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SPECIAL NEWS: Our 12th Annual Adopt-A-Teacher a Great Success!

On October 16, 2008, at the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board meeting, $11,500 was awarded to 29 new elementary school teachers representing 19 different schools.  Since the inception of Adopt-A-Teacher in 1997, over $100,000 has been awarded to new teachers to help them purchase start-up materials for their classrooms.  This year's teachers and their schools were:  Marissa D’Albor (Audubon), Elsa VanHove and Tyquencia Vessel (Brookstown), Angela Bowlin (Buchanan), Kashanna Bridges (Capitol), Juliette Wells and Megan Almand (Cedarcrest-Southmoor), Andree Williams (Dalton), Chrystal Williams and Dulicisma De Guzman(Delmont), Anderson Briggs (Glen Oaks), Sabrina Dixon, Emily Johnson, Kendra Justice, and Mary Lemoine (Highland), Dennis Parker (LaBelle Aire), Renee Williams (LaSalle), Branden Pellissier and Jessica Cook (Magnolia Woods), Julie David (Melrose), Karin Rittvo (Merrydale), Sara Covino, Chandle Carpenter and Gabriel Surface (Scotlandville), Ellen Johnson and Nicholas Phelps (Shenandoah), Ginger Deroche (Southdowns), Jennifer Taulli-Link (Westdale) and Kaleisha London (Winborne).

Dixon and Covino were adopted by the East Baton Rouge Lions Club; Wells and VanHove by the Baton Rouge Area Society of Psychologists.

           Teachers who attended the EBR School Board Meeting                                                      Front row: Sabrina Dixon, Sara Covino, Juliette Wells and Kaleisha London.                                     Back row : Kendra Justice, Ellen Johnson, Renee Williams, Dennis Parker, and Chrystal Williams.

                A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS 

East Baton Rouge Lions Club              Neighbors Federal Credit Union
Louisiana Lottery Corporation           Gage Telephone Systems
Lofton Staffing Services                    American Society for Training & Development
Janet Barnes                                      South Baton Rouge Kiwanis Club
Accu Tech Computer Services           Baton Rouge Area Society of Psychologists
Louisiana Companies                          Louisiana Education Loan Authority
Dr. Brenda Dawson                            Acme Refrigeration of Baton Rouge
Dr. Christine Angelloz                        Bob Lamb
Gee McGee RE/MAX First                   Gulf South Technology Solutions
Hancock Bank                                     Horizon Wealth Management
HR Solutions                                       Dr. Richard Flicker
Dr. Kelly Paulk Ray                             Safeguard Promotions and Printing
Janet Marquette                                Pathway Planning Group
Nadine & Scott Couper                       Kathy Hoffpauir
Judy Trahan                                        Dr. Murelle Harrison
Sandy Mizell, R.N.                                Dr. Lynn Schechter