2013-14-full-calendar-final

JULY 2013 Pictured from Left to Right Stan Smith, Interim Superintendent; Nolan Marshall, District 7; Sarah Usdin, District 3; Seth Bloom, District 5; Leslie Ellison, Vice President, District 4; Woody Koppel, District 6; Cynthia Cade, District 2; Ira Thomas, President, District 1

Orleans Parish School Board 3520 General DeGaulle Dr., Suite 5055, New Orleans, LA 70114 (504) 304-4123 www.opsb.us

Monday 1

Tuesday 2

Wednesday 3

Thursday

Friday

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5

Independence Day

Payday

8

9

10

11

12

1ST Day for Asst. Principals, School Secretaries, HS Facilitators

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OPSB Board Meeting

Payday

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29

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31

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26

JUNE

AUGUST

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4 11 18 25

5 12 19 26

6 13 20 27

7 14 21 28

F 1 8 15 22 29

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5 12 19 26

6 13 20 27

7 14 21 28

T 1 8 15 22 29

F 2 9 16 23 30

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AUGUST 2013 “IF FOR ONLY A FEW TINY ADJUSTMENTS, WE COULD RELEASE THE GENIUS IN EVERY CHILD.”-ALBERT EINSTEIN

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Orleans Parish School Board 3520 General DeGaulle Dr., Suite 5055, New Orleans, LA 70114 (504) 304-4123 www.opsb.us

Monday

Tuesday

JULY M 1 8 15 22 29

T 2 9 16 23 30

W 3 10 17 24 31

T 4 11 18 25

Wednesday

SEPTEMBER F 5 12 19 26

5 st

1 Day for Teachers & Other Certified Personnel at School Sites

M 2 9 16 23 30

T 3 10 17 24

W 4 11 18 25

T 5 12 19 26

1

F 6 13 20 27

6

Thursday

Friday 2

ECS New Teacher In-service

7

8

9 1st Day for Non-Certified Staff at School Sites

Opening of School Conference teachers and support staff

2013 Opening of School Conference for teachers and support staff

12 1st Day for Students (Grades 1-12)

13

14

15

16

OPSB Board Committee Meetings

Speech Pathologists Meeting

PD - Parent Liaisons First Cross Country Practice

Payday First Football Practice/First Volleyball Practice

19

20

1st Day for Pre-K & Kindergarten Students

OPSB Board Meeting

21

27

Volleyball Jamboree

School/Dept. Grade Meetings

Parent Orientation Special Ed Chairperson/Coordinators Meeting

23

HIPPY Home Visitors’ Orientation, Brigance Pre-test & Parent Orientation

Performance Series Begins

26

22

28

29

30

Federal Programs Meeting (District, Charters, Schools)

Com Stat Report Due

Summer Initial Evals/IEPs/Services Plans Due Payday Football Jamboree

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SEPTEMBER 2013 “EDUCATION IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON WHICH YOU CAN USE TO CHANGE THE WORLD”NELSON MANDELA

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Orleans Parish School Board 3520 General DeGaulle Dr., Suite 5055, New Orleans, LA 70114 (504) 304-4123 www.opsb.us

Monday 2

Tuesday 3 Professional Development Day (School Closed for Students)

Labor Day District Closed

1st Volleyball and Cross Country Contest

9

10

Faculty Meetings

Wednesday

Friday

4

5

HIPPY Parent Orientation STEEP Universal Screening Begins

HIPPY Home Visits Begin 1st Football Contest

11

12

13 CPR/AED Training

Open House (Middle/High)

OPSB Board Committee Meetings District-wide CPI Training – Phase II

CIP Staff Meeting Open House (Elementary)

Thursday 6

IEPs/Services Plans Due Medication Administration Training

Payday

2nd Football Contest

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20

PD - Parent Liaisons

3rd Football Contest

School Nurse Staff Meeting

25

26 Federal Programs Meeting

27

Principals Meeting (McDonogh 35 Academy)

(District, Charters, Schools) IEP/Service Plans Due

Performance Series Ends OPSB Board Meeting

23 Credit Recovery 1 Semester Begins

24

ECS/SESS Staff Meeting

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IEPs/Services Plans Due

First Aid Training Com Stat Report Due

4th Football Contest

Payday

Student Teacher Academic Reviews (STARs)

30

AUGUST

Student Record Review Month

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5 12 19 26

6 13 20 27

7 14 21 28

OCTOBER T 1 8 15 22 29

F 2 9 16 23 30

M 7 14 21 28

T 1 8 15 22 29

W 2 9 16 23 30

T 3 10 17 24 31

F 4 11 18 25

OCTOBER 2013 K

“EDUCATION IS NOT THE FILLING OF A PAIL, BUT THE LIGHTING OF A FIRE.” -W.B. YEATS

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Orleans Parish School Board 3520 General DeGaulle Dr., Suite 5055, New Orleans, LA 70114 (504) 304-4123 www.opsb.us

Monday

Tuesday

SEPTEMBER M 2 9 16 23 30

T 3 10 17 24

W 4 11 18 25

T 5 12 19 26

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F 6 13 20 27

Wednesday

1

2

IDEA CHILD COUNT

Special Education Chairpersons/Coordinators Meeting.

Common Quarterly Assessments available in Blackboard

Thursday 3th

Friday 4

5 Football Contest Curriculum Data Summit

CPR/AED Training Curriculum Data Summit

SPALS Conference, Lafayette, LA October 3 & 4

8

9 ECS Health & Fitness Fair

10 th

6 Football Contest

11 CPR/AED Training Payday

LEDA Conference, Lake Charles, LA October 9-11

14 st

1 Basketball Practice

15

16

17 th

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7 Football Contest

1 Quarter Ends

18 Fall Curriculum Conference (No School for Students)

NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH WEEK OCTOBER 14-18 OPSB Board Meeting

21

22

Fall Retest Administration

Report Card Conference (Elementary Schools)

Speech Pathologists Meeting School Nurse Staff Meeting

International Conference on Young Children with Special Needs, San Francisco, CA October 16-18

23

24

25

Report Card Conference (Middle/High Schools)

IEPs/Services Plans Due

Medication Administration Training

8th Football Contest

Payday

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31 th

9 Football Contest

October 28 –December 13 ECS Annual IDEA Self-Study Monitoring th

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5 12 19 26

6 13 20 27

7 14 21 28

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Principals Meeting (Franklin Elementary)

F 1 8 15 22 29

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NOVEMBER 2013 “KNOWLEDGE WILL BRING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.”-CLAIRE FAGIN

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Orleans Parish School Board 3520 General DeGaulle Dr., Suite 5055, New Orleans, LA 70114 (504) 304-4123 www.opsb.us

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

OCTOBER M 7 14 21 28

4

T 1 8 15 22 29

W 2 9 16 23 30

5

T 3 10 17 24 31

Thursday 1

DECEMBER F 4 11 18 25

M 2 9 16 23 30

T 3 10 17 24 31

W 4 11 18 25

T 5 12 19 26

6 Curriculum Data Summit

Friday

F 6 13 20 27

CPR/AED Training Volleyball Regular Season Ends

7th

8

10 Football Contest

First Aid Training HIPPY Advisory Meeting Payday

11

12

Basketball Jamboree

13

14

15

ECS/SESS Staff Meeting

IEPs/Services Plans Due

School Nurse Staff Meeting

VOLLEYBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

BI DISTRICT FOOTBALL PLAYOFF Cross Country Season Ends

ASHA Conference, Chicago, IL November 14-16

18 st

19

1 Basketball Contest OPSB Board Meeting

20

21

Principals Meeting (Mahalia Jackson Elementary)

22 Professional Development Day (School Closed for Students) REGIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYOFF

Credit Recovery Ends Payday

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26

27

28

29

Quarter Final Football Playoff

THANKSGIVING BREAK (SCHOOLS CLOSED) THANKSGIVING BREAK (DISTRICT OFFICE CLOSED)

DECEMBER 2013 “PEACE DOES NOT MEAN AN ABSENCE OF CONFLICTS; DIFFERENCES WILL ALWAYS BE THERE. PEACE MEANS SOLVING THESE DIFFERENCES THROUGH PEACEFUL MEANS; THROUGH DIALOGUE, EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, AND THROUGH HUMANE WAYS.”-DALAI LAMA XIV

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Orleans Parish School Board 3520 General DeGaulle Dr., Suite 5055, New Orleans, LA 70114 (504) 304-4123 www.opsb.us

Monday 2

Tuesday

Wednesday

3

Thursday

Friday

4

5

6

Special Education Chairpersons/Coordinators Meeting.

Common Quarterly Assessments available in Blackboard

District CPI Training

District CPI Training

CPR/AED Training Semi Finals Football Playoff Payday

National Handwashing Awareness Week

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11

12

13

ECS/SESS Staff Meeting

IEPs/Services Plans Due

CPR/AED Training

Indoor Track Practice

FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Curriculum Data Summit

16

17

18

19

20 2nd Quarter Ends School Nurse Staff Meeting

OPSB Board Meeting

Pre-K Application Deadline Payday

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24

25

26

27

Christmas Day

WINTER BREAK (SCHOOLS & DISTRICT OFFICE CLOSED)

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31

WINTER BREAK (SCHOOLS & DISTRICT OFFICE CLOSED)

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5 12 19 26

6 13 20 27

7 14 21 28

F 1 8 15 22 29

M 6 13 20 27

JANUARY W T 1 2 7 8 9 14 15 16 21 22 23 28 29 30 T

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JANUARY 2014 “THE FUNCTION OF EDUCATION IS TO TEACH ONE TO THINK INTENSIVELY AND TO THINK CRITICALLY. INTELLIGENCE PLUS CHARACTER – THAT IS THE GOAL OF TRUE EDUCATION.” – MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

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Orleans Parish School Board 3520 General DeGaulle Dr., Suite 5055, New Orleans, LA 70114 (504) 304-4123 www.opsb.us

Monday

Tuesday

DECEMBER M 2 9 16 23 30

6ST 1

T 3 10 17 24 31

W 4 11 18 25

T 5 12 19 26

1

FEBRUARY F 6 13 20 27

M 3 10 17 24

T 4 11 18 25

W 5 12 19 26

T 6 13 20 27

F 7 14 21 28

7 Indoor Track Meet

13

Wednesday

Thursday 2

New Year’s Day

Friday 3

WINTER BREAK (SCHOOLS & DISTRICT OFFICE CLOSED) Payday

8

9

Performance Series Begins

10 CPR/AED Training

Report Card Conference (Elementary Schools) 1st Powerlifting Contest

Report Card Conference (Middle/High Schools)

14

15

16

Principals Meeting (McDonogh 35)

17 School Nurse Staff Meeting Speech Pathologists Meeting

State Monitoring CTE, LA4, 21st CCLC, Homeless (Targeted-McKinney-Vento)

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22

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24

M L King Day (District Closed)

Professional Development Day (School Closed for Students) 1st Softball Practice

ECS/SESS Staff Meeting

IEPs/Services Plans Due

First Aid Training

30

31

Payday

Credit Recovery 2nd Semester Begins

OPSB Board Meeting (Tentative)

27 st

28

1 Baseball Practice

29

Curriculum Data Summit

Payday

Louisiana Super Conference, Lafayette, LA

FEBRUARY 2014 “EDUCATION IS OUR PASSPORT TO THE FUTURE, FOR TOMORROW BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE WHO PREPARE FOR IT TODAY.”-MALCOLM X

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Orleans Parish School Board 3520 General DeGaulle Dr., Suite 5055, New Orleans, LA 70114 (504) 304-4123 www.opsb.us

Monday National Children's Dental Health Month

Tuesday M 6 13 20 27

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F 3 10 17 24 31

Wednesday M 3 10 17 24 31

T 4 11 18 25

MARCH W T 5 6 12 13 19 20 26 27

Thursday

Feb 1 MFP Count

F 7 14 21 28

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Friday

6

1 Outdoor Track Practice

7 CPR/AED Training

12

13

14

Indoor Track Regular Season Ends

First Aid Training Basketball Regular Season Ends Payday

17

18

19

1 Softball Contest

21

IEPs/Services Plans Due

Performance Series Ends HIPPY Advisory Committee Meeting Indoor Track State Championship Powerlifting Season Ends Curriculum Data Summit

Baseball/Softball Jamboree

OPSB Board Meeting (Tentative)

24 st

20

Regional Science Fair

Regional Science Fair

Regional Science Fair

25

26

27 st

Special Education Chairpersons/Coordinators Meeting.

Common Quarterly Assessments available in Blackboard Principals Meeting (McMain)

1 Baseball Contest

28 Winter Curriculum Conference (No School for Students) Payday

MARCH 2014 “THE MIND ONCE ENLIGHTENED CANNOT BECOME DARK.”-THOMAS PAINE

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3

Orleans Parish School Board 3520 General DeGaulle Dr., Suite 5055, New Orleans, LA 70114 (504) 304-4123 www.opsb.us

Monday 3st

1 Outdoor Track Contest

Tuesday 4

Wednesday 5

Thursday

Friday

6

7 Girls Basketball State Championship

Mardi Gras Day

MARDI GRAS BREAK (SCHOOLS & DISTRICT OFFICE CLOSED)

10

11

12 ECS/SESS Staff Meeting

EXPLORE (Grade 8)

13

14 3rd

IEPs/Services Plans Due

Speech Pathologists Meeting Boys Basketball State Championship Payday NASWA Conference, Baton Rouge March 14-16

NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST WEEK, March 10-14

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19

Phase 1 Testing Day

Quarter Ends

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21

Powerlifting State Championship

School Nurse Staff Meeting

EXPLORE, PLAN, ACT

LOUISIANA SCHOOL LUNCH WEEK, March17-21 OPSB Board Meeting (Tentative)

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25

26

Report Card Conference (Elementary Schools)

Report Card Conference (Middle/High Schools)

27

28 Payday

Credit Recovery Ends

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M 3 10 17 24

FEBRUARY T W T 4 5 6 11 12 13 18 19 20 25 26 27

F 7 14 21 28

M 7 14 21 28

T 1 8 15 22 29

APRIL W 2 9 16 23 30

T 3 10 17 24

F 4 11 18 25

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APRIL 2014 “EDUCATION BREEDS CONFIDENCE. CONFIDENCE BREEDS HOPE. HOPE BREEDS PEACE.”-CONFUCIUS

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Orleans Parish School Board 3520 General DeGaulle Dr., Suite 5055, New Orleans, LA 70114 (504) 304-4123 www.opsb.us

Monday

Tuesday 1

7

8

Wednesday 2

9

Thursday

Friday

3

4

Bayou Regional Robotics Competition

Bayou Regional Robotics Competition

10

11

LEAP & iLEAP Phase II Testing April 7-10; ITBS Testing April 7-9; LAA2 Testing April 7-15

Payday

LSNO Conference April 8-11 National CEC Conference Philadelphia, PA April 9-12

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16

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18

Softball Regular Season Ends

LEAP & iLEAP Phase II Testing April 7-10; ITBS Testing April 7-9; LAA2 Testing April 7-15

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22 SPRING BREAK (SCHOOLS CLOSED)

Baseball Regular Season Ends

SPRING BREAK (SCHOOLS & DISTRICT OFFICES CLOSED)

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25

Performance Series Begins

Annual Update of IEPs/Service Plans

End-of-Course Testing Begins

Administrative Professionals Day

SPRING BREAK (DISTRICT OFFICES CLOSED)

28

SPRING BREAK (SCHOOLS CLOSED)

Outdoor Track Regular Season Ends Curriculum Data Summit Payday

OPSB Board Meeting (Tentative)

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30 Principals Meeting (Bethune)

M 3 10 17 24 31

T 4 11 18 25

MARCH W T 5 6 12 13 19 20 26 27

F 7 14 21 28

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6 13 20 27

MAY W T 1 7 8 14 15 21 22 28 29

F 2 9 16 23 30

MAY 2014 “EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO UNLOCK THE GOLDEN DOOR OF FREEDOM” -GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER

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Orleans Parish School Board 3520 General DeGaulle Dr., Suite 5055, New Orleans, LA 70114 (504) 304-4123 www.opsb.us

Monday

Tuesday

APRIL M 7 14 21 28

T 1 8 15 22 29

W 2 9 16 23 30

Wednesday 1

JUNE T 3 10 17 24

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F 4 11 18 25

M 2 9 16 23 30

T 3 10 17 24

W 4 11 18 25

Thursday

T 5 12 19 26

F 6 13 20 27

Friday 2 School Nurse Staff Meeting

BETTER SPEECH AND HEARING MONTH

6

7 Common Quarterly Assessments

Teacher Appreciation Day

available in Blackboard

8

Special Education Chairpersons/Coordinators Meeting.

Softball State Championship

9 Speech Pathologist Meeting Outdoor Track State Championship Payday

School Nurse Day

Teacher Week TeacherAppreciation Appreciation Week School Nutrition Employee Week

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Graduation

Performance Series Ends Baseball State Championship

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4 Quarter Ends Students’ Last Day

Professional Development Day (School Closed for Students)

Teachers’ & Non-Certified Staff Last Day Educational Bosses Day

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Payday

OPSB Board Meeting (Tentative)

26 1st Day LEAP Summer Remediation Credit Recovery Summer Program Begins

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HIPPY “HIP A DEE DO DAH”

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JUNE 2014 “I TOUCH THE FUTURE. I TEACH.” -CHRISTA MCAULIFFE

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Orleans Parish School Board 3520 General DeGaulle Dr., Suite 5055, New Orleans, LA 70114 (504) 304-4123 www.opsb.us

Monday 2

Tuesday 3

Wednesday 4

Thursday 5

Friday 6

1st Day EOC Summer Remediation

HIPPY Culmination

Payday

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10

11

12

13

Principals Meeting (Central Office)

16

17 OPSB Board Meeting (Tentative)

18 ECS/SESS Staff Meeting

Last Day for Asst. Principals, School Secretaries, & Data Managers

19

20 Last Day LEAP & EOC Summer Remediation

Last Day for Support & Appraisal Staff

Payday

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24

25

26

LEAP Remediation Administration Training

LEAP Summer Retest

LEAP Summer Retest

LEAP Summer Retest

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EOC Retest

EOC Retest

EOC Retest

EOC Retest

30

EOC Retest

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6 13 20 27

7 14 21 28

JULY T 1 8 15 22 29

F 2 9 16 23 30

M 7 14 21 28

T 1 8 15 22 29

W 2 9 16 23 30

T 3 10 17 24 31

F 4 11 18 25

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Orleans Parish School Board 3520 General DeGaulle Dr., Suite 5055, New Orleans, LA 70114 (504) 304-4123 www.opsb.us

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Artwork Courtesy of Talented in the Arts & Art students attending schools operated by the Orleans Parish School Board A. Christy Nguyen, McMain K. Tina Tran, McMain U. Tia Jackson, McMain 5. Vaughn Sanders, McMain B. Damian Keelen, Mc35 L. Quynh-Tram Tran, McMain V. Joseph Bermudez, McMain 6. Cheyenne James, McMain C. Jewel McGary, McMain M. Mc35 Collaborative TAV Students W. Deante King, Mc35 7. Mc35 Collaborative TAV Students D. Viet Nguyen, McMain N. Paige Robichaux, McMain X. Mc35 Collaborative TAV Students 8. Linchi Pham, McMain E. Mc35 Collaborative TAV Students O. Janeva Morris, McMain Y. Lionell Thomas, Mc35 9. Synphne Sorina, & Kennedy Prader, McMain F. Lionell Thomas, Mc35 P. Noel Rivers, McMain Z. TiAshley Tate, Mc35 10. Ashante Harris, McMain G. Hector Mendez, McMain Q. Au-kia Kennedy, McMain 1. Darron Lawrence, Mc35 11. Laura Lizard, McMain H. Jordan Harton, McMain R. Mc35 Collaborative TAV Students 2. Mc35 Collaborative TAV Students 12. Da’Journa Clark, Mc35 I. Brent Craig & Jordan Knight, Mc35 S. Chris Kerry, McMain 3. Mc35 Collaborative TAV Students 13. Ben Franklin Elementary Collaborative J. Mc35 Collaborative TAV Students T. Mc35 Collaborative TAV Students 4. Jordan Knight, Mc35 14. Kaitlyn Pratt, Mc35 15. Ben Franklin Elementary Collaborative Talented in the Arts and Art Teachers: Beverly Cook, Louise Johnson, Rev. William Jones, Timothy McGary, Richard Thomas, Linda Villavasso

The works of art contained in this calendar were produced as part of Orleans Parish School Board’s Talented in the Arts program and art classes.

The works are the exclusive property of the student artists who created them, and the images contained herein may not be reproduced in whole or part without written permission.