The E. D. White Catholic High School Key Club made another spectacular showing at the Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District Convention.   The Cardinals took home both individual and club honors.

Club awards include the following:

• 3^rd place Governor's project
• 1^st place recruitment video
• 3^rd place scrapbook
• Distinguished Achievement in the large club division
• 1^st place for the Major Emphasis Program - for volunteering with Head Start children and donating playground equipment valued at $4,200.  The program is a specific project chosen by the International Board, so all Key Clubs in the world work for the same goal.  The present program focuses on encouraging academic success in children. 
• The Single Service Award for its club-chosen project - The club painted Head Start student restrooms with characters from popular children's books and television programs, amassing 213 hours of volunteer work and earning $5,194 for Lafourche Head Start.  They hope that their work will engage young learners and encourage them to develop a love of reading. 
• The Chris Holder Award for the best Single Service idea
• The James C. Casserly Award for overall outstanding club

  Two E. D. White students were elected as district officers.  They include:

·         Philip Roth - Secretary-Treasurer of LaMissTenn for 2011-2012

·         Tiffany Algu - Lieutenant-Governor for our 13-school division

 

Jessica Cedotal, a senior at E. D. White Catholic High School and the daughter of Scott and Jenny Cedotal of Napoleonville, has been crowned Louisiana's Homecoming Queen.

Jessica competed in Louisiana's Homecoming Queen Pageant on March 26^th and 27^th in Jackson, Mississippi, and was awarded a cash scholarship and an all-expense-paid trip to the National Finals in California, where she will compete against 49 other contestants for the title of "America's Homecoming Queen" in July. The pageant competition consisted of a personal interview, evening gown competition, an essay, and a final question.  She became eligible for the pageant after being elected homecoming queen at E. D. White.  Approximately ten percent of the applicants are selected to participate at the state level.

America's Homecoming Queen, Inc. is a non-profit organization promoting education and community service for high school homecoming queens in all fifty states.  The pageant requires contestants to have a minimum 3.75 grade point average, be engaged in at least one leadership activity, and be enrolled in or have completed three honors classes.  

Cedotal said she applied for the pageant for the scholarship opportunities, as well as the experience.  She plans to attend Louisiana State University and major in Communicative Disorders and Psychology.