Winter 2010 - St. Joseph's Academy

On Campusacademics...traditions...facultySJA collected 8,623 pounds of cannedand other food items during the Can thePrincipal food drive, held October 19-23. The school-wide effort was spon-the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank. - with so much food that she would beforced out of the area. By the end of thedrive on Friday morning, she was workingat a desk in the hallway.“Our girls rolled up their shirtsleevesin the spirit of giving,” Harvison said. “Iam proud to have been canned.”The total poundage of 8,623 is equivalentto 11,497 meals, according to AmySellers, director of food procurementfor the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank.“The students truly have made a differencefor the hungry in our community,”Sellers, a 1997 Academy graduate, said.“This is a true win for the hungry.” palinitiative netted 7,805 pounds offood. The goal of this year’s drive wasto surpass that total. Through daily announcements,emails tracking each day’sprogress and even a song sung duringmorning announcements, students weremotivated to help feed the less fortunate.Senior Class SpendsDay in ServiceSeniors scrape paint from fence rails at BREC’s CedarRidge Park.The senior class spent October 13 inservice to the Baton Rouge community.Seniors volunteered their time at severalvenues, including Alzheimer’s Services,Baton Rouge Green Tree Farm at theRural Life Museum, Baton Rouge Zoo,Cancer Services, Capital Area ViolenceIntervention, CASA, BREC Cedar RidgePark, Habitat for Humanity, Mary BirdPerkins Cancer Center, Ollie Steele Burden,PACE, Park Elementary School,Sisters of St. Joseph Archives, St. ElizabethFoundation, St. Joseph Hospice,St. Paul’s Adult Learning Center and St.Vincent de Paul Dining Hall.Science Club Members Featured on VanThe LSU Coastal Roots Program,for which St. Joseph’s Academy servedas a pilot, recently acquired a researchvan, thanks to a generous donation tothe LSU College of Education by Harmanand Renae Chandler of Shreveport.The van will be used to transportmaterials and equipment to and fromparticipating schools and planting sites.The Coastal Roots program was establishedin 1999, and for more thana decade, LindaMessina’s sciencestudentsand ScienceClub membershave been activeparticipants.Louisianastudents infourth gradethrough highschool take partin the programby establishingwetland plantnurseries at their schools. Studentsgrow native plant seedlings to plantin a coastal habitat restoration project.Most planting sites have beenseverely impacted by hurricanes.The van features pictures of studentsfrom participating schools, includingSJA. Graduates Emilie Gelpi and Eliza- donare prominently displayed on thevehicle.left, and Jeanne Boudreaux, right.