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Registration for August 13th Inservice
is now open.
More Info
"In an effort to ensure that teachers, families and students have access to
instructional tools and up-to-date information, the Louisiana Department of Education
has posted an Oil Spill Educational Resource Guide on its website.
The Resource Guide, available at www.louisianaschools.net,
provides website links for parents, teachers and students to access
satellite images, general information, tips, activities and lesson plans
on the scientific and environmental impact of the oil spill." (quote from SDE)
OIL SPILL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS, FAMILIES AND STUDENTS
Congratulations to the Abbeville High School
Lady Wildcats Track Team for winning the State
Track Meet!
More
Info
Announcements for teachers, staff and students
will be moving to Moodle instead of on the WWW.
Our website and Moodle updates will be done over
the summer. You will need to check Moodle for
updates and important announcements in the very
near future. Please make sure you are able to
login and checkout the changes! Announcements
for Vermilion staff only (such as this one) will
soon only be available on Moodle.
Congrats to the
VP Support Persons of the Year:
-
Elementary Vicky Labit
-Dozier and LeBlanc
-
Middle School Mary Willis
- J.H. Williams
-
High School Walter
Jolivette - Gueydan High
Registration for the 2010 Summer
Professional Development Opportunities
are now available. To find out
more about Summer Technology Workshops,
Promethean Camps, Staff Development
Workshops, and Elementary, Middle and
High School schedules
click
here.
On Thursday, April 15th, over
100 employees, including board members, VAE
representatives and interested people, met at
Kaplan High School to discuss and express their
position on the various legislative bills
concerning education. The bills and the
positions can be seen at:http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/reg/legis
Seventeen schools participated in the Vermilion Parish Young Authors’ Contest.
First place winners from the parish
level were forwarded to the Acadiana Reading Council for consideration. Acadiana
Reading Council had entries from Acadia, Vermilion, Iberia, Lafayette, and the
Diocese of Lafayette. All
first place winners were sent to the state level on February 1, 2010. On
March 27, 2010, The
state winners were announced at the LRA Board Meeting.
2009-2010 Teachers of the Year
Hallie Rivera - Elementary Teacher of the Year
Ryan Abshire - Middle School Teacher of the Year
Erika Livers - High School Teacher of the Year
District Physical Fitness Meet
Winners
|
School Winner |
| Cecil Picard
Elementary |
|
Boys |
| 1st Place |
Brennon Landry |
Cecil Picard Elementary |
| 2nd Place |
Cameron Johnson |
Cecil Picard Elementary |
| 3rd Place |
Gage Broussard |
7th Ward Elementary |
|
Girls |
| 1st Place |
Anne Marie Broussard |
7th Ward Elementary |
| 2nd Place |
Eliza Chambers |
Eaton Park Elementary |
| 3rd Place |
Abby Schexnaider |
Kaplan Elementary |
VPSB teachers and students should not be using
the Internet for non-educational use during
school hours during the first 3 weeks of May
because of Star and EOC testing. Even if your
school is not testing at the time, Internet
traffic affects all schools. It is also
recommended that you download any educational
videos to your local computer outside of school
hours during this time and run them from your
local hard drive.
Promethean Camps will be held this July
for Vermilion Parish Teachers. These are
different from the ones held at the
TLTC.
More info on Promethean and the Camps
The greatest family musical
of all time, The Wizard of Oz, is touching down
in Kaplan, Louisiana as Kaplan High School's
award winning Drama Department brings this
national treasure to the Kaplan High School
Gymnasium May 5 th - May 8 th.
More Info
At Thursday nights board
meeting it was announced that the new calendar
for the 2010-2011 school year will be Option 1.
Click here
to view next years calendar.
Dozier
Elementary received 3 student digital
cameras and 2 flip cameras from KATC's
"Tools for Schools". It will be aired
tonight, Monday, April 25th @ 6:00 pm
and Tuesday morning on Good Morning
Acadiana.
Click Here for more information.
On Thursday, April 15th, over
100 employees, including board members, VAE
representatives and interested people, met at
Kaplan High School to discuss and express their
position on the various legislative bills
concerning education. The bills and the
positions can be seen at:http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/reg/legis
Congrats to
Dozier, Eaton
Park, GHS, KES, and Meaux, for having
75% or more teachers already complete the local
survey! Honorable mentions include Cecil
Picard, Erath Middle, LeBlanc and Rene Rost
at more than 50% complete! Don't forget
there are 2 surveys to complete. Links, more info, and deadlines
can be found on our
technology page.
Faculty and staff may vote for the new calendar options for
2010-2011. See Option 1 and
Option 2, then
VOTE
Just a reminder, LEAP, iLEAP, and GEE Testing week will be April 12-16. For additional testing practice visit the
Vermilion Parish Testing Site.
Seventeen schools participated in the Vermilion Parish Young Authors’ Contest.
First place winners from the parish
level were forwarded to the Acadiana Reading Council for consideration. Acadiana
Reading Council had entries from Acadia, Vermilion, Iberia, Lafayette, and the
Diocese of Lafayette. All
first place winners were sent to the state level on February 1, 2010. On
March 27, 2010, The
state winners were announced at the LRA Board Meeting. All LRA/ARC winners will be recognized at the “Young Author Reception” on Saturday,
April 10, 2010 at 1:00 at the South Regional Library on Johnston Street in
Lafayette.
Invitations will be sent to the students the week before the reception.
Teachers, students, and parents may wish reserve the date to attend.
The Vermilion Parish online
database will be down from 3:00 to 4:30 PM on
Friday, April 9th for maintenance. This will
only effect the repair database, the local
survey, and other online databases, NOT the web
server or email.
Every year about this time,
teachers, administrators, and 8th grade students
are asked to fill out a survey to see how close
we are coming to the NCLB technology goals. The
state self-survey is now available as well as a
local survey for the technology department for
teachers only. Links, more info, and deadlines
can be found on our
technology page.
Walls for the NEW LeBlanc Elementary have
started.
Click for
larger picture
2009-2010 Teachers of the Year
Hallie Rivera - Elementary Teacher of the Year
Ryan Abshire - Middle School Teacher of the Year
Erika Livers - High School Teacher of the Year
The 2010 Louisiana Region VI Science and Engineering Fair,
was held March 13, 2010, at UL. Approximately 300 students representing 53
schools were involved in the competition. Congratulations!!! Vermilion
Parish had 7 Junior Division Winners, 13 Senior Division Winners, 1 Senior
Division Overall Winner, and 5 Special Awards presented to students by local and
national organizations.
Click here to see winners!
District Physical Fitness Meet
Winners
|
School Winner |
| Cecil Picard
Elementary |
|
Boys |
| 1st Place |
Brennon Landry |
Cecil Picard Elementary |
| 2nd Place |
Cameron Johnson |
Cecil Picard Elementary |
| 3rd Place |
Gage Broussard |
7th Ward Elementary |
|
Girls |
| 1st Place |
Anne Marie Broussard |
7th Ward Elementary |
| 2nd Place |
Eliza Chambers |
Eaton Park Elementary |
| 3rd Place |
Abby Schexnaider |
Kaplan Elementary |
Seventeen schools participated in the Vermilion Parish Young Authors’ Contest.
First place winners from the parish
level were forwarded to the Acadiana Reading Council for consideration. Acadiana
Reading Council had entries from Acadia, Vermilion, Iberia, Lafayette, and the
Diocese of Lafayette. All
first place winners were sent to the state level on February 1, 2010. On
March 27, 2010, The
state winners were announced at the LRA Board Meeting. All LRA/ARC winners will be recognized at the “Young Author Reception” on Saturday,
April 10, 2010 at 1:00 at the South Regional Library on Johnston Street in
Lafayette.
Invitations will be sent to the students the week before the reception.
Teachers, students, and parents may wish reserve the date to attend.
A link to the state's test preparation site "EAGLE"
has been added to our menu on the left. Students
receive their username and passwords from their
teacher. Teachers receive their username and
password from their principal.
Goto EAGLE!
More info on test preparation
can be found at:
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/la_testing/
The Louisiana Department of Revenue announces a
series of statewide public education forums on
the topic of the new Louisiana School Tuition &
Expense Tax Deduction. Everyone is invited to
attend.
Click Here to Learn MORE!
Numerous emails are spreading across the parish.
They continue to spread because users are
opening the attachment which contains a virus.
If you opened or tried to open an attachment
(postcard.zip, etc.) from Jessica,
Google, Hallmark, Amazon, Twitter, etc. please shut down
your computer and leave it off so that it does not spread the
virus.
Jesse Owens will be featured on KATC Channel 3's
-Tools for Schools on Monday. Watch for the segment!
Seventeen schools participated in the Vermilion Parish Young Authors’ Contest.
First place winners from the parish
level were forwarded to the Acadiana Reading Council for consideration. Acadiana
Reading Council had entries from Acadia, Vermilion, Iberia, Lafayette, and the
Diocese of Lafayette. All
first place winners were sent to the state level on February 1, 2010. The
state results will be announced at the LRA Board Meeting on March 27, 2010. All
LRA/ARC winners will be recognized at the “Young Author Reception” on Saturday,
April 10, 2010 at 1:00 at the South Regional Library on Johnston Street in
Lafayette.
Invitations will be sent to the students the week before the reception.
Teachers, students, and parents may wish reserve the date to attend.
Register for World Math Day at
www.worldmathsday.com and join millions of
students online completing math problems.
Deadline is March 1.
See the
site for more detail
Congrats to David Dupuis,
principal of Rene Rost Middle School, who
recently received his Ed. D. in Educational
Leadership!
See More!
A link to the state's test preparation site "EAGLE"
has been added to our menu on the left. Students
receive their username and passwords from their
teacher. Teachers receive their username and
password from their principal.
Goto EAGLE!
More info on test preparation
can be found at:
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/la_testing/
The Vermilion Parish School System will host the annual
Physical Fitness Meet on March 5, 2010 at Kaplan High School. Please have
all forms returned to Central Office no later than February 24, 2010.
For more information
CLICK HERE!
Version 10 will no longer work after the upgrade!
Click Here For More Information.
Information about Martin Luther King can be found on the
Vermilion Parish Holiday Website. Get videos, lesson plans, blackline masters
and more. Click here to view.
VPSB staff can view the two options for the 2010-11 school
calendar and cast their vote by January 15, 2010 at 4:30 PM.
See Option 1 ...
See Option 2 ...
VOTE NOW!
Region IV Mini-LACUE 2010 Conference will be held at Crowley
High School on Saturday, March 13, 2010. The purpose of the conference is to
share the wonderful technology lessons, resources, and activities that are being
conducted in the schools and classrooms across the region.
Presenter Proposals
will be accepted through January 15, 2010. The success of the conference in the
past has been a result of teachers sharing what they are doing.
Ms. Phyllis Benoit (Rene A. Rost Middle School), was chosen as The Louisiana
Association of Principals Middle School Assistant Principal of the Year.
The students selected to represent
Vermilion Parish as the 2010 Students of the Year are:
Congratulations to these students. We are proud
to have them represent Vermilion Parish Schools.
All VPSB staff will soon be asked to verify that
1) Your computers are running the Panda Antivirus
2) Panda Virus updates are working and current.
Here are the instructions to check your computer!
