St. Mary Superintendent Leonard Armato announced three central office appointments today. The retirements of Ricky Armelin and Wally Griffin resulted in open positions in both Personnel and Child Welfare. Following the assessment of candidate credentials and committee interviews, Mr. Armato has made the following appointments:

• Acting Human Resource Director Peter Boudreaux was appointed to the position officially. 
• MCJHS principal Kenneth Holmes was named Supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance.
• BHS principal Dr. Buffy Fegenbush was selected as Secondary Supervisor of Instruction.

Congratulations to the new appointees. The full press release is available here.  

The St. Mary Parish Virtual Learning Program will once again offer a Summer Learning Institute that allows students to take advantage of the summer break by enrolling in new courses or retaking courses for high school credit. View the press release here. 

Courses offered during the Summer Learning Institute’s 6-week summer session are the same high-quality, instructor-supported courses offered by the Virtual Learning Program during the school year. For the summer session, each course has been condensed to 30 instructional days for 1 credit courses and 15 instructional days for ½ credit courses. Both core courses and electives courses are available.

The flexible nature of online courses means that students can still participate in normal summer activities as long as time is also allocated to keep up with the weekly course schedule. The SMPVLP Summer Learning Institute encourages students to consider enrolling in a course if

• The course is not offered at their assigned school.
• Their schedules are too full to add fun or unusual electives.
• They have failed a course and wish to retake it to avoid falling behind.
• Schedule conflicts are preventing students from taking a required course.

Enrollment in the Summer Learning Institute is open to high school students attending public, private, or charter schools. For students in St. Mary Parish, applications can be obtained from a student's school counselor and will be accepted from May 22 through June 7, 2017. A personal check or money order made out to the St. Mary Parish School Board must accompany each application. All courses begin on Monday, June 5, 2017. More information is available at http://stmaryk12.net/sli.

Congratulations to the district's Principals of the Year, who were recognized at the May 11, 2017, meeting of the St. Mary Parish School Board: 

As part of its May 11, 2017, regular meeting, the St. Mary Parish School Board recognized and congratulated the following individuals:

• Student of the Month: Kali Lasseigne, 5th Grade (Berwick Elementary School)
• Student of the Month: Lillian Berry, 5th Grade (M. E. Norman Elementary School)
• Student of the Month: Elijah Johnson, 5th Grade (Patterson Junior High School)

• Employee of the Month: Ms. Lisa Kornegay, Speech Pathologist (Berwick Elementary School)
• Employee of the Month: Ms. Enjolie Dominque, 4th Grade Teacher (M. E. Norman Elementary School)

Congratulations to these outstanding St. Mary Parish students and employees.

The St. Mary Parish School Board adopted the 2017-2018 school calendar at last night’s meeting. The calendar will be available for review and planning in the following locations:

• Employees | Calendars | 180-Day School Calendar (2017-18)
• Parents/Students | Basic Information | Calendar for Schools (2017-18)

Additional employee calendars will be posted as they become available.