The Orleans Parish Assessor’s Office will be holding question and answer sessions to help business owners understand how to log-in to the Assessor’s online portal to fill out their LAT 5 Business Personal Property Self Reporting Forms electronically at nolaassessor.com announced Orleans Parish Assessor Erroll Williams.
 
The sessions are free and will offer direct staff assistance regarding completion and online submittal of the form, as well as general questions about the form itself.
 
“We’ve continued to make the online submission process more user-friendly and as intuitive as possible,” said Assessor Williams. “We’ve seen steady growth in online submissions from year to year but we’re really still not where we’d like to be. A major focus of these sessions will be to simplify the online process for filers.”

CERTIFIED TEACHERS: REGISTER NOW, POST RESUME FOR
11TH ANNUAL NEW ORLEANS CHARTER SCHOOLS TEACHER FAIR
 EVENT TAKES PLACE MARCH 25 AT HYNES CHARTER SCHOOL
Teachers can register, review charter school vacancies and/or post resumes NOW online at new website:  gnocollaborative.com

Benjamin Franklin High School (BFHS) is proud to announce the following eight seniors have been selected as candidates for the United States Presidential Scholars Program:
 
Joshua H. Balkin
Aroosa Y. Cheema
Jacob P. Fillinger
Shirley N. Hong
Elizabeth L. Parker
Illaria M. Simeone
Madison E. Smither
Yuzhi Wang

University View Academy (formerly Louisiana Connections Academy) teachers Stacie Reed and Katie Corkern were each named 2017 Outstanding Paraeducator of the Year at the Louisiana Council for Exceptional Children 2017 Super Conference Awards. The school, based in Baton Rouge, is the state’s leading provider of high-quality, free public online charter schooling for grades K through 12 to students anywhere in Louisiana.
 
Both teachers were honored for their innovative lessons and programs, ability to reach out to students, and hard work.

Benjamin Franklin High School has always represented the spirit of excellence.  Through the Gateway Program BFHS reaches beyond its own campus, offering any Orleans Parish 8th grader a gateway to math success.  The celebration will take place Saturday, February 11, 2017, at 11:00 AM in the cafeteria of Ben Franklin High School.
 
Using the Khan Academy platform and in sessions held on eighteen Saturday mornings throughout the year, Ben Franklin teachers and other local teachers work with 8th graders from 19 different middle schools to prepare all for the rigors of high school math.  The program was piloted in the 2014-2015 academic year with students form three schools and expanded this year to include students from Alice M. Harte Charter School, Arise Academy, Arthur Ashe Charter School, Audubon Charter School, Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Delores T. Aaron Academy, Esperanza Charter School, Gentilly Terrace Charter School, Harriet Tubman Charter School, International School of Louisiana, Lafayette Academy, Lake Castle School, Lake Forest Charter School, Langston Hughes Academy, Pierre A. Capdau Charter School, Samuel J. Green Charter School, SciTech Academy, Success Preparatory Academy, and Wheatly School.  Eighth graders are welcome, regardless of where they plan to go to high school.

EINSTEIN CHARTER SCHOOL CAMPUSES TO PARTIALLY RE-OPEN THURSDAY
 
NEW ORLEANS, LA:  Officials with Einstein Charter Schools and the Recovery School District announced the following updates today:
 
School will resume as normal at Einstein Charter School Village de l’Est PreK – 5th (5316 Michoud Blvd – Extension Building), Einstein Charter Middle – 6th-8th (Sarah Towles Reed, 5316 Michoud Blvd – 1st Floor) and Einstein Charter High – 9th (Sarah Towles Reed, 5316 Michoud Blvd – 2nd Floor) on Thursday, February 9th.

Students from Einstein Charter School Sherwood Forest in 3rd, 4th and 5th grades will report to Einstein Charter High (Sarah Towles Reed, 5316 Michoud Blvd – 2nd Floor) on Thursday, February 9th at normal school hours.
 
Students from Einstein Charter School Sherwood Forest in PreK, Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades will not report due to limited space.
 

NOTICE FROM EINSTEIN CHARTER SCHOOLS CEO SHAWN TORANTO:

"All of Einstein Charter School campuses will be closed tomorrow due to downed power lines and in order to assess damage at our three campuses. All of our children are safe. Out of caution, we want to make sure the facilities are safe, thus we ask parents to monitor the school's website, as well as the local news media, for information regarding when all campuses are ready to re-open."

www.einsteincharter.org

New Orleans to recognize the creation of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference by local ministers and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a new monument in Central City
 Public Announcement of the project is Sunday, Feb. 12
 
Who:             
Ella Camburnbeck, Director or Louise Martin, President
 
Contact:       
Ella Camburnbeck  (504) 581-3701
director@felicityredevelopment.org
or C. Brylski (504) 897-6110
 
When:           
February 12, 4 to 6 p.m.
 
Where:           
Plans to be revealed at the home of Christel and Keene Kelley
1304 First St., New Orleans
 
What:                       
On Feb. 14, 1957, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other prominent Southern ministers met at New Zion Baptist Church on LaSalle Street in New Orleans and incorporated the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Felicity Redevelopment Inc. is working with the Louisiana SCLC, Tulane Regional Urban Design Center and other groups to build a pavilion that memorializes this important moment in Civil Rights history and add a new monument to the city’s legacy of historic events. This event kicks off the public fundraising campaign to complete the project.

This Sunday, Feb. 5 will be more than just another game for the Tulane women’s basketball team when they host Temple at 1 p.m. CT inside Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse, as the Green Wave will also be participating in National Girls & Women in Sports Day. This year marks the 31st anniversary of the annual event, which is a national observance celebrating the extraordinary achievements of women and girls in sports.

On Sunday, Tulane will honor its own female student-athletes encompassing the whole athletic department periodically throughout the game. In addition, the Wave will host a special award ceremony for local standout Suzy Montero, for her continuous contributions towards women’s athletics.