Archive for Academics

The Ursuline Academy Elementary School Math Team placed first at the De La Salle Elementary Math Tournament on October 15. In addition to coming in first overall, the team also received 14 other awards. Twelve schools and 185 students competed in the tournament.

Team members include Naysia Jones, Gloria Labatut Davies, Lauren Marcello, Brooke Nguyen, Caroline Barbier, Riley Reech, Mia LeBoutillier, Sarah Dyer, Bella Dardano, Madisen Suell, Madison Priestley, Alice Staehle, Mariana Alvarez, Natalie Naquin, Kaitlin Nguyen, Laci Darensburg, Elena Nusloch, Brittany Nguyen, Camille Humphreys, Karrington Knight, Linda Plasse, Cameron Barnes, Leah Strickland, Olivia Sensenbrenner, Neha Samtani, Raphaella Brown, Helayne Dorner, Yasmeen Magharehabed, Allison Walters, Aimée Petitbon, Ingeborg Hyde and Jennifer Baker.

Overall Sweepstakes: 1st Place
Spirit Award: 3rd Place
Interschool Test: 5th Place

4th Grade Ciphering
Team A: 1st Place
Team B: 4th Place

5th Grade Ciphering
Team A: 1st Place
Team B: 3rd Place

6th Grade Ciphering
Team A: 5th Place
Team B: 9th Place

7th Grade Ciphering
Team A: 4th Place
Team B: 6th Place

Individual Test
Sarah Dyer: 4th Place
Gloria Labatut Davies: 5th Place
Laci Darensburg: 8th Place
Allison Walters: 5th Place

The seventh grade students recently completed their chapter on the French Colonization of Louisiana and the arrival of the Ursuline nuns.  To enhance their knowledge, they visited the Ursuline Museum.  Mrs. Mary Lee Harris, our former Director of Development and active alum, was on hand to share her vast information about the Ursulines and the artifacts in the museum.  The girls thoroughly enjoyed their visit and are looking forward to returning soon!

The Kindergarten class and the high school Biology I Honors class teamed up together to share their knowledge of plants. The Biology class recently began a unit in genetics. Their first project involves designing an experiment using plants to investigate concepts from the unit. To complete this project, the students need a garden to grow their plants. Enter Kindergarten class. The early childhood students offered the high school students space in their garden. In return, the biology students offered to teach them about microscopes and show them what their plants look like under the microscope. Both classes decided to plant the flowers together.

On October 14, in the Early Childhood Studio, both classes learned how to make biodegradable pots out of newspaper and then planted flower seeds. In the Biology Lab, the high school students taught the kindergarten students how to use a microscope. Both classes will now monitor the growth of the plants as they continue to investigate plants on their respective levels.

Forty 7th grade girls have been chosen to represent Ursuline with Jr. Beta.   This is an honor to be chosen.   The girls must meet a requirement of earning a 3.5 on their 6th grade report card.   Our induction ceremony will be on Tuesday, November 1st.   The girls we be competing in various academic competitions throughout the year.   The first will be a district competition in January and the state competition for those who place at district will be in May.   The officers for Jr. Beta who were chosen by their peers are:

 President       Danniella Rocha

Vice President      Lauren Cooke

Secretary     Annelise Ernst

Treasurer     Gabriella Trentacoste

Photographers    Kalee Jo Banks and Caitlyn Arnold

2011-2012 Jr. Beta Members

Caitlyn Arnold

Dannielle Blanchard

Madeline Blanchard

Gabrielle Calamari

Tiffany Charlot

Julienne Delise

Mandie DiMarco

Korey Miller

Kristen St. Cyr

Alysia Terry

Codi Vercher

Jade Alexander

Jennifer Baker

Helayne Dorner

Annelise Ernst

Gwen Freeze

Lauren Gibson

Erin Glynn

Imogen Hoffman

Ingeborg Hyde

Emily Lonker

Margaret MacLaren

Yasmeen Magharehabed

Brittany Nguyen

Elena Nusloch

Aime’e Petitbon

Margaret Prados

Daniela Rocha

Allison Walters

Kalee Banks

Jenna Breaux

Melina Chester

Lauren Cooke

Carlin Dougherty

Mallory Granier

Catherine Kramer

Sydney Talbot

Gabriella Trentacoste

Hannah Victor

Alycia Williams

The Middle School is proud to announce a new club this year.  Social Studies Teacher, Mrs. Stacie Bourgeois,  is the moderator of the new Quiz Bowl Team.

Ursuline Academy Middle School Quiz Bowl Team: 

Kristen St. Cyr – Seventh Grader

Gwen Freeze – Seventh Grader

Marcelle Olivier – Sixth Grader

Natalie Naquin – Sixth Grader

Anna Dawson – Sixth Grader

Here is a list of the Suppy Lists for 2011-2012 School Year:

First Grade Supply List

Early Childhood Supply List

second grade Supply List

Third Grade Supply List

Fourth Grade Supply List

Middle School Summer Supply List

Here are the list of the Summer Reading Programs:

First Grade Summer Reading

Second Grade Summer Reading

Third Grade Summer Reading

Fourth Grade Summer Reading

Middle School Summer Reading List

Congratulations to the following Seventh grade girls for being chosen to be published in the Creative Communications Spring Poetry Book: Lauren Bagneris, Emily Cuenca, Faye Daigle, Raeghan DeCuir, Kirstie Freibert, Mallory Grefer, Amelia Haydel, Kiersten Jeanne, Sylvia Jones, Lizzie Miller, Madeleine Naquin, Courtney Perrin, Katherine Ramon, Leda St. Cyr, Alexandra Thomas, and Madeline Walker.  We are honored that these students’ poems were chosen as thousands of entries were not invited to be published.

Congratulations to the 2011-2012 Student Council Officers:

2011-2012 Ursuline Elementary Student Council

President

Caroline Songy

Treasurer

Annelise Ernst

Secretary

Helayne Dorner

Representatives

5^th grade                                6^th grade                            7^th grade

Marie Foret                            Raphaella Brown          Carlin Dougherty

Cameron Barnes                    Camille Humphreys     Emily Lonker

Diana Ledet                            Molly Richard               Ithzel Carlson

Chase Oswald                        Christian Shepard        Maggie Prados

Isabel Borges                          Marlea Maddox           Gabriella Trentacoste

Camryn Wisniewski               Natalie Naquin             Ingeborg hyde

 Faye Daigle, a seventh grader, placed first in  Poetry at the Junior Beta State Competition in Lafayette, Louisiana.  She is now eligible to participate in the National Competition in Nashville, Tennessee in June.

Bandage of Hope
by Faye Daigle

When our world is crying out

In sadness and in pain

When we feel we cannot stop

Our tears that flow like rain

We must give ourselves to the world

And let our hearts sing loud

We must show other nations

How we as one stand proud

Disaster can strike anywhere

From Tokyo to Tennessee

But the one place it cannot wreck

Is in our Beta family

Around the world every day

A bandage will we place

A bandage made of hope and support

To save the human race

Sure we cannot stop

The power of nature when it will come

But into darkness and despair

Beta will never succumb

We are Beta

We are strong

When we help others

We can never go wrong

May 5^th, 2011 Beta Competition

1^st place Poetry Winner