Superintendent Announces Retirement ::..
Superintendent Gayle Sloan has announced her intention to retire at the end of the current school year. In a letter to the School Board members, Sloan expressed her desire to step down effective June 30, 2010.
“Serving as Superintendent for St. Tammany’s public schools has been a privilege for me, as I grew up here, graduated from one of our fine public high schools, lived almost my entire life in this community, and came up through the ranks of dedicated employees. This has been much more than a job to me. It has been a labor of love,” Sloan said in her letter. “It is time for me to move on to the next opportunity in my life and maybe slow ...
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Details Given on Non-Public / Homeschool LEAP Testing ::..
The Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) tests will be administered by the St. Tammany Parish Public School System to students in grades 4 and 8 in two sessions, the first phase being given on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, and the second phase scheduled for Monday, April 12, and Tuesday, April 13, 2010.
Parents are reminded that if a student DOES NOT participate in Phase 1, then he/she must wait until summer to take the LEAP assessment allowing only one opportunity for the student to pass.
Students whose parents currently reside in Louisiana and who wish to enroll in St. Tammany Parish public schools in the fifth or ninth grades for the 2010-2011 school year must have passed the fourth ... - Continue
Mayfield Elementary Attendance Meeting Scheduled ::..
The third public meeting by a special committee setting up an attendance district for the new Henry Mayfield Elementary School will take place on Tuesday, March 16, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at Bayou Woods Elementary in Slidell.
Participants will be able to discuss four proposed attendance district maps now under consideration. While Map 3 was favored by many at the second meeting of the group, the committee was asked to add a fourth map to take in both sides of Airport Road north of Interstate 12 so across the street neighbors can to go to the same school.
All four maps may be reviewed onthis web page. Information on student demographics for each map is also included. Copies of ... - Continue
St. Tammany Student Wins State Poetry Out Loud Competition ::..
Talented Arts Program Theatre student Maria Hefte' placed first in the Louisiana State Poetry Out Loud Competition held in Baton Rouge March 6. A sophomore at Covington High School, she won $200 and an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. in late April to compete in the National Competition.
She also will receive a $500 stipend for the Covington High School library to purchase poetry books.
The National Championship will be held at the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium in Washington with semifinal rounds April 26 and finals being held April 27. The National Finals will award $50,000 in prizes and school stipends. The national poetry recitation contest was created by the National Endowment for the Arts and the ... - Continue
Tech Center To Be Named In Honor of Dave Treen ::..
The School Board will rename the Instructional Technology Center in Mandeville in honor of the late David C. Treen in ceremonies on Thursday, March 18. The program begins at 10:00 a.m., and the public is invited to attend.
Governor of Louisiana between 1980 and 1984 and a resident of the Mandeville area for many years, Treen died last October. The Board voted in November to honor him for his service to the state and community and his many contributions to public education.
He was instrumental in establishing the state's Professional Improvement Program for teachers, which gave thousands of teachers additional incentives to take part in professional development activities. Almost 77 percent of Louisiana’s teachers took the opportunity to enhance their ... - Continue
