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elementary
school
students
shoot hoops at pelicans jr. nba training camp
students
at buchanan and broadmoor
elementary
school
s had the chance to attend a new orleans pelicans junior nba training camp on their home court. pelicans staff, with assistance from mckinley high
school
basketball players, visited the
school
s to lead
students
through a variety of basketball drills and exercises. the junior training camp program is designed to help fight childhood obesity by teaching healthy habits. kids are encouraged to live active and healthy lifestyles through youth basketball. ascension high
school
ers learn coding in free operation spark cl ass ascension public
school
(aps) high
school
students
have a new after-
school
class option to learn computer coding and programming. operation spark, a new orleans-based nonprofit, offers the free class in three aps locations. more than 60
students
from all four parish high
school
s are enrolled, learning javascript and receiving a jumpstart nationwide credential and a half-credit toward graduation at the end of the semester. classes are taught by computer industry professionals. ronda matthews, supervisor of career and technical education, implemented the program and hopes to introduce an advanced class in the spring. ? operationspark.org fifth grade math olympians test their skills nearly 300 fifth grade
students
from across the state participated in the louisiana
elementary
math olympiad, now in its ninth year at the kenilworth science and technology
school
. the paper-and-pencil contest measures
students
? addition, subtraction, multiplication and division skills, and is open to fifth graders attending any public, private, parochial, charter or home
school
in louisiana. top test finishers, in order, ray tan, shenandoah
elementary
; anna wang, wildwood
elementary
; mason liner, parkview baptist; and bobby chen, wildwood
elementary
, received prizes, and their teachers received gift cards. state rep. patricia haynes smith and donald songy, senior policy adviser for the governor, were featured speakers, and kenilworth presented parent workshops. ? laemo.org episcopal honors 2018 penniman scholars three episcopal
school
students
have been named 2018 penniman scholars, recognized as outstanding english
students
in each middle
school
grade. freshman justin dynes; eighth grader suzie heneghan; and seventh grader elliot breidenbach were honored along with their parents at a luncheon. the scholarship was established 30 years ago by g. allen penniman, jr., in remembrance of his late wife mary virginia crain penniman who had a passion for english studies. parkview
students
compete in canned good olympics
students
in parkview baptist
school
?s early childhood division competed in the canned good olympics, a fun way to collect non-perishable food donations for the greater baton rouge food bank. the
students
were introduced, passed the torch, and took the field for amazing events revolving around a donated canned good. after the games concluded, the
students
took all the donations to the food bank with the hope to bless others during the holiday season. 2 4 b r p a r e n t s . c o m | d e c e m b e r 2 0 1 8
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