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connect education episcopal
students
raise money for central american communities as part of their advanced placement spanish class, episcopal
school
students
maia adams, christine myer, addie owens and thomas besselman organized a service project for the
school
community to raise awareness and money for communities in nicaragua and guatemala. the nonprofit el proyecto pulsera partners with student-led groups around the united states to sell pulseras (or bracelets) made by central american artists. the episcopal pulsera project funds will go toward empowering nearly 200 artists by providing fair trade jobs, housing programs, scholarships, and healthcare. ? pulseraproject.org lsu women?s center honors international
school
senior alyssa carson, a senior at baton rouge international
school
, was recently honored with the lsu women?s center esprit de femme award. at 17, alyssa is the youngest recipient of the award, which recognizes a person who has made exceptional efforts toward the advancement of women. she has had her eyes on the stars since she was three and announced she wanted to be an astronaut. since then, she has attended many nasa space camps around the world and written a book that was published last year. new denham springs elementary design revealed livingston parish public
school
s leaders unveiled the architectural rendering of the new denham springs elementary
school
which is being rebuilt after it was damaged in the august 2016 flood. the new $14.5 million, 80,000 square-foot campus will be the parish?s first two-story elementary
school
. it will mimic the exterior design of the denham springs high
school
once located in the same spot before it was destroyed by fire in 1949. ziler architects of lafayette created the design, which is expected to be complete for the 2021-22
school
year. louisiana key academy fourth graders face a robot revolution could robots one day replace humans? that?s the question portia bradford put to her fourth grade language class
students
at louisiana key academy, which is a local
school
specifically for
students
with dyslexia. the
students
interacted with robots, including roomba?s vacuum cleaner, amazon?s alexa and drones, and analyzed, summarized and compared how various companies use robots to increase human efficiency. they concluded that humans remain irreplaceable due to robots? lack of common sense and dexterity. to wrap up their robot learning unit,
students
dreamed up their own robot inventions to help them with daily chores and made presentations about their robot?s design and abilities. fueling up with national
school
breakfast
week
students
at idea innovation had a special guest join them for
breakfast
when east baton rouge parish mayor-president sharon weston broome visited to mark national
school
breakfast
week. the week?s theme, ?start your engines with
school
breakfast
,? was designed to remind parents,
students
and
school
officials the benefits of fueling up for the day with a healthy
school
breakfast
. idea public
school
s, a charter
school
with two campuses in baton rouge, is working to increase student access to healthy foods, adjusting their menus to include more whole grains, lean meats, fruits and vegetables. 2 2 b r p a r e n t s . c o m | m a y 2 0 1 9
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