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First lady reads to Merrydale students
BREC plans golf league for junior participants Advocate staff report
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First lady Supriya Jindal reads March 10 to students at Merrydale Elementary School. Jindal visited the school to announce that the foundation, with bronze partner, Entergy Louisiana, had awarded one ActivTable for the kindergarten classrooms and 15 tablets for the first-grade classrooms at Merrydale Elementary School.
Students compete in Quiz Bowl
BREC’s golf department is bringing the PGA Junior League Program, golf’s version of Little League, to the Baton Rouge area, BREC officials said. BREC will host the following Junior League information and registration meetings: from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. April 7 at Webb Memorial Golf Course, and April 9 at City Park Golf Course, a news release said. The Junior Golf League program includes junior boys and girls, ages 13 and under. BREC’s leagues will consist of four to six teams with eight to 11 players per team. Team competitions square off in a series of nine-hole matches. The matches are then broken down into threehole “flags,” played in a scramble format, the release said. BREC will refine the traditional PGA league format by having two divisions: a developmental league for newer players, and a more advanced league, known as the competitive division, comprised of
more experienced players. The advanced league will utilize both scramble and best ball formats in their matches. Competitive league play begins May 28, with developmental league play following on June 2. The season runs through mid-July when both teams play in local championships. State and regional competition will occur between allstar teams from various Louisiana cities, with the possibility of BREC’s team qualifying for the national championship in the fall. PGA professional Jack Terry, BREC’s player development manager, will coordinate and supervise the league. Teams will wear uniforms with numbers, hold practices like other team sports and participate in scheduled matches. Teams play from designated tees based on their skill level. Just as in other junior team sports, Junior League golfers will be coached by volunteer parents, and onlookers are invited to attend. For information, call Terry at (225) 272-9200, ext. 366, or visit golf.brec.org.
Students to compete in state science fair Advocate staff report Twelve Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School students placed in the recent Region VII Science and Engineer Fair, and four of the students will get the chance to compete at the state fair on March 23-25 at the LSU Student Union. The Kenilworth students who are going to the state fair include Monica Deras, first place; Ashton Fox, first; Julia Rodriguez, second; and Andrew Knott, second. Other Kenilworth students who placed include Justin Starks, fourth; Adrian Crandal, fourth; Que’ Asia Stafford, third; Kolby Trosclair, fourth; Alexzandria Ursin, fourth; Kaitlyn Johnson, fourth; Angelina Patton, fourth; and Carley Whitty, fourth.
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Members of the Quiz Bowl team at the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts placed first in the regional quiz bowl tournament March 7 at Sulphur High School. The team competed in the state tournament on Saturday at Northwestern State University. Team members are, from left, Mark Postelthwait, a sophomore from Baton Rouge; Jesiah Stegmann, a senior from Raceland; Jordan Thibodeaux, a senior from Sulphur; and River Scrantz, a junior from Breaux Bridge.
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drick Martin, state director for the program. This is the 53rd year the program has been operating, he said. In fact, Eddrick Martin was a senator 20 years ago when he was a student at Southern University Lab School. Program participation depends on each school, Eddrick Martin said. Schools can send as many students as they can manage to see the process in action, he said. At the club level, Youth Legislature programs across the state give students the tools they need to learn and practice both government functions and parliamentary procedure, but to be elected to office, students must present an original bill for vote. There are also judicial and international components to the program, he said. Current Governor Folasade Lapite, a Neville High School senior from Monroe, started her involvement in the program through debate club at Head & THroaT Colds Pink Eye Sinus Infections Migraines/Headache Strep Throat Ear Infections
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her school and served as a legislator her first year, then later served as a Supreme Court justice. One day, she hopes to study medicine and perhaps use that knowledge to work on global health policies, she said. State officeholders meet once a month in Baton Rouge, Eddrick Martin said, and participate in planning the conferences. “They do most of the work, I just offer guidance,” he said. Meanwhile, Maxwell Martin said the skills he has learned at the conferences will help him no matter what career he chooses. Researching the bills, he said,
made him more aware of issues affecting the people in his state. His first year as a youth legislator, Maxwell Martin introduced an equal pay for women bill, and saw it through to passage. “It won best bill in the house, so I’m really proud of that,” he said. Last school year, Martin helped a team that created the Heroes at Home bill, a measure that would provide housing and job assistance to returning military veterans if needed as a means of transitioning back to civilian life. That, he said, won best bill in the Senate that year. For the December session, Martin expanded his knowl-
Kenilworth students, first row from left, Andrew Knott, Justice Starks, Monica Deras and Adrian Crandal; second row, Carley Whitty, Julia Rodriguez, Angelina Patton and Katlyn Johnson; and third row, Que’ Asia Stafford, Alexzandria Ursin, Kolby Trosclair and Ashton Fox.
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edge of governance through his role as secretary general of the Model United Nations, and this year, he’s a senate delegate again, showing the ropes to a newly elected legislator and classmate from McKinley. For information about the program, or to learn how to participate, visit the program’s Web site, www.layouthandgovernment.org.
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