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The Terrebonne Foundation for Academic Excellence honored 11 distinguished scholars and the inspirational educators who drove them to succeed during their academic careers at the organization’s 2015 Celebration Df Excellence banquet last Tuesday.
The dinner honors Terrebonne Parish public school students chosen from nominations submitted by school administrators. Each Df the students who receive the Distinguished Scholar award then nominates the public school educator that had the greatest impact on their lives.
The TFAE also honored 23 Teachers of the Year during the banquet.
Lawrence Robinson, human resources director at Supreme Services in Houma, smceed the dinner.
NFL Hall of Famer Archie Manning was the keynote speaker and said that “these are well-rounded students” who will be “great leaders.”
“We’ve all had those special teachers,” Manning said. “I’ve often said…those teachers and coaches along the way really influenced so many of us more than anyone else.”
Terrebonne Parish President Michel Claudet awarded Manning the key to the city at the event.
The TFAE also awarded this year’s James J. Buquet Jr. award to local interventional cardiologist Craig Walker.
Walker, a native of Bourg, opened the Houma Heart Clinic in 1983. It grew into the Cardiovascular Institute of the South, which has since grown to 14 locations throughout Louisiana and Alabama, employing 30 physicians and over 450 staff members.
Walker pioneered many limb-saving techniques and medical devices for diabetic patients with circulatory problems.
This year’s Distinguished Scholars and the Inspirational Educators they each
nominated are as follows: Lois Williams, Bayou Cane Adult Education Center, nominating Brenna Barthel, Bayou Cane Adult Education Center; Courtney Dardar, Ellender Memorial High, nominating Pamela Carlos, Grand Caillou Middle; Kiara Scott, Ellender Memorial High, nominating Angela Cicero, Acadian Elementary; Jessica Brown, H.L. Bourgeois High, nominating Eugenie Brown, H.L. Bourgeois High; Matthew Thomas, H.L. Bourgeois High, nominating Chuck Leonard (posthumously); Dylan Guillote, South Terrebonne High, nominating Gina Rhodes, South Terrebonne High; Miranda Plaisance, South Terrebonne High, nominating Lisa Lapeyrouse, Lacache Middle; Elijah McCue, Terrebonne Career & Technical High, nominating Charlie Positerry, Terrebonne Career & Technical High; Hunter Prestenback, Terrebonne Career & Technical High, nominating Tony Bergeron, H.L. Bourgeois High; Madeline Adams, Terrebonne High, nominating Virginia Lottinger, Terrebonne High; and Cecilia Hazard, Terrebonne High, nominating Arlene Dehart, Terrebonne High.
This year’s Teacher of the Year awards went to the following teachers: Karen LeBlanc, Bayou Black Elementary; Katie Savoie, Bourg Elementary; Shani King, Broadmoor Elementary; Shelly Bergeron, Caldwell Middle; Victoria Lassard, Coteau-Bayou Blue Elementary; Ruth Celestine, Elysian Fields Middle; Deanna Joseph, Ellender Elementary; Macy Bergeron, Evergreen Junior High; Crystal Lirette, Grand Caillou Elementary; Michelle Patin, Houma Junior High; Jennifer Amadee, H.L. Bourgeois High; Melissa Moreau, Honduras Elementary; Gloria Haydel, Lacache Middle; LaQuantis Williams, Legion Park Elementary; Misty Richard, Lisa Park Elementary; Kayla Boudreaux, Mulberry Elementary; Lana Dancer, Oaklawn Junior High; Liz Billiot, Pointe-Aux-Chenes Elementary; Carlin Martin, South Terrebonne High; Jeremy Bourdreaux, Terrebonne Career & Technical High School; Darlene Hoob, Terrebonne High; Becky Theriot, Upper Little Caillou Elementary; and Holly Desmore, Village East Middle.
Distinguished Scholars and Inspirational Educator Award recipients were honored at the Terrebonne Foundation for Academic Excellence Celebration of Excellence banquet.
