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Catahoula Parish School Board
Catahoula Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in Harrisonburg, Louisiana, United States. The district serves Catahoula Parish Catahoula Parish (french: Paroisse de Catahoula) is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,407. Its seat is Harrisonburg, on the Ouachita River. The parish was formed in 1808, shortly after the .... Schools K-12 schools * Central High School * (''Unincorporated area'') * Harrisonburg High School ( Harrisonburg) * Sicily Island High School ( Sicily Island) 8-12 schools * Block High School ( Jonesville) 5-7 schools Jonesville Junior High School ( Jonesville) External links Catahoula Parish School Board School districts in Louisiana Education in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana {{Louisiana-school-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School District
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations. North America United States In the U.S, most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts, which usually operate several schools, and the largest urban and suburban districts operate hundreds of schools. While practice varies significantly by state (and in some cases, within a state), most American school districts operate as independent local governmental units under a grant of authority and within geographic limits created by state law. The executive and legislative power over locally controlled policies and operations of an independent school district are, in most cases, held by a school district's board of education. Depending on state law, members of a local board of education (often referred to informally as a school board) may be elected, appointed by a political office holder, serve ex officio, or a combination of any of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrisonburg, Louisiana
Harrisonburg is a village in and the parish seat of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 348 as of the 2010 census, down from 746 in 2000. Riley J. Wilson, who held Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat from 1915 to 1937, resided in Harrisonburg, where he was principal of Harrisonburg High School and then an attorney, district attorney, and state district court judge prior to his election to Congress. History Harrisonburg was named for the Harrison family of Virginia. Fort Beauregard, located on a bluff in the northern corner of the village, was a Confederate stronghold during the American Civil War. In 1863, the fort successfully defended Harrisonburg from the attack of four Union gunboats coming from the Black River to the Ouachita River. After four days of bombardment, little damage was done, and the gunboats retired down river. Harrisonburg and fort were evacuated before Brig. General Crocker's considerable naval and army forces arrived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bordered by the state of Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. A large part of its eastern boundary is demarcated by the Mississippi River. Louisiana is the only U.S. state with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are equivalent to counties, making it one of only two U.S. states not subdivided into counties (the other being Alaska and its boroughs). The state's capital is Baton Rouge, and its largest city is New Orleans, with a population of roughly 383,000 people. Some Louisiana urban environments have a multicultural, multilingual heritage, being so strongly influenced by a mixture of 18th century Louisiana French, Dominican Creole, Spanish, French Canadian, Acadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Catahoula Parish (french: Paroisse de Catahoula) is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,407. Its seat is Harrisonburg, on the Ouachita River. The parish was formed in 1808, shortly after the United States acquired this territory in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. History Prehistory Catahoula Parish was the home to many succeeding Native American groups in the thousands of years before European settlements began. Peoples of the Marksville culture, Troyville culture, Coles Creek culture and Plaquemine culture built villages and mound sites throughout the area. Notable examples include Peck Mounds, and the Troyville Earthworks. The Troyville Earthworks have components dating from 100 BCE to 700 CE during the Baytown to the Troyville-Coles Creek periods. It once had the tallest mound in Louisiana at in height; it was the second-tallest mound in North America (after Monk's Mound at Cahokia Mounds). This mound was destroyed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central High School (Catahoula Parish, Louisiana)
Central High School may refer to any of these institutions of secondary education: In the United States Alabama * Central High School (Phenix City, Alabama) * Central High School (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) * Central High School (Hayneville, Alabama) Arizona * Central High School (Phoenix, Arizona) Arkansas * Buffalo Island Central High School, Monette * Central High School (Helena–West Helena, Arkansas), West Helena * Drew Central High School, Monticello * Genoa Central High School, Texarkana * Little Rock Central High School, Pulaski County * White County Central High School, Judsonia California * Central Union High School (El Centro, California) * Central Valley High School (Bakersfield, California), a List of high schools in California, high school in California * Central High School (Fresno, California) Colorado * Aurora Central High School, Aurora * Central High School (Grand Junction, Colorado) * Greeley Central High School, Greeley * Central High School (Pueblo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrisonburg High School (Catahoula Parish, Louisiana)
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Harrisonburg High School may refer to: * Harrisonburg High School (Louisiana) in Harrisonburg, Louisiana *Harrisonburg High School (Virginia) in Harrisonburg, Virginia Harrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is also the county seat of the surrounding Rockingham County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. At the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sicily Island High School (Catahoula Parish, Louisiana)
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Sicily Island, Louisiana
Sicily Island is a village in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 336 at the 2020 census. Geography Sicily Island is located in northeastern Catahoula Parish at (31.846573, -91.658925). U.S. Route 425 passes through the village, leading north to Winnsboro and southeast to Natchez, Mississippi. Louisiana State Highway 8 leads southwest to Harrisonburg, the Catahoula Parish seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, Sicily Island has a total area of , all land. Despite its name, Sicily Island is not an island; instead, nearby lakes and rivers gave the area a shape early settlers considered reminiscent of the island of Sicily. History In the early 1700s, the area that would become Sicily Island was the site of a Natchez settlement. In January 1731, towards the end of the Natchez Revolt, French forces besieged the Natchez fort, compelling the surrender of 45 men and 450 women and children. Although the bulk of the Natchez leaders and war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Block High School
Block or blocked may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Broadcasting * Block programming, the result of a programming strategy in broadcasting * W242BX, a radio station licensed to Greenville, South Carolina, United States known as ''96.3 the Block '' * WFNZ-FM, a radio station licensed to Harrisburg, North Carolina, United States, branded as ''92.7 The Block'' * Blocked (''The Flash''), an episode of the television series ''The Flash'' Music * Block Entertainment, a record label * Blocks Recording Club, a record label * Woodblock (instrument), a small piece of slit drum made from one piece of wood and used as a percussion instrument * "Blocks", by C418 from ''Minecraft - Volume Beta'', 2013 Toys * Toy block, one of a set of wooden or plastic pieces, of various shapes * Unit block, a type of standardized wooden toy block for children Video game * Blocked (video game), a puzzle game for the iPhone and iPod Touch Building and construction * Breeze block, cinder bloc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonesville, Louisiana
Jonesville is the largest town in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States, at the confluence of the Ouachita, Tensas, and Little rivers. The three rivers become the Black River at Jonesville. The Jonesville population was 2,265 at the 2010 census. The four rivers which intersect near Jonesville are all subject to flooding. There are surrounding soybean and cotton fields. A few plantation houses still stand, built during the former slavery-based, planter-dominated economy. The population fell significantly when a textile mill shut down in the late 1980s. History Jonesville was once the site of the Troyville Earthworks; built by ancient Native Americans who occupied the site from 100 BCE to 700 CE. Once home to between 9-11 mounds, most have been leveled to make way for the construction of the modern town; including the Great Mound which was once in height. It was the tallest mound in Louisiana and the second tallest in the United States after Monks Mound at Cahokia in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Districts In Louisiana
This is a list of school districts in Louisiana. The following cities operate their own schools: Baker, Bogalusa, Central, Monroe, and Zachary. East Baton Rouge Parish * City of Baker School System * Central Community School System *East Baton Rouge Parish School Board * Zachary Community School District Ouachita Parish * City of Monroe School Board *Ouachita Parish School Board Washington Parish * City of Bogalusa School Board * Washington Parish School Board Single-District Parishes * Acadia Parish Public Schools *Allen Parish School Board *Ascension Parish School Board *Avoyelles Parish School Board * Assumption Parish School Board * Beauregard Parish School Board *Bienville Parish School Board *Bossier Parish School Board *Caddo Parish School Board *Calcasieu Parish School Board *Caldwell Parish School Board *Cameron Parish School Board *Catahoula Parish School Board *Claiborne Parish School Board * Concordia Parish School Board *DeSoto Parish School Board * East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
