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The Advocate F theneworleansadvocate.com F Wednesday, December 9, 2015 F 9G
Lee Road Junior High School students seize opportunities to serve Advocate staff report
found a number of opportunities to help those in need and Students at Lee Road Junior support their community this High School in Covington have fall.
Among the projects have been collections of food for the needy, supplies for military
personnel overseas, and cleaning supplies for flood victims in South Carolina.
Photos provided by Lee Road School
Lee Road Junior High School held a food drive recently to collect donations for a local food bank to help those in need during the holidays. From left are co-President Lydia Jarrell, Student Council sponsor Callie Foreman, Principal Anna Bowie and co-President Bobby Showers.
SCHOOL BRIEFS ST. TAMMANY TALENTED ARTS FESTIVAL: Theater students from Bonne Ecole Elementary School in Slidell recently performed the skits “Echo and Narcissus” and “Aunty Misery” at the St. Tammany Talented Arts Festival at Fontainebleau High School in Mandeville. The day was filled with theater and mu-
sic performances, art displays and crafts, games and food. All proceeds benefited the St. Tammany Talented Arts Program. Performers from Bonne Ecole included Christian Breazeale, Mya DiMarco, Trenton Gilmore, Sharley Hines, Ava Jackson, Morgan Parker and Brelyn Plumbar.
Strike Out Bullying drawing winners roll in style
Photo provided by Tchefuncte Middle School
The winners of a Strike Out Bullying drawing at Tiffany Lanes in Mandeville are, from left, Bowman Hall, William Gammage, Emerson Cain, Arley James and Yousef Saadeh, all in fourth grade at Tchefuncte Middle School in Mandeville. They won a Hummer limo ride to have lunch at McLain’s and snowballs at The Shiver Shack.
Lee Road Junior High School has been collecting items for military personnel serving overseas, then sorting and boxing them for shipment. From left are Cole Brown, Nathan Kruebbe, Braylee Stillwell, Nancy Ernst, Assistant Principal Kalinda Fauntleroy, Joshua Surkand, Brock Taylor and Alayna Foret.
Members of the 4H clubs at Lee Road Junior High School collected cleaning items for delivery to flood victims in South Carolina. Buckets of supplies were delivered to the United Methodist Committee on Relief in Baton Rouge. In front, on the buckets, are Jeremy Surkand, left, and Mason Desandro. In the middle are Addison Hills and Emilie Stoltz. In the back row are Leif Jarrell, Clay Remond, 4H sponsors Stacey Hoover and Darlene Anderson, Assistant Principal Shelly Morris, Sadie Jenkins and Annalise Travers.
St. Paul’s School cross-country alumni take Turkey Day title Alumni of St. Paul’s School were winners of the wooden Running Man trophy in the New Orleans Athletic Club’s Turkey Day Race in New Orleans City Park. Alumni of high school cross country teams have been competing in the race since 2004, when Brother Martin beat Jesuit. Seen here with the 2015 trophy are St. Paul’s alumni Pat Gavin, Christian Bergeron, D.C. Lipani, Zach Albright and Brian Lozes. Photo provided by St. Paul’s School
Madisonville Junior High School spirit pushes food drive past goal
Madisonville students sample foods like those Christopher Columbus ate
Photo provided by Lake Castle Madisonville Private School
As part of their study of the voyages of Christopher Columbus, fifth-grade U.S. history students at Lake Castle Madisonville Private School prepared a meal consisting of the same types of food the sailors ate during their journey to the New World. Their menu included nuts, raisins, biscuits, chickpeas, black beans, salted beef, honey and block cheese. From left are Mason St. Pierre, Ashton Martin, Michael Robin and Waylon Denny.
Slidell art students learn about painting wildlife RIGHT: Slidell artist Phil Galatas recently spoke with thirdgraders at Whispering Forest Elementary School in Slidell about painting wildlife. In the front row, from left, are Chloe Pham, Karona Pellegrin, April McCoy, Colby Scott and Isaiah Gallien-Rew. In the second row are Joli Grubbs, Kendra Krauter, Christian Mire, Olivia Hofstetter, Kaden Bryant, Nicholas Averett, Blaze Rodriguez and Mia Canulette. FAR RIGHT: Artist Phil Galatas advises Reid Ellinwood on drawing a bird. Photo provided by Whispering Forest Elementary School
Photo provided by Madisonville Junior High School
Front row, from left, are Ally Beninato, Caroline Johnson, Cameron Clifton, Hope Battaglia, Alyssa Oswalt and Savannah Huffstettler; and second row, Julia Marcus, Katelyn Bouey, Grace O’Berry, Mackenzie Fletcher, Makayla Bateman, Lilly Powell, Taylor Lirette and Sarah Pennington.