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JANUARY 27, 2021

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The Lincoln Leaders


CEDAR CREEK SCHOOL

Cedar Creek releases honor roll, highlights awards

All A’s

Grade 4: Bess Black, Molly Boyd,

Liam Durrett, Chloe Hall, Ava Lant-

rip, Jase Martin, Nyah Metoyer,

Henry Patton, Gabrielle Smith, Ella-

Cate Veatch, Kate Wood, Campbell

Woodard.

Grade 5: Luke Alexander, Henry

Hawkins, Brooklynne Hennigan,

Eddie Henry, J.J. Hoover, Abi Hyde,

Legend Jones, Madison McCready,

Lauren Pearce, Billy Rufleth, An-

drew Shirley, Eli Slocum.

Grade 6: Joe Christian Aulds,

Arlyn Boyet, Rhett Bridges, Georgia

Dugdale, Hayden Durrett, Wyatt

Gremillion, Kamden Hardman,

Bailey Hiers, Marley Jinks, Chloe

Jones, Sophie Mariano, John Parker

Moak, Madison Morris, Gracie

Parker, Drake Purvis, Madison

Stringer, Jilly Turpin, Bryleigh Wil-

liams, Catherine Williams, Kenna

Williams.

Grade 7: Logan Amidon, Avery

Bourn, Selah Bryan, Catherine

Grace Calvert, Macklin Conroy,

Ainsley DeMent, Kate Harris, Kara-

Lin Hoover, Caroline James, Alyssa

Langiulli, Carter Lewis, Catherine

McAdams, Emma Phillips, Gilly

Grace Washam, Katherine Worthey.

Grade 8: Taylor Basham, Jack

Bell, Julianne Ensminger, Holland

Hammett, Daniel Hanna, Hanna

Hiers, Carter Jackson, Anna Grace

Johnson, Allie Jones, McKenzie

Jones, Savannah Kilbride, Nolan

Martin, John Brody Mayzel, James

Myers, Annalise Paul, Amelia

Reynolds, John-Brooks Robinson,

Rosemary Sewell, Evie Stake, Way-

lon Taylor, Zoey Venters, Reagan

Submitted photo

Cedar Creek School presents our Students of the Year in conjunction with

the Louisiana Department of Education recognition program. Congratulations to

Presley Wall (fifth grade), Evie Stake (eigth grade), and Chanley Patterson (12th

grade). These honorees prepared portfolios of their academic achievements, lead-

ership experiences, and community service and competed at the district level in

Shreveport. Chanley will be advancing to the state competition.

Pictured left to right are Chanley, Presley and Evie.

Submitted photo

Cedar Creek students participated in a school-wide spelling bee. Finalists

included: Katherine Pardue, Reid Viola, Saanvi Patel, Raina Sharma, Elly Rose

Washam, Emerson Caraway, Harper Hammett, Lilly Grace Turpin, Krish Dua,

Lauren Pearce, Marley Jinks, Madison Morris, Madison Stringer, Jilly Turpin,

Selah Bryan, Rex Freling, KaraLin Hoover, Felicity Hunt, Gilly Grace Washam,

Jackson Washam, Holland Hammett, Carter Jackson, Allie Jones, Eli May,

John Brooks Robinson, and Zoey Venters.

Pictured left to right are third place winner Jackson Washam, first place

winner Krish Dua and second place winner Zoey Venters.

Continued on page 3


Williams, Aidan Woods.

Grade 9: Bailey Anne Adams,

Kate Barron, Ashlyn Bourn, Hayes

Bridges, Elli Dickerson, Lauren

Enterkin, Ryleigh Geis, Mia Gra-

ham, Connor Johnson, Lawson Lillo,

Baylee Mabou, Anderson Maxwell,

Jackson Mock, Emma Moore,

Harper Nguyen, Lesley Osafo, Lind-

sey Osafo, Laina Parkman, Emma

Pearce, Taylor Ramsey, Adrianna

Robbins, Leah Sutherland.

Grade 10: Eli Black, Chloe

Brashear, Madelyn Carroll, Taylor

DeMent, Devika Dua, Jack Ens-

minger, Tate Farrar, Allie Furr,

Brooke Jackson, Annie Jones,

Peyton Muse, Kate Myers, Connor

Norris, Jed Stephens.

Grade 11: Sarah Adams, Sarah

Beth Bates, Nathan Gremillion,

Faith Johnson, Riley Patterson,

Isabel Sherrard, Cameron Turpin,

W Wells.

Grade 12: Kyleigh Davis, Wesley

Dinh, Lauren Ensminger, Michael

Feduccia, Chloe Green, Catherine

Hunt, Elisabeth Hunt, Logan John-

son, Cameron McCarthy, Morgan

McCready, Autumn Moon, Lauren

Osafo, Jamie Palmer, Chanley Pat-

terson, JT Stephens, Grace Tram-

mell, Kate Walker, Grace Winters.

A-B Honor Roll

Grade 4: Gray Alford, Anna

Grace Bourn, Keatyn Brashear,

Emerson Caraway, Keeva Conroy,

Kate Enterkin, Harper Hammett,

Anabelle Holloway, Aubrie Huneyc-

utt, Chloe Jackson, Bailey Martin,

Jaleigh Martin, Paisley Mounts,

Case Phillips, Cohen Pottharst,

Kendall Ramsey, Ella Brooke Stroud,

Luke Thomas, Lilly Grace Turpin,

Bretton Williams.

Grade 5: Kendal Basham, Chan-

dler Bullock, Jackson Bullock, Milo

Dakin, Eden Dawsey, Krish Dua,

Christian Ellis, Arabella Evans, Ca-

son Floyd, Hadley Gatlin, Ashleigh

Harrison, Ransom Lewis, Vance

Mallett, Meredyth McFadden, Gabe

Miller, Will Myers, Tyler Osborne,

Juliet Pipes, Bridger Reynolds, Ry-

der Sellers, Roan Sutherland, Mary

Claire Temple, Presley Wall, Connor

Washam.

Grade 6: Carter Allen, Brett Bell,

Paxton Burney, JuJu Bush, Hallie

Cockerham, Jade Cook, Graham

Davis, Dylan Drake, Mady Garcia,

Sam Hartwell, Annabelle Hockenjos,

Cadence Hockenjos, Gracie Jones,

Prabhleen Kaur, Harshaan Lally,

Kade Luker, Joshua McCarthy, Cam-

dyn Napper, Manav Patel, Mason

Roberts, Alex Roebuck, Cadence

Spangler, Kaden Williams, Trigger

Woodard.

Grade 7: Tanner Andrews, Brit-

ton Bennett, Maria De Paola, Rex

Freling, Anderson Godlewski, Felic-

ity Hunt, Brooks Jeansonne, Paxton

Mounts, Maddy Parkman, Carter

Perry, Reese-Caroline Phillips,

Govind Prakash, Charlie Rufleth,

Addison Taylor, Cameron Temple,

Clayton Towns, Rubye Ann Wals-

worth, Jackson Washam.

Grade 8: Sarah Baxter, Aidan

Crosby, GiGi Daughtry, Kelsey Dug-

gan, Triston Floyd, Gabbie Granger,

Landon Hall, Paisly Hamby, Gracie

Jones, Eli May, Kaleb Negrotto, Beau

Phillips, Luke Roy, Mallory Smith,

Brandon Ward.

Grade 9: Landon Amidon, Ella

Grace Barham, Parker Bush, Mor-

gan Byrnes, John Abram Earle,

Lucy Fisher, Isaac Gremillion, Drew

Gulledge, Cara Beth Hill, Ava James,

Alli Claire Johnson, Jude Keen,

Adrian Lamkin, Molli McCready,

Cole Morganthall, Emmie Parks,

Mary Lu Ricks, Ainsley Riley, Con-

ner Rolen, Katelyn Taylor, Ladd

Thompson, Emily Trammell, Olivia

Underwood, Gray Worthey.

Grade 10: Madison Bratton,

Maggie Gilmore, Carter Hill, Anna

Grace Lee, Quincy Lewis, Abby

Martin, Elizabeth McAdams, Rea-

gan Nguyen, Brian Osborne, Perry

Ricks, Lillian Soto, Lane Thomas,

Austin Webb.

Grade 11: Sky Dycus, Zoë Gra-

ham, Abby Hood, Colton Kent, Brady

Menzina, Jack Mitcham, Sophia

Parkman, Aaron Peel, Ethan Rugg,

Millie Venters, Jed Worthey.

Grade 12: Georgia Albritton,

Trace Barnett, Steven Brasuell, Abi-

gail Bridges, Beau Farrar, Trever

Frasier, Liam Haley, Aston Johnson,

John-Barron Johnson, Caden Lillo,

Jacob Norsworthy, Blake Nunn,

Jack Parks, Zach Smith, Lacy Terral,

Landon Thompson, Lane Vallery,

Anna Voziyanova, Trent White,

Dalton Williams, Gavin Witten.

Submitted photo

Each year, Cedar Creek teachers

nominate a senior to represent the

school as the Daughters of the Ameri-

can Revolution Good Citizen. The

honoree must exemplify the qualities

of dependability, service, leadership,

and patriotism. This year’s DAR Good

Citizen, Elisabeth Doyal Hunt, repre-

sented the Long Leaf Pine chapter of

DAR and competed in the Good Citizen

essay and scholarship contest. She

won district and will now be compet-

ing in the state competition.

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CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Cypress Springs bounces back from holiday breakDecember Leaders of the Month

The following were named third grade Student Leaders of the Month

for December: Spike Tradewell, Brooklyn Feeheley, Abdullah Alrashidi,

Lena Fielding, Nathan Burks, Addison Huey, Carmelo Jenkins, C’Riyah

Newton, Karsen Robinson, Rose Gragg, Brysun Howard, and Maci’ Williams.

Fourth grade Student Leaders of the Month were: Davis Funderburg,

Adriana Roblero Tomas, Brycelyn Brown, Zamaria Newton, Bryson Streets,

Jacayla Whitley Aaliyah Overstreet, Ameree Rogers, Carson Cannon,

Heaven Kinsey, J’Marcus Russell, and Mary Queen Braggs.

Fifth grade Student Leaders of the Month were: Wyatt Gaines, Madalin

Williams, Juakollin Lowe, Adrianna Robinson, Haiden Rhone, Nadia Free-

man, Braylon Osborne, Neeley Timm, Sequal Holland, Mnemony Newton,

and Lupita/Michelle Morales.

Taking home Teacher Leader of the Month was Shannon Puljak, while

nurse Renee Skipper was named Support Staff Leader of the Month.

Third grade news

The third grade classes at Cypress Springs Elementary have been very

busy this second nine weeks! We have rested up over the holidays and

started 2021 off with a great start.

In ELA this nine weeks we have been reading “Because of Winn Dixie”

and learning all about unlikely friendships.

In social studies we have been learning about the Poverty Point Indians

and other Native American tribes that influenced Louisiana’s culture.

In science the students are learning about survival and getting ready

to learn about traits. For math the students are working on division facts

and learning all about area. We hope 2021 will be an exceptional year here

at CSE!

Fourth grade news

In Module 5, students are building their understanding of finding equiva-

lent fractions to include generating rules as they describe what happens

to the number of parts in the whole (denominator) and the number of

pieces in the count (numerator) when they compare equivalent fractions.

Submitted photo

Pictured are the Cypress Springs Elementary School third grade Student

Leaders of the Month for December.

Submitted photo

The Cypress Springs fourth grade Student Leaders of the Month for December.

Continued on page 5


CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (continued)

Equivalent fractions can be writ-

ten by dividing or multiplying the

numerator and denominator.

Things to do at home to help your

student:

- Continue to practice multiplica-

tion and division facts to help mul-

tiply and divide to find equivalent

fractions.

- When working with a recipe, give

your child a fractional amount and

have them identify an equivalent

fraction using multiplication. Ask

how they could also use division to

find an equivalent fraction.

Fifth grade news

Our fifth grade ELA students are

approaching the end of Unit 2, “The

Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,”

where they have worked on analyz-

ing characters and determining

themes. In the coming weeks, they

will be taking end of unit assess-

ments by writing essays and reading

and comprehending complex texts.

In social studies, we are approach-

ing the end of Unit 2, European

Explorers, where we have discussed

explorers, conquistadors, and the

Columbian Exchange and its impact

on different groups. In the coming

weeks, they will be taking an end

of unit assessment where they will

be required to analyze sources and

answer text dependent questions, as

well as respond to a writing prompt

using the sources.

In science, students will be begin-

ning Module 3: Earth Systems. The

“You Be the Chemist” contest is

also coming up, and messages will

be sent out through Dojo. If you do

not receive one then please let your

child’s teacher know.

In math, students are finalizing

their work in Module 3: adding and

subtracting fractions with unlike

denominators. Next, they will begin

Module 4: multiplying and dividing

fractions.

Wildcat Reading Club

Members of the Wildcat Reading

Club have been hard at work! Each

grade level has enjoyed reading a

variety of stories and working on

different reading skills throughout

this year. Third grade students have

been busy doing a little detective

work.

Students have been engaged in

solving mysteries. Students had to

analyze a case file and crime scene

photo to make inferences based on

the evidence provided. Students

completed challenging questions in

order to find evidence to defend their

inferences. Then, students used all

the clues collected to solve the mys-

tery. Watch out, Sherlock Holmes!

Fourth graders have enjoyed read-

ing the emotional story A Thirst for

Home about a young girl from Ethio-

pia and the challenges she faces on

a daily basis to have access to water

and the difficult decision her mother

makes to give her a better life. The

story was inspiring and sparked

excellent conversations about how

critical water is to our existence and

how it connects all people.

Cypress Springs

unveils honor roll

Principal’s List

Shouab Asrafel, Kimeri Canada,

Kinsley Couch, Ashlyn Dixon, Dajha

Ford, Autumn Fuentes, Addyson

Gressett, Lauren Harvey, Mnemony

Newton, Pravir Radadia, Marirose

Spillers, Lucas Watts, Christian

White, Parker Winkelpleck, Kirsten

Woods, Zaccai Worrall

A Honor Roll

Jelan Britt, Anslea Burns, Bray-

lon Burton, Brycen Campbell,

Elijah Clark, Heaven Cockerham,

Jayden Cordova, Samuel Flippo,

Davis Funderburg, Reginald Giles,

Jasmine Gill, Christopher Gray,

Molly Hoefler, Lakelynn Honaker,

Amyrie Jackson, Gabrielle Johnson,

Sa`Riyah Jones, Za`Meriah Jones,

Emily Keen, Michelle Loera, Bri-

ley Mack, Chase Malone, Melody

Manning, Lauryn Mansfield, Han-

nah Martin, Karson Martin, Em-

ily Mcguirt, Jayden Mendenhall,

Evelyn Moore, Tristan Nassar, Az-

rael Palmer, Octavia Ritter, Clayton

Roane, Evan Sloan, Tristen Smith,

Spike Tradewell, Morgan Walker,

Richard Weir, Makalyn White, Kacin

Williams, Logan Williams, Maci Wil-

liams, Phillip Willoughby

A/B Honor Roll

Bentley Abel, Imam Ali, Aiden

Bell, Damon Bokholdt, Briley Bow-

ers, Antonio Bowman, Michael

Boyd, Zion Brantley, Karsyn Brown,

Christopher Byrd, David Cato, Scott

Chandler, John Chisholm, Zachary

Clark, Kate Davis, Natalie Deason,

Destinee Doby, Ian Dunbar, Brooklyn

Feeheley, Kaylee Fields, Yesi Fran-

cisco, Wyatt Gaines, Kelby Gates,

Branson Green, Khloe Green, Charli

Grillot, Zion Henderson, Sequal Hol-

land, Andrew Holton, Dierks Hough,

Submitted photo

The Cypress Springs fifth grade Student Leaders of the Month for December. Submitted photo

Nurse Renee Skipper, left, and teacher Shannon Puljak were the Cypress

Springs Support Staff and Teacher Leaders of the Month for December.

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CHOUDRANT HIGH SCHOOL

Choudrant High students make the grade

Brysun Howard, Branson Hudson,

Adayn Hunter, Michaelya Hunter,

Amir Hussein, David Johnson, Pey-

ton Jones, Kierra Kennedy, Matthew

King, Anderson Lainez, Bra`Hn

Martin, Jaylon Mayfield, Arianna

Mays, Hayes Mccormick, Amelia

Meek, Brayden Modest, Caden Mof-

fett, Amellia Morgan, Huxton Mor-

ris, Lydia Nankya, C Riyah Newton,

Rylie Nichols, Braylon Osborne,

Brady Ott, Ja Kelveon Owens, Paul

Owens, Janissa Pettigrew, Aalaisia

Pleasant, Marlyn Ramirez Lopez,

Zariah Reed, Asia Roberson, Jcorie

Roberson, Karly Roberson, Adrianna

Robinson, Adriana Roblero Tomas,

Ava Rogers, Marcus Rushing, Maalak

Saleh, Braelyn Scott, Jordyn Simon-

ton, Lawryn-Anna Spivey, Kaylee

Tate, Breon Thibeaux, Hallie Toston,

Serenity Ugwu, Shaterria Walker,

Mychael White, Aiden Williams, Eli

Wilson, Paisley Witt.

CYPRESS SPRINGS SCHOOL (continued)

Principal’s List (All A’s)

Seventh grade — Braley Brasell,

Thomas Burroughs, Ivy Collinsworth,

Piper Jackson, Audrey Martin, Tren-

ton Martin, Kamryn Rhodes, Judah

Sharpton

Eighth grade — Tucker Batter-

ton, Holly Bennett, Evee Boudreaux,

Thomas Watson

Ninth grade — Robert Collinsworth,

Michael Jones, Addison Lee, Naomi

Logan, Jadon Newton, Jordan Tate,

Arianna Trevillion

10th grade — Raiden Caines, Cam-

eron Grice, Abigail Johnston, Bryce

McGuire, Heather Murphey, Gavin

Murphy, Jailan Parker, Richard Starks,

Lachlan Thompson, Emma Thorn,

Baylee Tisdale, Trevor Trevillion,

James Watson

11th grade — Sha`Mya Canada,

Alyssa Dickey, Savannah Pesnell, Madi-

son Robertson

12th grade — Evelyn Adams, Amy

Ambrose, Ann Smith, Harold Watson,

Kaitlin Wiley

Honor Roll (All A’s and B’s)

Seventh grade — Thomas Bald-

win, Karson Bell, Bailey Brown,

Reese Brown, Benton Case, Madeline

Chreene, Jacob Cowling, John Davis,

Brylea Diffey, Lynlee Garrett, Elee

Grimmett, Mattilyn Jones, Sadie Jones,

Briley McGuire, Sophia McVay, Jackson

Smith, Macie Stephenson, Madison

Thompson, Houston Traylor, Austin

Wagner, Lance Whitman

Eighth grade — Gracee Boudreaux,

Nathan Decerbo, Abigail Frazier, Bra-

lyn Grice, Jack Groce, Carson Pickett,

Alanna Russell, Colton Smith, Declan

Smith, Zoey Smith, Roan Thompson,

Mylee Trantham, Roger Underwood

Ninth grade — David Blackwell,

Reagan Breslin, Gracen Bryant, Mi-

cah Causey, Hayden Chreene, Garrett

Downen, Tanya Mina Cirilo, Kadence

Nugent, Trinity Richardson, Preston

Robertson

10th grade — Kati Abbott, Parker

Batterton, Zane Bayless, Emma Bell,

Valerie Chatellier, Payton Doss, Jack-

son Echols, Elissa Guillotte, Chelsea

Hartegan, Landon Hennen, Mattie

Johnson, Macie May, Hunter McKoin,

Zoey Onsurez, Mariah Ougel, Kaitlyn

Parnell, Destiny Rojas, Logan Smith

11th grade — Tyler Carrico, Eliza-

beth Davis, Sabreena Ford, Connor Lee,

Kylee Portilloz-Brannon, Austin Swift,

Autumn Thomas

12th grade — Tanner Alexander,

Caroline Antley, Brandon Carter,

Morgan Cullins, Gracie Duke, Sidney

Hudson, Briley Jones, Nathan McNabb,

Jayme Stewart, Carrington Story, Am-

ber Williams

Submitted photo

Choudrant High seventh graders participated in Color Spirit Day during the

school’s homecoming week.

Submitted photo

Choudrant High student Addison

Lee recently tested and earned a

Microsoft Office certification in the

PowerPoint 2016 software.


DUBACH SCHOOL

The Dubach Hornets are ringing in the New Year with big

dreams. Each month since October, we have sent home a Family

Engagement activity and it has been a big success. Our January

Family Engagement activity was to have the students talk with

their families about what they want to be when they grow up and

to set a goal for the remainder of the school year. Each student

had the opportunity to write their responses on a cloud for ev-

eryone to see on display in the hallways throughout the school.

The Hornets have been making time for reading by partici-

pating in our school-wide 100 Book challenge. The challenge is

broken up into 10, 20, 30 and 40 Book Challenges. The 20 Book

ended on Jan. 4. All of the participants were able to pick two

Scholastic Books, and their names were entered into a raffle for

a $20 gift card.

First grader Daniel Scarborough was the winner of the gift

card. The fourth grade class had the most participants in the 20

Book Challenge, and all of the participants knew exactly what

books they wanted when asked to place their Scholastic Book

order. The students are now participating in the 30 Book Chal-

lenge which ends on Feb. 22.

Dubach had several families participate in the Lincoln Parish

Schools “Build a Snowman” contest. One of our Pre-K students,

Addilyn Blakely, was a winner of a Dairy Queen gift card because

of the Snow Kitty that she made. Addilyn wanted to make sure

that everyone knew that the eyes and nose were made of candy.

‘Hornet happenings’ include books, snowmen

Submitted photo

Dubach Elementary School student Addilyn Blakely

won the Lincoln Parish Schools “Build a Snowman”

contest with the Snow Kitty she made during the recent

snow day. The eyes and nose were made of candy.

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School news

Over the Christmas holiday, Hill-

crest Elementary students were en-

couraged to continue their at-home

reading. Books and a Christmas

Reading Log were sent home with

each student before the holidays. Ap-

proximately 100 students completed

their reading log and read over 1,200

books! We are so proud of our stu-

dents and their love of reading!

Kindergarten highlights

Kindergarten has finished our

second ARC Unit on Zoology. We are

excited to start Unit 3 on Ecology. We

will read a lot of books and become

ecologists and learn how plants and

animals work together.

We also enjoyed our fun Snow Day.

The students had fun drawing and

writing about their snow adventures

in writing workshop. We are also

looking forward to our 100 days of

school celebration in February.

Second grade highlights

Students in second grade are

having a very productive year! They

just completed their fourth module

in math and also a second reading

unit. Our second graders are daily

becoming stronger math students.

They are mastering foundational

skills that will later attribute to

their success in upper elementary

school. They are practicing multiple

math strategies using addition and

subtraction to gain a deeper number

sense. This allows them to explore

numbers and find what works for

them.

In reading, second grade students

recently completed a unit of re-

search. Students selected a research

topic at the beginning of the unit

and wrote their own books to share

the information they discovered

during the nine weeks. We learned

many new and exciting facts about

insects and arachnids! We are look-

ing forward to the remainder of our

school year with hope and promise!

Hillcrest Pride Kids

We are excited to announce our

January Hillcrest Pride Kids. They

are chosen by their teacher for dis-

playing good behavior and having

respect for others. Congratulations!

January Hillcrest Pride Kids

are: Robert Taylor, Dade Fleming,

Sebastian Morales, Janayvia Baker,

Stephanie Martinez, Joy White,

Aldo Ibarra, Ryan Nguyen, Azari-

yah Frost, Emilee Blake, Dallas

Chandler, K’Haliyah Hayes, Diego

Licea, Sakiya Nickson, Kindal At-

wood, Yaneli Martinez, and Jayceon

White.

Star Students

Kennedy Spurlock, Leonardo Le-

mus, Micah Mackie, Kemarri Jones,

Harlei Rushing, Zoriah Hopkins,

Dylan Silva, Ava Warren, John

Dennis, Ta’Riya Anderson, Landin

Stringfellow, Khloe Jones, Kylen

Miller, Mohammad Mohamed,

Carson Harper, Bradley Sewell, and

Levi Durbyn.

Hillcrest shows off

honor roll

Principal’s list

First grade: Alma Alamoudi,

Carson Bagwell, Julie Brown,

Darius Bursey, Aubrey Davis, Jaicee

Everett, Paola Garcia, Cade Gill,

Adam Griffith, Calvin Howard,

Kevin Klepzig, Graham Lewis, Huy

Nguyen, Dylan Silva, Adalyn Smith,

Thaddeus Ternes, Bryson Walker,

Abigail Williams, and Anna Wilsek.

Second grade: Ta’Riya Anderson,

Kindal Atwood, Callen Breaux,

Brett Brown, Granger Brown, Dal-

las Chandler, Lane Channell, Adalee

Chellette, Kennedy Derveloy, Mor-

gan Evans, Khiyan Howard, Kate

Klepzig, Emmaline Lee, Diego Li-

cea, Fran’Tassia Lockhart, Genesis

Maldonado, Chloei Mason, Jadarian

Mitchell, Brock Moore, Timothy

Moore, Fisher Murphy, Christian

Peterson, King Piper, Kyla Roberts,

Elliette Shumaker, Sadie Strick-

land, Landin Stringfellow, Ella Vil-

lemarette, and Arthur Wilsek.

Honor roll

First grade: Eli Andrews, Jus-

ton Bass, Barnes Bernard, Emilee

Blake, Daniel Day, Kortney Gilm-

ore, Journee Grant, Trendon Hall,

Auden Hicks, Ruby Hoover, Aldo

Ibarra-Perez, Lhauryn Reynolds,

Joy White, Bailee Williams, Ara-

bella Worley.

Second grade: Michael Barr,

Samiya Collins, Devonte` Cooper,

Khloe Jones, Callum Moore, Brook-

lyn Pace, Leslie Robledo, Erick

Rodriguez-Perez, Caleb Slate, Jaden

Traylor, Emmett Worsham.

HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Hillcrest looks back on Christmas cheer

Submitted photo

Students had fun dressing up during the last week before the holidays.

These students in Mrs. Nichols’ classroom were in the Christmas spirit.

Pictured from left to right: Dream Heard, Abigail Gray, Jonathan Thompson,

Kristopher Sanders, and Keith Blakes.

Submitted photo

Ms. Rhodes led the Hillcrest PBIS

Christmas sing-along, filling the halls

with Christmas cheer.


LINCOLN PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Lincoln Prep Panthers give backNational Honor Society and

Service Learning News

At Lincoln Prep, we encourage our

students to participate in service

learning. Our National Honor Society

members complete service learning

throughout the year. We would like to

acknowledge Lincoln Prep’s National

Honor Society for giving back to our

communities!

Members of the Lincoln Prepara-

tory School National Honor Society

Club donated toys to the Arcadia

center for Court Appointed Special

Advocates (CASA) for Children.

Kelsie Key, LOSFA Trailblazer and

National Honor Society president,

and Jaiden Hunter, National Honor

Society Sgt. at Arms, presented the

donation to McKenzie Turner, CASA

supervisor.

We would like to extend special

thanks to sponsor Stephanie Melton

for helping make this happen! Thanks

students for your commitment in car-

rying out our service learning goals!

We are so proud of you! We would also

like to thank several of our students

that participated in service learning

on Dec. 11, 2020. NyZaeious Grimsley,

Jaiden Hunter, Traman Martin, and

Jace Morris worked at food banks in

our surrounding areas to help the

communities of Lincoln Prepara-

tory School! Grimsley, Hunter, and

Martin helped unload trucks at the

Northeast Louisiana Food Bank. Mor-

ris volunteered at the Arcadia Food

Bank. We commend our students for

volunteering to make our community

a better place! Awesome job!

Third grade

Accelerated Reader awards

Ms. Tasha Smith would like to con-

gratulate Kohlthun White and Dabrion

Robinson for having the most Acceler-

ated Reader points in the third grade

class. Each student was recognized on

Lincoln Preparatory School’s social

media pages. The students also received

a gift card for their hard work! Way to

go Panthers! Keep up the good work!

Submitted photo

Panther Dabrion Robinson was

recognized for being one of the two

students with the highest Accelerated

Reader points in the third grade class.

Submitted photo

Lincoln Prep student Kohlthun

White was also on of the top Acceler-

ated Readers in the third grade.

Submitted photo

Kelsie Key, left, and Jaiden Hunter, right, presented toy donations on behalf

of the Lincoln Prep National Honor Society to the Arcadia Court Appointed

Special Advocates group. CASA supervisor McKenzie Turner was on hand to

accept the donation.

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LINCOLN PARISH EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER

LPECC holds outdoor ChristmasTeachers at the Lincoln Parish Early

Childhood Center took their Christmas

programs outdoors. Parents were able to

enjoy their children singing Christmas

favorites as they socially distanced across

parking lots. After the performance, fami-

lies were able to choose from a variety of

pre-packaged Christmas goodies to enjoy

together.

Submitted photo

Chasten Veatch was dressed as an “Elf on the Shelf.

Submitted photo

Pictured left to right are Valeria Mitchel,

Chelce Thompson, Gracie Murdock, and Joshua

Murdock.

Submitted photo

Pictured left to right are Thomas Graham,

Linda Graham, Sally Graham, Maggie Graham,

and Benjamin Graham.

Pictured left to right are Evelyn Carter, Lincoln Channell, Hoytt Funderburg, Chris Haynes, Benjamin Graham, and Llayron Graham. Submitted photo


MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF RUSTON

Montessori gives update on concert, activities

Montessori School of Ruston

finished up 2020 strong. We put

together our first (and, we hope,

last!) All-Virtual Holiday Concert.

It featured all our students, from the

tiny toddlers to the big, strong eighth

graders, singing and playing an ar-

ray of instruments. One unexpected

perk of the new format was that it

allowed family members from out of

town to see their students perform.

While we hope to enjoy an in-person

concert for future Christmases, we

plan to continue filming and putting

the performances online for families

to share.

When the holiday break was up

and the new year had been rung in,

students returned to chilly weather

at school! We all really enjoyed the

unexpected snow day.

Back in class, our Early Childhood

teachers seized the opportunity to

talk about the seasons. Students

learned about Arctic animals such

as penguins and polar bears and

explored facts about bears including

hibernation and anatomy.

In Lower Elementary, students

focused on the calendar, the various

holidays coming up throughout the

year, and the phases of the moon.

They worked hard on their writing

skills, submitting original pieces to

the Louisiana Reading Association’s

Young Authors Contest. Last year,

MSR had two state winners — a sev-

enth grader and a first grader! We

are so proud of our students’ efforts.

In our Upper Elementary and

Middle School, students have been do-

ing some winter gardening projects,

growing cabbage, kale, and tomatoes

using an indoor heat lamp. It is so

rewarding to get to experience how

things grow firsthand. Montessori

curriculum values building strong

ties to nature, even when it’s not easy

to be outdoors!

Our higher grades have also

been concentrating on health, and

the class itself collectively decided

to start following Army Bootcamp

Training, including timing their

own one-mile runs! In other news,

the Upper Elementary and Middle

School took a field trip on foot to the

Louisiana Tech campus and prac-

ticed using their map reading skills.

Upcoming events include our an-

nual Homemade Market, right in

time for Valentine’s Day. This year,

the Market will be (like so many

other fun gatherings) online. We

will be posting Valentine goody bags

filled with goods made by each class.

These can be purchased for students

and their families. We will also be

offering larger items crafted and

donated by our talented MSR family

for bidding online; these may appeal

to a larger audience. Check them out

on our Facebook page on Feb. 10 and

11! All items purchased online may

be picked up for your Valentine in

front of the school.

Submitted photo

Miles Morrow, Kevin Serio and Cedric Serio are shown working on the

school’s Virtual Holiday Concert.

Submitted photo

Quinn Antley reads a book about bears while looking at lifelike replicas.


Third grade news

Third grade mathematicians

have been continuing to improve on

learning their math facts! Students

also just finished Module 3 and will

begin learning about multiplica-

tion and finding the area of plane

figures. They are looking forward to

learning about fractions in Module 5!

In science, third graders have

just finished their second module

about survival. They are now start-

ing on their third module, Traits!

Third graders are wrapping up the

“Because of Winn Dixie” unit, a fun

and insightful story about true com-

panionship. Students have been ana-

lyzing how characters’ actions move

the story forward. They have done a

great job unpacking the theme of the

novel, which is developing unlikely

friendships in unexpected places.

In social studies, third graders have

completed the second unit about

how the first inhabitants, indigenous

people, and how Native Americans

influenced Louisiana’s culture.

Now they are studying Colonial

Louisiana.

Fourth grade news

Students are learning more and

more about the American Revolution!

They have explored the Patriots’ side

from many different points of view

and are now learning more about the

side of the Loyalists and the reasons

behind their choices. Students are

coming to understand even better

that there are two sides to everything

and every story! This will help stu-

dents to be successful at the end of

the month as they begin debating and

then planning opinion essays about

whether the Revolutionary War was

a war of treason or a war of freedom.

Students have started one of the

most important math units of this

school year: fractions! They are

learning how to draw fractions and

write them in number form. Stu-

dents have learned to decompose

into equivalent fractions using

the area model and tape diagrams.

In social studies, students have just

completed the Civil Rights unit.

Students participated in many great

discussions about how the civil

rights movement was a struggle for

social justice that took place mainly

during the 1950s and 1960s for Black

Americans to gain equal rights

under the law in the United States.

Students were intrigued by the

various videos seen from this era.

Students just finished the “Energy”

unit in science. Students enjoyed

making windmills using common

household items, powered by a gen-

erator that they made with magnets.

Students enjoyed trying their best

to build a powered windmill, and all

students had fun using the Scientific

Method as they investigated differ-

ent methods to get their windmill to

work. The next unit of study is about

“Senses”.

Fifth grade news

Ruston Elementary fifth grad-

ers are working hard and learning

lots! In math, students have started

Module 4. They are learning how

to multiply and divide fractions.

For ELA, students enjoyed a book

“tasting” last month, where they

explored new books! Each student

previewed five new books while sip-

ping on hot chocolate. Many students

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RUSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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Ruston Elementary School fifth grader Avery Magee was recently named

Elementary Student of the Year for the Lincoln Parish School District. Pictured

left to right at the surprise award presentation are Brandon Sutherland, Avery

Magee, Lisa Bastion and Ricky Durrett.

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RUSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (continued)

found new series, authors, or

genres that they are excited

to read and explore. In their

ELA Guidebook unit, “The

Lion, the Witch, and the Ward-

robe,” students are identifying

the theme of this novel. Like

many fantasies, they have

determined the overall theme

is “Good vs. Evil.” In the next

few weeks, students will begin

the culminating writing task,

showing their understanding

of the unit by writing a scene

from a different point of view.

Student scientists have moved

on and started Module 3, in-

teractions of Earth’s systems.

In this module students will

be exploring Balinese rice

farming that has endured for

over 1,000 years! They will

learn how Earth’s systems

interact to make this possible.

In social studies, students

are comparing different colo-

nies. They are analyzing text

and images to determine

if those colonies were suc-

cessful and why. Students

have been focusing on the

geography, agriculture, gov-

ernment, and relationships

with the Native Americans.

Ruston Elementary School

fifth graders are also unbeliev-

ably proud of Avery Magee for

being selected as the Lincoln

Parish Elementary Student of

the Year. Avery was surprised

with her award during class

and was thrilled to be chosen.

When asked how she felt, Av-

ery replied “I did not think I

was going to win!” Classmates

clapped and cheered when

they found out Avery won.

Congratulations Avery! All

RES Lions are very proud for

Avery!

Other school news

Music class looks a little

different this school year. Al-

though students are not able to

sing or play wind instruments,

they have had fun building

skills in many other ways!

Students have built confidence

in reading rhythms, and have

had a blast learning several

body percussion routines.

Music class has also focused

on theory and note reading

skills, as well as famous com-

poser studies. Students have

learned to listen for different

forms and styles of music

through listening guides.

Research proves that getting

up and moving to music for

a while helps the brain work

better and often makes the day

a happier one!

Math news

In December, 74 of RES fifth

graders completed Mission 3

in Zearn. These students were

rewarded with a Bingo party to

celebrate. This week, the math

department will be celebrat-

ing the 70 third graders who

finished Mission 3 on Zearn.

In Xtra Math news, 42 stu-

dents earned a free dress day

for making 8 or more “greens”

during the month of Decem-

ber. All of these numbers con-

tinue to increase each month.

Research proves that students

who know their math facts are

able to more successfully solve

math problems. Keep up the

strong math work, students!

Way to go Lions!

Submitted photo

Avery Magee, Elementary Student of the Year for the Lincoln Parish School District


RUSTON JUNIOR HIGH

The Science Department of Rus-

ton Junior High School recently set

up an Acurite 5-in-1 weather sensor

in conjunction with an upcoming

Open Sci-Ed curriculum unit. The

unit examines the weather, climate,

water cycling and has a major focus

on precipitation.

RJHS science teacher Kristina

Bourgeois set up the station so

students can monitor precipitation

amounts, temperature, relative hu-

midity, barometric pressure, and also

wind speed and direction. The Acu-

rite station is linked to the weather

application “Weather Underground”

and is discoverable on its app as the

La Mesa Station due to its close prox-

imity to the neighborhood.

Students will collect data from the

weather station and compare it to

various locations around the world.

They will also use the station to make

short term weather predictions in

conjunction with other activities

throughout the Open Sci-Ed cur-

riculum unit. RJHS plans to install

other weather stations in and around

Ruston for students to be able to moni-

tor the weather in our community.

Ruston Junior High students set up weather station

Submitted photos

The Ruston Junior High

School Science Department

recently set up a weather sen-

sor so students can monitor

various aspects of the weather

in real time. The station is

discoverable on the “Weather

Underground” app.

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Simsboro teachers get surprise gift

SIMSBORO SCHOOL

Submitted photo

While wrapping up the week before Christmas break, the Simsboro School

teachers were surprised with a catered lunch sponsored by the school’s

neighbor, Ardagh Glass Plant. This was a huge hit for the faculty and staff,

who couldn’t be more thankful for their generosity. Pictured is Ray Poole from

Ardagh (left) and Simsboro Principal Rusty Farrar.

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