Parkway Elementary School

A new feature on the University's web site will enable me to respond promptly and directly to questions and concerns from people who have an interest and a stake in Northwestern State University. These are challenging times for Northwestern and other higher education institutions in Louisiana because of continuing budget reductions, and those challenges have created conditions and circumstances that elicit questions from those who care about the school. I encourage students, prospective students, their parents, alumni, faculty, and staff and others to contact me directly with questions and concerns by utilizing the new "Ask the President " feature on the main page of the web site. By clicking on the "Ask the President " symbol at the top of the page, you may submit questions to me by email. I will respond frequently either directly to individuals who submit questions or on the web site. Those who submit questions may request either a direct response or an answer that will be shared with the public on the web page. Names of individuals offering questions and concerns will not be used on the web site, but names and email addresses must be included with correspondence directed to "Ask the President." We will not respond to anonymous emails. Thank you for your interest in Northwestern State University. I look forward to the opportunity to serve and assist you through the "Ask the President " feature, and I hope it will be a positive and beneficial addition to the university's web site. NSU offering a variety of non-credit courses Northwestern State University will offer a roster of engaging non-credit courses during September. Registration is open to the public for the courses offered through NSU's Office of Electronic and Continuing Education. Northwestern State University is providing a Financial Hardship Waiver intended to ease the burden of an increase in student tuition. The waiver will cover the additional costs that resulted in the 10 percent tuition increase that began with the current semester. To be eligible for the Financial Hardship Waiver, a student must be a Louisiana resident with full-time enrollment status and must apply for and be deemed eligible to received Federal Financial Aid. In addition, the student's cost of attendance ( COA ) less expected family contribution ( EFC ) less subsidized loans plus all other types of aid must be greater than zero. Read More... Northwestern State University honored selected faculty with two awards for excellence in advising and introduced a new award to recognize information literacy. Recognition took place during the university's Faculty Institute. Recipients of the Excellence in Faculty Advising Award are Jody Biscoe and Dr. Kim McAlister, based on student nomination. Read More... Nineteen Northwestern State University faculty members have received tenure and 29 faculty members have earned a promotion in rank effective with the start of the 2010-2011 academic year, according to Provost and Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs Dr. Lisa Abney. Faculty receiving tenure were: Dr. Larry Short of the School of Business, Pia Wyatt, Dr. Read More... A report released by Louisiana's Board of Regents indicates that graduates of teacher preparation programs Northwestern State University meet or exceed expectations in student performance for new teachers. The study is based on grades 4-9 and measured student achievement in five content areas over a four-year period. Northwestern's alternate certification programs performed at Level 1 in science, indicating that students taught by new teachers outperformed students taught by experienced teachers. NSU's alternate certification program performed at Level 2 in language arts and reading, indicating the students taught by new teachers performed as well as those taught by experienced teachers; and at Level 3 in math, in which students performed on par with other students taught by new teachers. Read More... Dale Bernard of Lake Char

West Leesville Elementary School is a part of the Vernon Parish School District, which operates several elementary, middle and high schools. West Leesville Elementary School serves students in grades two through four. Its academic curriculum includes various subjects, such as English, mathematics, science and reading. The school s staff includes classroom and resource teachers, specialists, paraprofessionals and office personnel. In addition, West Leesville Elementary School supports a variety of extracurricular programs in music and physical education. It provides breakfast and lunch services to students. The school has a library that supports an accelerated reader program and offers a collection of books, magazines, newspapers and journals. West Leesville Elementary School is located in Leesville, La.