There will be a special called Central School Board meeting Tuesday at City Hall.  The board members will be meeting in executive session, so this meeting will not be open to the public.

AGENDA

SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

May 18, 2010

6:00 PM

City Hall Conference Room

13421 Hooper Road, Suite 8 
City of Central, LA 
 

1. Call to Order

2. Prayer

3. Pledge

4. Roll Call

5. To enter into executive session to consider an interim evaluation of the Superintendent’s performance and discussion of several board issues. (Mrs. Browning)

6. Adjourn

Summer school is being offered by the Central Community School System beginning at the end of May.  Summer credit recovery courses will be taught for middle school and high school students.  Students do not have to be enrolled in Central Middle or Central High School in order to take these summer courses.  This opportunity is open to private school and home school children, as well.  Summer LEAP remediation will also be available for 4th and 8th graders.  To learn how to register a student for summer school or for more details, visit the SUMMER SCHOOL INFORMATION PAGE and click on the link for you child's grade level.

The National Beta Club announced last week that Breanna Mann has been named a Beta Scholar which entitles her to a scholarship award of $1000.
Breanna, a senior at Central High School, competed against more than 1000 candidates nationwide for this honor. Two hundred seventeen scholarship recipients were chosen. She plans to attend Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana to pursue a degree in nursing. She was recommended for this award by the local Beta Club sponsor, Ms. Dara deLeon and high school principal, Mr. Bob Wales.
"This outstanding young person represents the true spirit of National Beta, having excelled not only academically, but in leadership and service to school and community as well," said Mr. Ken Cline, executive director of the National Beta Club.
Breanna is the daughter of Jeffrey and Kimberly Mann. Her grandparents are Cecil and Connie Chapman of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Michael and Mae Milton of Mathews, North Carolina, and Dalton and Helen Mann of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
To date, Breanna has earned in excess of 40,000 scholarship dollars. Breanna is the Central High School Beta Club Co- President, and is also a member of the French Club, Mu Alpha Theta, and the Robotics Team. She is a member of the CHS "Kittens" dance team ,an acedemic letterman for the 2007, 2008, and 2009 school years, and was voted "Most Likely to Suceed" by the CHS class of 2010. Away from school, Breanna has served as a planner and counselor for "The Happening", a youth event sponsored by the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Youth Fellowship, Junior Volunteer for Woman's Hospitol, and Junior Docent for the Rural Life Museum.
When asked how they felt about Brianna's accomplishment her father said," She is a very hard worker, and has always been inspired to help others. Her junior and senior years, especially, have been a whirlwind with all of the things in which she has become involved. We are extremely proud of her, not only because of her academic accomplishments, but also because of the active role she has taken in serving others. From our point of view she is, truly, a blessing."

Central Intermediate School 5th graders graduated from the D.A.R.E. program last Friday, May 7th.  The students were taught ways to resist drugs and alcohol by Sgt. Carr over a 12-week period.  This is Sgt. Carr's second year to lead this program at CIS.  At the graduation, students performed skits that they had created themselves to act out methods to use in saying "No" to drugs and alcohol.  They have also written essays about their experience in D.A.R.E. and what they have learned.  Essay winners got to read their work to their peers and parents at the ceremony.  Winners were Kelsie Bourgeois (1st place), Emily Henagan (2nd), Sarah Wells (3rd), and Chase Juneau (4th).  All of the students received graduation certificates commemorating their decision to stay drug-free. 

On Wednesday, May 5th, the Central High DECA students had a great time at Central Intermediate School.  The Central Intermediate 4th graders enjoyed a field day with the help of the DECA students.  There were games, inflatables, face painting, and food.  Thank you to the CHS DECA students for helping out with this event, and thank you to the Central Intermediate faculty for giving the 4th graders a great field day.

St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic School is now accepting applications for the 2010-2011 school year.  The school, which accepts students of all religious denominations, focuses on an education based upon a strong Christian foundation.  Incoming Pre-K 4 through 8th graders are eligible to apply.  St. Alphonsus features affordable tuition, a caring faculty, a fun interactive learning style, a reading resource program, learning tools and technology, a multi-media library, athletics, and extended day care.  For more information, visit www.stalphonsusbr.org or call 261-5299.

CentralSpeaks.com would like to recognize your graduate.  All graduates, including those graduating from high school and college, will be included.  Please send in the name of your graduate along with the school from which he or she is graduating to editor@centralspeaks.com.  College graduates only may also send a photo, which we will print if space allows.  All submissions must be received by Monday, May 17th at noon.

Friday May 7^th, St. Alphonsus invited 6 representatives from the Cardiology Department of Lane Regional Medical Center to come teach the students Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). All students, grades 1^st – 7^th, received at least a 30 minutes of this potentially lifesaving instruction. The representatives from Lane brought 6 adult “Resusci Anne” and 5 baby “Anne’s” for the students to practice their newly learned techniques. When minutes matter, St. Alphonsus students are now prepared to make a life changing difference!

Central Private School seniors will have their graduation ceremonies this Friday night.  Graduation begins at 7 P.M. at Central Private.  The ceremony will take place in the gym.  Floor seats are reserved for graduates' families, but the bleachers are open for the general public.  So come out Friday to support these graduates as they take the next big step in their lives.