Ascension Public Schools teacher Becky Fritchie won the prestigious Aerospace Education Teacher of the Year Award for Louisiana, presented by the Civil Air Patrol, the official Auxiliary of the US Air Force. Fritchie, a fifth grade math and science teacher at Spanish Lake Primary (SLP), is now in contention for the Southwest Region version of the award that covers eight states.

I know everyone is looking forward to the last break of the school year that will begin next week. It is always a good time to take a breath before we head into that extremely busy and critical time of a school year.