City of Zachary needs your help for playground grant!

!!!NEW PLAYGROUD EQUIPMENT FOR OUR PARK!!!
We need your help! In an effort to better our park we have applied for grant monies to add state of the art playground equipment to the facility. We need all citizens of Zachary to go to the website and show your support of this project!

MyHometownHelper.com

Click “Find a Project”
Choose “Louisiana” type in “Zachary” and click “search”
Click on the project “Playground equipment for our town’s park”
Scroll to the bottom and “Add a comment in Support”

PLEASE GO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!

Zachary Elementary Celebrates Star Students

Congratulations ZES March Star Students

NES Students Treated to Puppet Show

On Friday, March 14th, NES first grade students enjoyed a marionette puppet show by Mr. James Webb in celebration of a job well done on the IOWA test last week.

Hard Work Cafe opens for ZHS Students

There’s no such thing as a free lunch. That is, unless you’re a hardworking Zachary High student. The Hard Work Café at Zachary High is a part of the school’s ongoing move to provide unique ways to reward students for their efforts. Each week teachers select one of their students to be treated to lunch in the café. Students are chosen for having worked exceptionally hard during the previous week. Students then use their passes on Thursdays as admission to the café for a free lunch in brought in from area restaurants. They enjoy lunch in a fun atmosphere complete with music.
Located near the ROTC classes, The Hard Work Café is decorated to represent Zachary High, the Zachary community, and the state of Louisiana. A beautiful cast aluminum fence was built by Zachary High Welding Instructor Davis Rayborn. Administrators are hoping the café will be a positive motivation for all students to give their best so that they can participate.

ZHS Students Attend State DECA Career Development Conference

Thirteen DECA students from Zachary High School attended the Louisiana State Career Development Conference in Baton Rouge March 2-4, 2008 to compete in state-wide competition. Six of the students qualified for the national conference in Atlanta, GA by placing 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in their event.

The students and their event is as follows:

Devyn Baker - 1st Place in Sports and Entertainment Marketing Series

Shelby Bordelon and Amber Gross - 2nd Place in Travel and Tourism Marketing Management Team

Karlissea Hives - 3rd Place in Retail Merchandising Series

Courtney Kent and Janae London - Hotel and Lodging Management Team

These six students will compete at the National DECA Conference in Atlanta April 25-30.

ZES Teachers Sticking Together to Find a Cure

By: Brandie McNabb
On March 8, a group of Zachary Elementary teachers came together to walk in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Baton Rouge. Their team, Laura's Ladies, was named in honor of their fellow colleague Laura Webb. The team was led by team manager Bonnie Rader. Tiffany Coulon designed the team t-shirt. The day of the race, the team was recognized for having 'Best Team T-shirts' and received a certificate of recognition presented to them by Supriya Jindal, First Lady of Louisiana. All members enjoyed their time together participating in the race and in 'sticking together' to find a cure.

Spring Plant Sale at ZHS

The Zachary High Spring Plant Sale will be held in the East Greenhouse on Ada St., Wednesday, March 19 through Friday, March 21, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 22, 8 a.m.- noon. Students have grown vegetable plants, bedding plants and annual hanging baskets.

Parent Command Center Down for Repairs

Parent Command Center is currently down for repairs by our software vendor. Currently, there is not a projected completion time for the repairs. We apologize for any inconvenience and are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

District to host Academic Pep Rally and other test prep activities

In preparation for next week's testing, the Zachary Community School Board will host Let's Do Great in 2008! an Academic Pep Rally Thursday, March 6, 2008 in the Zachary High Stadium. Free food and drinks beginning at 6 p.m. T-shirt giveaways and Performances by ZHS and NMS Bands, Cheerleaders, and Dance Teams. The district is will award prizes to the schools with the largest attendance and most spirit.

In addition to the district activity, several of the Zachary schools have test preparation activities planned. Zachary Elementary will host a Testing Zone activity. Teachers will put on a show for students who will then rotate through various stations to participate in test prep games. Also on Friday, Copper Mill Elementary will host grade level pep rallies for 4th and 5th grade at 1:15 p.m. and 2 p.m. respectively.
Northwestern Elementary School, the district's PreK-1st grade school, will host a pep rally complete with IOWA Test Cheerleaders at 2 p.m. Friday/

Northwestern Middle School will end the week with a Dancing with the Teachers pep rally on Friday. Today, the faculty and students are dressed in gold and wearing sunglasses. Their future is so bright and they are going for the gold.

Zachary state's top performing district!

The Zachary Community School District earned the top District Performance Score in the state of Louisiana for the third straight year. School districts across the state received their District Performance Scores (DPS) this morning based on the school year ending in May/June 2007. It is a measurement of how districts compare to other local public school systems. The DPS is essentially a “roll up” of individual student scores on State examinations. Results from the LEAP, iLEAP and Graduation Exit Exams (GEE) are utilized along with student attendance and dropout rates. Sixty-one districts received scores for the 2006-2007 school year.