In an effort to increase literacy in the lower grades and keep every child reading, the Lincoln Parish School District sent all incoming K-3 grade students home with green bags loaded with summer reading materials.
There’s a picture in one of my scrapbooks of my Grandfather Bergeron all decked out in his World War I Doughboy uniform, complete with canvass spats that come up almost to his knees.
This summer more than 40 Lincoln Parish high school students are taking vocational courses at Louisiana Delta Community College through the Jump Start Summer program, earning credentials in fields like nursing and welding.