We recently started a new weekly feature here at The Lafourche Gazette. It's called our Way Back Wednesday segment, and here, we will showcase one local yearbook per week of a local school from Lafourche Parish.
South Lafourche High School named its Students, Teacher and Employee of the Month for March.
A Lafourche Parish Principal is one of 13 semifinalists for the state's 2022 Principal of the Year Award.
Several Holy Rosary School students worked hard in recent weeks to perfect their Social Studies Fair projects with several taking home honors.
Nicholls State University's Student Government Association announced the 10 finalists for Mr. and Ms. Nicholls.Â
We asked our readers for photos of their Shoebox Floats this Mardi Gras, and boy, did you guys deliver!Â
Nicholls is keeping some of our best and brightest at home. Several students from South Lafourche, Thibodaux and E.D. White have accepted academic scholarships from the local 4-year university.Â
Several local students took part in a FFA show. See photos from the weekend, taken by Kaitlyn Babin | Gazette Staff.Â
The Larose-Cut Off Middle School football team is hosting a plate lunch fundraiser on May 16.
On December 3, the South Lafourche High School 4-H Club announced their 2020-2021 officers. Elected are 4-H President Katie Louviere, Vice-President Grant Rebstock, Secretary Jack Chiasson, Reporter Branden Ledet, Treasurer Connor Chiasson, and Parliamentarian Evan Louviere.
There will be no parades, but locals are still in the Mardi Gras Carnival spirit.Â
A COVID case has pushed one grade of children at a local school to virtual learning for the next few days.
Brooklyn Terrebonne is announced Golden Meadow Upper Elementary 5th grade Student of the Year.Â
The Lafourche Parish School District handed out its top parish honors this week, crowning three parish-wide Teachers of the Year, as well as a Principal of the Year.
A global pandemic wasn't going to stop South Lafourche Cheer from adding to its already-large trophy case.
Lafourche Parish Schools have seen another sizable rise in their COVID cases this past week - just days before the Christmas holiday.
Lockport Middle School will close on-campus learning and will shift to virtual learning until after Christmas.
Photo by Angelle LegendreÂ
Golden Meadow Middle School announces their 5th Grade Student of the Year candidates. Pictured are Brooklyn Terrebonne, Porter Bouziga, Sebastian Sanamo, Elizabeth Verdin and Rylan Guidry (not pictured).
Central Lafourche held its Homecoming ceremony tonight at the school's football stadium.
Pictured is Kiley Guidry, Galliano Elementary School’s Student of the Year 2020-2021.Â
Pictured is North Larose Student of the Year Nominees, Giana Galjour, Mia Guidry, Aribella Morrison, Isabelle Dawson, Ethan Kiffe, and Beau Robert.
Lafourche Parish Schools Superintendent Jarod Martin told The Gazette this afternoon that he is hopeful that schools will not have to change in Governor John Bel Edwards' revised Phase II declaration, but he's still seeking more information from the state about what the new phase will fully …
Lafourche Parish public high schools will be shifting to a hybrid schedule after the Thanksgiving holiday in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19.
Our friends at Lockport Upper Elementary have named their Student of the Year nominees today, an impressive group of young students have have excelled in and out of the classroom.
Hurricane Zeta's local impacts have caused changes to the local high school football schedule this weekend.
Lafourche Parish Public Schools have been canceled on Friday to allow locals to recover from Hurricane Zeta.
Photo by Klint Landry
Nicholls had a Homecoming ceremony unlike any other this weekend, hosting a socially distanced ceremony to crown its King and Queen.Â
Friends of Bayou Lafourche, Inc., signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Lafourche Parish Career Magnet Center for the construction of floating docks for use along Bayou Lafourche.
Larose-Cut Off Middle School has its nominations for its 2020-2021 Student of the Year.
Golden Meadow Middle School has announced its finalists for 2020-2021 Student of the Year.
When pondering her career, Mrs. Maggie Punch remembers thinking that she wanted to choose a field where she could truly make a difference and inspire others.
South Lafourche High School hosted its annual Homecoming Week Pirogue races this week in Bayou Lafourche.Â
A local elementary school is going to close down for 14 days to combat a small COVID outbreak.
St. Mary's Nativity School was recently awarded a grant from Louisiana Volunteers for Family and Community. Â Principal Marissa Bagala (left), along with Pre-K 4 teacher Lori Martinez, are shown receiving a check from Becky Gautreaux (LSU AgCenter extension agent and Lafourche VFC advisor).Â
The 2020-2021 school year marks a year unlike any other for us as we slowly get comfortable acclimating into our new normal.Â
The 2020-2021 school year marks a year unlike any other for us as we slowly get comfortable acclimating into our new normal.Â
Nicholls State University released its 2020 Homecoming Court this past week, and several members of the court are from our local area.
Lafourche Parish Schools will be closed to on-campus learning on September 25, as the parish gets ready to begin its 5-day a week learning on September 28.
Music never dies.
Lafourche Parish schools will be closed to on-campus learning on Monday AND Tuesday as Tropical Storm Sally nears the coast.
In mid-March, we shut down our schools to in-class learning, and life as we knew it changed for a long, long time.Â
In mid-March, we shut down our schools to in-class learning, and life as we knew it changed for a long, long time.Â
Lafourche Parish Schools will be closed to on-campus learning next week due to Tropical Storms Marco and Laura.
Lafourche Parish Schools are scheduled to start on-campus learning on Monday, but active tropics could delay that start-date.
This week, Lafourche Parish kids started our "new normal," beginning the 2020-2021 school year with two weeks of virtual learning. The parish will do 2 weeks of virtual learning, then two weeks of "A/B" learning before hopefully getting back to normal.
Thibodaux High School's girls' basketball coach is trying to score a prestigious honor this week for her love of health and fitness.
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