Louisiana School for the Deaf

Today we would like to recognize the hard work of our many math teachers at LSD! Did you know that LSD's MAP Math scores increased by nearly 20% from the 22-23 school year to the 23-24 school year? Our staff and students worked very hard last year, and we are proud to showcase their incredible growing power! 📚🤓

September 19, 2024 The Louisiana Special School District is pleased to announce the implementation of the Safe Schools Anonymous Reporting App. The Governor's Office and Louisiana State Police have partnered with Crimestoppers of Greater New Orleans to offer the Safe Schools Louisiana App to all middle and high schools throughout the state. The Safe Schools Louisiana Anonymous Reporting App, is a free resource for our school community, providing students the ability to communicate, anonymously, about a pressing school, criminal, or mental health concern or issue. Tips are monitored and received via the Safe Schools Louisiana App or via the website, www.safeschoolsla.com, and once vetted, the proper representatives are notified for engagement. When there is an emergency, our Safe School team will be contacted for immediate response and intervention. The web based platform called P3 Campus is used in over 20,000 schools and by over 10 million students across the United States. How It Works: • Submit an anonymous tip 24/7 through the website or the Safe Schools Louisiana Mobile App (links above) • Receive a Report ID and Password if you would like to follow-up on your report • The Crimestoppers Call center reviews, assesses and processes all submissions • The Crimestoppers Call center sends all submissions to law enforcement and/or school administration for intervention • If needed, the Crimestoppers Call center may contact you anonymously through the app or by case number follow-up • The Crimestoppers Call center posts status of submission with case number as case progresses and closes • If this is an emergency, please immediately call 911!

What a WEEK! In this photo drop you can enjoy the startup of War Eagle Cafe, our new coffee shop run by our life skills class, our Food Science class learning about root beer fermentation, our new PreK pet unit study, 7th grade math learning about solving proportions with ratios, and more! Special thanks to Orleans Coffee for welcoming us this week and making our War Eagle Cafe student team ready to provide the best cafe experience possible!

Due to the impending tropical storm/potential hurricane expected Wednesday and Thursday, out of an abundance of caution LSDVI will be sending dorm students home this afternoon at 2 PM. Day students dismiss daily at the regular time until further notice. Dorm students will be attending virtually this week until further notice, beginning Tuesday, Sept 10th. Day students will still be in attendance in person this week until further notice.

Ending a rewarding week of teaching with a calming meditation led by our counselors and director. We're now ready to learn about data driven instruction with renewed energy!

Digital Citizenship Guide for Parents from the LDOE Digital Citizenship is knowing how to navigate digital environments safely, responsibly, and respectfully. It is also the understanding that balancing time online and off has value. The LDOE has put out this guide for parents trying to teach their kids to be safe and good citizens online with a focus on safety, respect and accuracy of Information you see online. You can find Parent's Guide to Digital Citizenship at the following link: https://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/default-source/technology-footprint/digital-citizenship---parent-guide.pdf?sfvrsn=e39f6118_2

REMINDER: SSD Board of Directors Meeting Date: Tuesday, 08/13/2024 Time: 10:30 a.m. Location: Louisiana Special School District (Also available via Livestream) 2888 Brightside Dr. Baton Rouge, LA 70820 Student Center Board Room If you are not able to join us in person, the meeting will be available via Livestream on the SSD YouTube page at this link: https://youtube.com/live/uoW2T5C6AiU?feature=share You can view the agenda on our website at the following link: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4654/LSS/4649403/SSD_Board_Meeting_Agenda_8.13.24.pdf

This week staff began returning to our Baton Rouge campus. On the first day back, Dr. Martin addressed the staff in the auditorium. He presented the leaders across our schools and programs with the "Superintendent's Leadership Award" which recognizes team members who take on additional roles beyond their normal duties and those who go above and beyond. The recipients were recognized by senior leadership as having demonstrated the qualities needed in a strong leader. Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 Superintendent's Leadership award.

We are thrilled to welcome back our students next week and want to help you stay connected! Plus, I bet you are wondering what’s for lunch! Download the app and check it out! You can download the Louisiana SSD app from the iOS App Store or Android Play Store and enable notifications to stay updated today!

NOTICE: SSD Board of Directors Meeting Date: August 13th, 2024 Time: 10:30 a.m. Location: Louisiana Special School District 2888 Brightside Dr. Baton Rouge, LA 70820 Student Center Board Room To view the agenda for the meeting and other documents from Board Meetings visit our Documents page and then select "Board of Directors Meeting Documents".

As we gear up for the new school year, we want to help you stay connected! Check out the Louisiana SSD app. It’s everything Louisiana SSD, in your pocket. The app allows easy access to: district and school news, calendar of events, documents, staff directories, notifications, and even the cafeteria menu! Download the Louisiana SSD app from the iOS App Store or Android Play Store and enable notifications to stay updated today!

Reminder: You can download the "Louisiana SSD" App now on IOS and Android. Get access documents, news and updates, right from your phone or tablet. Download for Android https://aptg.co/3n3Fjx Download for iPhone https://aptg.co/JxVcYZ

To end Staff Appreciation Week on May 10th, our Family/School Organization hosted an incredible meal for our team, and gave away some fun raffle items for our winners to enjoy. Words cannot express how truly grateful we are to be part of the War Eagle team, and to be able to have the support of these families who care for our staff as much as we do! 🦅💚

REMINDER: SSD Board of Directors Meeting Date: May 7th, 2024 Time: 10:30 am Location: 2888 Brightside Dr. Baton Rouge, LA 70820 A link to the agenda is included here: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/.../Agenda_5... For those unable to attend in person the meeting will be available via LiveStream on the SSD YouTube channel. The link is included here: https://www.youtube.com/live/Le6BOt9rM6o?si=LJ8UZdf-9zEWnZG

We're thrilled to announce the new app for Louisiana SSD! It's everything Louisiana SSD, in your pocket. Download for Android https://aptg.co/3n3Fjx Download for iPhone https://aptg.co/JxVcYZ

On April 26th we had our first Farm to Table celebratory lunch with our high school Agriscience and ProStart culinary arts students! Our students got to enjoy fried chicken, fried, and a salad with greens, tomatoes, cheese, eggs, and more. 🥗 🍗

Our elementary and middle school students are now all busy with LEAP testing, and it’s high school’s turn next week. In the meantime, take a look at some of the things we were learning this week and last week before we got started testing. Here you’ll see: our kids testing the water of our aquaponics equipment, learning about perimeter and area on a coordinate plane, prepping for the eclipse, solving equations using trig functions, working quadratic equations, learning about Egypt, and more!

Now hiring for 2024-2025: The LSD War Eagle team is GROWING - we have an incredible team that has grown by 127% this year and we are SOARING. We are getting more new students frequently and we need more team members. Are you interested in joining our dedicated group of educators and staff? Apply now at tinyurl.com/LSDCareers 🦅 [image description: green background with LSD War Eagle logo and speech bubble that reads: Now HIRING! Text below reads: Join our growing team at the Louisiana School for the Deaf! We are looking for: assistant director, teachers: elementary, middle school ELA, middle school social studies, middle school ASL, high school ASL, high school social studies, high school science, paraeducators, school counselor, substitute teachers. Apply at tinyurl.com/LSDCareers]

In April we had some deaf and hard of hearing student visitors from Avoyelles Parish and Tangipahoa Parish! We had so much fun making new friends and we can’t wait to welcome more schools to learn along with us for Deaf History Month!

How did your solar eclipse viewing go? We couldn’t see much with the cloudy Louisiana sky, but we had lots of fun in our small groups learning about eclipses and eating eclipse-themed snacks! Our students who had permission got eclipse glasses and got to go outside to view it. Since we didn’t have much luck seeing this phenomenon, we decided to go inside and check it out virtually! 😎 💻