Tops in the Nation Once Again: Four East Baton Rouge Parish Magnet Schools Gain Prestigious Honors

The foremost national authority on magnet schools and their educational programs, Magnet Schools of America, has once again singled out four East Baton Rouge Parish School System magnet schools for awards recognizing their cutting-edge programs and curriculum as a standard of excellence for others in the United States.

Rodrigue Paints Original Blue Dog for Dufrocq Students, Foundation Donates a Year's Worth of Arts Supplies to the School

Blue skies and blue dogs. That's what The Dufrocq School pre-K students enjoyed February 24 during a special visit by renowned Louisiana "Blue Dog" artist George Rodrigue. The artist, his George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts and the local Forum 35 organization were on hand to donate a $2,000 Arts Closet Kit of arts supplies to the elementary school - enough to supply them for a whole year!