APSBulletin - January 2024
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
Feb. 7 – School Board Meeting, 6 pm
Feb. 12-16 – Mardi Gras Holiday, No Classes (Offices Closed Feb. 12-13)
Feb. 21 – School Board Meeting, 6 pm
March 6 – School Board Meeting, 6 pm
March 7 – Teacher Professional Development Day, No Classes
March 20 – School Board Meeting 6 pm
March 29-April 5 – Easter Holiday, Offices Closed & No Classes
Learning about good health is important at every age. The Assumption Parish Head Start partnered with the Louisiana Department of Health to provide hand hygiene lessons to some of our youngest students. Classes at Belle Rose Primary had a great time learning important information and dancing with their teacher.
Resources Available to Help Children Get Ready for Kindergarten
Assumption Parish Ready Start Network has partnered with Scholastic Education to provide local families with valuable resources to Engage, Explore and Express as a family – together every day!
Engage, Explore, Express. is an Assumption Parish Ready Start Network initiative to provide preschool-aged children (0-5) and their families with opportunities and resources for reading, talking, and playing every day so they can develop the communication and learning skills necessary to be a success in school.
Getting kids ready for kindergarten is a top priority in Assumption Parish. School leaders know when children enter kindergarten ready to grow and learn, they have an advantage over their peers who are less ready to do so. High levels of kindergarten readiness are associated with positive academic outcomes from elementary to high school.
Visit www.assumptionreadystart.com for more information and access to resources.
Assumption Parish Students Selected for All-Youth Honor Band
Three Assumption Parish band students were recently selected to perform in the Louisiana Music Educators Association District VII All-Youth Honor Band Concert, which was held at Central Lafourche High School in Raceland.
Pictured are Rhen Simoneaux of Labadieville Middle School, Madison LeBlanc of Napoleonville Middle School, and Kylee Gaudet of Pierre Part Elementary School.
Those local band members selected for the Honor Band include Rhen Simoneaux of Labadieville Middle School, Madison LeBlanc of Napoleonville Middle School, and Kylee Gaudet of Pierre Part Elementary School.
The 2024 All-Youth Honor Band was led by Conductor Amanda Terry, the band director at West Ridge Middle School in West Monroe, La. Also performing were the Junior High Honor Band and Senior High Honor Band.
The District VII Band Directors Association includes those programs in the parishes of Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. John, St. Mary, and Terrebonne, and areas west of the Mississippi River in Ascension and St. James parishes.
SEAP Announces Spirit Shirt Days for Spring Semester
Members of the district’s Special Education Advisory Panel are selling t-shirts that say “See the Able, not the Label” to support special education programs across the parish. Anyone purchases the spirit shirt is allowed to wear it with uniform bottoms on the first school day of each month; those remaining dates are Feb. 1, March 1, April 8, and May 1. For more information contact your child’s school office or the district office.