Natchitoches Parish School Board

🍎✨ Teacher Appreciation Week Giveaway Alert! ✨🍎 We know our teachers have been working tirelessly to shape our future leaders, and it's time for a well-deserved break! To celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week, we're thrilled to announce a special giveaway just for teachers! 🎉 Grand Prize: A day off! Yes, you read that right. Imagine a day where you can kick back and relax while your class is in excellent hands. How? Our superintendent will step in to substitute your class for the day, ensuring a smooth and productive day while you take some well-deserved time for yourself. Head over to our Facebook to learn how you can enter! #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP #TeacherAppreciation2024

Today we are proud to celebrate our cafeteria staff for National School Lunch Hero Day!! Thank you for nourishing the minds and bodies of our students here in Natchitoches Parish Schools. Our schools would not be complete with each and every one of you! Who's your favorite school lunch hero?? #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP #SchoolLunchHeroDay

The LSU School of Education honored Lutrill and Pearl Payne of Natchitoches yesterday by naming the college after them. With many moments of reflection, faculty, family, and friends of the Payne family spoke on the many trials and hardships they faced trying to pursue higher education. Lutrill and Pearl were the first African Americans to attend LSU. Lutrill graduated from Southern University and then sued to attend LSU for graduate school, winning and earning his master’s degree. Pearl received her master's from LSU and was a teacher for 37 years. Thank you LSU for honoring these Natchitoches trailblazers and their legacy of paving the way for African American educators!! #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP

NPSB Public School Choice is now available for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year! Louisiana allows students to transfer to traditional public schools outside and within their district via open enrollment policies. With Public School Choice, families in Natchitoches Parish Schools are empowered to make school choices that are most likely to enable their child to succeed. To access the School Choice application today, please visit https://bit.ly/44uR7Vc. #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP #PublicSchoolChoice

Check out some of our available job listings below! 🔍🔍 If interested, please apply at https://www.npsb.la/page/job-openings. If you are interested in a career with Natchitoches Parish Schools that isn't currently listed, please email us your resume at recruiting@npsb.la and someone from our team will reach out to you with more information! #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP #TeachNatchitoches

Congratulations to Zoe Demery at NSU Middle Lab School for being a talented rising artist! Her artwork titled "Through My Window" won first place in the seventh grade category of the Louisiana Week Inaugural Growing Artists Contest. Her piece was created with colored pencil and acrylic. Zoe received a $25 cash prize and her artwork as been featured on the Ag in the Classroom website. Way to go Zoey!! Thank you for spreading awareness about the importance of agriculture! To see all contest winners, please visit https://aitcla.org/louisiana-ag-week/art-contest. #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP

The end of the 2023-2024 school year will be here before we know it!! Are you ready for summer? Check out our dining menus for the month of May below! #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP

The Natchitoches Central High School Fishing Team is reeling in victories one tournament at a time!! Lance Shirley and Hunter Rachal finished the year ranked 5th in the North Louisiana High School Bass Fishing League and are now qualified to fish the league's state championship on May 18th and May 19th. They have also qualified to compete in the National Finals located on Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina in June. Way to go Chiefs! Keep casting those nets and reeling in wins!! #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP

Natchitoches Parish Schools is proud to celebrate National School Principal's Day!! Today, we're taking a moment to celebrate the incredible leaders who shape the future every single day – our Principals. Thank you for your tireless commitment, unwavering support, and boundless enthusiasm for education. Your impact reaches far beyond the walls of our schools!! Let us know in the comments why your school principal is the best! #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP

Natchitoches Parents and Community, As many of you have become aware, new Title IX regulations have been adopted by the federal government. These regulations have the potential to have far reaching impacts in our schools. The Board shares the concerns of the community and is taking immediate legal action, along with other districts in the state, to prevent the implementation of these new regulations in Natchitoches Parish Schools. President Benefield will convene a special called meeting on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at 5pm in the NPSB Title I Media Center to express the board’s opposition to the proposed changes and to join the State of Louisiana and other Louisiana school districts in a federal lawsuit. To read the full statement from the Board and to view Dr. Brumley's letter to school system leaders, please visit https://www.npsb.la/article/1573127/. #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP

Are you a high school senior interested in a career in manufacturing? We have a class that might be the perfect fit for for you! We are pleased to reopen our Industrial Maintenance Preparation course for the 2024-2025 school year. Applications are due by Friday, May 24, 2024. Interested students can apply today at https://forms.office.com/r/gP0xtFhHmU. If you have any questions, please contact your school's counselor! #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP #CTE

Yesterday, we surprised Mrs. Melissa Kaufman at NSU Elementary Lab School to congratulate her on being selected as a 2024 Louisiana Exemplary Educator by the Louisiana Department of Education! The purpose of the Exemplary Educator Recognition Program is to acknowledge, honor, and spotlight exceptional teachers, teacher specialists, and school leaders who exemplify Louisiana’s education profession. Mrs. Kaufman was nominated by the NPSB Department of Teaching and Learning for her tremendous dedication and commitment to her students and to Natchitoches Parish Schools as a whole. She will be honored in a slides presentation at the 2024 Teacher Leader Summit in May. Way to go Mrs. Kaufman! Our educators are making history here in Natchitoches Parish! #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP

Congratulations to our students at Natchitoches Central High School who received the Ducks Unlimited Industry Certification in Ecology and Conservation Management for the 2022-2023 school year!! If your student is interested in applying for this amazing certification for the 2024-2025 school year, please contact your school’s counselor today! #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP

Natchitoches Parish Schools is pleased to announce that Chase Stepp has been named the new principal of Lakeview Jr./Senior High School. Stepp’s position will be effective for the start of the 2024-2025 school year. Chase Stepp, a lifelong resident of Natchitoches, is currently an assistant principal at Natchitoches Junior High—Frankie Ray Jackson School. He will be succeeding Karla Renter, who will continue to serve as Lakeview’s principal until the end of the 2023-2024 school year. To read the full release, please visit https://www.npsb.la/article/1564122. We are excited to see where Mr. Stepp takes Lakeview Jr./Sr. High School next school year! #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP #LakeviewGators

Congratulations to our 2025 New Teacher of the Year, Taylor Womack for being a guest speaker at the NSULA School of Education pinning ceremony. Ms. Womack represented the Natchitoches Parish School Board and Natchitoches Central High School to all teacher candidates at NSULA. Our teachers are always making a difference both in and out of the classroom! Congratulations Ms. Womack on your many achievements in your first year as an educator! #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP

As the end of the 2023-2024 school year quickly approaches, we are proud to celebrate our graduating high school seniors!! Please see the schedule below for the list of our high school commencement ceremonies for Natchitoches Parish Schools. We look forward to celebrating with everyone and wish our seniors well in their next journey! For more information, please visit https://www.npsb.la/article/1552009. #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP #NPSBGraduation2024

The weather has cleared! All NPSB schools and offices will reopen tomorrow, Thursday, April 11th. We understand that many of our roads are still holding water and may be impassable. If your child’s bus is unable to pick them up for school due to road conditions, then that will be an excused absence. If your child is a car rider and you are unable to make it down your road, please contact your school directly. All schools will work with parents on excusing absences related to impassable road conditions. We hope everyone stayed safe during this storm and we will see everyone tomorrow! #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP

All NPSB schools and offices will be closed on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 due to severe weather conditions and potential flooding. Out of an abundance of caution, Natchitoches Parish School Board officials decided to close all facilities for the safety of its students and faculty. All state offices will also be closed tomorrow. The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is asking all drivers to limit driving if possible tomorrow. NPSB will continue to closely monitor the weather and will update parents and staff as to the status of school for Thursday, April 11, 2024, in case road conditions worsen. Please stay safe and we hope to see all students back in the classroom on Thursday! #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP

This past Saturday, the JROTC Chiefs Battalion from Natchitoches Central High School showed up to support Voices for Autism with their March for Autism Awareness. The cadets generously donated $250 to the cause and walked the designated route alongside District 5 Board Member, Lela Harvey, calling cadence and carrying signs related to autism awareness. The Chiefs Battalion Command Sergeant Major, Malcolm Bailey, coordinated their support for the event and stated that the event was a huge success and completely accomplished the mission to raise awareness for autism. The Chiefs Battalion used the march as the main event in their service learning project for the school year 2023 - 2024. The Chiefs' service learning project will culminate with a summary briefing explaining the project goals, accomplishments and information learned. #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP

All Natchitoches Parish Schools and offices will remain open on Monday, April 8th during the anticipated solar eclipse. All schools will be adhering to guidance set by the LDOE. Students will be able to watch the eclipse on a livestream option in their classrooms for indirect viewing. This ensures students are inside and protected, while still allowing them to experience the eclipse. Schools will dismiss at regularly scheduled times. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your school directly. #NPSB #TogetherWeCan #PPoP #solareclipse2024