Student Life

Students in Mrs. Vance’s art history DE classes visited the New Orleans Museum of

Art on Jan. 13

Students in Mrs. Vance’s English classes crafted Valentine’s Day cards to send to Mr. Paul Alexander. Mr. Alexander is a polio survivor that lives in an iron lung. Students learned about him through their studies of Henrietta Lacks and how her HeLa cells helped in the development of a vaccine for polio. Mr. Paul is one of only a few survivors who still lives with the help of the iron lung. Despite his ailment, he still earned a college degree and even completed law school!

Our 9th graders that received a mastery or advanced on the LEAP 2025 test last year were able to attend a breakfast at Sumner Middle School on Friday. We are so proud of these students and want to thank Sumner Middle School for hosting this event.