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Eisenhower Academy of Global Studies got a slight touch-up recently with the help of volunteers from a local paint store. They rolled up their sleeves to spend the morning repainting parts of the school's playground, basketball court, restrooms, and hallway posts. The campus revitalization was part of Sherwin-Williams' National Painting Week, which is when the company's stores around the country pick up their paint brushes and partner with local organizations or schools in ne

A little over a year ago, Avondale 14-year-old Daniel Smith began looking for a part-time job so he could begin making and saving his own money. He could have starting babysitting or mowing lawns, but Smith went in a different direction. His mother Tamika saw this as an opportunity to teach her son about entrepreneurship and discerning his talents. She suggested he work for himself, selling drawings and paintings he'd created over the years. Smith, who attends Archbishop Sha

Genuine emotions about social justice in America came from young voices recently on the West Bank. The youngsters at Martin Behrman Charter Academy of Creative Arts and Sciences participated at their third "Poetry on the Avenue" community event, which brought hundreds of people to the Opelousas Avenue school in Algiers Point. On the lawn of the historic school building, young lyricists, collectively known as the All Star Poets, individually took to the stage to speak their mi

At the age of 17, when Tamara Warner decided to become a teacher, she never imagined it would afford her the success she's achieved in the last 15 years in education. And she definitely didn't think it would lead to her being named a semi-finalist for the Louisiana Department of Education's 2018 Principal of the Year award. Warner, the principal at Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies, is among 24 other education leaders who're currently in the hunt for this top honor. B

Spectators from around the state and region traveled to Plaquemines Parish last weekend to witness the Blue Angels 2017 New Orleans Air Show. The United States Navy's flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, performed three days; giving the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, in Belle Chase, an opportunity to welcome over 200,000 to the base that is normally closed to civilians. "Any military airshow, and certainly this one, is a great opportunity to open