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WE NEWS

Warren Easton Charter High School Online Newsletter

In This Issue:

NAFEPA Scholarship Offer ….1

LouisianaConnect News …...2-3

Louisiana Legislative Youth

Advisory Council Leadership

Award ……………………………...4

Upcoming Events ……... 5

Welcome to the “WE” News - the Warren Easton Chapter High

School Online Newsletter for Parents. Keeping parents informed

with the latest news, issues, activities and events. From Warren

Easton.

NAFEPA State Affiliate Representatives

Scholarship Committee

October 31, 2011

NAFEPA Scholarship Offer

On behalf of the NAFEPA organization, we are excited to offer a scholarship opportunity to you and your colleagues. The scholarship is in honor of three NAFEPA members who have provided much leadership and given of their time and talents to move our Association forward as a professional organization. Persons eligible for one of the three $2,500.00 scholarships are senior students, presently enrolled in a public school or students currently enrolled as freshmen in accredited colleges or uni-versities. One scholarship will be awarded to a student who is pursuing a degree in Education. A second scholarship will be awarded to an applicant pursuing a degree other than Education. The third scholarship will be awarded to a student pursuing any degree.

As your state’s NAFEPA Representative, it is your responsibility to distribute this application form to eligible and interested persons in your state’s school districts. It will be your state’s responsibility to select one candidate to represent your state, based on the required criteria listed in the application, and to forward that candidate’s application to the NAFEPA Scholarship Committee.

Note: States having 100 members or more may submit two scholarship candidates.

The completed application for the student(s) your state has selected is due February 11, 2012 to Helen Adams, Scholarship Chairperson . This means that you must determine when applications are due to you for your state’s scholarship selection process.

If you have any questions please call Helen Adams at 919-772-4009.

Nominations should be sent to: Helen Adams, Scholarship Committee Chairperson 10900 Adams Road Raleigh, NC 27603

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We are excited to announce that student academic performance data has been loaded into LouisianaConnect for your school! What Does this Mean?

Students, counselors and parents can now track student academic progress from a single resource.

Students can now be matched with college access and grant programs (like TOPS) through automated alerts that will be sent through LouisianaConnect.

Counselors can now take advantage of enhanced reporting capabilities offered by LouisianaConnect. Check out the "Reporting" tab on the main navigation of the web portal. Detailed guidance is provided in the "Louisiana Administrative User Guide" located in LouisianaConnect's Support Center (Just click the "Support" link at the bottom of the screen when you log into LouisianaConnect).

Quick Guide to LouisianaConnect Academic Data * All academic data has been provided by the Louisiana Department of Education's (LDOE) Student Transcript System (STS). * Currently, academic data is scheduled to be refreshed immediately after the completion of each regularly-scheduled STS data harvest. * Student GPAs are taken directly from STS (LDOE normalizes GPAs to a 4.0). * Course data that has not been harvested and normalized by LDOE for STS will NOT be automatically populated to LouisianaConnect. * If a student (i.e. Transfer) is manually added to the web portal by a counselor, their academic data will NOT appear until the next round of STS data is loaded. * If you think student academic records are incorrect, please contact LouisianaConnect customer support with a precise description of the data elements and students in question. ALL Academic Data is Displayed According to the Time Period ("Session") to which it Relates

WEB PORTAL NAMING CONVENTION DESCRIPTION Academic Year Full Year Block 1, 2, 3, 4 Quarter/Trimester Credit Recovery 1 Other (Special Grading Period, etc.) Semester 1, 2 Semester Summer Session 1, 2 Summer Session

Our Efforts to Improve Access to Data Continue! LOSFA and the LouisianaConnect team are working to: o Accelerate the collection of academic data from LDOE (stay tuned for additional updates as we continue to integrate with LDOE data sys-tems) o Collect state standardized test scores (EOC, LEAP, etc.) to be saved to the student profile and Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) QUICK LINKS: To read documents (including flyers for parents, students & counselors) regarding Louisiana Connect, go here: https://support.connectedu.net/Louisiana/document-library.html For Frequently Asked Questions & Answers, go here: https://support.connectedu.net/Louisiana/faqs.html To watch a pre-recorded "On Demand" training webinar, go here: https://support.connectedu.net/Louisiana/training-center.html

If there is an issue that needs to be addressed with the site (logon issues, data issues, etc.), please report the issue here: https://support.connectedu.net/Louisiana/contact.html

If you have not received a response within 2-3 days, check your "junk" or "trash" folder for an email from do-not-reply@connectedu.com and follow up with your IT department at your school or school board office.

Best, LOSFA & the LouisianaConnect Team

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Louisiana Legislative

Youth Advisory Council

Leadership Award

General Information

Introduction

The Louisiana Legislative Youth Advisory Council (LYAC) seeks to publicly recognize young people for

demonstrating outstanding leadership and/or citizenship in their communities by selecting and honoring a young

leader in each congressional district in the state, including a state award winner. In accordance with its mission,

the members of LYAC encourage teens across the state to become civically engaged in and render service to their

communities and to promote a meaningful youth voice on issues affecting youth in their daily lives.

The purpose of the LYAC Leadership Award is to recognize teens who:

• Serve as a positive example to other young people

• Achieve a significant civic accomplishment at school or in the community

• Demonstrate outstanding youth leadership

• Promote responsible citizenship

The Award:

• This is a peer-to-peer honor. The LYAC youth members will evaluate and review each nomination.

• Certificates of achievement will be awarded by the LYAC youth members to each winner.

Nominations:*

• Anyone, except a LYAC member or his/her immediate family, can nominate a teen.

• At least one, but no more than two letters of recommendation from someone other than the nominator

must accompany the letter of nomination.

• The nomination may include supporting materials such as copies of newspaper articles, etc. Any

materials submitted will not be returned.

* No member of the LYAC group is eligible to receive an award.

Qualifications:

• Youth between the ages of 14 and 19 and attending a high school or home school at the time of

nomination

• Must be a Louisiana resident

DEADLINE:

Nominations must be postmarked or submitted no later than February 29, 2012.

Please mail your completed nomination forms to:

Louisiana Legislative Youth Advisory Council

c/o Louisiana Senate

Post Office Box 94183

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UPCOMING EVENTS…………………………………...

Dear Wonderful Faculty, Staff, Parent & Students Body,

Let me 1st say Thank You, Thank You, Thank You again for

ALL the LOVE, SUPPORT AND DONATIONS For the Stage Play

“Trust” in October. It is without a doubt appreciated in so

many ways. I really hoped you enjoyed the play as much as I

loved performing for you.

At this time I would love to present another Stage Play…The

HIT Stage Play “The Moments that shape us” Starring 3

Warren Easton Alumni- Stylist B. ‘02’, Kevin Vicknair ‘06’ &

Amanda Winfield ‘04’

February 3-5, 2012

Friday & Saturday, February 3 & 4 @ 7pm

Sunday, February 5 @ 4pm

L.B. Landry High School Theater

1200 L. B. Landry Ave. New Orleans, La 70114

If you are interested in attending, PLEASE See or Call Me for

Tickets at 504-621-4287

P.S. Again Please NOTE that it is Sade’ (my character)

on stage and NOT Amanda. J

Thank you for your support in advance,