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Ascension Public Schools announces the appointment of Marguerite Guillot as Principal of Bullion Primary School. Guillot, who currently serves as Assistant Principal of St. Amant Primary (SAPS) will transition to her new position in January 2019.

Ascension Public Schools put the “giving” in Thanksgiving this year by hosting and participating in events to help those in need such as canned food drives and more. Beta, 4-H, FFA, and FCA clubs at most schools organized drives to collect goods from students.

On December 1, 2018 the Ascension Parish School System will submit a Coordinated Funding Request on behalf of the Ascension Parish Community Network to the Louisiana Department of Education in order to request 120 seats for LA4 funding for the 2019 – 2020 school year.

Two Ascension Public School students are leading the state’s Beta clubs. Reese Godchaux of Dutchtown Middle School is the Louisiana State Junior Beta President and Torri Jackson of Dutchtown High School is the Louisiana State Senior Beta President for the 2018-19 school year.

Schools and teachers in Ascension Parish are growing students academically as evidenced in today’s release of the 2017-18 School Performance Scores (SPS) by the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE). As a result of this growth, Ascension Public Schools maintains its “A” rating and rises to No. 2 in the state under more rigorous state standards due to the collective work of all schools in both student performance and a new measure called progress.

Posted 2:30 p.m., Friday, October 19, 2018 Donaldsonville City schools will maintain one-hour delayed start times and regular dismissal times until further notice. Specific adjustments to programs have been communicated by school principals.

scension Public Schools Special Education (SPED) Coordinator Mia McDaniel received the Elizabeth Stokes Borel Award for Excellence at the Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists in Louisiana Schools (SPALS) on Thurs., Oct. 11. This award was presented to McDaniel as an individual who has dedicated her career to promoting speech-language pathology and audiology within Louisiana schools.

Ascension Public Schools Truancy Office is implementing a district-wide attendance campaign for the month of October called Challenge 5, which encourages students to have less than five unexcused absences for the 2018-19 school year. The campaign partners schools with local businesses to provide incentives to students who have missed less than five days of school.