Martin Petitjean Elementary leads state-wide Leadership Event

MPE MAKEPRESENTATION IN BATON ROUGE CONVENTION - Twenty eight students from Martin Petitjean Elementary, a Leader in Me Lighthouse School, made a presentation to a group of 600 school board members and superintendents at the Louisiana School Boards Association Convention at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Baton Rouge on February 15, 2016. These students, MPE Student Panelists, conducted a Q&A session for the attendees as the lead in presentation for the keynote address, for which, they received a standing ovation for their presentation. These students received a great start in the Leader in Me at another Lighthouse School, Central Rayne Kindergarten. Muriel Summers, creator of Leader in Me and current principal of A.B. Combs Elementary in Raleigh, North Carolina, was the keynote speaker for the event and credited the Martin Petitjean staff with inspiring schools throughout Louisiana to engage in the Leader in Me process through their outstanding implementation. Students, staff members and area Acadia Parish School Board members in attendance were, first row, from left, Jy’reah Warner, Juliana Dupont, Jakob Paul Dupont, Abigail Racca, Gabirelle Mouton, Joshua Hebert, Jaya Daugereaux; second row, Riley George, Ellah Barousse, Ebony Dupont, Ja’Nia Batiste, Jeremy Senegal, Gabriella Aguillar, Leonalee Palombo, Isaiah Guilbeau, Dominque Wilson; third row, Jayla Harmon, Caden Cowart, Evan Damon, Dominic Colonna, Ja’Miyah Warner, Taylor Pitre, Deyton Young, Tyronne Jacques, A’Dreamer Lewis, Ryan Washington, Lyra-Lee John, MPE Disciplinarian Regina Myers; fourth row, MPE Principal Kim Cummins, APSB School Board Members--David Lalonde, Gene Daigle, Milton Simar, Doug LaCombe, James Higginbotham, James Proctor and Delo Hebert.