Concordia Parish School Board
Concordia Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States. The district serves residents of Concordia Parish, i.e. Vidalia, Ferriday, Ridgecrest, and Monterey. School uniforms The district requires all students to wear school uniform A school uniform is a uniform worn by students primarily for a school or otherwise an educational institution.They are common in primary and secondary schools in various countries. An example of a uniform would be requiring button-down shi ...s.(''Unincorporated area'') *Concordia Parish Academy of Math, Science, and Technology (Ridgecrest) High schools * Ferriday High Schoolbr>( Ferriday, Louisiana, Ferriday) * Vidalia High Schoolbr>( Vidalia, Louisiana, Vidalia) Junior high schools Ferriday Junior High School(Ferriday) * Vidalia Junior High School (Vidalia) Elementary schools 3 - 5 Ferriday Upper Elementary School(Ferriday) * Vidalia Upper Elementary School (Vidalia) Pre-Kindergart ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Concordia Parish, Louisiana
Concordia Parish (french: Paroisse de Concordia) borders the Mississippi River in eastern central Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,822. The parish seat is Vidalia. The parish was formed in 1807. Concordia Parish is part of the Natchez, MS–LA Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is historically considered part of the Natchez District, devoted to cotton cultivation as a commodity crop, in contrast to the sugar cane crop of southern Louisiana. Other Louisiana parishes of similar character are East and West Carroll, Madison and Tensas, all in this lowlying delta land. On the east side of the Mississippi River is the Natchez District around the city of Natchez, Mississippi.John C. Rodrigue, ''Reconstruction in the Cane Fields: From Slavery to Free Labor in Louisiana's Sugar Parishes, 1862--1880'', LSU Press, 2001, p. 176 History Prehistory Concordia Parish was the home to many successive Native American cultures for thousands of years before European en ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a U.S. state, state in the Deep South and South Central United States, South Central regions of the United States. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-smallest by area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 25th most populous of the List of U.S. states, 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 List of parishes in Louisiana, parishes, which are equivalent to County (United States), counties, making it one of only two U.S. states not subdivided into counties (the other being Alaska and its List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska, boroughs). The state's capital is Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baton Rouge, and its larges ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine United States Minor Outlying Islands, Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in Compact of Free Association, free association with three Oceania, Pacific Island Sovereign state, sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Palau, Republic of Palau. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders Canada–United States border, with Canada to its north and Mexico–United States border, 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 List of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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School Uniform
A school uniform is a uniform worn by students primarily for a school or otherwise an educational institution.They are common in primary and secondary schools in various countries. An example of a uniform would be requiring button-down shirts, trousers for boys and blouses, pleated skirts for girls, with both wearing blazers. A uniform can even be as simple as requiring collared shirts, or restricting colour choices and limiting items students are allowed to wear. Uniform Although often used interchangeably, there is an important distinction between dress codes and school uniforms: according to scholars such as Nathan Joseph, clothing can only be considered a uniform when it "(a) serves as a group emblem, (b) certifies an institution's legitimacy by revealing individual's relative positions and (c) suppresses individuality." Conversely, a dress code is much less restrictive, and focuses "on promoting modesty and discouraging anti-social fashion statements", according ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Monterey High School (Louisiana)
Monterey High School may refer to the following secondary schools: * Monterey Secondary College, a school in Frankston North, Victoria, Australia, formerly known as Monterey High School * Monterey High School (Monterey, California), a school in Monterey, California, United States * Monterey High School (Tennessee), a school in Monterey, Tennessee, United States * Monterey High School (Lubbock, Texas), a school in Lubbock, Texas, United States * Monterey High School (Louisiana), a school in Monterey, Louisiana, United States * Monterey High School (Monterey, Virginia), a historic school building in Monterey, Highland County, Virginia, built in 1922 and closed in 1997 It may also refer to the following continuation high schools: * Monterey High School (Burbank, California), a school in Burbank, California Burbank is a city in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located northwest of downtown Los Angeles, Burbank h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ferriday High School
Ferriday High School is a public high school in Ferriday, Louisiana, United States. It is one of three high schools ran by the Concordia Parish School Board. Student life Clubs and activities offered at Ferriday include: *4-H Club *All Girl's Club *Beta Clyb *Future Business Leaders of America *General Cooperative Education *Glee Club *Library Club *Marching Band *Student Council *Trail Blazers Athletics Ferriday High athletics competes in the LHSAA. The following sports are offered at Ferriday: * Basketball (Co-ed) * Cheerleading (Girls) * Football (Boys) * Track (Co-ed) Championships Football championships *(5) State Championships: 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 2019 Ferriday has a long history of success in football. They won four straight state championships from 1953 to 1956 and had a combined record of 52-1-2 in those four years. Demographics As of 2018, 98.2% of the student population at Ferriday High School are African-American, making up the majority of the student body. 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ferriday, Louisiana
Ferriday is a town in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, Concordia Parish, which borders the Mississippi River and is located on the central eastern border of Louisiana, United States. With a population of 3,511 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, it is an African-American majority town. Ferriday was integral to the promotion of blues music through Haney's Big House lounge in the African-American community. Almost every Delta Blues musician played at Haney's. The Delta Music Museum in the downtown historic district is open daily to visitors, many of whom come from out of state. It is located next to the restored Arcade Theater. The museum contains exhibits on Ferriday natives, some of whom were blues, rock, pop, and country musicians. The town claims to have produced more famous people per square mile than any other in America. This statement intrigued author Elaine Dundy, who explored both celebrities and townsfolk in her book, ''Ferriday, Louisiana'', published by E. P. Du ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vidalia High School (Louisiana)
Vidalia High School is a public school in Vidalia, Louisiana. The current enrollment is 427 students. The principal is Bernie Cooley. Extracurricular activities Student groups and activities include 4-H, Beta Club, Cooperative Office Education, DECA, FBLA, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, FHA, French club, Governor's Program on Abstinence, marching band, student council, and yearbook. Athletics Vidalia's sports teams, known as the Vikings, compete in Louisiana High School Athletic Association-sanctioned competition in class 3A. Championships Boys' Basketball Championship *(1) 2010 (3A) Baseball Championship *(1) 1996 (2A) Softball Championship *(1) 2003 (2A) Notable alumni * Jarrett Hoffpauir, former MLB player (St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays). * Keith Woodside, former American Football player with the Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Foot ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vidalia, Louisiana
Vidalia is the largest city and the parish seat of Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,299 as of the 2010 census. Vidalia is located on the west bank of the Mississippi River. The city of Natchez, Mississippi, lies on the opposite bank of the river, connected by the Natchez–Vidalia Bridge, carrying U.S. Routes 65, 84, and 425. History Vidalia was founded by Don José Vidal, when he was secretary to Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, the Spanish Governor of the Natchez District from 1792 to 1797. This was in a brief period of Spanish rule of former French territory west of the Mississippi River. Napoleon took it back and he sold it to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. In 1811 the Orleans Territorial legislature changed the name of the city to Vidalia after the founder. Vidal had donated land along the river to the city, where it later constructed its civic buildings. He also donated land for the first school in Concordia Parish. The ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 *Ea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |