Community

January 2022, Student Council carried on the new tradition, started by the 2020-2021 Executive Board, of Kindness Week! The purpose was to encourage our school community to start the new year on a positive note. Each day of the week had a theme to help spread kindness! Students and personnel discovered little ways to add kindness into their daily routines and spread kindness to each other whenever possible. Students sent digital notes of encouragement and thanks to one another to start the week. Kindness Confetti was available for students to give and take during the week. Throughout Kindness Week, students could purchase hand-made TPWK (Treat People With Kindness) bracelets or a shoutout to a friend or mentor on morning announcements along with a popcorn sale, “Kernels for Kindness” on Friday.

Diagnosing Sickle Cell Disease

In the Bio Research Lab, students taking Mrs. Janine Koenig’s Bio II Honors class performed a lab, Diagnosing Baby Marie. Using gel electrophoresis, the students diagnosed a baby with sickle cell disease. DNA samples were taken from the mother, father, an older sibling, and the newborn. All of the samples were placed in a gel electrophoresis chamber and the students analyzed the results. They shared their lab findings with Ochsner Educational Outreach Team.