PRESCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
Runnels has always been the school for all races, religions, and national origins.
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In this week's
Friday Focus
, Homecoming Royalty; Re-enroll by February 1 for Top Savings; Runnels Art Featured in Garden Club Show; Jr./Sr. High Robotics Club Team Garners Awards; Joining Jr. Beta Club; Newly Published Poets; D.A.R.E. Essay Winners Announced; Kudos and Thank Yous; Friendly Reminders; Weekly Photo Album and Athletic Corner.
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2018 Homecoming Royalty Reigns at Runnels
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Senior Lainee Alfonso was crowned queen of the Runnels 2018 Homecoming Court at a special assembly held in the Gladys Hague Runnels Theatre this afternoon, following a week of spirit-filled activities and events. Escorting Lainee for the presentation was senior Kyle Sieberth.
Lainee received her crown from 2014 homecoming queen Kourtney Khalid-Abasi, now a senior at LSU, who kindly stepped in for 2017 queen Micah Danos, unable to attend the presentation due to a prior commitment.
(Photo: 2018 Runnels homecoming queen Lainee Alfonso receives her crown from 2014 queen Kourtney Khalid-Abasi.)
Reigning with Lainee were her 9 homecoming maids accompanied by their escorts. They are:
Freshman maids
-- Mia Alfonso escorted by Seth Chiasson, and Caroline Collins, escorted by Grant Treadaway;
Sophomore maids
-- Ally Sutton, escorted by Carson Badinger, and Talia Tooraen, escorted by Trent King;
Junior maids
-- Sydney Markham, escorted by Daniel Mayeaux, and Rachel Wehbe, escorted by Griffin Kennedy; and
Senior maids
-- Natalie Justus, escorted by Max Sager, Kaylen Howe, escorted by Michael Stevenson, and Jade Tew, escorted by Justin Reeves.
Many thanks to the sophomore class and its sponsors, Colleen Spillane and Nicole Latiolais, for planning and organizing our fabulous Homecoming Week events. A special thanks also goes to class president Anna Manning for performing MC duties at today's presentation of the court. Additional thank yous are extended to the Runnels cheerleaders and their sponsor Sherry Wilks for being on hand to inspire the fans and support the varsity basketball teams that were recognized at the event.
Homecoming festivities continue tonight with basketball (elementary students get in free with an accompanying adult) in the gym (JV boys at 5:00 pm, varsity girls at 6:00 pm and varsity boys at 7:30 pm), an encore presentation of the homecoming court at halftime at the boys varsity game, and the "A Night on the Town" homecoming dance in the gym tomorrow night from 7:00 - 10:00 pm.
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Re-enroll by February 1, 2018 for Top Savings!
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Thursday, February 1
is the final day to re-enroll for the 2018/2019 school year with enrollment tuition fully waived -- $250 for Preschool, $500 for Grades K-3, and $750 for Grades 4-12 -- and your space at Runnels guaranteed.
If you have any questions about re-enrollment, please call the school office at 225-215-5706.
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Student Art Inspires BR Garden Club Tablescapes
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Runnels is teaming up with the Baton Rouge Garden Club for its annual Tablescapes Flower Show at Independence Park’s Garden Center next month.
Garden Club members will use original artwork created by our students to inspire designs for individual table settings and flower arrangements at the show. The art on which each tablescape is based will be on exhibit beside it. The Runnels art was submitted by art department head Lee Brandt Randall.
The show will be held Feb. 3 and 4 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm at the Baton Rouge Garden Center, 7950 Independence Blvd. A $5.00 donation (cash or check) at the door will benefit the Garden Club’s scholarship fund.
Congratulations to our "tablescape" artists.
(Photo: Among the many artists whose work was submitted to the Tablescapes Flower Show are, from left, senior Moe Church, sophomore Julia Sager, and freshmen Madisan Milam and Kate Oehrle.)
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Jr./Sr. High Robotics Team Advances to Regionals
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The junior and senior high robotics team won several honors at the 2017-2018 FIRST Tech Challenge Baton Rouge Qualifier held at Hammond Magnet High School on Jan. 13.
Runnels won the Control Award, was named a finalist for the Think Award and the Create Award, and qualified to advance to the regional competition coming up Feb. 3 in New Orleans.
Club members representing our school at the competition were Evan Beoubay, Chris Cox, Kade Damon, Michal Gawronski, Ali Guerin, Preston Kyle, John Latona, Gareth Oram, Conner Porthouse and Jacob Schmidt.
In addition, on Jan. 20, Gareth Oram and Michal Gawronski, the robotics team's drivers, participated in LIGO Science Saturday in Livingston, LA. They put the robot the team built for the FIRST Tech Challenge through its paces for visitors attending the monthly event at LIGO.
The sponsors of the junior and senior high robotics team are Jennifer Leeper and Wendy Herumin.
(Photo: At the FIRST Tech Challenge competition at Hammond Magnet High School on Jan. 13 are Runnels junior and senior high robotics club members, from left, Jacob Schmidt, John Latona, Michal Gawronski, sponsor Jennifer Leeper, Preston Kyle and Evan Beoubay.)
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The Runnels Jr. Beta Club officially welcomed 46 new members with a candlelight induction ceremony in the Gladys Hague Runnels Theatre on Jan. 25.
The club's newest members are:
Sixth Grade
– Izzy Arey, Kareem Badawi, Malek Badawi, Sela Basso, Allie Bethea, Cole Brown, Chloe Bueche, Katherine Campbell, Olivia Chaisson, Cooper Coates, Arthur Donaldson, Emma Felton, George Forgey, Madeline Golden, Summer Guerin, Ben Hader, Rossie Harrison, Lily Hayden, Ali Ismail, Caleb Johnston, Kate Kelfstrom, Alaysia Mandujano, Ava McCann, Gavin Oram, Alyssa Oubre, Hope Oubre, Yaseen Pirzadah, Caroline Pousson, Stuart Roark, Megan Shaneyfelt, Mikalyn Shay, Paul Stevenson, Addison Watson, Reilly Wilks and Olivia Williams;
Seventh Grade
– Mira Badawi, Grant Gueho, Sophia Horridge, Phoebe Koontz, Alex Lam, and Hannah Landry;
Eighth Grade
– Hailey Lester, Taylor Ngo, Kyle Nicholson, Gareth Oram, and Bailey Ourso.
The new members recited the Jr. Beta Pledge and were individually recognized as they were presented with their club credentials by the Jr. Beta officers, Omid Boushehri, president; Josh Freeman, vice president; Wahid Farzeen, secretary; and Dawson Latona, treasurer. Following the ceremony, the inductees, their guests, and club members enjoyed a reception with cake and punch in the foyer of the theater.
The club sponsors are Christine Pousson, John Baird and Caroline Hader.
(Photo: Most of the new recruits display their Jr. Beta membership certificates.)
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Runnels Poets To Be Published in Anthology
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Fourteen Runnels students will soon have the honor of seeing their creative writing and names in print. They recently learned that their poetry has been accepted for publication in the spring 2018 volume of Creative Communication's anthology
A Celebration of Poets
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The poets and their poems are freshmen Mia Alfonso, “Clown”
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Kaylee Caillouet, “The House Two Doors Down”; Parker Collett, “All Hollow's Eve”; Barrett Couvillon, “The Queen of Snakes”; Emily Daquano, “Night Chatter”; Jacob Folse, “The Stalking Cornstalks”; Joseph Ismail, “It's Watching You”; Bailey McCurley, “The Moon”; Christopher Ortego, “Do Dead Men Dream on Starlit Nights?”; Marshall Pentes, “Disrespect Garrett”; Connor Porthouse, “Ghostly Tricks”; Garrett Rhinehart, “Halloween”; Ben Stafford, “Haunted Forest”; and 6
th
grader Katherine Campbell, “Katherine Campbell.”
The poems were submitted to Creative Communication's poetry contest last fall by teachers Michele Stanfield and Sheri Allen.
(Photo: Among the students whose poems were accepted for publication in “A Celebration of Poets” are, front row, from left, Christopher Ortego, Kaylee Caillouet, Emily Daquano; middle row, Barrett Couvillon, Garrett Rhinehart; back row, Joseph Ismail, Mia Alfonso and Jacob Folse.)
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D.A.R.E. Essay Winners Announced
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To celebrate the completion of the 18-week Drug Abuse Resistance Education program (D.A.R.E.) our fifth graders held a "graduation" ceremony in the Gladys Hague Runnels Theatre on Jan. 24.
Officiating at the event was long-time Runnels D.A.R.E. instructor Capt. Randy Aguillard of the EBR Parish Sheriff’s Office. Joining him to congratulate the students and assist with presentations were Head of School Marcia Mackay and elementary social studies teacher Cheyenne Davis.
A highlight of the ceremony was the announcement of D.A.R.E. essay winners Dylan Evans, Sarah Ortlieb and Lina Derzi. Each read his or heressay to the audience and received special pins, certificates of achievement, and a handshake from Capt. Aguillard. Lina Derzi was named the overall essay winner and was presented with the D.A.R.E. medal.
The ceremony concluded with the presentation of D.A.R.E. t-shirts, workbooks, and gift bags to all of the D.A.R.E. graduates.
(Runnels D.A.R.E. instructor Capt. Randy Aguillard of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office with essay contest winners (from left) Lina Derzi , the overall medalist, Sarah Ortlieb, and Dylan Evans.)
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We Sincerely Thank
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Professional actor Lori Lusted for sharing her expertise with members of the
Mary Poppins,The Broadway Musical
cast in the Gladys Hague Runnels Theatre on Jan. 24.
(Photo: Lori Lusted, back row, 4th from left, with K-12 Theatre Program Chair and 'Mary Poppins' director Neena McLain, back row, far right, and some of the cast and crew members.)
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We Also Sincerely Thank
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Richard Oram, father of Gareth, grade 8, and Gavin, grade 6, Operations Manager at LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) in Livingston, LA, for working with our 6th graders during their field trip to LIGO Jan. 23.
(Photo: Dr. Oram explains how gravitational waves are detected during the 6th-grade field trip to LIGO.)
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Thanks for the King Cake!
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A huge thank you goes to the RPO and Gambino's Bakery for providing king cake to our students in honor of Homecoming Week. Students enjoyed this wonderful seasonal treat served up by parent volunteers on Wednesday.
(Photo: Getting the king cake ready for junior and senior high students are RPO President Blake Stevens, center, Lisa Daigle, left, and Meredith Wartelle.)
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Kudos To ...
The Runnels Mu Alpha Theta Club
for successfully participating in a math tournament Jan. 20 at Catholic High. More than 470 students participated in the Mu Alpha Theta competition.
Seniors Alex Matthews and Austin Stansbury placed first in the Calculus BC team test. In addition, Alex placed second in individual Calculus BC.
In the lower interschool test, freshmen Evan Beoubay and Marshall Pentes and 8th grader Reagan Kyle took second-place, with Marshall earning an honorable mention in Algebra 2.
The Mu Alpha Theta sponsor at Runnels is Karen Matthews.
(Photo: With the medals and trophies they collected at a recent Mu Alpha Theta Math Tournament are, from left, Alex Matthews, Reagan Kyle, Marshall Pentes, Evan Beoubay and Austin Stansbury.)
Kudos also go to ...
Juniors
Anna Claire Pousson
and
Tyler Robbins
for being formally appointed to the Mayor's Youth Advisory Council as representatives of our school. In a letter from the Office of the Mayor-President notifying school administrators of their acceptance, all candidates for the Council positions were recognized as being "exceptionally impressive... professional, intelligent and thoughtful." Congratulations to Anna Claire and Tyler.
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Jan. 27 /
Homecoming Dance
, 7:00 - 10:00 pm, Catalano Gym
Jan. 29 /
Scheduling Meeting for Current 11th Graders,
9:20 am, Gladys Hague Runnels Theatre
Jan. 29 /
Scheduling Meeting for Current 10th Graders,
10:10 am, Gladys Hague Runnels Theatre
Jan. 30 /
Scheduling Meeting for Current 9th Graders,
9:20 am, Gladys Hague Runnels Theatre
Jan. 30 /
Scheduling Meeting for Current 8th Graders,
10:10 am, Gladys Hague Runnels Theatre
Jan. 31 /
Scheduling Meeting for Current 7th Graders,
9:20 am, Gladys Hague Runnels Theatre
Jan. 31 /
Scheduling Meeting for Current 6th Graders,
10:10 am, Gladys Hague Runnels Theatre
Feb. 2-4 /
Disney and Cameron MacIntosh's
Mary Poppins, The Broadway Musical,
at the
Gladys Hague Runnels Theatre; Ticket Information:
seatyourself.biz
Feb. 4 /
Advanced String Orchestra will perform at Boudreaux's
, 2647 Government St., during Sunday Brunch from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. (www.boudreauxs.com)
Feb. 5 /
Art Club Field Trip to LSU,
8:40 am-2:30 pm
Feb. 12-16 /
Mardi Gras Holiday
; School resumes Feb. 19.
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Above: The 2018 Runnels Homecoming Court - front row, from left, Mia Alfonso, Ally Sutton, Sydney Markham, Natalie Justus, Lainee Alfonso, Jade Tew, Kaylen Howe, Rachel Wehbe, Natalia Tooraen and Caroline Collins; back row, from left, Seth Chiasson, Carson Badinger, Daniel Mayeaux, Max Sager, Kyle Sieberth, Justin Reeves, Michael Stevenson, Griffin Kennedy, Trent King, and Grant Treadaway.
In this week's album: 3rd Grade Science Plant Activities, 100th Day at the Preschool, D.A.R.E. Graduation, Kindergarten 100th Day Practice, Robotics Club, Theatre Guest, and Candids.
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POWERLIFTING
The Powerlifting Raiders scored seven medals at the Woodlawn Panther Invitational meet on Jan. 13. The team was comprised of 6 boys and 6 girls, with more than half of the team competing for the first time. Taking 1st place in the Super Heavy Weight class and setting a new meet record in the deadlift event was senior Sam Day. Aaron Taliaferro placed 2nd in the 181 weight class.
Placing 1st were Ryan Roper in the 97 pound weight class and Julia Sager in the 123 pound class. Meredith Taliaferro and Emma Schlotterer took 2nd and 3rd in the 114 pound weight class. This was the first competition for these Lady Raiders.
Ashley Stansbury and Natalie Justus finished 5th and 6th, respectively, in the 132 pound weight class. In the 165 pound weight class, Ian Lansing finished in the top 10. Steven Spivak placed in the top 10 in the 148 pound weight class, and Caleb Reid and Eli Latiolais finished 10th and 11th, respectively, in the 198 pound weight class. This was the debut meet for all three.
The Powerlifting Raiders will compete next at the regional championships at Woodlawn High School
on Saturday, February 24
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(Photo: With their medals from the powerlifting meet are, front row, from left,
Meredith Taliaferro, Ryan Roper Julia Sager, Emma Schlotterer, and
b
ack row, from left, Justin Taliaferro and Sam Day.
)
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VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL
The Raiders lost two tough games to open up district play. On Friday, the team traveled to Mt. Hermon to take on the Yellow Jackets. The game was back and forth. The Raiders had the lead going into the fourth quarter but could not hold on, ultimately finishing 69-58. Griffin Kennedy scored 22 points and had 9 rebounds. Humza Pirzadah had 21 points including 5 three-pointers in the game. Crescent City visited Tuesday night, and won 71-36. Humza Pirzadah had 13 points while Collin Bueche added 10 points in the losing effort.
Last week, the Raiders defeated Ridgewood 78-19, with 12 different players scoring. Coach Ben Young said, “It was a game that was never in question.” Freshmen Wesley Stevenson led the way with 22 points. Ben Holliday added 10 points.
This season, the Raiders are 17-13 and will face Holden tonight for homecoming. Go Raiders!
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VARSITY INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
Annie Fink, Micah Roper and Sam Matthews improved their race times at the LSU Indoor Qualifier #2 with Sam Matthews setting a new personal record of 10:33 in the 3200m. The Indoor Team will be back competing on Feb.3 in the LSU Last Chance Qualifier fighting for state championship spots.
Current Indoor Division 2 Rankings: Sam Matthews 2nd/3200m, 8th/800m, 10th/1600m; Annie Fink 7th/800m, 9th/1600m, 9th/3200m; Micah Roper 6th/3200m,13th/800m; Kaylen Howe 8th/800m; Seth Chiasson 18th/shotput.
Indoor Track and Field team will be competing again on Sat., Jan 20 at LSU.
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BOWLING
Despite losing their first two games to Broadmoor and Madison Prep, the Bowling Raiders had some great highlights.
Karli Hebert bowled out a high game of 174 on Monday against Broadmoor and is sitting atop the leaderboard of all high school girls for the first week of play. In Thursday's game against Madison Prep, Karli picked up the Big Four Split (the 4-6-7-10 split). Chances of picking up this split are about one percent.
Alex Matthews was our high bowler against Madison Prep with a 157 and the high series of 426.
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VARSITY BOYS SOCCER
On Wednesday, the varsity boys soccer team played a tough game against Episcopal, which is ranked second in the state.
The Raiders play Bolton from Alexandria tonight at Friday at 7:30 pm.
On Tuesday, Jan. 30, t
he Raiders will celebrate Senior Night and finish the regular season with
a match-up against St. Charles on
Burbank Field No. 4 at 5:30 pm.
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VARSITY GIRLS SOCCER
Lady Raiders Win 7th Consecutive District Title!
The girls varsity soccer team claimed its 7th consecutive district championship title last night by beating Episcopal 4-1 in the final game of district play. All goals were scored by senior Ally Garrity.
Congratulations, Lady Raiders!
Last Tuesday, the Ladies defeated Dunham 8-0.
Ally Garrity scored 6
goals while Kaylen Howe and Ryan Roper each made one.
After the game, the team recognized its four seniors, Ally Garrity, Kaylen Howe, Lainee Alfonso and Abby Courville, with a Senior Night celebration after the game. The girls were presented with signed team photos, and the coach and their teammates showered them with lovely tributes and mementos.
(Photo: The girls varsity soccer team celebrates its 7th straight district title after downing Episcopal 4-1 on Thursday night.)
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THE TRACK & FIELD TEAM IS SEEKING ATHLETES
FOR THE SPRING SEASON
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JUNIOR HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL
At the St. Jean Vianney Tournament last weekend, 7th grade took 1st place. Coach Sam Coates said he attributes the win to lots of free throws in the bonus.
JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL
The junior high girls basketball team went 1-1 this week. The Lady Raiders fell to University on Tuesday and went on to defeat Victory 10-1 on Thursday.
In the victory over Victory, Katherine Campbell and Chloe Bueche each scored 4 and Reilly Wilks scored 2.
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JUNIOR HIGH BOYS SOCCER
Last Friday, the junior high boys soccer team defeated Glasgow 3-1 in the first game of the tournament. Goals were scored by Kyle Nicholson, Jacob Schmidt and George Forgey.
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JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS SOCCER
The junior high girls White Team competed in the end of season playoffs over the weekend of Jan. 20.
In the quarterfinals, Runnels defeated Episcopal 5-2.
Scoring goals were Sela Basso, Chelsea Holden, Chloe Bueche, Emma Collett and Lindsey Huynh. Reilly Wilks had several saves as keeper in the match.
In the semi-finals, Runnels defeated St. John 2-0. Chloe Bueche and Chelsea Holden each scored in the match.
Reilly Wilks had several saves as keeper, and Caroline Pousson and Jocy Stegall also played "stingy" defense.
In the finals, the Raiders fell to Parkview 5-0 and were named runners-up for the junior high season.
JR HIGH GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Physicals and forms are due. Athletes will not be eligible to start play until all paper work is turned in. All forms are available online. The team will begin practicing before Mardi Gras break.
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BOOSTER CLUB SWAG SALE THROUGH FEB. 2
The Booster Club merchandise website now offers all short sleeve t-shirts, PJ bottoms and sweatshirts in Youth sizes. Simply select Men or Youth in the drop-down box.
Click to Visit
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