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North Vermilion High senior Alex Hebert is actively involved in his school.
It is a mission that has grown over the course of his four years at NVHS.
“School involvement is something that is very important to me,” Hebert said Tuesday afternoon while speaking to members of the Kiwanis Club of Abbeville.
The Kiwanis Club invited Hebert to its weekly meeting to honor him as the December Student of the Month. Hebert said it is fitting for him to be able to speak to such a group.

During the same week students went through the interview process for their top yearly accolades, the Vermilion Parish School System announced the honorees who help make those students so successful.
Earning recognition as Vermilion Parish Teachers of the Year are Herod Elementary School’s Darbi Conca, Erath Middle School’s Amy Suire and North Vermilion High School’s Jacqueline Alleman.
Conca is in her third year as a third-grade teacher at Herod Elementary in Abbeville.

Abbeville Mayor Mark Piazza received a surprise phone call from the Department of Transportation (DOTD) about the closing of a bridge in Abbeville.
DOTD informed the mayor that the small bridge on South John Hardy Drive, near the Lafitte Shopping Center, will be closed indefinitely.
Piazza said, according to DOTD’s inspection, the bridge did not meet weight payload standards, so it had to be closed until it is repaired.
The city is responsible for the cost of upgrading and repairing the bridge.