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Cecil Picard Elementary 2017-2018 Student of the Year, Hailey Lattero (second from left), was recently recognized during a school assembly. To be considered for SOY a student must maintain a GPA of 3.5 or higher and score at high levels on standardized tests. The student must display character which includes self-confidence, effort, attitude, relationships with peers and respect for adults. This student has exhibited these attributes and will represent the school at the parish level. Hailey is actively involved in band, 4-H, and Beta. She is pictured with Cecil Picard principal (left) Paulette Gaspard and her parents Megan Bobo and Christian Lattero.

Kaplan High School cheerleaders and a Rene Rost Middle School cheerleader, were part of the more than 500 cheerleaders from across the country that represented Varisty Spirit in the in the 2017 Thanksgiving Tour at Walt Disney World in Florida. Only the top ten percent of the cheerleaders and dancers from Varsity Spirit Camps earn the chance to march in a holiday parade of this caliber. Attending were (l-r) Sidney Dartez, Krislyn Trahan, Lauren Fulkerson (back) Jaida Abshire, Bethany Sistrunk Chloe Suire and Caily Simon. All are seniors at Kaplan High School with the exception of Krislyn Trahan who is an eighth grader at Rene Rost Middle School.

T.J. and Nona Prejean of Cow Island celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. The two were married on December 28, 1947. The couple has three children, the late Glenwood Prejean, Danny Prejean and Becky Prejean; 16 grandchildren; one step-grandchild; 13 great-grandchildren; three step-great-grandchilren and two great-great-grandchildren.