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AUDITORIUM & NEW BAND UNIFORMS UNVEILED
Posted: September 14, 2007On the 94th anniversary of its opening on September 12, 1913, Warren Easton High School rededicated its auditorium which has just undergone $300,000 in repairs paid for by Sandra Bullock, PricewaterhouseCoopers, EPCO Construction, Duran, Duran and Sony PlayStation.
New band uniforms, funded by Sandra Bullock and The Rotary Club of New York, were also unveiled. Nearly 100 invited guests attended the event, including RSD Superintendent Paul Vallas, Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman, Judge John Shea, NOPS Superintendent Darryl Kilbert, President Phyllis Landrieu and board member Jimmy Farenholtz. Also present were representatives of Easton’s major sponsors, the Rotary Club of New Orleans, Pan American Life Insurance and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
EPCO Construction owner Randy Epperling presented Easton President Billy Hatchett a check for $50,000, which allowed the Foundation to complete the renovation project. The company also announced an essay-writing contest in which the winner will receive a free home built by EPCO. More information is available at www.epcoconstruction.com.
CHARTER FOUNDATION ADDS NEW MEMBERS
Posted: September 08, 2007At its September 5, 2007 meeting, the Warren Easton Charter Foundation elected two new members: Charles Hatfield, the board’s first African American, and Barbara Maronge Forshag, the first female to serve on the board.
Hatfield, former Director, Department of Educational Accountability, New Orleans Public Schools, is a managing partner of a technology- based consulting firm, Hatfield & Associates, LLC. He has served as Adjunct Professor at Southern University in New Orleans.
Forshag is a 1966 graduate of Warren Easton and a member of its Hall of Fame. She has served as Assistant Principal at Hurst Middle School. In 2001 she was selected as the Louisiana Teacher of the Year.REDEDICATION OF THE WARREN EASTON AUDITORIUM
Posted: September 08, 2007The Warren Easton Charter Foundation cordially invites all friends of Easton to attend a press conference and reception to be held at our school on Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 2:30-3:00 PM.
On the 94th anniversary of its opening on September 12, 1913, Warren Easton High School rededicates its auditorium which has just undergone $300,000 in repairs paid for by Sandra Bullock, PricewaterhouseCoopers, EPCO Construction, Duran, Duran and Sony PlayStation.
New band uniforms, funded by Sandra Bullock and The Rotary Club of New York, will also be unveiled.
Warren Easton, the oldest public high school in New Orleans, is operated by the Warren Easton Charter Foundation, which reopened the school thirteen months after Hurricane Katrina flooded the Mid-City landmark. In May the school graduated 97% of the senior class.<< Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Next >>
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Click here to see the feature that ran nationwide on the NBC Nightly News on July 2 and aired again in New Orleans on WDSU on July 3.
Click here to view highlights from remarks made by President George W. Bush on August 29, 2006 in the Warren Easton High School Auditorium.
