St. Landry Parish School Board

School Choice applications are now open. Here is the link to the application and letter: https://5il.co/1q30x

​Kindergarten Registration for new students to St. Landry Parish is now online. Please share the following information with anyone wishing to newly enroll their child in kindergarten in St. Landry Parish School District. Who can enroll? ~Your child is eligible if he/she is a new kindergarten student to St. Landry Parish Schools in the 2023-2024 school year. ~Your child is eligible if he/she is five years of age by September 30, 2023. ~Your child is eligible if he or she was born between Oct. 1, 2017, and September 30, 2018. ~Your child is eligible if he/she is a current SLP Head Start Student who qualifies with age. To register, go to​ https://stlandry.edgear.net/register/

David Reed, CTE teacher at Northwest HS, was awarded a $50,000 STEM Classroom Makeover grant by NextEra Energy today at an award presentation and luncheon. We are so thankful to NextEra Energy for providing the students with resources to extend their learning opportunities.

Happy International Women's Day!

Camp Accelerate Internship Opportunity - This opportunity is for 11th and 12th-grade students interested in assisting with our summer Camp Accelerate Program. Student Interns can earn up to $1000 and Carnegie credits. Link to the application: https://forms.gle/kuBfp2TDFGk3wHos5

Last night, the Board approved the 2023-2024 School Calendar. You can find it by going to https://www.slpsb.org/page/calendars. Have a wonderful weekend!

We are getting ready for our 1st Annual SLP Arts and STEAM Festival happening this Saturday from 10 AM to 3 PM around the Opelousas Courthouse square. We snapped a few photos of the setup at Java Square this morning. (Pictured are Bree Sargent, ACA Education Director, Paige Thomas, ACA Education Manager, and Heather Wallace, SLP Gifted & Talented Students Instructor)

Grand Prairie participating in Dr. Seuss Day!

Congratulations to all!

Magnet Academy of Biomedical Sciences is now accepting applications. Student Application Link: https://forms.gle/VKme69tLTWytskCR9 Teacher/Administrator recommendation https://forms.gle/jWAA8Ubs5Ep7fpS7A

Ruby Nell Bridges Hall (born September 8, 1954) is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960.

Public Schools Week is Feb. 27 - Mar. 3! Join us in celebrating public schools and the dedicated educators and professionals supporting students in many ways. There are so many ways you can make an impact: ⭐Share your school success story on social media ⭐Thank your child’s teacher or principal ⭐Serve on a school or district committee ⭐Volunteer at your school #PublicSchoolProud #PSW23

We're excited to announce that our 1st Annual St. Landry Parish Schools Student Arts and STEAM Festival will happen this Saturday, March 4, 2023, from 10 AM to 3 PM on the Opelousas Courthouse Square. We're thankful to the Acadiana Center for the Arts for making this happen. There will be school bands, student artists, our robotics teams, and so much more. This event is free and open to everyone! Please come out and support our students and bring friends!

The Special Education Advisory Council (S.E.A.C.) Meeting will be held Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at 4:15 PM at the St. Landry Pupil Appraisal Center. To view the agenda, go to https://5il.co/1pskf.

Oprah Winfrey is a media superstar. She became the first woman of color to own and produce her own TV show! Since then she has produced movies and plays, launched her own TV network, and her own magazine. She has won countless awards. She is the first African American woman billionaire. Oprah is constantly using her influence to help others. In 2013 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.

Congratulations to Port Barre High School student Kolby C., who created a code for Black History Month. The company that creates the class's curriculum and online textbook featured him on their home page. Wow, great job! #slpproud~ CLICK HERE: https://www.brbytes.org/

Congratulations Sandra!

On Jan. 20, Kamala Harris became the first Black, first South Asian American and first woman Vice President of the United States. Harris, born in Oakland, California to an Indian mother and Jamaican father, spoke about her mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, in her first speech as vice president-elect.

Guion Bluford was an astronaut for NASA. Guion was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1942. He was the first African American to go to space. He was also the first African American to return to space not once but four times! Guion was the first African American to be awarded the United States Air Force Command Pilot Astronaut Wings.

Mae C. Jemison is an American astronaut and physician who, on June 4, 1987, became the first African American woman to be admitted into NASA’s astronaut training program. On September 12, 1992, Jemison finally flew into space with six other astronauts aboard the Endeavour on mission STS47, becoming the first African American woman in space.