March - April 2010

WESTERN DINNER THEATRE A COMPLETE SUCCESS!

The Western Dinner Theatre fundraiser was a complete success!  Thank you to all of our sponsors, our cast members, our Chorale and our parent volunteers!

A special thanks to DINAH TOUPS, writer and director of  "No Harmony in the Streets of Legato", REGINA WALKER, music arranger and "teacher", and to DAWN RUSH, our amazing chef!

Take a look at Miss Regina as The Keyboard Kid!  DVDs will be on sale soon!  Reserve your copy by emailing Dinah Toups at: DinahToups@gmail.com 

St. Jude Bass Tournament

WOW!!  I just wanted to share something awesome with our friends and family
that happened today.  Tommy and I have always fished St. Jude and supported
them for years and this year, Tommy fished with a dear friend and St. Jude
patient, James Duvall.  We have always said that this was all about the kids
and that if we ever won anything, it would go back to benefit St. Jude
Children or give it to James this year since he is a patient.  Well, Tommy
and James fished today and caught a lot of fish but nothing to take to the
scale. They had one last chance to win something in a drawing for a
$17,000.00 boat, and guess what???  That's right!  Out of 167 boats they
drew their boat number.  The pictures will tell it all.  When they went on
stage after they announced their name, Tommy told everyone that the boat was
all James'!!  He said that James has been through so much as a cancer
patient that he deserved it.  How awesome is it to see an 18 yr. old St.
Jude patient, who has been through heck and back for 3 yrs, 2 hip
replacements at 17, to now have his own boat.  Thank you Lord for allowing
us to give back directly to a St. Jude child!!

Thanks for allowing us to share this with you!! PRICELESS!!

Dara and Tommy Smith

http://www.husbandandwifefishing.com/

http://www.smiledeliveryfoundation.org/   Please check this out!!  James' mom and I
started this non-profit organization last week!

James Duvall with his new boat!

Crawfish Time!!!

Trent Hebert celebrates his birthday cajun style. Check out the birthday link to see more from his cajun fishing party. Click Here

Annual Dyeing Of The Eggs

EGGSTRAVAGANZA 2010
Presented by Amite Baptist Church Kids Club

Dancing Through The Decades
2010 Prom Fashion Show
Denham Springs High School
Jackets Against Destructive Decisions

The JADD club of Denham Springs High School opened this year's show with the "Evolution of Dance." The main theme of the Prom Fashion Show was "Dancing Through The Decades."

1970's: "I Will Survive" sung by Anna Goodson; dancer Dylan Ivy.

1950's: Mason Kent as "Elvis." Tori Callais as his dance partner & Rebecca Hollis as the police officer.

1980's: Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean." Performed by Eddie Cooper.

1970's: Elton John's "Crocodile Rock" performed by Christian Vige'. Dancers Devin Guidry, Megan Juneau, Breanna Lee, Cody Martin, and Tanner Wells.

1990's: Back Street Boys: Tanner Barrow, Cody Martin, Jacob Nichols, and Nick Smith. Britney Spears: Sarah Lindberg. NSYNC: Alex Hosse, Connor McClendon, Blake Schultz, Tanner Wells and Christian Vige.

Click Here For More Videos From The Prom Fashion Show

ATA Grand Opening
In Town Of Livingston

Master Dendy's ATA (American Taekwondo Association) Martial Arts Academy has opened its fourth location in the town of Livingston. Students had a special class on how to break boards. Here is a picture of the group with their broken boards. There are three other ATA locations in Livingston Parish, including Denham Springs, Watson and one in Walker. For more information you can visit http://www.atamartialartacademy.com/

Black Belt Instructor Jimmy Morris teaches the class on the techniques of breaking a board. "We want to make learning fun and educational. We all learn best by fun, especially children."

"We teach you to believe in yourself." Here are pictures of some of the students breaking their boards.

Principals Named
To New Livingston Parish Schools

The Livingston Parish School Board recently approved the appointment of three new principals to take the leadership posts at three new schools scheduled to open in August 2010.

William Frizell, an assistant principal at Denham Springs High School, has been appointed principal of the new Juban Parc Junior High School in the Denham Springs School District.  Frizell has worked at Denham Springs High School for the past two years.  He also has worked as an administrative assistant at Southside Junior High and a teacher at Westside Junior High School for a total of 11 ½ years in the Livingston Parish School System.

Katheryn Blackwell, the current principal designee at Eastside Elementary School, has been named principal of the new Juban Parc Elementary in the Denham Springs School District. Blackwell has served as an administrator at Eastside Elementary since 1997.  Prior to that, she taught at Southside Elementary for 14 years.  She also worked three years as a teacher in Jefferson Parish, bringing her total educational work experience to 29 ½ years.

Allison Raborn, the current principal at Walker Elementary, will become principal of the new South Fork Elementary in the Walker School District.  Raborn has worked as an administrator at Walker Elementary for the past six years.  Before that appointment, she taught at South Walker Elementary, Walker Upper Elementary, Holden School, Springfield Middle School and Hammond Eastside Upper in Tangipahoa Parish.  Raborn has 20 years total educational experience.

All three appointments become effective July 1 of this year.

Superintendent Bill Spear said the new principals appointees will begin working with central office administrators right away to determine faculty and staff needs at their respective schools.

"We are very fortunate to have such qualified administrators in our system who can move into these new positions and take on the task of getting a new school up and running," Spear said. 

Spear noted that the school board has also begun advertising for candidates to replace the positions vacated by three appointed administrators.

Protecting You, Protecting Me

Protecting You/Protecting Me is MADD's latest nationwide effort to prevent alcohol use by youth. It was created in response to a need for materials to help reach children before they have fully shaped their attitudes and opinions about youth alcohol use. Research shows that the risk of alcohol and other drug use skyrockets when children enter grade 6, between the ages of 12 and 13. To be effective in preventing alcohol use by adolescents, we must reach out and educate children in grades 1 - 5.

Students at Denham Springs Elementary are being taught the PY/PM program by Denham Springs High School Junior and Senior members of JADD.

Christian Vige' and Anna Goodson teach a lesson to the 1st grade students of Ms. Kim and Ms. Kish.