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students from north carolina donate books students from providence day
school
in north carolina arrived at
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elementary with a very special delivery of more than 2,000 children?s books. the books were donated to
help
restock the library, which lost nearly 60 percent of its collection in the historic flood. after learning about the extensive damage at
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, providence day senior naillah nolley wanted to
help
and took the initiative of organiz- ing and coordinating a book drive as a service project. within just a few weeks, more than 2,000 books had been collected. connect / e d u c at i o n
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rookie robotics team wins big the
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raiders robotics (r3) team captured two top honors: the rookie all-star award and the project award at a recent robotics meet.
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won the project award for its invention called the feline ferry?a floating ken - nel used to transport small animals out of flooded areas. the rookie all-star award was based on the overall presentation and ability to understand and execute the values and requirements of first robotics. stm catholic
school
celebrates their heroes episcopal senior writes book arden koschel, a senior at episcopal
school
of baton rouge recently wrote dottie?s sun survival guide in partnership with the lso foundation to
help
teach kids how to protect the skin they?re in. dottie?s sun survival guide explains how to be sun safe and how children detect skin cancer using their abc?s. christopher dugas, a seventh grade student at st. thomas more catholic
school
, recently played the ?star-spangled banner? for law enforcement, firemen, military, and first responder parents at a special heroes breakfast. these heroes were recognized for all they do to
help
protect our community. educators create app for local businesses kenilworth math event a success students from public and private
school
s and home
school
students took top honors in the loui- siana elementary math olympiad, held recently at kenilworth science and technol- ogy charter
school
in baton rouge. julian vertigan, a home-
school
fifth-grader, was the top winner, scoring 45 out of a possible 58 points on the math test, which has been described as an ?old-
school
math contest.? julian was awarded an ipad mini for having the top score on the test. three educators from catholic high
school
have launched a new app that hopes to
help
local businesses promote their products or services, save users money through deals and discounts, and support education by donating to local
school
s a portion of the proceeds generated by user fees. the app is called slocal and functions similarly to groupon. participating businesses pay a monthly hosting fee and then are able to create their own mobile sites from which they can promote discounts and specials to the app?s users. 36 brparents.com | january 2017
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