Congratulations to the following students who garnered state recognition through the Duke University Talent Identification Program based on their scores on the ACT:

     Maria Bao Loc Trung - 7A
     Imanee Magee - 7A
     Chizoba Ogbouefi - 7A
     Rachel Pham - 7A

Also congratulations to Josh Armond of 7A, who qualified for the Academy of Summer Studies, based on his excellent performance on the ACT.

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2012 Semi-Finalists National Geography Bee:

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Congratulations to all those who participated in the Speech Club Competition.  The following students placed in the competition:

1st place - Jessica Tran (8A) - Jessica memorized the entire "I Have a Dream" speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.

2nd place - Cody Elsensohn (6A) - Cody memorized the entire "Gettysburg Address" and even had a stovepipe hat to wear.

3rd place - Madelyn McGovern (6A) - Madelyn memorized the entire "Preamble to the Constitution".  (She recited it a second time while doing a handstand!)

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Congratulations to the 2012 team - 3rd place in Louisiana! Emily Dong, top 10 in state and Anthony Tran, 4th in state and member of Louisiana state team for Nationals!

Congratulations to the Mathcounts team! They finished third in the chapter competition and will now go on to the state competition. 8th grader Emily Dong finished in second place overall and in first place in the Countdown round. Fellow 8th grader Anthony Tran finished in fourth place overall and in fifth in the Countdown round.

Good luck to the team at state!

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Congratulations to our 9-1-1 Poster Contest winners!

Jessica Tran - 8A
Darian Blount - 1A
Hannah Le - 3B
Gavyn Diaz - 1A
Owen Li - 3B
Cassie Nguyen - 4A

These students all received $50.00 gift cards from Orleans Parish Communications District.

Brooke Blanchard was the recipient of the Director's Choice Award and received a $100.00 gift card.

Congratulations to the WINNERS of the Science Fair!!!
1st Place - Chase Mathis & Thy Trinh
2nd Place - Teresa Do
3rd Place - Brandon Elsensohn, Julie Tran, and Jessica Tran.

Congratulations to Jaye Washington from KA, Madison Vidal from KC, and William Gossett from KB won the WDSU Weather Picture contest.  They each won two Happy Meals from McDonald's, 4 tickets to see the Harlem Globetrotters at the N.O. Arena and 4 tickets to the O'Reilly World of Wheels Auto Show and the Convention Center.

Congratulations to Madeleine Erickson from class 7A for winning the Cox Living Louisiana Poster Contest.  Madeleine's poster was voted the winner by her upper elementary peers.  The poster does a wonderful job depicting the 200th anniversary of Louisiana.  Way to go, Madeleine!

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Congratulations to our 40 4th and 5th grade students who were recognized by Duke University's National Talent Search for 2011-2012.

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The following 7th Graders qualified and/or re-qualified for the Duke Talent Identification Program:

Josh Armond
Maria Bao-Loc Trung
Sam Bayless
Colton Bell
Dominique Buddington
Jenna Cyrus
Christopher Delao
Madeleine Erickson
Sissel Erickson
Barriane Franks
Hai Huynh
Imanee Magee
Erin Malone
Kennedi Newman
Amy Nguyen
Andy Nguyen

Gabrielle Nguyen
Matthew Nguyen
Chizoba Ogbuefi
Rachel Pham
Zariah Ross
Andrew D. Tran
Andrew Q. Tran
Jennifer Tran
Kevin Tran
Tri-An Tran-Nguyen
Tristan Tran
Tyreese White
Chris Zhang 

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