Around Ascension

By STEVEN WARD

School begins with new Web site

Monday is the first day of school in Ascension Parish and the first day that parents and the community can get a look at the school system’s newly redesigned Web site.

School Superintendent Donald Songy said the upgraded Web site – still located on the Internet at www.apsb.orgwebsite – will offer visitors a sleek, more attractive look, easier navigation, and more information, that’s “relevant, current and accurate.”

Songy said Internet users will be able to register their e-mail addresses at the site to receive the school system’s quarterly newsletter, breaking school news and news releases.

Donaldsonville rally set

Parents and community leaders are invited Monday morning to Donaldsonville High School to attend a “Welcome Rally” for students on their first day of fall classes.

A light breakfast will be served at the rally, which begins at 7 a.m.

Rally participants will be asked to line the driveway and greet students at the high school as buses arrive on campus.

The rally is designed to highlight Donaldsonville High’s recent improvement of its School Performance Score to a level of 60 points or higher in accountability testing.

For information, call (225) 295-3210.

GOP lunch to hear Diez

John Diez, executive director of the Louisiana Committee for a Republican Majority, will address Thursday’s Ascension GOP Roundtable luncheon.

The event will be held at the Holiday Inn on La. 30 in Gonzales.

Diez is involved in a number of legislative races around the state.

GOP candidates running in 2007 races are invited to meet guests in the half-hour before the noon luncheon begins.

Cost for the lunch is $15 and reservations are requested.

Call (225) 647-2874 or e-mail ARWrUS@aol.com to make reservations or get information.

Calling all thespians

Ascension Community Theatre is holding auditions Sunday and Monday for the upcoming Second Stage Production of “A Night of One Acts.”

Auditions for the production will be held from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday.

“A Night of One Acts” will showcase four one-act plays, each with its own director.

The performance dates will be Sept. 6 through Sept. 9 with tickets on sale for $10.

For information, call ACT at (225) 647-1230 or visit www.ascension-communitytheatre.org

Moving those hips

Hope Youth Development Inc. is holding Hula-Hoop contests at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Donaldsonville Wal-Mart Superstore and at 10:30 a.m. at the AmSouth Bank on La. 44 in Gonzales.

The event is free to all children and adults.

Each participant gets a free Hula-Hoop plastic hoop and certificate. Winners get a T-shirt.

Refreshments will be free.

For information, call Mark Peters at (225) 647-3927.

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