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
High Schools
Ruston
It’s a busy week in Bearcat Nation! Today and tomorrow (3/14 – 3/15) softball will travel to compete in a tournament at
Tonight (3/14), baseball will play Natchitoches Central at 6:00 pm!
Saturday, Baseball will play Ouachita Parish at 2:00pm for their Senior Day matchup! March 18th, softball will play Neville; JV at 4:30 pm and varsity at 6:00 pm! Golf competes in a 9 hole tournament Tuesday at Frenchman’s Bend.
March 20th RHS Baseball is hosting a Bearcat Buddy night at 6:00 pm at our home field! Come out and show your support!
Congrats to our teacher of the week, Ms. Benefield has been teaching for 27 years, with this being her 9th at RHS. Ms. Benefield recently graduated with her Master’s in Ed Leadership and is currently working on getting 18 hours of graduate level math classes so that she can teach a class or two at Louisiana Tech. Thank you for all you do for RHS and our students.
Middle Schools
A.E. Phillips Middle School
Bullpup Broadcast Field Trip
Our Bullpup Broadcast team had a great time touring KTBS on Thursday, February 27th. Thank you to the KTBS 3 News team for taking the time to visit with our students and for showing them a behind the scenes look at the broadcasting world.
Big/Little Mentor Program
Each year our 8th grade students and Kindergarten students are grouped together for our Big/Little Mentor Program. This past meeting our 8th graders planned fun activities with their favorite memory from Kindergarten PE: the parachute! A fun time was had by all students, young and old!
Gifted Students Attend the SeaPerch Competition
We are proud of our students Maryam Wassi and Nyah Metoyerwho were selected to participate in the annual SeaPerch competition. These ladies worked hard and represented our school well. Thank you to Mrs. Wick for providing this opportunity for our students.
Spring Choir
On March 12th, our Spring Choir provided our parents and students with a beautiful concert. The songs they shared with us were also the songs they performed the following day at the Southern Choral competition where they received a rating of Superior! We are so proud of these students and music teachers for the hours spent preparing for the competition.
Elementary Schools
A. E. Phillips Elementary
First Grade Play
Mrs. Hunt and Mrs. Spillers’ first grade classes did a fantastic job as they presented the musical “Pajama Party”. We are thankful to have such a wonderful music program led by Mrs. Miller and her clinical resident, Miss Heiden, who took lead in directing this production. Both classes did a great job singing and dancing! Thanks also to the team of parents who decorated the stage for the program.
Lincoln Parish Elementary Fitness Meet
A huge shoutout to our AE Phillips representatives—Nola Costanza, Elliott Martin, Turner Kilpatrick, and Cooper Powell—for their hard work and determination at the Parish Fitness Meet this past Thursday. We’re proud to have placed 3rd overall as a team! Way to go, AEP
First Grade Food Fest and Mardi Gras Parade
We let the good times roll at the first grade Ca C’est Bon Food Fest and Mardi Gras parade! First graders have been learning all about Louisiana and spent Friday afternoon visiting food stations of Louisiana cuisine! A special thanks to Mrs. Hunt and Mrs. Spillers for an amazing unit on all things Louisiana. Thank you also to our amazing parents who planned and prepared the food fest booths and thank you to Krewe of Pomona’s Queen Carmen Johnson for serving as our grand marshal. Laissez les bons temps rouler!
Choudrant
Friday night, 3rd- 5th grade girls at Choudrant Elementary became Forensic Scientists, solving challenges to “break out” and move on to Drone Wars! They also heard from Miss Louisiana Teen, Melissa Le, who shared her inspiring STEM to Bloom platform with students.
Hillcrest Elementary
Hillcrest Hall of Fame students for the month of February were:
Kindergarten: Lanah Howell, Davarian Jones, Destinee White, Trent Cobb, Easton Craig, Khloe Eagland, Abigail Vaca, Noah Coburn, Nivea Malone, and Dakota Chandler.
First Grade: Charity Boney, Zamari Moss, Niayel Fonteno, Santiago Huerta, Caleb Dellucci, Kori Pringle, Mary Jane Cano, Jayden Goldsmith, Arayah Eiskina, and Penny Black.
Second Grade: Kenedi Clarkson, Ty Roberts, Jasmine Calhoun, Ellis Bishop, Dakota Otwell, William Martinez, Benjamin Graham, May Mya, Sophia Fowler, Nevaeh Lockhart, Cannon Smith, and Chase Taylor.
STEM Night was a hit! Many families came out to enjoy time with each other building and creating STEM projects including lava lamps, a Mardi Gras bead challenge, Mardi Gras masks made with symmetry, and Mardi Gras Mosaics made with recycled materials.
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