posted Apr 7, 2020, 4:10 AM by Kesha Simmons
Being a parent right now has become exceedingly difficult. I hear your pain through the countless memes and passionate Facebook posts. Let’s face it, most parents are accustomed to juggling many things. But right now is a bit too much and I get it. In fact, what you are being asked to do is not humanly possibly, according to Dr. Emily W. King, PhD. Check out her manifesto on parenting amidst the coronavirus pandemic and be encouraged:
“Parents: What we are being asked to do is not humanly possible. There's a reason we are either a working parent, a stay-at-home parent, or a part-time working parent. Working, parenting, and teaching are three different jobs that cannot be done at the same time. It's not hard because you are doing it wrong. It's hard because it's too much. Do the best you can. When you have to pick, because at some point you will, choose connection. Pick playing a game over arguing over an academic assignment. Pick teaching your child to do laundry rather [than] feeling frustrated they aren't helping...If you are stressed, lower your expectations where you can and virtually reach out for social connection. We are in this together to stay well, that means mentally well, too." |
posted Apr 6, 2020, 10:34 AM by Kesha Simmons
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updated Apr 6, 2020, 11:22 AM
]
posted Mar 18, 2020, 10:02 PM by Kesha Simmons
posted Mar 16, 2020, 8:33 PM by Kesha Simmons
Attention Sophomores: If you have not submitted your registration packet, please take a picture of your pink registration card and email it to Mrs. Parnell bparnell@caddoschools.org
Attention Freshmen: If you have not submitted your registration packet, please take a picture of your green registration card and email it to Ms. Simmons at kmsimmons@caddoschools.org.
Save your IGP in your google drive and we will collect it along with the other forms at a later date. |
posted Mar 16, 2020, 7:54 PM by Kesha Simmons
PreACT and ACT are postponed until further notice. |
posted Mar 6, 2020, 10:31 AM by Kesha Simmons
The Louisiana Legislative Youth Advisory Council (LYAC) is
accepting applications for membership from high school students who have an
interest in representing the voices of other young people around the state. LYAC is an annually appointed
body composed entirely of students that tackle issues affecting the youth of
Louisiana.
The purpose of LYAC is to facilitate the communication
between youth and the legislature, and to give students a unique opportunity to
be involved in the workings of state government. The council studies and addresses a variety of issues of
importance to young people such as education, mental health, civic engagement,
the environment, and school safety.
Members of the council are selected from a wide pool of
statewide applicants who display a strong interest in civic involvement. The
thirty-one member council includes three students representing each of the six congressional districts and the
remaining members serve at large. Applicants must be between the ages of
fourteen and nineteen and enrolled in a public or private high school, charter school, home school, or GED skills
program during the 2020-2021 school year.
The deadline to apply is March 27, 2020. The
application may be accessed at civiced.louisiana.gov
and then by clicking on LYAC at the top of the page. All applicants are required to submit two recommendation letters in addition to
the eight short essay questions and application form. The council meets for two
days in July at the state capitol and then every other month on Saturday. For
additional information, please contact Megan Bella at bellam@legis.la.gov or 225-342-2370.
https://house.louisiana.gov/civiced/default_LYAC
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posted Mar 3, 2020, 11:06 AM by Kesha Simmons
Shreve Memorial Library is looking to hire 35 high schools
students for our Summer Internship Program. This is a paid internship
program where students can earn $7.25/hour and
work at one of the Shreve Memorial Library branches located throughout the
parish or at the Support Services Center. This is a fantastic opportunity
for students to gain valuable work experience as well as training
opportunities, including customer service training and spending time in the
departments “behind the scenes” at the Support Services Center Students
will also be able to spend time on our mobile library and tour many of the
library branches.
We are accepting applications
through Wednesday, March 18, 2020, at our website employment page: https://shrevelib.applicantpro.com/jobs/.
The program is open to students who meet the following requirements:
· Will be 16 by March 18, 2020
· Still enrolled in high school
· Have a 2.0 GPA or better
· Not be a graduate of high school when the internship program begins on May 28, 2020
Attached you will find three different announcements for the
various types of positions as well as a flyer advertising the program for you
to post at your school. We will be hiring two interns at each of our
twelve full-time branches, located in Shreveport and Vivian. These
positions will allow a student to work up to 150 hours. We will be hiring
one intern for each of our part-time branches located outside of the Shreveport
city limits, in the small towns and villages in the parish. These
positions will allow a student to work up to 100 hours. And finally, we
are hiring two interns at our Support Services Center, where the student will
be able to work up to 150 hours.
We appreciate your assistance in getting the word out to
your students about the great summer job opportunity. Please do not
hesitate to contact me should you have any questions. Thank you! |
posted Feb 26, 2020, 8:02 AM by Kesha Simmons
Attention Sophomore, Juniors, and Seniors:
The
Louisiana Youth Seminar is now accepting applications! If you are
interested in attending this week-long leadership seminar held on the Baton
Rouge campus of Louisiana State University from July 19-24, 2020, submit a
paragraph to Ms. Simmons detailing why you should be chosen to represent Caddo
Parish Magnet High School. To learn more about the summer camp, visit www.louisianayouthseminar.org. The deadline to submit the paragraph is February 28, 2020. |
posted Feb 20, 2020, 8:19 AM by Kesha Simmons
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updated Feb 20, 2020, 8:20 AM
]
SOS: Training Trusted Adults, 6-7 p.m., Tuesday, 2/25/2020, Caddo Magnet High School Library Parents: Would you like to know how to detect the warning signs of suicidal behavior? Do you know what to do if you suspect someone may be suffering from depression and suicidal thoughts? To learn more, please join us for an important seminar, hosted by CMHS Counselor Ms. Kesha Simmons, to learn how to recognize and act on the warning signs and symptoms of adolescent depression and suicide. You will also learn how Magnet High responds when students are struggling or in crisis. This seminar is part of a community-wide effort to protect our students who may be suffering or in danger. Light refreshments will be served. |
posted Feb 20, 2020, 6:22 AM by Kesha Simmons
Team and individual sign-ups for Day of Service Caddo
are now open! You can sign up for Day of Service here: https://unitedwaynwla.org/day-of-service-caddo-team-signup/
A list of service projects for our Day of Service with
United Way of Northwest Louisiana is below or can be viewed in the attachment.
Once Harper McKnight with United Way NWLA receives your team sign-up form, she
will reach out to confirm your project preference in the order that team
sign-up forms are received. She will also be able to answer questions and
provide more details about the projects listed. More than one school, center or
organization is welcome to work on the same project until all volunteer slots
are filled. The deadline to sign up to volunteer for Day of Service is
February 28, 2020.
Please note ALL Day of Service projects will need to take
place from 9 AM to 12 PM, Saturday, March 14 and be coordinated through
United Way of Northwest Louisiana. Please also notice there is an age
preference for most projects.
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AGENCY/PROJECT
NAME
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SITE ADDRESS
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PROJECT
DESCRIPTION
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MIN # OF
VOLUNTEERS
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MAX # OF
VOLUNTEERS
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INDOORS/
OUTDOORS
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GRADE
PREFERENCE
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Geaux 4 Kids Project Geaux
Bags
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1513 Doctors Drive
Suite 100-B
Bossier City, Louisiana 71111
United States
|
Organize the donation room,
clean up around the area, pack toiletry bags, count clothes, put pillowcases
on pillows, unpack bags, etc...
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20
|
50
|
Both
|
Junior
High School 6-8
High
School 9-12
Adults
|
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Bossier Arts Council
|
630 Barksdale Blvd
Bossier City, Louisiana 71111
United States
|
Our project consists of
mini murals throughout the stairwell in the Arts Council and on the grounds.
Students will cover blank walls with artwork.
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2
|
10
|
Both
|
High
School 9-12
Adults
|
|
St. Luke's Medical Ministry
|
875 Cotten St
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
United States
|
St. Luke's is a mobile
medical ministry that provides medical care to the underserved at various
locations from our medical van. The Van is in need of a good bath. We would
like a group of volunteers that would help with cleaning the Van. We would
provide ladders and long handled scrubbers and just need a group of energetic
people to make the Van shine. The Van is parked in a large lot next to Holy
Cross where there would be a water supply provided.
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5
|
15
|
Outdoors
|
High
School 9-12
Adults
|
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Christian Service Program
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2346 Levy St.
Shreveport, Louisiana 71103
United States
|
Participants will be able
to help serve food to clients, work in storage room, sort and hang clothing,
attend to grounds outside by cleaning it up, wash windows and doors,
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10
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15
|
Indoors
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High
School 9-12
Adults
|
|
Renesting Project, Inc.
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1331 Driftwood Dr.
Bossier City, Louisiana 71111
United States
|
Packing boxes of household
items
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2
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5
|
Indoors
|
Adults
|
|
Volunteers of America North
Louisiana
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1554 Magnolia Avenue
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
United States
|
Our group will be doing
spring landscaping at this property. This may include clean up and replanting
of gardens, raking, pulling weeds, etc.
|
5
|
8
|
Outdoors
|
High
School 9-12
Adults
|
|
Volunteers of America North
Louisiana
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458 Herndon Street
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
United States
|
Our group will be doing
spring landscaping at this property. This may include clean up and replanting
of gardens, raking, pulling weeds, etc.
|
5
|
8
|
Outdoors
|
High
School 9-12
Adults
|
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Shreveport Green
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5284 Hwy 3276
Stonewall, Louisiana 71078
United States
|
Our project is a Household
Hazardous Waste Collection, an opportunity for the people of Desoto Parish to
drop off unwanted household chemicals such as paints, pesticides,
fertilizers, light bulbs, batteries, etc. This project helps us to divert
thousands of pounds of dangerous chemicals from being dumped in a landfill
where they are likely to leach into the soil, water, or air and pollute our
environment. Volunteers will help unload these items from vehicles and sort
them into the appropriate boxes. We provide all required safety gear,
including gloves, aprons, and eye protection. This project is not suited for
small children due to the nature of the items we are handling, however, it is
completely safe for teenagers or adults as long as there is no horseplay on
site. Donuts and pizza will be provided!
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2
|
15
|
Outdoors
|
High School 9-12
Adults
|
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Holy Angels
|
10450 Ellerbe Rd
Shreveport, Louisiana 71106
United States
|
Games and crafts in our gym
with clients
|
10
|
80
|
Indoors
|
Junior
High School 6-8
High School 9-12
|
|
Providence House
|
814 Cotton Street
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
United States
|
We
would love to have a landscaping job done. We have two separate sides of the
property that we will need landscaped, the house side and our kids playground
area.
On the actual house side,
we would like for our volunteers to:
-cut hedges
-clean out behind hedges
-power wash the main building
-possibly paint (waiting to hear back on this one)
Child Education/Playground Side:
-cut hedges
-edging
-laying rock
-planting flowers
-pressure wash
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10
|
50
|
Outdoors
|
High
School 9-12
Adults
|
|
YWCA of Northwest
Louisiana, Inc.
|
850 Olive St Ste B
Shreveport, Louisiana 71104
United States
|
Our project involves
cleaning/housekeeping the inside and outside of our building.
|
6
|
12
|
Both
|
Adults
|
|
American Red Cross - North Louisiana
Chapter
|
CADDO
HEIGHTS/SOUTH HIGHLANDS
805 Brook
Hollow Drive
Shreveport, Louisiana 71105
United States
|
Pre-canvassing
for our Sound the Alarm events.
Putting doorhanger in formation on front doors in the CADDO HEIGHTS/SOUTH
HIGHLANDS neighborhood in Shreveport. Teams will walk and put doorhanger
information on doorknobs or in mailboxes.
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8
|
12
|
Outdoors
|
High School 9-12
Adults
|
|
American Red Cross - North Louisiana
Chapter
|
MOORETOWN
805 Brook
Hollow Drive
Shreveport, Louisiana 71105
United States
|
Pre-canvassing
for our Sound the Alarm events.
Putting doorhanger in formation on front doors in the MOORETOWN neighborhood
in Shreveport. Teams will walk and put doorhanger information on doorknobs or
in mailboxes.
|
8
|
12
|
Outdoors
|
High
School 9-12
Adults
|
|
American Red Cross - North Louisiana
Chapter
|
SHREVE CITY
805 Brook
Hollow Drive
Shreveport, Louisiana 71105
United States
|
Pre-canvassing
for our Sound the Alarm events.
Putting doorhanger in formation on front doors in the SHREVE CITY
neighborhood in Shreveport. Teams will walk and put doorhanger information on
doorknobs or in mailboxes.
|
8
|
12
|
Outdoors
|
High
School 9-12
Adults
|
|
American Red Cross - North Louisiana
Chapter
|
WALLER
805 Brook
Hollow Drive
Shreveport, Louisiana 71105
United States
|
Pre-canvassing
for our Sound the Alarm events.
Putting doorhanger in formation on front doors in the WALLER neighborhood in
Bossier. Teams will walk and put doorhanger information on doorknobs or in
mailboxes.
|
8
|
12
|
Outdoors
|
High
School 9-12
Adults
|
|
Goodwill Industries of
North Louisiana
|
800 West 70th Street
Shreveport, Louisiana 71106
United States
|
Goodwill Industries is
seeking a school who will be willing to host a clothing and household item
drive, and deliver it on the Day of Service. Some schools use this as a
competition between grades or classes. As part of the delivery to Goodwill,
our staff will provide a tour to the teachers and students so they can learn
about how their donations go from the donation door to the sales floor, and
how the money from the sales impact Shreveport. In addition, as part of the
Day of Service, we would have the students compete in a sorting and hanging
clothes competition.
|
10
|
30
|
Indoors
|
Junior
High School 6-8
High School 9-12
|
|
Roy’s
Kids
|
2601
Highland
Shreveport, Louisiana 71104
|
We
will be concentrating on working on clean-up of grounds around the Roy’s Kids
building at 2601 Highland .
|
10
|
20
|
Outdoors
|
|
|
Northwest LA Veterans Home
|
Before Day of Service: At your School
On Day of Service students will deliver to:
3130 Arthur Ray Teague Pkwy, Bossier City, LA 71112
|
This event
begins before Day of Service! Once your sign-up is confirmed, you can begin
this project.
Elementary
schools students will create cards and notes of encouragement for the 145
veterans staying at the Northwest LA
Veterans Home to be delivered on March 14, Day of Service. This activity can
be completed by multiple groups of students at elementary schools across the
parish.
|
30
|
140
|
Indoors
|
Kindergarten – 5th Grade
|
|
United Way of
NWLA
|
At Day of
Service Sites on Event Day
|
We need
volunteers for our social media team! These volunteers will get to see all of
the projects in action and help us share the impact that Caddo Parish
teachers and students are making with the rest of Northwest Louisiana. This
includes posting to our organization’s Instagram and Facebook feeds and
stories.
|
10
|
15
|
Indoors and Outdoors,
Travel required
|
Adults
|
|
United Way of
NWLA
|
At your school
on
event day
|
Making snack
pack kits for kids in after school programs and shelters
|
5
|
10
|
Indoors
|
Adults
|
|
United Way of
NWLA
|
At your school
on
event day
|
Making snack
pack kits for kids in after school programs and shelters
|
5
|
10
|
Indoors
|
K-12
|
|
United Way of
NWLA
|
At your school
on
event day
|
Making snack
pack kits for kids in after school programs and shelters
|
5
|
10
|
Indoors
|
K-12
|
|
United Way of
NWLA
|
At your school
on
event day
|
Making snack
pack kits for kids in after school programs and shelters
|
5
|
10
|
Indoors
|
K-12
|
|
United Way of
NWLA
|
At your school
on
event day
|
Making snack
pack kits for kids in after school programs and shelters
|
5
|
10
|
Indoors
|
K-12
|
|
United Way of
NWLA
|
At your school
on
event day
|
Making snack
pack kits for kids in after school programs and shelters
|
5
|
10
|
Indoors
|
K-12
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