Grant Suire, a 8th grade student at St. Michael's in Crowley, has placed first in the National Junior Beta Club's speech competition. His message involves starfish and service. And it's brilliant!
Zhorie'l Tapo, a first-grader at Plantation Elementary in Lafayette, is one of the grand prize winners for The Leader in Me Student Speech Contest. She, along with students in other age brackets, won a $500 Leadership Grant. Nearly 250 students participated in the nationwide contest.
Today 31 students from Jefferson Island Road Elementary were on board a school bus involved in a minor accident this morning. According to Superintendent Dale Henderson the bus had stopped on LA 682 to take on students and began to drive away...