Partners in Education Projects

• Student of the Month Award
• Banner/Honor Roll/Perfect Attendance (EXCEL)
• Wheel of Excellence Award
• Speech Tournament Sponsorship
• Bridge Building Contest
• Teacher of the Year Award
• Staff Development funds
• Beginning of the year teacher in-service - breakfast and lunch - teacher gifts

• Every year, Sweetlake Land and Oil donates awards for the FFA Aggie Day.
• Sweetlake Land and Oil contributes money for curriculum development and student academic achievement.
• Sweetlake Land and Oil is instrumental in the planning and developing of a new sports complex in our school and community.

•  State Farm donates incentives and awards for Honor and Banner Roll students and Perfect Attendance.
•  Instructional materials are provided by State Farm (Character Education, Black History Awareness).
•  State Farm employees donate refreshments and rewards for Teacher Appreciation during the school year.
• State Farm sponsors School Programs (Cultural Arts) and field trips for the students.

 Brentwood Elementary and Nothrup Grumman

• Northrup Grumman employees donate school supplies to students.

• A Community Grant was awarded by Northrup Grumman to be used to enhance curriculum needs at Brentwood.

• Sponsor an Individual Behavior Modification Party: Students that can maintain 75% of 100% of the total points including points for Academic and Behavior Modification are invited to attend an IBG party.
• Honor Roll/Banner Roll Party: Citgo sponsors a party each 6 weeks period for all
  of the students that make Honor Banner Roll.
• Honor Roll/Banner Roll Dinner: Any student that can make honor roll or banner
  roll for the entire year is invited to attend a luncheon and is given a special incentive (example: windbreaker, shirt, etc.)
• Monetary Funds: Funds are given to the school for workshops to help teachers improve their skills and ideas which in turn assists the students  with achievement and lifelong learning.

• Provides school supplies donated by employees through a school supply drive to students in need.
• Provides newspapers for classroom use.
• Annually encourages learning in the areas of Social Studies and Science by supplying judges and trophies for Science and Social Studies Fair winners.
• Annually encourages academic excellence by supplying awards to honor those students who have excelled academically throughout the year.
• Encourages academic achievement and leadership by annually supplying judges and awards for Student of the Year.
• Broadens the student's awareness of their community and how businesses are run through the use of volunteers and the Junior Achievement Program.
• Provides funding for awards day, good behavior incentives for the "Eagles Nest" and "Got Caught Being Good" program and field trips.
• Gives the students hands on experience by providing annual visits to the plant for Science exploration and enrichment.
• Donated computers to the school for intervention and remediation in preparation for testing.

College Oaks Elementary and First National Bank

• Employees from First Bank read to kindergarten students each week.

• Basell's employees donate their time after school on Thursdays to tutor students in grades K-5 in needed curriculum areas.
• Basell sponsors a plant tour for students nominated for Student of the Year.
• Basell purchases certificates, ribbons, trophies, and plaques that are used in a school-wide Awards Day Program at the end of the year.
• Basell and T.S. Cooley plan an Earth Day Program each year.
• Basell employees serve as judges at the Science, Social Studies, and Math Fairs held at the school each year.

• Employees serve on School Advisory Board.
• Employees have served as judges as school wide contests.

DeQuincy Elementary and DeQuincy Memorial Hospital

• Employees have volunteered to read to students during Children’s Book Week and Dr. Seuss’s Birthday Celebration.
• Employees have volunteered to help in the school library.
• Displays student artwork in hospital lobby.
• The hospital has provided speakers for Career Week.

DeQuincy Elementary and Jefferson-Smurfit

• Has supplied funds for “Tigger Stars” parties given at the end of six weeks.
• Employees have served on school wide advisory board.

DeQuincy Elementary and Brookshire Brothers

• Supplied bags for book fair.
• Donated refreshments for Tigger Star parties.
• Manager has served as judge for Spelling Bee and Student of the Year selection.
• Employees have served on school wide advisory board.

DeQuincy Elementary and City Savings Bank

• Employees serve as judges for school contest such as our annual Spelling Bee and Student of the Year.
• Provided speakers for career week.

DeQuincy Elementary and Yellott Enterprises

• Donates trophies for annual Spelling Bee.
• Employees volunteer to read to students.

DeQuincy Elementary and McDonald's

• Donates bags for students to decorate during Drug Free Week.
• Donates supplies for “Tigger Star” parties
• Donates prizes for Accelerated Reader incentives.

• City Savings donates products for special needs.
• City Savings donates t-shirts for summer football camp.
• City Savings is the corporate sponsor of "Lift-a-thon."

DeQuincy High and Temple-Inland

• Temple-Inland provides a subscription to the "Newspaper in Education" program.
• Temple-Inland helps with expenses and t-shirts for District and Literary Rallies.
• Temple-Inland provides flowers for senior night and graduation.
• Temple-Inland provides scholarships.
• Temple-Inland provides refreshments for Homecoming Dance.
• Temple-Inland provides bulletin board supplies.
• Temple-Inland provides gifts for Teacher Appreciation Week.

DeQuincy High and Brookshire Brothers of DeQuincy

• Brookshire Bros. provides ice for athletic events.
• Brookshire Bros. donates products for special needs.

Dolby Elementary and Chase

• Each six weeks Chase employees recognize students with perfect attendance and good citizenship with a special treat.

• Dolby Chorus performs for Chase at Christmas.

• Bank One employees read to Dolby students at various times throughout the year.

• During Teacher Appreciation Week Chase employees recognize & honor Dolby teachers with special classroom gifts.

• Donates $1000 for teacher grants - 2 $500 grants

Dolby Elementary and Monroe Printing

• Monroe Printing supports the efforts of Dolby Greetings (4th grade greeting card business)
• They print our school report card covers.

Dolby Elementary and Waste Management

• Waste Management purchases their Christmas cards (custom designed cover) from Dolby Greetings
• They provide tours of their facility for our students.

Dolby Elementary and Odyssey 317

• The annual Hair Cut-a-Thon is held for the purpose of purchasing equipment and supplies.

Dolby Elementary and Lake Charles Amusement Parks

• Putt-Putt certificates are earned by students for making Banner Roll, Honor Roll, or Perfect Attendance.

• Provides an ice cream party for Honor/Banner Roll students.
• Awards Most Improved Students each six weeks.
• Provides a drawing for U.S. Savings Bonds; Banner Roll $100 & Honor Roll $ 50.
• Purchases books and Accelerated Reader Programs for the Library.
• Purchases bank T-shirts for faculty and bank students.
• Presents an award to Student of the Year and Top Accelerated Reader.
• Honors the Teacher of the Year with plaque and dinner.
• Participates in Spring Fling.

Fairview Elementary and Sonic

• Provides a monthly coloring sheet to students.
• Provides free monthly food coupon students.
• Provides meals to grade level coloring sheet winners.
• Donates items for Spring Fling.

Fairview Elementary and Centennial

• Provides free cellular phone for duty teachers.
• Provides free cellular phone service for all field trips.
• Provided school sign.
• Donates school supplies and uniforms for students.
• Provides pencils for birthday students.
• Purchases books annually for the library.
• Participates in Spring Fling Carnival.
• Provides charter buses for our Reading Renaissance trip to NASA.
• Employees read to children throughout the year.
• Sponsors teachers to attend workshops.
• Provides rewards and treats for Reading Renaissance parties.
• Displays Fairview students’ artwork.

Fairview Elementary and Logan’s RoadHouse

• Provides pencils for testing.
• Donates items for Spring Fling.
• Honors the selected grade level Honor/Banner Roll students with a meal.
• Provides door prizes for school functions.
• Participates in Teacher Appreciation week.

Fairview Elementary and Wal-Mart SuperCenter

• Recognized Fairview faculty member as “Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year”.
• Works with Fairview for Spring Fling.
• Donated two trophy cases for Accelerated Reader program.
• Provides door prizes for school functions.
• Adopts a family during Christmas.
• Donates school supplies.
• Donates drinks for the American Heart Association “Jumpathon”.
• Provides refreshments for faculty inservices, workshops, and other meetings.
• Attends school functions to support school endeavors & invites Fairview to Wal-Mart functions.
• Donated a word processor to the school.
• Provides items for school beautification.
• Presents $500 award to Fairview Teacher of the Year.

Fairview Elementary and Exxon Opelousas · Broad

• Donates items for Spring Fling.
• Provides pencils for testing.
• Participates in Teacher Appreciation Week.
• Attends school functions.
• Donates items for school functions.

Fairview Elementary and Greengate

• Helped purchase the school sign.
• Donated services to help with Fairview’s “Lady Bird” project.
• Educated students about correct tree planting and care.
• Assisted with Arbor Day Celebration.
• Donated materials and time to create student seating for car pick up area.
• Donated plants and visuals for Partners in Education Conference.

Fairview Elementary and Louviere

• Volunteering services as art consultants for the school.
• Created a Louisiana style sketch to produce a mural for Fairview’s dining facility.
• Artist-in-residence for Fairview.

Fairview Elementary and Hurley’s PowerWash

• Cleans our school and restripes the parking lot.
• Donates to Spring Fling.
• Purchased books for classrooms.

Fairview Elementary and Pine Shadows Golf Course

• Donates items for Spring Fling Raffle.
• Provides pencils for birthday students.
• Provides golf demonstration to teach children about golf.
• Sponsors teachers to attend workshops.
• Sponsors newspaper space to publicize our school.
• Provides rewards and treats for Reading Renaissance parties.

Fairview Elementary and PetsMart

• Participates in Teacher Appreciation Week.
• Displays classroom banners in business.
• Donated an aquarium and fish for all of our aquariums.
• Participates in Spring Fling.
• Judged interviews for Fairview’s Student of the Year.
• Provides weekly maintenance for aquariums.
• Provides presentations and classroom visits about animals.
• Provides free coupons for students

•  Turner Industries encourages citizenship by hosting a pizza party for the Citizens of the Month.
• Turner Industries recognizes students' birthdays with a birthday pencil.
• Turner Industries provides plaques for the winners of the Science/Social Studies Fair.
• Frasch makes ornaments to bring to Turner and decorate their Christmas tree.
• Frasch designs Turner Industries’ Christmas cards.
• Frasch delivers homemade cinnamon rolls to Turner Industries.
• Frasch hosts a Partner in Ed. week where the homerooms compete for the best partner bulletin board.
• Turner Industries hosts an appreciation dinner for Frasch's faculty and staff.
• Turner Industries provides students with holiday pencils for all of the holidays.
• Turner Industries hosts a Thanksgiving and Easter coloring contest for students, faculty and staff. Gifts are awarded for the grand prize winner and the runner ups.
• Turner Industries hosted a Halloween trick or treat party for Pre-K students. The theme was the Wizard of Oz.

• Provides meals and treats for students who participate in the “Kid’s Nite Out” held once a month at the school. Proceeds are used for teacher professional development.
• Host tours for student field trips.
• Helps panel interviews for Student f the Year.
• Provides a pizza party for honor roll students at the end of the school year. Judges various school projects throughout the school year.
• Provides lunch to faculty for “Teacher Appreciation Week”.
• Provides matching funds for various fund raisers.
• Delivers daily newspapers for classroom use.
• Provides rolls of newsprint for classroom activities.

Gillis Elementary and Sears

• Donates rewards for student achievement.
• Helps panel interviews for Student of the Year.
• Hosts fashion shows with Gillis Elementary students as models.
• Judges various school projects throughout the school year.
• Hosts tours for student field trips.
• Provides partner discounts for school needs.

Gillis Elementary and City Savings Bank

• Helps panel interviews for Student of the Year.
• Hosts tours for student field trips.
• Donates coin rolls for fundraisers.
• Judges various school projects throughout the school year.

• Donates technical equipment.
• Participates in Career Fair activities.
• Participates in the W. T. Henning's Spelling Bee.
• Purchases Christmas gifts and food baskets for the needy.
• Provides cash donations to charitable organizations.

• Banking in School for 5th grade

• Teacher appreciation luncheon
• Teacher goodie bags with supplies for start of year

• Student of the Month Award Luncheon – PPG hosts 2 students from each grade to lunch and gives each student a backpack or sports bag. The students are selected on academic excellence and leadership.
• Shadow Day – PPG hosts 50 10th grade students twice a year to tour the Plant and “shadow” an employee. This gives the students a chance to see what goes on in the real world and begin making plans about their educational direction. PPG’s attitude is that everyone benefits; even the students that discover that they do not like the job that they shadowed and learned what job path not to take. As preparation for Shadow Day, PPG employees go to the school and talk to the Free Enterprise class about the jobs at PPG.
• Prom Night Tragedy – This is a staged automobile accident near the school immediately before prom, emphasizing “Don’t Drink and Drive and Always Wear Your Seat Belt”. The State Police narrate the script as the EMT’s. Ward 1 Fire Department and the Sheriff’s Department work to extract the student “victims” from the wreckage. The realism of the event is intense when one of the students “dies” it has a major impact on the student audience. The student actors are selected based on their leadership in the school. The event is held every other year for juniors and seniors.
• Vo-Tech Shadow Day – This is offered to the Vo-Tech/Agriculture class. PPG hosts about 25 students that are interested in pursuing careers as craftsmen. The students are split into 5 groups and tour the Machine Shop, Electric Shop, Garage, Carpenter Shop, and Welding Shop.
• Tutoring Program – PPG associates volunteer to assist students before and after work in classes in which the student may need help.
• The Partner in Education Team sponsors several other activities such as Career Day, Teacher Appreciation Day, speakers for classes, donation of scrap metal and scrap wood, etc.

• Provided financing for shelves to be used in the English and Foreign Language Department. These shelves will be housed in the Resource Room where students will have access to an array of reading and resource material.
• Supports the school newsletter to inform parents and students alike with valuable information concerning special events such as testing, sports, club news, etc.
• The English Gifted Program received a donation to replenish its library and purchased a series of reading material for its classes.
• Supplied the counselor’s office with material to be used by students to inquire about colleges. ACT preparation, career opportunities, scheduling, and other pertinent information.
• Sponsored the 4H attendance at the bowling event for children with special needs.
• Supported the Quiz Bowl Team.
• Provided ink cartridges and other maintenance parts for the English Computer Lab.
• The French and Spanish departments benefited from the generosity of Dunham Price through funds to purchase computer tutorial programs.
• Sponsored trips for the Student Council, LSU Boys and Girls State, Literary Rally, and Danceline.
• Purchased a collection of poetry and classical literature for the English Department.
• Cookware for the Family and Consumer Sciences, transparencies for the Math Department, folders for the Business Department, computer trays, and many other items that help contribute to a better learning environment.

Iowa High and Farmers Rice Milling Company

• Purchased paperback books for the SPARK program.
• Financed the acquisition of a printer for the band department.
• Maintenance and supplies for the copying machine in preparation for the LEAP Exam.
• Sponsored events set up by the track and field department.
• Assisted in the cost for the Student Council Convention in Shreveport.
• Provided funds to purchase a scanner for the Publication class, World Geography videos, keyboard trays for the Math Computer Lab, folding upright panel units for the Art Department.

Iowa High and McDonald’s

• Sponsored the Speech Team in its annual tournament.
• Supported the Iowa Cross Country Team. The girls were lead by the returning State Champion and MVP Jackie Johnson.
• French fries coupons for those students who have perfect attendance, Banner/Honor roll during the six weeks.
• Financed the purchase of material to build shelves for the English and Foreign Language Departments.
• Provided the Special Education Department with teaching material to enhance lifelong skills.
• Supplied the 3.8 medals. These medals are awarded to students who have maintained an average of over 3.8 during the school year. This award encourages academic excellence and recognizes the effort and dedication of those students.

• Every six weeks, Dr. Ordinario's office encourages Honor and Banner Roll students by providing and serving pizza.
• Dr. Ordinario's office provides folder to the entire student body at the beginning of the school year.
• Dr. Ordinario allows the school chorus to sing Christmas carols to his patients and staff.
• To promote good reading habits, Dr. Ordinario provides newspapers to the 4th graders throughout the school year.
• Dr. Ordinario and staff served as career fair exhibitors for the 5th grade career fair.
• To boost teacher morale, Dr. Ordinario provides breakfast for faculty and staff the first week of school.
• Dr. Ordinario's office provides school supplies to the school.
• Sponsors cultural enrichment through sponsorship of Banner Series performances at school and field trips.
• Provides Parent/Student Handbooks and planners for all students.

John J. Johnson Elementary and Suddenlink

• Suddenlink sponsored a booth at the school's Health Fair
• Suddenlink participated in Book Week

John J. Johnson Elementary and Cox, Cox, Filo, Camel and Wilson Law Firm

• Provides funds to support our school-wide Accelerated Reader Program through purchases of books, tests, computer equipment, supplies, prizes and awards. 
• Purchases teaching materials and student instructional supplies
• Provides annual awards day student achievement trophies and recognition.

John J. Johnson Elementary and Southwest Center for Health Services

• Provided funds for installation of a combination of outdoor basketball court, volleyball court, and tennis court.
• Sponsors annual health fair through community vendors.

• Sponsors a Career Day for 5th grade students.
• Provides snacks for the Honor Roll/Banner Roll party every 6 weeks.
• Supplies goodies for Teacher Appreciation  Week.
• Implemented a "Suddenlink Spotlight on Someone Special Award" for Kaufman employees.
• Participates in Literacy Day

• Places an ad in Suddenlink annual year book
• Gives Suddenlink a copy of school year book
• Sends Easter/Christmas treat bags for the employees
• Bakes homemade cinnamon rolls and/or cookies throughout the year
• Extends invitation to eat Thanksgiving and Easter dinner with students
• Assists with Relay for Life team fund raiser

M. J. Kaufman Elementary and Sam's Club

• Sam's Club provides awards for "Most Improved Student" each six weeks.
• Sam's employees visit and read to classes.
• Each six weeks they sponsor a field trip to Sam's Club for the classroom "Rainbow Reader".
• They donate equipment and supplies for the school on an as needed basis.
• Sam's Club matches grants awarded to the school.

• Honor/Banner Roll incentives every 6 weeks.
• Refreshments for staff and parent meetings.
• Honor Roll Trophies – end of the year.
• Banner Roll Trophies – end of the year.
• Refreshments for Teachers Appreciation Week.
• Assist with workbook fees for students who can not afford to buy one.
• Monetary donations.
• Provides school supplies.

John F. Kennedy Elementary and Nate's Record Shop

• Assist with workbook fees.
• Help sponsor extra-curricular activities.
• Monetary donations.
• Purchase end-of-the-year trophies.
• Supply breakfast for teacher in-services.
• Supplies incentives for students.
• Sponsors annual Easter egg hunt.

John F. Kennedy Elementary and Black Heritage Festival

• Monetary donations
• Assist with testing.
• Refreshments for Teacher Appreciation.
• Provides teaching materials.
• Provides educational supplies.

• Citgo presented beginning-of-the-year gifts to the faculty and staff in recognition of our continuing partnership.
• Citgo purchases incentive items for Key’s “Hardwork Café.”
• Citgo’s Printing Department prints and binds homework notebooks for the 4th and 5th grade students. They also print reward cards and certificates that are given to our students.
• Citgo purchases Honor Roll and Banner Roll ribbons to be given out each six weeks.
• Citgo’s Emergency Response Team presented a Fire Safety Program to the students at Key.
• Citgo Employees serve as judges for several events during the year, including the following: Drug Awareness Bulletin Board Contest, Social Studies Fair, E.K. Key’s Annual Talent Show, and selecting the “Student of the Year.”
• Citgo hosts tours of the refinery for students of Key.
• Citgo presents gift certificates to students who achieve Banner Roll all year.
• Citgo funds a reception held to honor all of the Parent Volunteers at Key.
• Citgo purchased a computer for the P. E. Department.
• Citgo volunteers to help the chess club learn strategies and prepare for tournaments.
• Citgo provides t-shirts for nutrition students.
• Citgo funded the community luncheon.

• Renaissance Program rewards students who make the Honor and Banner Rolls each six weeks.
• Students and Faculty Member of the Month Program: selected students and faculty member are taken to lunch at a local restaurant by two PPG members of our partnership. Students also receive a T-shirt.

•  Support Academic Pep Rally twice a year.
• Provide t-shirts to Honor/Banner roll students.
• Supply door prizes

• Large umbrellas are given to each faculty and staff member.
• Treats are given to banner roll and honor roll students each six weeks.
• Poinsettias were given to each faculty and staff member at Christmas time.
• Three radio flyer wagons for making classroom deliveries were donated.
• Provided prepared turkeys for faculty and staff Christmas luncheon.
• Provides the American Press newspaper for classes participating in Newspapers for Education.

Maplewood Middle and the Westlake Group

• Every six weeks, Westlake Group encourages Banner and Honor Roll students with a pizza and coke party.
• Westlake Group purchased uniform jackets for some students.
• Westlake Group donated an industrial dolly for our janitors.
• Westlake Group donated barrels to be used as outdoor trash cans.
• Westlake Group supplied hams for the faculty and staff Christmas luncheon.
• Westlake Group provides workers to help at district Quiz Bowl competition at McNeese.
• Westlake Group workers assembled new tables for new computer lab.
• Westlake Group gave cookie trays for teachers’ enjoyment at Christmas time.

• Every six-weeks, KZWA announces Honor and Banner Roll students on the radio.
• KZWA recognizes at the end of the year, Most Improved Student, Citizenship, and School Spirit.
• KZWA helped provide 10 of our students with complete uniforms.
• Donates school supplies.
• Supplies music at school dances.
• Pays registration fees for teachers at the annual PIE conference. 
• Provides plaques for outstanding students at the annual awards program.
• Judges the schools Science and Social Studies Fair entries. 

Ray D. Molo Middle and J.P. Thibodeaux

• J.P. Thibodeaux recognizes Most Improved Student, Citizenship, and School Spirit at the end of the school year.
• J.P. Thibodeaux provides school supplies to the school as needed.

Ray D. Molo Middle and Baggett, McCall, Burgess, Watson, and Gaughan

• Supplied a new dining room suite for the Home Economics Department including accessories. 
• Donated computers to the school.
• Sponsored t-shirts and a crawfish boil for eighth grade students.
• Donated the new school marquee.

• Jeff Davis Bank employees tutor at risk students.
• All partners donated funds for promoting reading to all students throughout the school year.
• The personnel from all our partners are utilized for job resource and instructional presentations on the job site.
• BECI and Jeff Davis Bank sponsored a Back to School billboard for our community to be aware of school openings.
• Williams Pipeline contributed pencil bags with supplies at the beginning of the school year to all of our students.
• All of our partners purchased ribbons for all who participate and win in the Science and Social Studies Fair.
• All of our partners contribute to purchase of Honor roll, Banner Roll, and Citizenship ribbons for students.
• Firestone Polymers employees sponsor a shadow day for students.
• Firestone provides a drawing for gift cards for students with perfect attendance. 
• Firestone sponsors an ice cream party for students who have perfect attendance all year.  Students also are entered in a drawing for bigger gift cards. 

•  Helps communication between the school and community by printing a parent newsletter each six weeks.
• Each six weeks, Fontenot Business Forms encourages students that make Honor/Banner roll by giving prizes.
• Turkeys were donated by Fontenot Business Forms for needy families during the Christmas season.
• Programs for basketball games and tournaments are printed by Fontenot Business Forms.

Moss Bluff Middle and Firestone Polymers, Inc.

• Firestone encourages student attendance by donating gift certificates.

• Lifelong learning is encourages by Firestone with a Shadow Day student participation given in the Spring each year.

•  Firestone helps the underprivileged families in the school’s community by donating turkeys during holiday seasons.

•   A yearly fundraiser takes place with the help of Firestone to help purchase school supplies. Raffle tickets are sold by the students for an item donated by Firestone.

• Donates coffee and condiments for teachers at inservices.
• Donates coupons for Free Kids Meals for all Honor and Banner Roll and Super Kids each six weeks.
• Serve as judges for various contests throughout the year.

A. A. Nelson Elementary and HEB Pantry Foods

• Donates Nifty Fifty Gift Certificates.
• Donates$200 per year to school to help with annual fund raiser project.

A. A. Nelson Elementary and Stine Lumber Co.

• Helped with beautification project for school with plants, flowers, etc.
• Helped judge various contests throughout the year.
• Donated plants and bags of pellets for 5th grade science project.
• Helped build log cabins for Kindergarten pilgrim colony.
• Supplied materials and assisted in Kindergarten Nine Nails Project.
• Served on Student of the Year selection committee.
• Donated gift for teachers during United Way Campaign.
• Donated two trees for Drug Abuse Awareness Week.

A. A. Nelson Elementary and Women and Children's Hospital

• Developed Hospital field trip "The Teddy Bear Clinic" for first grade students.
• Donates cookies and awards for end of each six weeks.
• Donated hot dogs for Parent Night Out.
• Serves as judge for school competitions.

• Provides 20 American Press newspapers for one day each week for classroom use.
• Provides bus transportation for after school fourth grade enrichment program, BEST (Becoming Exceptional Student Testers).

Oak Park Elementary and Reliant Entergy/Entex

• Provided school uniforms.
• Provided 30 mouse pads for the new CCC Computer lab.
• Repaired a covered walkway that was leaking and built shelves in classrooms.
• Employees participated in fundraisers including school barbecue, auction, and end of the year funding

• Employees donate and volunteer their time at our school. (judges, clean up, man power, guest)
• Readers, donates trash cans, wooden stools for students to sit on.
• Every six weeks, Trunkline LNG encourages Honor and Banner Roll students by rewarding them with incentives and certificates.
• Students art works are displayed in the lobby at LNG. Employees love viewing students work.
• CMS Energy Trunkline LNG company participates with OPMS in the PIE Conference.
• Employees of CMS Energy Trunkline LNG company participate with OPMS in national shadow day. This is a great career activity. Students shadow employees.
• CMS Trunkline LNG Company honors students with awards for earning Banner roll all year long.
• CMS Trunkline LNG Company donated the marquee sign in front of Oak Park Middle School as well as a big banner displayed proudly in front of our school.
• CMS Energy Trunkline LNG Company always remembers the teachers and staff with gifts at Christmas and teacher appreciation day.

Oak Park Middle and Whitney Bank

• Whitney Bank employees donate and volunteer their time at our school. (judges, clean up, guest readers, other OPMS needs)
• Every six weeks, Whitney Bank encourages honor and Banner Roll students by rewarding them with an ice cream party.
• Whitney Bank employees write letters to congratulate students for making Honor and Banner Roll. Parents love these letters.
• Whitney Bank encourages students to save by opening up a savings account at our "Eagle Nest" banking.
• Students art works are displayed in area Whitney Bank branch lobbies as well as student musical performances conducted during holiday times.
• Whitney loves promoting OPMS student work.
• Whitney Bank participates with OPMS in the PIE Conference.
• Whitney Bank participates with OPMS in National Shadow Day. This is a great career activity.
• Whitney Bank honors students with awards for earning Banner Roll all year long.
• Whitney Bank furnished an alligator being sold by the Lake Charles Symphony.
• Whitney Bank sponsors a shadow day for students

• Refurbished playground with new equipment.
• Provide an end of the 6 weeks party for Honor Roll, Banner Roll, Perfect Attendance and outstanding Behavior.
• Judge Spelling Bee contests.
• Participate in Mardi Gras parade activities.
• Provide school with newspaper subscription.
• Select Perkins families and provided a complete Christmas for them.
• Participate in Earth Day projects.
• Provide school donations of computers, school supplies.
• Print school Calendar.
• October safety presentations.
• Provide telecommunications lines for the library.
• Paid for substitutes for various teacher trainings.
• Acknowledge teachers for teacher appreciation day.

The Sulphur Rotary Club provides the following:

• Reading tutors
• Accelerated Reader incentives for the AR store

• Creators of ClassLink at Prien Lake Elementary
• Allows banner roll students free access to the internet each six weeks for academic excellence awards.
• Networked each classroom through computers.
• Provides each faculty member with a cellular phone and voice mailbox for use at school.
• Equips all school buses with cellular phones for emergencies.

Prien Lake Elementary and Chick-Fil-A

• Sponsors Core Values program recognizing and rewarding a student from each class each month who exhibits a specific core value.
• Provides free lunch for top selling students of fundraising activities.
• Donates dinner coupons to students reaching academic excellence.

Prien Lake Elementary and CiCi’s Pizza

• Donates free lunch buffets to Prien Lake students periodically throughout the year.

Prien Lake Elementary and Gill Animal Hospital

• Dr. Sherwood Gill speaks to students about veterinary medicine during Career Education week.
• Provides a pizza or cookie cake party to the class with the highest percentage of attendance each six weeks.
• Hosts field trips to the veterinary clinic.

Prien Lake Elementary and Sonic Drive-In

• Donates all of the cups, containers, utensils, and napkins for our annual French Immersion Gumbo fund-raiser.
• Donates dessert certificates for student achievement incentives.

Prien Lake Elementary and CMS Energy

• Donates incentives each six weeks for outstanding behavior.
• Donated $500 toward a new computer.
• Provides gifts for faculty and staff periodically throughout the year.

Prien Lake Elementary and Tetra Chemicals

• Supplies several hundred professionally printed color monthly calendars for the students, families, and faculty of Prien Lake Elementary.

Prien Lake Elementary and HEB Pantry Foods

• Displays students artwork in the store lobby.
• Donates specialty food items as needed for school activities.
• Donates $200 toward purchase of store merchandise each year for faculty supplies

Reynaud Middle and First Federal Savings and Loan

• First Federal encourage Honor and Banner Roll students with an honor roll party.
• Maintain motivational bulletin board in front hall/lobby area.
• First Federal employees served on the Student of the Year selection committee.
• First Federal employees helped with Christmas food drive by donating 20 turkeys, food items and helped pack food baskets for needy families within the school.
• First provide guest speakers for career classroom activities.
• Provided incentive prizes for Martin Luther King, Jr. essay contest winners.

• Brame True Value donated prizes for the Lip Sync contest.

St. John Elementary and Duke Energy

• Duke Energy has spent time eating lunch with the students on various occasions.

St. John Elementary and Bank One

• Bank One employees recently participated in the Spelling Bees for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade as the official announcer.
• Bank One employees judged the participants in the Lip Sync contest.

St. John Elementary and HEB Pantry

• HEB participated in the Lip Sync contest.
• HEB donated supplies for faculty and students for various activities.

• Provides scholarships for graduating class, 14 @ $1,000.
• Sponsored FFA trip to National Convention.
• Elementary Honor Roll/Banner Roll parties.
•  Breakfast of Champions – Those students with A, B, C, report card with no detentions and no suspensions.
• Sponsored the Hunter Education Program.
• Athletics—Travel bags and warm ups for varsity basketball teams—girls and boys.
• Voice of Democracy Contest Elementary, Middle School, High School Grades 10-12 Essay Contest Prizes--$400, $300, and $200.
•  Teacher Appreciation Week-Food for the teachers.
• Ornament Contest Grades 1-3^rd.  Prizes given in each grade.  First prize $15, Second prize $10, and Third prize $ 5.
• Sponsors Homecoming.
• Livestock Buyer – 4-H Club members.
• Teacher Appreciation Week – Food for teachers, gifts for teachers, etc.
• Sponsors PTO Gumbo – Open house for parents to visit each classroom.

• Sponsors high school students at the 4-H Livestock Shows.
• Provides Soaps & Suds Car Wash for students to use in fund raising efforts.

• Airwatch Weather Station
• Student planners
• Lake Charles American Press subscriptions
• Sponsor the TorWatch page in the SW Daily News.
• SHS club members and their families work at the CITGO family picnic and CITGO pays the clubs $3,000

• Presents a “Welcome Back” gift in September. This year each student received a six-inch magnifying ruler.
• A breakfast is held each six weeks where one student from each class is honored as “Student of the Six Weeks”. Air Liquide gives each child a certificate and backpack.
• Every six weeks, Air Liquide encourages Honor and Banner Roll students with t-shirts and other awards.
•   Each summer Air Liquide honors requests from teachers for supplies and materials to be constructed by their employees.
• Air Liquide has helped sponsor students participating in the National Children’s Choir held in March in Williamsburg, Virginia.

R. W. Vincent Elementary and Business Health Partners

•  BHP gives each student a blue ribbon to wear and a goody bag containing several  school supply items.

R. W. Vincent Elementary and Jeff Davis Bank & Trust Company (Maplewood Drive Branch)

•  Jeff Davis Bank has helped sponsor students participating in the National Children’s Choir held in March in Williamsburg, Virginia.

• Sponsors the Banking in School program for 5th graders. 

• Contributed $2,000 for improvement in technology.
• Employees donated time as judges for Math Fair.

Vincent Settlement Elementary and Cameron Communications

• Provided newspapers for student use.
• Promoted student achievement by providing shirts for "Star Student" of the month.
• Encouraged student participation in recycling drive by contributing telephone books.

Vincent Settlement Elementary and The Westlake Group

• Sponsored/Participated in Jr. Achievement Program.
• Provided School Handbook/Folder for all students.
• Supplied newspapers for student use.
• Provided funds to each teacher for classroom instructional materials to be used by students.
• Encouraged Honor/Banner Roll by providing ribbons for students and food for honor/banner roll party.

• Donated to the school an ice machine to be used in all school activities. BW Services is also a new member of our partner in education team and we are in the process of accessing the needs of our school.

Vinton Elementary and Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Department

• A representative from the sheriff's office came and read to the students during Christmas season.

• The Sheriff's Department donated several tickets for students to attend the Guns and Hoses activities at the Lake Charles Civic Center.

• The students made Christmas ornaments for the Sheriff's Department.

• A school activity sign is being built in front of our school to keep the community informed concerning school dates and activities. The Sheriff's Department is our new partner in education and we are in the process of accessing the needs of our school.

• Pizza is given to each student that makes Honor/Banner Roll for the six weeks by Pepsi.
• Pepsi gives a few of our students the tour of their company and invites them to share in their work.

Vinton Middle and Tommy's Printing

• Tommy's Printing donates our tickets for our annual gumbo sale each year.
• Gave tour to some of our students and showed us how they perform some of their tasks.

Vinton Middle and Ronnie Johns State Farm Insurance

• Provide snacks for the entire student body that has perfect attendance for each six weeks to promote the attendance of the students.
• Gave tour of the business and some of their activities to some of our students. They answered questions and help the students better understand the makeup of insurance and how it works.
• Helped judge our Student of the Year for our middle school.

• Career Day – Polled students, notified participants, PPG-PIE provides coffee and lunch for participants.
• Cultural performance – Banners Series, school assembly, teacher and student tickets available upon request.
• English – Lab program and novel funding, field trip expenses.
• Student handbook – Cover additional printing expenses.
• Prom – Decorations and supplies donated.
• PPG Football Night – cokes, candy, and support for both teams.
• PPG Volleyball Night – cokes, candy, and support for both teams.
• PPG Basketball Night – cokes, candy, and support for all 4 teams.
• PPG Family Association Christmas Party – Student assistance requested by PPG.
• Grant opportunity – Faculty notified of the PPG Foundation Public Education Leadership Corporate Grant. Proposals (up to $1,000) accepted and funded as projects develop.
• Summer Teacher’s Institute – Teachers invited to participate.
• PIE Conference – School display/info board and scrapbook presented, Thank-you poetry.
• Safe Prom – Drunk Driving demonstration presented to juniors and seniors.
• VHS Yearbook Ad.
• Academic Awards – Honor/Banner roll six weeks achievement recognition, pizza.
• Literary Rally – participant t-shirts.
•  Teacher School Supplies – Beginning of School supplies for each teacher.
• Printer Cartridges – Supplies academic classroom teachers with ink for their printers.
• Agricultural Education – Assisted with the Ag. Facilities needs and expansion.
• Solar calculators – Vocational education and Math classes.
• Remote mouse - provided to assist math teachers.
• Headphones – for the business, English computer labs and library

• Provides help with the annual homecoming parade by providing money for throws.
• Built bookshelves for classrooms.
• Provided rubber mats for teachers.
• Provides monitary donations for trophies, plaques, medals, and jackets to the REACT program. 
• Provides tutoring for students.

• Every six-weeks, Levingston Engineers' employees encourage Banner Roll, Honor Roll, and All Star students with a pizza party.
• They put a bike and a helmet, to be awarded to the Home Work.
• Hotshot of the Year, on display all year to encourage the students' to do their daily home work.
• They have provided prizes for the Accelerated Reader program to encourage students to read throughout the school year.
• Eats lunch with students each month.
• Provides ice cream parties for the special ed. classes.
• Provides ribbons for students.

• Provides ribbons for students.
• Provides savings bonds for students "caught being good."
• Provides savings bonds for Student of the Year and "Homework Hotshots."

• Students participate in shadow day.
• Students helped with the grand opening by entertaining.
• Treats teachers to breakfast for teacher appreciation.
• Gives incentives for students.

J. I. Watson Middle and Burger King

• Burger King encourages students with Banner/Honor Roll certificates for meals.
• Burger King participates in career day by giving tours of their facility, showing students the economics and the service aspects of the business.
• Students participated in the grand opening of the business with artwork and singing.

J. I. Watson Middle and Farmer's Rice Mill

• Farmer's donated a large monetary gift to teachers for much needed supplies.
• Farmer's exhibits student art work.
• Farmer's supplies pencils and positive reinforcement tokens for all students.
• Farmer's participates in Shadow Day for career planning of students.
• Farmer's gives tours of facility for the purpose of education and drawing activities.
• Farmer's Rice Mill employee is a member of the SACS committee.
• Farmer's keeps a high profile at the school by attending various school assemblies and having lunch with students.
• Farmer's welcomes students back to school with gifts.
• Farmer's purchases marquee for school so that students and parents are able to view the school's important events.

J. I. Watson Middle and Stine's

• Stine's donates lumber for classroom shelves.
• Stine's fosters positive self esteem by exhibiting student art works.
• Stine's employees are recognized and participate in school assemblies.
• Stine's purchases newspapers for students.
• Stine's employees are recognized and participate in school assemblies

• Providing incentives and encouragement to all students and staff.
• Providing funds to encourage Banner and Honor Roll and attendance every six weeks with a pizza party.
• Providing funds for student Christmas gifts.
• Donating a Christmas tree.
• Providing funs for two Pearl Watson staff members to attend PIE Conference.
• Donating classroom copies of Lake Charles American Press.

Pearl Watson Elementary and Genesis Enterprise

• Providing funs to encourage banner roll, honor roll, and attendance every six weeks with a pizza party, treats, and incentives.
• Providing time and funds for student Christmas gifts.
• Planning, funding and preparing staff/teacher Christmas social (bus for caroling/gumbo/teacher gifts)
• Serving as judges and/or interviewers for school contests.
• Providing time and funds for teacher appreciation.

Pearl Watson Elementary and Porche’ Plumbing and Piping

• Treating the teachers and staff to a welcome back to school breakfast.
• Donating funds towards a fax machine.
• Donating funds towards a two pot coffee maker and morning coffee supplies.
• Providing teacher/student school supplies.
• Providing time and funds for student Christmas gifts.
• Planning, funding and preparing staff/teacher Christmas social (bus for caroling, gumbo/teacher gifts).
• Providing time and funds for teacher appreciation.
• Providing funds to encourage banner roll, honor roll, and attendance every six weeks with a pizza party.
• Providing the Junior Achievement Program Kit.

Pearl Watson Elementary and Premier Painting

• Treating the teachers and staff to welcome back to school breakfast.
• Donating funds towards a fax machine.
• Providing time and funds for student Christmas gifts
• Planning, funding and preparing staff/teacher Christmas social (bus for caroling/gumbo/teacher gifts)
• Providing time and funds for teacher appreciation.

Pearl Watson Elementary and Vitally Refrigeration

• Treating the teachers and staff to welcome back to school breakfast.
• Donating funds towards a fax machine.
• Providing teacher/student school supplies.
• Providing time and funds for student Christmas gifts.
• Planning, funding and preparing staff/teacher Christmas social (bus for caroling/gumbo/teacher gifts).
• Donating a Christmas tree.
• Providing time and funds for teacher appreciation.

• Donated plants and planted a flowerbed under the school sign.
• Donated plants for school pond garden.
• Provided door prizes, guest speakers, and judges.
• Assisted in the building of Café S.J.

S. J. Welsh Middle and Mr. Gatti’s

• Provided pizza for Banner Roll parties.
• Provided pizza at a discount for school dances.
• Provided reading incentives.
• Provided gift certificates and door prizes.
• Mobile kitchen, Colt team refreshments.
• Provided door prizes, guest speakers, and judges.

S. J. Welsh Middle and HEB Pantry Foods

• Provided food vouchers for Honor Roll/Banner Roll parties.
• Provided gift certificates for door prizes.
• Colt team refreshments.
• Provided guest speakers and judges.
• Louisiana Food Day.

• Sponsored meal for teachers during pre-semester scheduling.
• Contributes to recognition awards for honor roll/ perfect attendance students.

Westlake High and Confer Creel Foundation

• Sponsors a scholarship for a Westlake High School student annually in the amount of $20,000.
• Matching grant for computer lab.
• Sponsors lab facilitator at WHS.
• Gold Club member of Partner-in-Ed Conference.

Westlake High and CONOCO

• Presently organizing a math tutoring program for low achieving math students.
• Contributes to recognition of Students of the Month.
• Paid for student planners for all students.
• Contributed plastic containers for trash containers.

Westlake High and Cameron State Bank

• Contributed to student of the month recognition awards program.
• Contributes to recognition of teachers with perfect attendance.

Westlake High and Bobby LeTard, Shelter Insurance

• Contributed to student supplies for the library.
• Sponsors the spring baseball tourney.

• Rewards "VIP Students" with a lunch every six weeks.
• Provides judges from his employees for our school Science Fair, Math Fair, Poster Contests and Essay Contests.
• Provided judges for our Student of the Year selection committee.
• Provides needy students help with school supplies.
• Provides speakers for various club meetings and for our Character Education programs.

F. K. White Middle and Louisiana Technical College - Sowela Campus

• Provides speakers for various club meetings and for our Character Education programs.
• Provided judges for our "Student of the Year" selection committee.
• Provides judges for our Science Fair, Math Fair, Poster Contests and Essay Contests.

F. K. White Middle and City Savings Bank

• Provides space for student school and art work to be displayed at the Hwy. 14 branch.

• Provided funds to purchase school uniforms for families who could not afford the cost.
• Provides school supplies for students.

Ralph Wilson Elementary and Cingular Wireless

• Placed an ad in the Lagniappe and a billboard display of partnership.
• Cingular Wireless provided cell phones in the school for home-school communication.
• They are visible in the school and participate in all school functions and activities.

Ralph Wilson Elementary and Kroger's (@ McNeese St.)

• Donated cake for the Beta/Student Council.
• Induction program. They also donated a tree and a provided Christmas.
• Dinner along with all the trimmings to a family in need during the holidays.
• Sponsors May Day Carnival Cake Walk.
• Provides "Caught Doing Good" incentives.
• Provides Teacher Appreciation Week incentives.

Ralph Wilson Elementary and IHOP

• Donated items to the Halloween Carnival and school supplies to needy children.
• IHOP participates in the Mock Election.

Ralph Wilson Elementary and Capital One

• Sponsors Student of the Month parties.
• Provides the popcorn machine, popcorn, and bags for the Halloween Carnival.
• Has a liaison on the Quality Leadership Team.
• Provided funding and training site for the Quality Leadership Team.
• Provided ad in the Lagniappe.
• Participates in all school functions and activities.
• Donated jackets to students in the name of their customers at Christmas.
• Provides incentives for Banner/Honor Roll students.
• Sponsors KidzBank.
• Teaches Junior Achievement to 2nd and 3rd graders.

Ralph Wilson Elementary and Master Clean

• Provides Accelerated Reader Incentives.
• Sponsors Accelerated Reader Luau.
• Sponsors May Day Carnival.

Ralph Wilson Elementary and Gorgie Porgie

• Provides uniforms for students.
• Provides school supplies.

Ralph Wilson Elementary and Wonderland of Play

• Supports Kidz Bank.
• Provides "Coats for Kids."
• Provides school supplies.
• Teaches Junior Achievement to 2nd and 3rd graders.