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3rd grade students read 172,379 minutes within the 4 week competition

3rd Graders at Seventh Ward Elementary are READING STATE CHAMPS!

The third graders at Seventh Ward Elementary School recently competed in a world wide AND state level 4 week reading competition called READBowl. READBowl along with “Share the Magic Foundation” was created by former NFL Patriots player Malcolm Mitchell to encourage children to read. Teams from all 50 states and 7 countries competed to read for the most minutes per week. The 3rd grade team, led by school librarian Mrs. Nicole Duhon, was called “Mrs. Nicole’s Ragin’ Cajun Readers”. The team ranked in the top 25 teams 3 weeks in a row in the global Big 3 Conference.

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Anxious children gather for a photo before the start of the “Children’s Mardi Gras Chicken Chase” hosted by Les Amis du Français en Vermillon.

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Children reach for a chicken during the “Children’s Traditional Mardi Gras Chicken Chase” hosted by Les Amis du Français en Vermillon.

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Madame Coralie Feron, the 2nd grade Vermilion Parish French Immersion teacher from Belgium, came to cheer on French students at the “Children’s Mardi Gras Chicken Chase” hosted by Les Amis du Français en Vermillon

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One of the “Official Chicken Catchers” proudly holds the feathered friend she caught during the “Children’s Mardi Gras Chicken Chase” hosted by Les Amis du Français en Vermillon.

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Children work on costumes with their parents during the “Children’s Traditional Mardi Gras Costume-Making Workshop” hosted by Les Amis du Français en Vermillon.

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The chickens listen closely as some of the chasers stand around them discussing catching strategies during the “Children’s Mardi Gras Chicken Chase” hosted by Les Amis du Français en Vermillon

Preserving French Cultural History, Heritage and Tradition

ERATH - The French people of Louisiana stand out because of their language, traditions, customs, celebrations and most of all, their pride in French heritage and culture.
The best way to preserve that culture is to preserve the French language and folk traditions. It is vital to immerse students who study French in culturally-enriching experiences that teach them about the lives of those who came before, and in doing so, instill in them the level of pride in their heritage that is necessary for Louisiana’s French culture and language to survive.

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Doug and Jackie Vincent hand Erath Middle School Principal Dana Primeaux (in pink) the old bell. Also in the photo is EMS assistant principal De Ette Bigot.

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The back of the bell has a picture of Robert Vincent when he was 21 in 2000 and another picture of when he died in 2020.

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Erath Middle School was on fire on March 7, 2000.

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The old bell now sits in the corner of the trophy case near the front office at Erath Middle School.

After 23 years, school bell donated back to Erath Middle

ERATH — For the last 23 years, Doug and Jackie Vincent were keepers of the old Erath Middle School (EMS) bell that their son, Robert, salvaged after EMS burned on March 7, 2000.
On Tuesday morning, the Vincents decided it was time they donated the large bell that once hung in the main hall in Erath Middle School.
“Today marks the 23rd anniversary the school burned,” said Jackie. “Doug and I figured this would be a good day to let Erath Middle have the bell back. Robert would have wanted them to have the bell.”

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Dozens from Vermilion Parish volunteered to help at the Boys & Girls Club.

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Abbeville Chief of Police Mike Hardy helps haul off an old piano. Boys & Girls Club Director Kimberly Bessard, playing a few keys, said it she is happy to see it and other clutter taken out of the club.

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Volunteers wrote positive messages for the members Vermilion Boys & Girls Club. Those notes were then placed in the shape of a heart.

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Members of the NVHS Beta Club “revamped” the art room at the Club.

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Volunteers load a trailer after cleaning out items at the Vermilion Boys & Girls Club.

Volunteers lend helping hand cleaning out clutter at Boys & Girls Club

There’s always a positive difference that can be made.
It’s the kind of difference the Vermilion Boys & Girls Club works to make with youth in the community every day.
On a Saturday in February, the community stepped up to lend a helping hand to the local club.
More than 70 volunteers from Vermilion Reach Group (VRG) and others gathered for a clean-up day at A.A. Comeaux Park, where the club is located.
“We had a lot of help from the community,” Vermilion Boys & Girls Club Director Kimberly Bessard said.

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Della Dehart (Chevalier), Ray Trahan (Chevalier), Betty Comb (Chevalier), Mario Charest (French Curriculum Facilitator - Vermilion Parish School System), Arlene Collee (III Grand Maitre) , Layla Melancon (Director - Les Amis du Francais en Vermillon), Gordy Landry (IV Grand Maitre) , Whit Atchetee (I Grand Maitre), Bonnie Broussard (Omelette President and Chevalier), Patsy Hebert (Chevalier) and Meg Hebert (Chevalier).

Les Amis Du Français en Vermillon French organization receives donation from internationally-known Confrerie D’abbeville

Confrerie d’Abbeville, a member of the international fraternity of French-speaking areas of the world promoting French language and heritage, recently donated $500 to Les Amis du Français en Vermillon (Friends of French in Vermilion), a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of French language, heritage and culture, and to the continued success of French education in Vermilion parish.

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