Students in Ms. Millet's English I classes took an hour today to explore Computer Science through the Hour of Code.  See post below for a link for you to participate.

Join the movement and participate in an “Hour of Code,” anytime during the week of December 9-15, 2019! It is a national movement. Join millions of students and teachers in over 180 countries starting with an Hour of Code on those dates!  From December 9-15, 2019, students from all around the world will be coding!

 You do not have to know anything about coding. There are numerous one-hour tutorials available. Just go to the website and click begin. That’s it!

 Visit https://code.org/learn to learn more and see the one-hour tutorials designed for all ages in over 45 languages.

Two of our students participated in separate events over the Thanksgiving break at the UL football games.  On Saturday, November 23^rd, Sean Lalonde participated in the Salute to Services day as UL played Troy.  During halftime, he was with a group of high school recruits for the different services to be inducted at halftime.  On Saturday, November 30^th, Kenan Vidrine participated in the University of Louisiana Pride of Acadiana Marching Band Visiting Band Students Day as a prospective student.  She went to their rehearsal and stayed with them throughout the day. 

New Generations in conjunction with the PHS Key Club, sponsored another Job Opportunity assembly for our students.  Chief Garrett Grogan and Sgt. Kevin Stewart from the Patterson Police Department spoke on employment opportunities in law enforcement.  The Job Opportunity project was presented to community leaders in April and supported by the tri city area businesses.  This is the second in a series of monthly presentations by local employers.

BETA students traveled to M. E. Norman in Morgan City to help with their Fall Fest.

KATC TV chose PHS as its Cool School for today.

 https://www.katc.com/cool-schools-patterson-high-school

There will be a meeting for all court members in Ms. Andrews' classroom during 5th period on Tuesday. 

Alli Blakeman

Briyanna Butler

Sierra Everitt

Layla Giroir

Madelyn Harrington

Alexis Johnson

Emily Kimball

Makenna LaGarde

Gabrielle Marcel

Emma Marin

Victoria Rideau

Eryelle Singleton

Christopher Acosta

Julius Albert

­Wyatt Andrews

Seth Arnold

Treylon Bennett

Jonathan Brown

Kadin Dinger

James Gash

Randy Paul

Kai Schexnayder

Javin Turner

Elijah Williams

Bill Marin, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Patterson State Bank, presented a short program on the banking industry.  In his talk,  Mr. Marin provided students of Patterson High School with information about job opportunities as well as strategies to make a positive impression on potential employers.  The presentation was arranged by the Key Club of PHS in conjunction with New Generations community outreach. Shown with Mr. Marin is Mrs. Millet, Key Club Sponsor.

http://lumberjackday.net/

SFC Robert Gregoire and SGT Dylan Mandeville from the Louisiana National Guard visited Ms. Hill’s Food and Nutrition classes today.  Students learned about the opportunities offered by the National Guard, such as tuition exemption and enlistment benefits including the opportunity to make money while still in high school.  Students were given background information on MREs (Meals Ready to Eat). This was followed by a creative competition between teams to create a meal using only the items provided in the MRE. Because the military is focused on team building, the classes were broken into random groups to make sure they worked with different people other than their normal “friend” group. The teams were judged on taste and creativity/appearance.  Soldiers must be creative when eating MREs and students were encouraged to do the same.

Gregoire said, “The activity helped build companionship and brought the class closer together….they were focused and everyone was included as each person had a job to do. Students were excited and did a great job making many healthy and creative dishes. “The Louisiana National Guard is focused on leadership and success, and that was obvious in Mrs. Hill’s class today.”