School Performance Scores are a measure of how well schools perform on a variety of indices, which include the Assessment Index (scores of students at each grade level), Progress Index (growth of each student year to year), Interests and Opportunities (looks at course offerings for well-roundedness), Dropout Credit Accumulation Index (dropout data and credits earned by the end of 9th grade), Strength of Diploma (credits earned and the four-year graduation rate) and ACT Index (scores from ACT and WorkKeys tests). Each index is weighted to produce a school’s overall scores.
Several indicators contributed to Assumption High School’s growth, including improvements on the school’s Strength of Diploma measurement, up from 102.2 points to 105.6 points; the Cohort Graduation Rate index, up from 112.5 points to 119.0 points; and the ACT index, which jumped from 59.2 points to 71.4 points.
Assumption High School’s Strength of Diploma and ACT index for the school is ranked 27th in the state.
“Top Gains” Recognition Given to Three Local Schools
Three of the district’s improving schools have been named “Top Gains” honorees – Belle Rose Primary, Napoleonville Middle School, and Bayou L’Ourse Primary.
The “Top Gains” designation is awarded to schools from the Louisiana Department of Education that demonstrate excellence in student progress from one year to the next. A school is designated as “Top Gains” if the progress index is 90 or higher and that school is not in Urgent Intervention Required for any reason.
The state report shows Bayou L’Ourse Primary has a Progress Index of 104.1, Napoleonville Middle has a Progress Index of 100.4; and Belle Rose Primary has a Progress Index of 99.2.