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Campus Connection Three campuses. One Ascension.
FALL 2016
Lead%Prefect:!Elizabeth!Lee!Publicity:%Taylor!Guidry!Community%Service:%%%Kirsten!Landry!Student%Life:%Leo!Franques
We are proud of our 2016-2017 Student Leaders!
President:%Anil!Cacodcar!Vice!President:%Evy!Lecky!Secretary:%Regan!Manning!Treasurer:%Thomas!Bond!Execu
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Mackenzie Detraz, PK3 Maximus Fenn, PK3 Anna-Louisa Fontenot,
PK3 Winston Garrard, PK3 Jacob Giardina, PK3 Fredrick Halverson,
PK3 Sloane Harris, PK3 Helena Howard, PK3 Lila Hunt, PK3 Tessa
Kimball, PK3 Addison Kizziar, PK3 Jake Kizziar, PK3 Sophia
Kothawala, PK3 Simon Kreamer, PK3 Madeline Ortemond, PK3 Amelysse
Perkins, PK3 Tyler Reddick, PK3 Macie Riche, PK3 Anistyn Rood, PK3
Reese Rovira, PK3 Graham Saterfiel, PK3 Brianna Shumadine, PK3 Ava
Somner, PK3 Owen Swan, PK3 Hudson Walsh, PK3 Matthew West, PK3
Anna-Grace Adams, PK4 Boden Batt, PK4 Luke Belle, PK4 Brooks
Boudreaux, PK4 Xayden Doucet, PK4 Roland Falls, PK4 Harper
Fournerat, PK4 Elizabeth Gaubert, PK4 Quinn Harris, PK4 Sarah
Herman, PK4 Annie Hohorst, PK4 Beatrice Lalande, PK4 Phillip
Lalande, PK4 Kell Lewis, PK4 Graylon McClellan, PK4 Nathan Oubre,
PK4 Regan Oubre, PK4 Sebastian Padron, PK4 Piper Reis, PK4 Audrey
Sonnier, PK4 Zoe Stutes, PK4 Cohen Waguespack, PK4
Amélie Walsh, PK4 George Young, PK4 Manha Bux, K Annabella
Delcambre, K Palyn Dunbar, K Colton Hebert, K Jackson Kennedy, K
Shrey Patel, K Vivian Richard, K Parker Riddle, K Railey Robinson,
K Addison Saulnier, K Colton Simeral, K Lucas Cormier, 1 Henri
Durio, 1 David Henderson, 1 Austin Walker, 1 Parker White, 1
Braxton Woodring, 2 Andre Abshire, 3 Abby Boone, 3 Mary Frances
Durio, 3 Evan Gentner, 3 Audrey LeDoux, 3 Molly Cormier, 4 Tennyson
Foshee, 4 Samuel Henderson, 4 Cole Pesson, 4 Emmie Collins, 5 Cara
Gentner, 5 Adam Gombos, 5 Alex Mahfouz, 5 Emerson Abshire, 6 Mia
Landry, 6 Quaid Patrick, 6 Cole Russo, 6 Logan Overton, 7 Anthony
Quebedeaux, 7 Audrey Abshire, 8 Cain Breaux, 8 Lily Doré, 8
Christian Foti, 8 Grant Miller, 8 Andre’ Perron, 8 Carson Ronsonet,
8 Ammiel Simms, 8 Jacques Tremblay, 8 Gerald Viator, 8
Faith Wilson, 8 Alyse Cormier, 9 Brodi Delahoussaye, 9 Caroline
Delatte, 9 Poco Dunbar, 9 Lucas Favaloro, 9 Thomas Foshee, 9
Virginia Foshee, 9 Elias Fournet, 9 Emma Gautreau, 9 Hudson Menard,
9 Mia Theriot, 9 Blaine Blanchard, 10 Bison Hargett, 0 Grace Loos,
0 Karlee Stoute, 10 Catherine Zaunbrecher, 10 Madison Beadle, 11
Hester Bourdier, 11 Dawson Broussard, 11 Mateo Landry, 11 FACULTY
& STAFF: Toby Fontenot, Facilities Richard Anderson, SMP Math
Amy Billeaudeaux, 4th Grade Erin Cheshire, RR Music Cortney
Delhomme, SMP English Jay Domengeaux, SMP P.E. Stephen Hearen, SMP
Social Studies Paula Landry, SMP Foreign Language Chelsea LeMieux,
MS Math Caitlin Neal-Jones, SMP Guidance & College Counselor
Rosalind Robertson, SMP Art Nicole Small-Stutes, SMP Math Lauren
Trahan, SMP Science Hillary Sellers, SMP Art Tammy Whittington, MS
English Marilyn Lee,!Development Office Brittany Roberts, SMP
English Natalie Tuminello, SMP Social Studies
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WELCOME, NEW BLUE GATORS!
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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: REATHA ALBERT
“Ms.!Reatha,”!as!affecconately!known!by!countless!Blue!Gators,!has!been!working!at!Ascension!for!31!years.!She!serves!as!Administracve!Assistant,!and!although!her!office!is!located!on!the!Downtown!Campus,!she!provides!support!to!all!three!of!our!campuses.!A!nacve!of!DeRidder,!LA,!she!loves!the!camaraderie!among!Ascension!faculty!and!staff,!saying,!“It!is!a!family!feeling.!I!love!being!of!assistance!when!a!need!arises.”!
Outside!of!school,!she!enjoys!lighthearted!movies!and!reading!spiritual,!biographical,!and!light!mystery!ficcon!books.!She!is!also!accvely!involved!at!First!Bapcst!Church!and!loves!playing!tennis!and!Mexican!Train,!as!well!as!doing!crossword!puzzles.!
We!are!incredibly!blessed!to!have!such!a!dedicated,!hardNworking!member!of!our!Blue!Gator!family!
ALUMNI Congratulacons! to!Victoria!Topham,! Class! of! 2016,!
for! being! chosen!
as!the!2016!Games!of!Acadiana!Poster!Arcst!!!Miles!Perret!Cancer!Services/Games!of!Acadiana!remains!near!and!dear!to!our!hearts,!and!we!are!quite!proud!to!have!a!recent!Blue!Gator!grad!chosen!for!this!honor!
Design Thinking and Music: A Perfect Harmony by Alayna Dugas and
Kaedron Hall
For!those!of!you!who!do!not!know!us,!Mr.!Hall!and!I!are!the!chorus!and!strings!teachers!on!the!Downtown!Campus.!When!Ascension!faculty!took!a!Design!Thinking!workshop!this!summer,!the!music!department!realized!we!have!a!unique!opportunity!to!reshape!the!
direccon!we!take!moving!forward!with!Design!Thinking!in!our!program.!!Mr.!Hall!and!I!had!an!“Aha!”!moment!in!which!we!realized!the!journey!a!musician!takes!in!learning!to!play!or!
write!a!piece!of!music!is!tantamount!to!the!design!process,!the!parts!simply!go!by!different!names.!Design!Thinking!begins!with!empathy,!the!ability!to!understand!the!feelings!of!
another,!and!ends!with!tescng!your!product.!The!best!definicon!of!music!I!have!heard!is!!!“Music!is!what!feelings!sound!like.”!So!many!pieces!of!music!are!borne!out!of!a!human!experience!and!empathecc!desire!to!represent!a!person!or!group!of!people!through!
sound.!Musicians!spend!countless!hours!pracccing,!iteracng,!prototyping,!only!to!scrap!it!and!start!over,!to!finally!tescng!their!product!with!a!concert,!a!recording,!an!album!
release,!or!movie!screening.!!!!So!much!of!the!creacve!process!of!music!has!gone!digital,!with!the!highest!paid!DJ!topping!Forbes!at!$63!million!in!earnings.!Mr.!Hall!and!I!want!to!create!spaces!that!
showcase!the!tech!integracon!of!music,!and!give!students!the!opportunity!to!digitally!compose,!while!not!negleccng!to!teach!students!to!physically!sing!and!play!instruments.!!!Next!cme!you’re!Downtown,!stop!by!Mr.!Hall’s!chorus!room,!which!now!houses!The!Lab,!complete!with!computers,!Midi!keyboards,!and!composicon!somware.!Or!walk!next!door!
into!the!Lower!School!music!room!to!see!the!Recording!Studio.!We!can’t!wait!to!hear!what!this!year!sounds!like!!
http://milesperret.org/gamesofacadianahttp://milesperret.org/gamesofacadiana
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TECHNOLOGY
Last!month,!Ascension!Episcopal!School!provided!a!screening!of!the!documentary!Screenagers,%wriRen!and!directed!by!Delaney!Ruston,!M.D.!!Understanding!the!value!of!technology!in!schools,!Ruston!sought!to!determine!a!healthy!balance!of!screen!cme!at!home.!If!you!could!not!make!it!to!the!screening,!take!a!
look!at!these!helpful!resources:! !
!•Delaney’s!interview!with!a!New!York!television!stacon!•PBS!News!Hour!•!Screen!Time!Contracts!•!Helpful!Parencng!Apps!
TWITTER
Several!grade!levels!and!teachers!have!established!TwiRer!accounts!and!regularly!post!great!images,!videos,!and!informacon!related!to!what’s!happening!in!our!classrooms!and!across!Ascension’s!campuses.!If!you’re!a!Tweeter,!search!#ASCENSIONBLUEGATORS!to!locate!accounts!and!follow!school!tweets!
Macie Riche, PK3 "If you’re sweet and kind you can play on the
playground and not get your dinosaur off the earth. If you be kind
you play with your friends."
GATOR GAB: What does the Kindness Project mean to you?
SMP COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY by Maddie Blackstone
On!September!23,!2016,!Ascension!had!its!first!community!service!day!of!the!year!!Members!from!each!grade!got!out!in!the!community!to!make!a!difference!in!people’s!lives.!Freshmen!went!to!St.!Joseph’s!Diner!to!hand!out!free!meals!to!those!who!are!homeless!or!have!no!access!to!food.!The!diner!can!only!take!10!students!at!a!cme,!so!half!went!to!help!with!breakfast!and!the!rest!helped!with!lunch.!Sophomores!went!to!Camelot!of!Broussard!nursing!home!to!visit!the!elderly!and!play!Bingo!with!them.!Some!of!the!people!there!are!alone!all!day,!so!students!were!able!to!share!a!smile!with!them!and!make!their!day.!Juniors!took!part!in!Project!Front!Yard!to!help!with!the!medians!on!Louisiana!Ave.!They!helped!by!weeding!and!adding!mulch!to!all!the!beds.!KLFY!News!even!showed!up!to!video!the!students!helping!out!and!interviewed!a!couple!teachers!and!students.!Alexis!Cortez!said,!“By!beaucfying!the!community,!it!welcomes!more!people!to!what!a!beaucful!culture!we!have,”!Lastly,!Seniors!helped!with!Habitat!for!Humanity.!Their!mission!is!to!help!build!houses!for!needy!people.!With!the!big!flood!occurring!earlier!in!the!school!year,!there!are!plenty!of!people!who!need!help!tearing!down!their!damaged!homes!and!starcng!over.!Our!school’s!statement!this!year!is!“Project!Kindness”!and!so!far!we!are!off!to!a!great!start!with!many!more!service!days!coming!up!soon.!
Check!out!the!Project!Front!Yard!arccle!on!KLFY!HERE.!
Cole Edmond (7) “It means being gentle, generous, truthful,
kind, and brave, and treating others as I would like to be
treated.”
Kate Mouton (12) “To me, the Kindness Project means putting
others before yourself.”
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THE KINDNESS PROJECT
Kindness,!both!intenconal!and!random,!pervades!the!Downtown!Campus:!•Mrs.!Bayard’s!third!graders!randomly!drew!a!classmate’s!name,!and!secretly!do!kind!things!for!their!peer.!•First!grade!uses!“Blue!Gator!Tickets”!to!promote!kindness.!Tickets!are!earned!when!teachers!spot!considerate!accons.!The!cckets!go!into!a!jar,!and!winners!receive!a!special!treat.!•Mrs.!Young’s!second!grade!students!created!hands!of!kindness,!brainstorming!ways!to!extend!kindness!to!others.!•Middle!School!Media!Literacy!students!created!story!boards!as!prep!for!their!Be!Kind!videos.!Click!HERE!and!HERE!to!view!some!of!their!work.
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The Chaplain’s Prayer Corner remains available on our website.
Do you know someone who needs our prayers? Please click HERE to
submit a request or view our current list of special
intentions.
FACILITIES
Thanks!to!efforts!by!our!PTO!and!the!Ascension!Fund,!our!Downtown!green!space!got!a!makeover!this!summer!!!Stop!by!for!a!visit!if!you!have!not!seen!it!in!person!
PRESCHOOL PRECIOUS MOMENTS
“M”!week!on!the!River!Ranch!Campus!is!always!marvelous!and!merry…especially!when!our!liRle!Blue!Gators!have!the!opportunity!to!channel!their!inner!Michelangelo!
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And%let%us%not%grow%weary%of%doing%good,%for%in%due%season%we%will%reap,%if%we%do%not%give%up.%So%then,%as%we%have%opportunity,%
let%us%do%good%to%everyone,%and%especially%to%those%who%are%of%the%household%of%faith.%
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We!remain!
incredibly!proud!of!and!humbled!by!the!amazing!compassion,!generosity,!
hard! work,! and! abundance! of! love! demonstrated! by!
our!Ascension!family!in!the!amermath!of!this!summer’s!historic!flood.!