Campus Connection Three campuses. One Ascension.

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We are proud of our 2016-2017 Student Leaders!

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Mackenzie Detraz, PK3 Maximus Fenn, PK3 Anna-Louisa Fontenot, PK3 Winston Garrard, PK3 Jacob Giardina, PK3 Fredrick Halverson, PK3 Sloane Harris, PK3 Helena Howard, PK3 Lila Hunt, PK3 Tessa Kimball, PK3 Addison Kizziar, PK3 Jake Kizziar, PK3 Sophia Kothawala, PK3 Simon Kreamer, PK3 Madeline Ortemond, PK3 Amelysse Perkins, PK3 Tyler Reddick, PK3 Macie Riche, PK3 Anistyn Rood, PK3 Reese Rovira, PK3 Graham Saterfiel, PK3 Brianna Shumadine, PK3 Ava Somner, PK3 Owen Swan, PK3 Hudson Walsh, PK3 Matthew West, PK3 Anna-Grace Adams, PK4 Boden Batt, PK4 Luke Belle, PK4 Brooks Boudreaux, PK4 Xayden Doucet, PK4 Roland Falls, PK4 Harper Fournerat, PK4 Elizabeth Gaubert, PK4 Quinn Harris, PK4 Sarah Herman, PK4 Annie Hohorst, PK4 Beatrice Lalande, PK4 Phillip Lalande, PK4 Kell Lewis, PK4 Graylon McClellan, PK4 Nathan Oubre, PK4 Regan Oubre, PK4 Sebastian Padron, PK4 Piper Reis, PK4 Audrey Sonnier, PK4 Zoe Stutes, PK4 Cohen Waguespack, PK4

Amélie Walsh, PK4 George Young, PK4 Manha Bux, K Annabella Delcambre, K Palyn Dunbar, K Colton Hebert, K Jackson Kennedy, K Shrey Patel, K Vivian Richard, K Parker Riddle, K Railey Robinson, K Addison Saulnier, K Colton Simeral, K Lucas Cormier, 1 Henri Durio, 1 David Henderson, 1 Austin Walker, 1 Parker White, 1 Braxton Woodring, 2 Andre Abshire, 3 Abby Boone, 3 Mary Frances Durio, 3 Evan Gentner, 3 Audrey LeDoux, 3 Molly Cormier, 4 Tennyson Foshee, 4 Samuel Henderson, 4 Cole Pesson, 4 Emmie Collins, 5 Cara Gentner, 5 Adam Gombos, 5 Alex Mahfouz, 5 Emerson Abshire, 6 Mia Landry, 6 Quaid Patrick, 6 Cole Russo, 6 Logan Overton, 7 Anthony Quebedeaux, 7 Audrey Abshire, 8 Cain Breaux, 8 Lily Doré, 8 Christian Foti, 8 Grant Miller, 8 Andre’ Perron, 8 Carson Ronsonet, 8 Ammiel Simms, 8 Jacques Tremblay, 8 Gerald Viator, 8

Faith Wilson, 8 Alyse Cormier, 9 Brodi Delahoussaye, 9 Caroline Delatte, 9 Poco Dunbar, 9 Lucas Favaloro, 9 Thomas Foshee, 9 Virginia Foshee, 9 Elias Fournet, 9 Emma Gautreau, 9 Hudson Menard, 9 Mia Theriot, 9 Blaine Blanchard, 10 Bison Hargett, 0 Grace Loos, 0 Karlee Stoute, 10 Catherine Zaunbrecher, 10 Madison Beadle, 11 Hester Bourdier, 11 Dawson Broussard, 11 Mateo Landry, 11 FACULTY & STAFF: Toby Fontenot, Facilities Richard Anderson, SMP Math Amy Billeaudeaux, 4th Grade Erin Cheshire, RR Music Cortney Delhomme, SMP English Jay Domengeaux, SMP P.E. Stephen Hearen, SMP Social Studies Paula Landry, SMP Foreign Language Chelsea LeMieux, MS Math Caitlin Neal-Jones, SMP Guidance & College Counselor Rosalind Robertson, SMP Art Nicole Small-Stutes, SMP Math Lauren Trahan, SMP Science Hillary Sellers, SMP Art Tammy Whittington, MS English Marilyn Lee,!Development Office Brittany Roberts, SMP English Natalie Tuminello, SMP Social Studies

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WELCOME, NEW BLUE GATORS!




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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: REATHA ALBERT “Ms.!Reatha,”!as!affecconately!known!by!countless!Blue!Gators,!has!been!working!at!Ascension!for!31!years.!She!serves!as!Administracve!Assistant,!and!although!her!office!is!located!on!the!Downtown!Campus,!she!provides!support!to!all!three!of!our!campuses.!A!nacve!of!DeRidder,!LA,!she!loves!the!camaraderie!among!Ascension!faculty!and!staff,!saying,!“It!is!a!family!feeling.!I!love!being!of!assistance!when!a!need!arises.”!

Outside!of!school,!she!enjoys!lighthearted!movies!and!reading!spiritual,!biographical,!and!light!mystery!ficcon!books.!She!is!also!accvely!involved!at!First!Bapcst!Church!and!loves!playing!tennis!and!Mexican!Train,!as!well!as!doing!crossword!puzzles.!

We!are!incredibly!blessed!to!have!such!a!dedicated,!hardNworking!member!of!our!Blue!Gator!family!

ALUMNI Congratulacons! to!Victoria!Topham,! Class! of! 2016,! for! being! chosen! as!the!2016!Games!of!Acadiana!Poster!Arcst!!!Miles!Perret!Cancer!Services/Games!of!Acadiana!remains!near!and!dear!to!our!hearts,!and!we!are!quite!proud!to!have!a!recent!Blue!Gator!grad!chosen!for!this!honor!

Design Thinking and Music: A Perfect Harmony by Alayna Dugas and Kaedron Hall

For!those!of!you!who!do!not!know!us,!Mr.!Hall!and!I!are!the!chorus!and!strings!teachers!on!the!Downtown!Campus.!When!Ascension!faculty!took!a!Design!Thinking!workshop!this!summer,!the!music!department!realized!we!have!a!unique!opportunity!to!reshape!the!

direccon!we!take!moving!forward!with!Design!Thinking!in!our!program.!!Mr.!Hall!and!I!had!an!“Aha!”!moment!in!which!we!realized!the!journey!a!musician!takes!in!learning!to!play!or!

write!a!piece!of!music!is!tantamount!to!the!design!process,!the!parts!simply!go!by!different!names.!Design!Thinking!begins!with!empathy,!the!ability!to!understand!the!feelings!of!

another,!and!ends!with!tescng!your!product.!The!best!definicon!of!music!I!have!heard!is!!!“Music!is!what!feelings!sound!like.”!So!many!pieces!of!music!are!borne!out!of!a!human!experience!and!empathecc!desire!to!represent!a!person!or!group!of!people!through!

sound.!Musicians!spend!countless!hours!pracccing,!iteracng,!prototyping,!only!to!scrap!it!and!start!over,!to!finally!tescng!their!product!with!a!concert,!a!recording,!an!album!

release,!or!movie!screening.!!!!So!much!of!the!creacve!process!of!music!has!gone!digital,!with!the!highest!paid!DJ!topping!Forbes!at!$63!million!in!earnings.!Mr.!Hall!and!I!want!to!create!spaces!that!

showcase!the!tech!integracon!of!music,!and!give!students!the!opportunity!to!digitally!compose,!while!not!negleccng!to!teach!students!to!physically!sing!and!play!instruments.!!!Next!cme!you’re!Downtown,!stop!by!Mr.!Hall’s!chorus!room,!which!now!houses!The!Lab,!complete!with!computers,!Midi!keyboards,!and!composicon!somware.!Or!walk!next!door!

into!the!Lower!School!music!room!to!see!the!Recording!Studio.!We!can’t!wait!to!hear!what!this!year!sounds!like!!

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TECHNOLOGY Last!month,!Ascension!Episcopal!School!provided!a!screening!of!the!documentary!Screenagers,%wriRen!and!directed!by!Delaney!Ruston,!M.D.!!Understanding!the!value!of!technology!in!schools,!Ruston!sought!to!determine!a!healthy!balance!of!screen!cme!at!home.!If!you!could!not!make!it!to!the!screening,!take!a! look!at!these!helpful!resources:! ! !•Delaney’s!interview!with!a!New!York!television!stacon!•PBS!News!Hour!•!Screen!Time!Contracts!•!Helpful!Parencng!Apps!

TWITTER Several!grade!levels!and!teachers!have!established!TwiRer!accounts!and!regularly!post!great!images,!videos,!and!informacon!related!to!what’s!happening!in!our!classrooms!and!across!Ascension’s!campuses.!If!you’re!a!Tweeter,!search!#ASCENSIONBLUEGATORS!to!locate!accounts!and!follow!school!tweets!

Macie Riche, PK3 "If you’re sweet and kind you can play on the playground and not get your dinosaur off the earth. If you be kind you play with your friends."

GATOR GAB: What does the Kindness Project mean to you?

SMP COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY by Maddie Blackstone On!September!23,!2016,!Ascension!had!its!first!community!service!day!of!the!year!!Members!from!each!grade!got!out!in!the!community!to!make!a!difference!in!people’s!lives.!Freshmen!went!to!St.!Joseph’s!Diner!to!hand!out!free!meals!to!those!who!are!homeless!or!have!no!access!to!food.!The!diner!can!only!take!10!students!at!a!cme,!so!half!went!to!help!with!breakfast!and!the!rest!helped!with!lunch.!Sophomores!went!to!Camelot!of!Broussard!nursing!home!to!visit!the!elderly!and!play!Bingo!with!them.!Some!of!the!people!there!are!alone!all!day,!so!students!were!able!to!share!a!smile!with!them!and!make!their!day.!Juniors!took!part!in!Project!Front!Yard!to!help!with!the!medians!on!Louisiana!Ave.!They!helped!by!weeding!and!adding!mulch!to!all!the!beds.!KLFY!News!even!showed!up!to!video!the!students!helping!out!and!interviewed!a!couple!teachers!and!students.!Alexis!Cortez!said,!“By!beaucfying!the!community,!it!welcomes!more!people!to!what!a!beaucful!culture!we!have,”!Lastly,!Seniors!helped!with!Habitat!for!Humanity.!Their!mission!is!to!help!build!houses!for!needy!people.!With!the!big!flood!occurring!earlier!in!the!school!year,!there!are!plenty!of!people!who!need!help!tearing!down!their!damaged!homes!and!starcng!over.!Our!school’s!statement!this!year!is!“Project!Kindness”!and!so!far!we!are!off!to!a!great!start!with!many!more!service!days!coming!up!soon.!

Check!out!the!Project!Front!Yard!arccle!on!KLFY!HERE.!

Cole Edmond (7) “It means being gentle, generous, truthful, kind, and brave, and treating others as I would like to be treated.”

Kate Mouton (12) “To me, the Kindness Project means putting others before yourself.”

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THE KINDNESS PROJECT Kindness,!both!intenconal!and!random,!pervades!the!Downtown!Campus:!•Mrs.!Bayard’s!third!graders!randomly!drew!a!classmate’s!name,!and!secretly!do!kind!things!for!their!peer.!•First!grade!uses!“Blue!Gator!Tickets”!to!promote!kindness.!Tickets!are!earned!when!teachers!spot!considerate!accons.!The!cckets!go!into!a!jar,!and!winners!receive!a!special!treat.!•Mrs.!Young’s!second!grade!students!created!hands!of!kindness,!brainstorming!ways!to!extend!kindness!to!others.!•Middle!School!Media!Literacy!students!created!story!boards!as!prep!for!their!Be!Kind!videos.!Click!HERE!and!HERE!to!view!some!of!their!work.

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The Chaplain’s Prayer Corner remains available on our website. Do you know someone who needs our prayers? Please click HERE to submit a request or view our current list of special intentions.

FACILITIES Thanks!to!efforts!by!our!PTO!and!the!Ascension!Fund,!our!Downtown!green!space!got!a!makeover!this!summer!!!Stop!by!for!a!visit!if!you!have!not!seen!it!in!person!

PRESCHOOL PRECIOUS MOMENTS “M”!week!on!the!River!Ranch!Campus!is!always!marvelous!and!merry…especially!when!our!liRle!Blue!Gators!have!the!opportunity!to!channel!their!inner!Michelangelo!

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We!remain! incredibly!proud!of!and!humbled!by!the!amazing!compassion,!generosity,! hard! work,! and! abundance! of! love! demonstrated! by! our!Ascension!family!in!the!amermath!of!this!summer’s!historic!flood.!