This week in Lincoln Parish Schools
The Lincoln Parish Journal is providing our local schools with an opportunity to submit nuggets from what’s going on at their respective schools in order to get more information out on their students, faculty and staff. The information below comes directly from those schools. Any school wishing to provide content each week can email to flynnhl@warhawks.ulm.edu
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High Schools
Cedar Creek
After six weeks of reading and study, AP English Literature students staged a two-day Socratic seminar to discuss Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” along with Percival Everett’s 2024 retelling, “James.”
“The release of Everett’s award-winning novel this spring offered a rare opportunity to explore two important texts side-by-side,” Leeanne Bordelon, English instructor and assistant principal, said. “Socratic discussion was the final piece in a unit which required literary analysis, critical thinking, and civil discourse. These students did a fantastic job.”
The class will begin Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” in January.
Ruston High School
It’s a busy week in Bearcat Nation! Tomorrow (12/14), the Ruston High Bearcats will take on the Central High Wildcats for the playoff finals at Caesar’s Superdome in New Orleans; kickoff is at 3:30 pm!
Monday (12/16), the girls soccer team and boys’ varsity soccer team will play St. Fredrick at home; girls at 5:30, and boys at 7:15!
Tuesday (12/17) the girls and boys varsity basketball team will take on Airline at home at 7:00 pm! Also on Tuesday, the girls’ soccer team will play Northwood at home at 5:30!
On Wednesday (12/18), the freshman and JV boys’ basketball teams will play Ouachita at home at 5:30, while the varsity girls will travel to Rayville for a tournament!
On Thursday (12/19), the boys soccer team will travel to Airline; JV will play at 6, and varsity at 7:15! The girls’ soccer team will travel to Haughton and play at 5:30 pm!
The teacher of the week is Mr. Grafton! Mr. Grafton has been teaching for 20 years, this being his 2nd year at RHS. He teaches principles of business and personal finance. Thank you for all you do, Mr. Grafton!
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Elementary Schools
A.E. Phillips
7th Grade Science Fair Winners:
Mrs. Blount’s seventh graders participated in a school level science fair last week. Our students produced some wonderful projects! We are grateful to our judges from Origin Bank and the College of Education at Louisiana Tech who took time out of their busy schedules to graciously score each project.
1st in Animal Science: John Henry Nugent with Paw Preferences
2nd in Animal Science: Hayden Horvath with Which Bait is the Best Bait to Catch Bass?
3rd in Animal Science: Andrew King with Science, Cats, Mazes, Oh My!
1st in Chemistry: Hallie Hogan with Big or Small? Muffins for All!
2nd in Chemistry: Lydia Nankya with Homemade Soap vs Dove Soap
3rd in Chemistry: Ella Morse with Stay Clean and Stay Green
1st in Environmental Science: Imena Ighade with Backyard Biodiversity Bingo
2nd in Environmental Science: Zoey Want with Trash Cleans Water
1st in Health Science: Gabby Genov with The Battle of the Cleaners
2nd in Health Science: Gavin Mollette with Wash Your Germs Away
3rd in Health Science: Joshua Weiss with To Stretch or Not to Stretch
1st in Human Behaviors: Caleb Moore with Does Practice Make Perfect in Chess
2nd in Human Behaviors: Eli Denton with Music Theory
3rd in Human Behaviors: Aubrey Summersgill with Reaction Satisfaction
1st in Physics: Willie Williams with 3 Pointers vs Layups
2nd in Physics: Joseph Rivera with Produce Power
3rd in Physics: Jude Falting with Don’t Just Kick It
1st in Plant Science: Dallas Gouedy with A Hydroponics Experiment; Nutrient vs Regular Water
2nd in Plant Science: Matthew Jackson with Fertilizer Frequency
3rd in Plant Science: William Sanders with Grow Plants! Grow!
Basketball and Cheerleading Season Comes to and End
Thursday night our Bullpups took the court for the final game of the season against Woodlawn. The eighth graders were recognized in between games that evening. Our fans have enjoyed cheering on both teams this year, watching each team grow and improve with every game. The cheerleaders also ended their season this week by putting on a terrific Christmas pep rally for the school and basketball teams and by cheering at their last game as well. We are proud of these student athletes for their hard work and dedication!
PE Classes
On Tuesday, Nov 19, Keaton Tennison (Coach KT) and his team came to AEP and worked with our K-4th grade and sixth grade students during their PE classes. Coach KT is the owner of Ten-10 sports and D-Bat in Ruston. His goal on this day at school was to expose our students to different types of sports-related activities. The students were placed into 5 groups and rotated to each station during the duration of PE. These students were also awarded a free class session at Ten-10 (coupons were handed to the students).
This is the second time Coach KT has come to AE Phillips to work with our students. He has a lot of knowledge about exercises and activities that can help our youth and their development. Plus, he makes it fun! We are hopeful he will come back in the spring and work with our afternoon classes (5th, 7th, & 8th grades).
Ruston Parks and Recreation (RPAR) also came and worked with our K-4th grade students during their PE time. During their session they introduced fun basketball activities for the students and distributed flyers for exciting activities sponsored by RPAR. We are grateful to these organizations for taking the time to invest in our students!
Canned Food Drive
Our school participated in the annual Canned Food Drive again this year. Each morning our Student Council visited homerooms to collect cans brought by students and teachers. As the number of cans grew so did our need for boxes! The Louisiana Tech Bookstore graciously donated boxes for us to use in collecting our donations. We are proud to say that our Bullpups collected 681 cans! We are thankful for each donation that will go to families in need this winter!
Choudrant
Deck the Halls! During Thanksgiving Break the teachers and PTO decorated the halls and hung Christmas lights in the courtyard. When the children returned from break on Monday, they were surprised and excited for the holiday. At the end of the day all the children sat in the hallways as we counted down to the lighting of the school. Cheers and excitement could be heard and seen! Our school has never looked so festive.
Mrs. Martin was asked to be the Grand Marshall of the Choudrant Christmas Parade this past weekend. What an honor! The Strive Club also participated in the parade. What a great way for our students and principal to show support and give back to our community that continuously supports us!
FCA members took a field trip to LA Tech’s Lambright where LA TECH football player, Zach Zimos, shared about his faith and spent time engaging with students. FCA Members also served at The Well by helping them prepare for their Community Christmas event.
We also kicked off our elementary basketball season with a scrimmage in Jonesboro. Way to Go Little Aggies!
Next week we will continue spreading cheer with student Dress Up Days.
Monday – Christmas Shirt
Tuesday – Candy Cane Day – Wear red and white
Wednesday – Grinch Day – wear anything Grinchy!
Thursday – Ugly Sweater Day
Special Events
- 17 Student of the Month lunch
- 17 1st grade Stem Project
- 18 K Christmas program
- 19 Christmas lunch Prek & 3rd
- 19 Christmas parties
- 20- Virtual Day for students, Staff PD
Glen View
Upcoming events:
Friday, December 13 – Grinch Day “wear green”
Monday, December 16 – Polar Express Day “wear PJs”
Tuesday, December 17th – Kindergarten Christmas Program at 8:30am, Second Grade Christmas Program at 10:00am
Wednesday, December 18 – First Grade Christmas Program at 1:00pm
Thursday, December 19th – First Grade parents come eat Christmas Lunch
Our students also collected over 1,200 cans last week in our canned food drive!
