Career Academy in The Advocate

Career Academy students practiced the art of origami by creating ornaments for the school’s Christmas tree and were featured in the Dec. 23 issue of The Advocate. Read the story here: http://theadvocate.com/utility/homepagestories/1501197-129/geometric-christmas.html

Charles Lamar Family Foundation Donation

 The Charles Lamar Family Foundation made it possible for the LRCE Resource Library to collect animal welfare resources as well as materials about animals. The collection includes fiction and nonfiction titles, audio books, DVDs, and hands-on materials. Thank you to the Charles Lamar Family Foundation for the generous donation.

2011 Teacher Aid Garage Sale

The LRCE 2011 Teacher Aid Garage Sale was a success! Thank you to ExxonMobil for sponsoring the sale.

Teachers browsing the items at the garage sale.

ExxonMobil volunteer helping out the day of the sale.

Having fun at the garage sale!

ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs intern handing out bags at the sale.

Thank you for supporting the Resource Library!

Annual Giving Luncheon

On March 31, donors, sponsors, board members and patrons were honored at the LRCE Annual Giving Luncheon.

Jason Bitting, Albermarle, presented LRCE Executive Director, Nancy Roberts with a $50,000 check from The Albermarle Foundation.

Pictured left to right: LRCE Executive Director Nancy Roberts; Guest Speaker Randy Borill, Central High School; LRCE Board Chairman Dan Bevan, The Huey & Angelina Wilson Foundation; and Annual Giving Luncheon Chairman, Eric Waechter, Merrill Lynch.

Pictured left to right: Ron Sutton, Baton Rouge Coca-Cola Bottling Co.; Kevin Reilly, Sr., Reilly Enterprises; and Jane Collins, Ph.D.

Kevin Reilly, Sr. was honored for his ... [Read More]

The Career Academy Charter School is open.

The Career Academy is an initiative of LRCE. Visit The Career Academy on Facebook!

Now enrolling students for 9th and 10th grades. For more information, call the Career Academy at 225-388-5252 or go to the Career Academy website.

Meeting Rooms Available

LRCE provides the use of its meeting rooms on a reserved basis to organizations, school districts and schools. Rooms may now be reserved by non-members of LRCE, as well as members. Contact Janet Smith at (225) 924-7600 or JanetS@LRCE.org for more information. If you would like to reserve your room online, please click here.

Can public education be saved?

LRCE’s Executive Director and CEO, Nancy Roberts discusses her concerns.

A recommendation from a past practitioner

To Whom it may Concern,

                My name is Keith Courville, a Chemistry and Physics teacher at Walker High School, and I am a graduate of LRCE’s alternative certification program from Summer 2009. I highly recommend LRCE for all those interested in obtaining the knowledge necessary to succeed in the classroom. Through the summer training, I gained practical knowledge within the classroom as well as experienced relevant seminars and workshops on a broad range of topics from pedagogy to classroom management. Furthermore, while teaching, I received bi-monthly content meetings, taught by a ... [Read More]

Motivating words from a past practitioner

This speech is from Erica Badeaux at the Annual Giving Luncheon in March 2010.

Good Afternoon.

            Two years ago I spent most of my hours each day drafting in front of a computer.  I’d earned my college degree, completed three years of an internship and was on my way to an architectural license. Yet even then, I was still discerning what I wanted to be when I grew up.  

            Currently I have a dream job.  Sherwood Middle has a way of driving every teacher to their fullest potential, but my position as a 6^th grade science teacher ... [Read More]

Helping cut cancer: student wins chance to trim teachers hair

http://www.2theadvocate.com/features/105838118.html

One of LRCE’s practitioners, Michelle Perk, had student DéJah Joseph, 13, take a pair of scissors and snip off her ponytail as the culmination of a week’s worth of efforts at the school in the fight against breast cancer.

Donations welcome for Teacher Aid Store

Our Resource Library now has a Teacher Aid Store to help raise money. Come check it out! We are now accepting donations of children’s books, educational toys, teacher guides, classroom supplies and office supplies. Questions? Email janets@LRCE.org for more information!

We love getting mail. :)  Thank you, St. James Parish Public...

We love getting mail. :)  Thank you, St. James Parish Public School!

Dilworth asks businesses aid

School chief lauds partners

By CHARLES LUSSIER
Advocate staff writer
Published: Sep 29, 2010 – Page: 1B

East Baton Rouge Parish School Superintendent John Dilworth on Tuesday issued a challenge to businesses to get more involved in local public schools.

“If you want to be a part, you have to put some skin in the game. You have to do more than just talk,” Dilworth told an audience at D’Jon’s Restaurant in Baton Rouge.

The occasion was the Partners in Business luncheon hosted by the group Volunteers In Public Schools.

Dilworth said he’s grateful for the help the school system receives, highlighting several prominent partners such as LSU ... [Read More]