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 at hannalsingh@gmail.com
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High Schools
Ruston
It’s a busy week in Bearcat Nation!
Tomorrow (2/8), the varsity boys baseball team will play in the annual Bayou Jamb in West Monroe!
Monday (2/10), varsity baseball will play their regular season opener Oak Grove at Lou St. Amant Field on the campus of ULM. First pitch is at 4:00 PM.
This Tuesday (2/11), the varsity girls and varsity boys basketball teams will travel to play Ouachita at 7:00!
Also on Tuesday (2/11), the Lady Bearcat softball team will play Calvary in their home opener at 5:00!
The Teacher of the Week is Mrs Axton! Mrs. Axton has been teaching for 8 years and this is her 2nd year at Ruston High School. She teaches English II, sponsors Gaming Gurus, and coaches our E-Sports team. Thank you for all you do Mrs. Axton!
Simsboro
Our FBLA club’s Partnership with Business team presented the Boys and Girls Club of Northeast Louisiana with a check for $3,000 today. FBLA wants to thank everyone who purchased a BOROVSN shirt/bracelet or donated to the project. They also want to say a huge THANK YOU to WRLDINVSN for partnering with them this year and helping to make this possible.
Join us for a color run! Saturday, February 8th. 9:00 AM – Noon. Madden Park- Across from Simsboro High School. Hwy 80, Simsboro, LA 71275. For more information contact Kaitlyn Mercer (SHS FLA Advisor) at (318) 247-6265 or kaitlyn.mercer@lincolnschools.org
All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Northeast Human Services Authority.
In case the event is rained out, the color run will not be rescheduled, and payments will not be refunded. Instead, the activity booth will be set up inside the Simsboro High School gym.
Middle Schools
A.E. Phillips Middle
We held our first All Pro Dad chapter meeting on the last Thursday of January. All Pro Dad Chapters provide an opportunity for dads to spend quality time with their children before school, helping to strengthen their relationships. Once a month, dads and their kids gather to enjoy breakfast and engage in meaningful discussions on character-based topics. These conversations are designed to encourage communication and growth at an age-appropriate level. The program’s mission is to help dads lead their families well. At A.E. Phillips, these sessions are facilitated by Tobin Pritchard and John Robert Smith, both AEP dads. We had a tremendous response to this event with over 100 guests in attendance. Our next meeting will be February 27th.
The Bullpup Broadcast elective class had the pleasure visiting the new Broadcasting Division for Louisiana Tech Athletics last week. Students met with Kyle Kavanaugh, Senior Associate A.D., who shared a little about what the broadcasting team does day to day. He introduced students to Carson Fryou and Jack Stribnry who are responsible for making the magic happen! Students learned all about the “behind the scenes” operations that make the games more entertaining because of the cool video footage, graphics, and replays these guys and their team produce for LaTech athletics. We are grateful to them for sharing their expertise with our students and taking time out of their busy schedules to show us all things broadcasting!
We wanted to say “thank you” to Lieutenant Henderson from the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s office (and AEP dad) for speaking to our seventh and eighth graders recently. Lieutenant Henderson spoke to our students about the dangers that can be associated with social media, text messaging, gaming, etc. We are grateful for the work he does to keep our community safe, and we are thankful for speak to our students about these important topics.
Ruston Junior High School
Thursday, 40 of our 8th graders got to take a tour of Louisiana Delta Community College. We enjoyed getting to see the classrooms and ask questions about what they have to offer! We had a great time and hopefully, our students got the most out of the experience.
On Thursday, January 30th members of the Ruston Junior High School chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America spent the day on campus at Grambling State University for the annual Regional Leadership Conference. This event centers around competitions based on business concepts that the students learn about throughout the year. The members can do combinations of both objective testing and live judging events. They also attended workshops put on by the Louisiana FBLA state officers and attended an awards ceremony to recognize outstanding achievements.
The RJHS Bearkits had numerous members placing and qualifying for the State Leadership Conference to be held in Lafayette in March. The results were as follows:
Achieving Excellent: Dailen Beckwith, Kennedy Dean, Aaniyah Dorsey, Jeremiah Morris, Messiah Myree, and Olivia Rogers
Achieving Superior: Carley Carter, Avery Dixon, Braylen Gipson, Charli Grillot, Ryan Hester, Gabrielle Johnson, Raina Sharma and Marilyn Velazques
1st Place Winners: Joseph Amiano, Bess Cotton, Peyton Jones, Briley Mack, Harper Mack, Rylie Nations, John Cole Parker, Chau Pham, Reese Pyles, Ella Kate Whitaker and Emory Winters
Elementary Schools
A.E Phillips Elementary
4th Grade Vocabulary Parade
Our fourth grade students, after reading the book Miss Alaineous: A Vocabulary Disaster by Debra Frasier, each dressed up as a vocabulary word for their parade. Students presented their word to the crowd of students and parents, filing in and out in alphabetical order.
2nd Grade Play: How Does Your Garden Groovewritten by Michael & Jill Gallina
Each second grade class performed the play How Does Your Garden Groove dressing up as various vegetables and farmers. They did a great job singing and grooving on stage.
Reed Pipes, Kindergartener at AEP, just returned to school after time spent at St. Jude. Upon his return his class threw a “welcome back” party! They were so excited to have him back in class.
Cedar Creek
1st Grade Community Service
First grade collected cans as an act of service in honor of MLK, Jr. Day. Students collected 274 cans and donated them in person to the Christian Community Action Center. CCA director, Stephanie Matthews gave the children a tour and explained how CCA helps people in Lincoln Parish.
Choudrant
Congratulations to both our Girl’s and Boy’s Lil’ Aggie Basketball teams on their victories Monday evening. Their next home basketball game is scheduled for February 20th.
Thank you to our Adopt A School Sponsor, Origin Bank! They delivered delicious king cakes for our staff this week. We appreciate your support and LOVED the king cake.
Congratulations to January’s Students of the Month. These students were chosen because they are an example of the character trait – Self Control/Self Discipline.
Upcoming Events:
- Feb. 12 100th Day of School Celebration for K&1 grade
- Feb. 13 Virtual Day for students / Parent/Teacher conference day
- Feb. 14 No School / Celebrating our “A” District
- Feb. 17-21 Kindness Week
- Feb. 21 Wear Red and Pink for Kindness Day
- Feb. 27 Class and Club Picture Day
- Feb. 28 Book Character Day PreK-2 8:15 in courtyard
- March 14 Aggie Mile
PTO News
Students will be lacing up their sneakers soon to run their best at our school’s 3rd annual Aggie Mile fundraiser March 14th. The money raised will go towards outdoor picnic tables for students to have the opportunity to have class outdoors.
Dubach
Great things continue to happen at Dubach Elementary School!
Dubach is gearing up to celebrate the 100th day of school with the PreK – 4th grade students. 5th grade students will celebrate the 1,000th day of school by creating Math problems that the answer is 1,000.
The elementary basketball and cheer team will recognize the 5th grade athletes at the last home basketball game, February 18, 2025 before the start of the 6pm game.
Lincoln Parish Early Childhood Center
LPECC concluded their unit of study on creativity and imagination with their first art show. Students were asked to make 1 wall art and 1 3D piece for the show. Parents were allowed to attend and explore the art with their child. Thank you to everyone who came! We are already looking forward to this next year.
Congratulations to our February employee of the month, Ms. Rachel. Her nominators had this to say about her: “Great teacher, very patient.” “Very kind to her children, great teacher.”
