Student support
Photo caption: Lafayette Parish School System Superintendent Francis Touchet, left, chats with Nick Pugh III, co-founder and chair of the Pugh Family Foundation, Thursday, January 30, 2025, at Baranco Elementary in Lafayette, La. Photo by Leslie Westbrook. By Ashley White A…
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Photo caption: Third-grade teacher Morgan Mercado works with students in her English language arts class Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 at Baranco Elementary in Lafayette, La. Photo by Leslie Westbrook. By Ashley White When Morgan Mercado put her third grade students into…
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Photo caption: Lafayette Parish School Board members pose for a group shot with (center) Todd Mouton and Nick Pugh holding the $4.1 million donation to the Lafayette Parish School System, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Photo by Robin May. By Katie…
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Photo caption: Woodvale Elementary fourth-grade teachers Morgan Mercado (at left) and Taylor Wallace record a lesson on the five senses from home. The video will air on AOC for students across Acadiana through the Learn United partnership. Photo by Scott…
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Photo caption: Volunteers paint a mural in the cafeteria at Carencro Heights Elementary School during Love Our Schools’ inaugural serve day, a volunteer project to clean, make repairs, install new equipment and prep for the beginning of the school year…
Read MoreBy Ken Stickney SOLA Giving Day launches at midnight Wednesday, setting the stage in Acadiana for a madcap 24 hours in which every Acadiana resident can be a philanthropist. “Midnight puts us into Giving Day mode,” said Nicole Durel Hebert,…
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Photo caption: Lafayette Parish Superintendent of Schools Irma Trosclair celebrates the installation of the first of 202 Link & Learn Wi-Fi 6 access points at the corner of Buick Street and Louisiana Avenue in Lafayette flanked by project partners (left)…
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Photo caption: A Lafayette Parish School System student completes coursework remotely from home on a Chromebook during the fall 2020 semester. LPSS is partnering with several groups in the community to install and operate a pilot filtered academic Wi-Fi 6…
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Photo caption: Dr. Aimee Barber speaks during an education summit hosted by United Way of Acadiana, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and the Pugh Family Foundation on Thursday, March 17, 2022, at the UL Student Union. Photo by Brad…
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Photo caption: Attendees listen to a presentation by Dr. Aimee Barber during an education summit hosted by United Way of Acadiana, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and the Pugh Family Foundation on Thursday, March 17, 2022, at the UL…
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