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Between field trips to museums and art and music lessons, two summer enrichment camps will give teens and pre-teens a chance to discuss the rise in sexually transmitted diseases among their peers.
Asked by her mother what she’d like to do for their next “Girls’ Weekend,” Eve Axelrod didn’t hesitate: “Meet Dr. Goodall.” Mother and daughter traveled to Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., to do just that. Through singing and playing, fifth-graders at the Baton Rouge Center for Visual & Performing Arts are stretching their musical knowledge for their upcoming production of “101 Dalmatians.” A writing assignment in his English class at St. Jude the Apostle School that earned Patrick Tangney an “A” has also been named the top essay in a state patriotic essay contest. “America’s Most Wanted” host John Walsh reminded Louisiana teens that the same Internet that brings them MySpace and YouTube can be a dangerous place. Do Baton Rouge students know jazz, or what? THIS WEEK
Matthew Adler of Baton Rouge, an eighth-grader at St. Jude the Apostle Catholic School, is one of three Louisiana students of the year for 2008 chosen Wednesday. Two Baton Rouge students —Hartman Brunt and Jeremy Herbert — were among the eight Young Heroes honored Wednesday night by Louisiana Public Broadcasting and the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge. |