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Ascension Parish baseball has been strong this spring and two teams are headed to the state tournament on Thursday in Sulphur.

The Dutchtown Griffins (35-3) and the St. Amant Gators (32-7) won their quarterfinal matchups and are set for semifinal games. Dutchtown, the three seed, swept Central with scores of 3-2 and 6-1. The Griffins, under coach Chris Schexnaydre, have been a model of consistency this season. They return to the semifinals for the first time in 12 years.

Dutchtown will play the number two seed, West Monroe, on Thursday at 6 pm. The St. Amant Gators did the improbable in the quarters, they beat the top seed.

St. Amant traveled to Barbe high school and won two out of three games. They won game one 7-4, lost game two 5-0 and won game three 5-4. Coach Brandon Bravata will lead his team to a semifinal matchup with the fourth seed, Sulphur. It will be home game for Sulphur as they play at McMurry Park during the regular season. That should not faze the Gators as they are battle tested.

Both semifinal matchups will be played at 6 pm. Ascension parish will be well represented in Sulphur. Victories by Dutchtown and St Amant on Thursday would set up an all-Ascension Parish final on Saturday at 6 pm. No matter the outcome, baseball in Ascension parish has been stellar this spring, something tells me we will see more outstanding play in the future.

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The Ascension of the Lord

1) Acts 1:1-11Psalm 47: 2-3, 6-92) Eph 1:17-23 or Heb 9:24-38; 10:19-23Gospel: Jn 24:46-53

Making, keeping, or breaking promises are part of daily human interactions. We promise to be on time for meetings and we promise children rewards for good behavior.We promise to spend time with family and friends, and we make promises in the form of engagements, vows, and other small and big life commitments.

On this Ascension Sunday as Jesus ascends to his heavenly father his final words are filled with divine promises to his disciples and to us.

So, as we allow Gods word to dwell in us, we reflect on the promises of God made real in the promises of Jesus at the sacred moment of his ascension to heaven. For in his divine promises, we find hope and strength for the daily journey of faith.

In the opening verses of the Acts of the Apostles, we are told that the risen Jesus instructed his disciples not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for the promise of the Father about which you have heard me speak; for John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.

Why does Jesus promise the gift of the Holy Spirit at his ascension? Because his disciples, the apostles and the church would not have the courage or wisdom to proclaim boldly the life-giving message of Jesus without the strength of the Holy Spirit.

We know this from the words of Jesus himself, who says, You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

The Gospel also directs our gaze to the promise of Jesus to remain with his disciples, and us, until the end of time. This promise was especially comforting to the disciples as they experienced, first hand, Jesus leaving their company in his ascension to heaven.

At this pivotal moment, Jesus explains the meaning of his suffering, death on the cross and resurrection on the third day. He willingly endured his paschal mystery so that repentance and forgiveness of sins could be preached to all in his holy name.

The ascension of Jesus is a moment of hope and mission for the church. For Jesus assures his disciples that he will remain with them in the gift and mystery of the Eucharist. And he sends the disciples on mission to be loving witnesses of all that they had seen and heard in the events of his passion, death and resurrection.

So, as he returns to his heavenly Father, Jesus says, And behold I am sending the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.

Gods promises carry with them the certainty of divine power and merciful love. While our human promises may fail from time to time, we can trust fully in the promises of God. Because God is love. And Gods promise of divine love never fails.

If you have experienced broken promises, let this Ascension Sunday be a time of renewed hope in the promises of God that never fail. In the sure hope of the promises of Jesus at his ascension, we pray with joyful faith, speak to me, Lord.

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New coronavirus cases leaped in Louisiana in the week ending Sunday, rising 30% as 2,163 cases were reported. The previous week had 1,664 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Louisiana ranked 41st among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week coronavirus cases in the United States increased 33.2% from the week before, with 501,037 cases reported. With 1.4% of the country's population, Louisiana had 0.43% of the country's cases in the last week. Across the country, 43 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.

Ascension Parish reported 53 cases and zero deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 20 cases and zero deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 33,230 cases and 293 deaths.

Within Louisiana, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Orleans Parish with 144 cases per 100,000 per week; St. Bernard Parish with 93; and Jefferson Parish with 80. The Centers for Disease Control says high levels of community transmission begin at 100 cases per 100,000 per week.

Adding the most new cases overall were Orleans Parish, with 563 cases; Jefferson Parish, with 344 cases; and East Baton Rouge Parish, with 202. Weekly case counts rose in 37 parishes from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week's pace were in East Baton Rouge, Orleans and Lafayette parishes.

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Louisiana ranked 48th among states in share of people receiving at least one shot, with 61% of its residents at least partially vaccinated. The national rate is 77.7%, a USA TODAY analysis of CDC data shows. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which are the most used in the United States, require two doses administered a few weeks apart.

In the week ending Wednesday, Louisiana reported administering another 19,025 vaccine doses, including 2,727 first doses. In the previous week, the state administered 23,113 vaccine doses, including 3,305 first doses. In all, Louisiana reported it has administered 6,248,403 total doses.

Across Louisiana, cases fell in 18 parishes, with the best declines in Jackson Parish, with 1 cases from 9 a week earlier; in Sabine Parish, with 0 cases from 7; and in Caldwell Parish, with 4 cases from 10.

In Louisiana, 28 people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 25 people were reported dead.

A total of 1,175,460 people in Louisiana have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 17,276 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 81,863,725 people have tested positive and 997,526 people have died.

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USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, May 8.

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Hospitals in 36 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 32 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 35 states admitted more COVID-19 patients in the latest week than a week prior, the USA TODAY analysis of U.S. Health and Human Services data shows.

The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Disease Control. If you have questions about the data or the story, contact Mike Stucka at mstucka@gannett.com.

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(WXYZ) It's Mother's Day and we wanted to shine the light on the family of one of our homegrown Tigers players - Eric Haase.

He and his wife just celebrated the birth of their fourth child only 4 months old. Three of the four were born at home at Ascension Michigan where his mom has been helping to deliver babies for more than 25 years.

As we've seen throughout this pandemic our health care heroes never stop working, especially when it comes to delivering babies because COVID or not babies never stop coming.

Lori Haase has helped bring thousands of babies into this world. She's been a labor and delivery nurse at Ascension Michigan for 27 years.

"For a short period of time you're a part of someone's family bringing a new member into the world," she sasy.

Lori is also mom to a daughter and our homegrown Tiger great Eric Haase. He and his high school sweetheart and now wife Maria moved home two years ago.

Sports Director Brad Galli asked him about playing for the team he grew up rooting for, his success on the field, and now raising a family in his hometown.

"Just like out at Costco or running to the grocery store, people are genuinely surprised when I still do dad stuff. It's hilarious," he said. "you live at home and drive to the stadium."

Eric and his wife now have four little ones, including a baby daughter just 4 months old.

"We used to stay with Lori all the time for the season. We'd pile into her house. Now we were able to buy our own house."

All but one of their babies were delivered at Ascension Michigan, but this last go-round Maria and Eric were both hit with COVID two days before.

Still, it was disappointing Eric could not be there, so Lori stepped as her support person.

"We Facetimed with Eric so he got to see the baby and all the kids were gathered around the computer when the baby was born."

Now on this Mother's Day, with Eric playing in Houston for the Tigers?

"I just realize these times when they're so little, it's just important to appreciate this time even though it's really hard there are challenging days."

So to all our moms no matter which hat you're wearing today we say Happy Mother's Day.

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Looking for more information on Genshin Impact's upcoming character, Kuki Shinobu? This Electro sword-wielder is the Deputy Leader of the Arataki Gang in Inazuma, alongside Arataki Itto. Unlike Itto, she does her best to keep the gang out of trouble.

Kuki Shinobu was first revealed alongside Yelan, the five-star character expected to arrive during the same update. While we haven't seen Shinobu in-game yet, we've got a good idea of how she'll play, and this guide should help you figure out if she's a good fit for your team. Here's what we know about Genshin Impact Kuki Shinobu, including her abilities and Ascension materials.

Kuki Shinobu is expected to arrive with the Genshin Impact 2.7 update, though this version has recently been delayed indefinitely. I'll update this guide as soon as we have new information.

We have a good idea of Kuki Shinobu's abilities, thanks to Honey Hunter. Since she hasn't released yet, these may not be final, but I'll keep this guide updated in case of any changes.

Character

You need to collect specific Ascension materials to level up Kuki Shinobu. The Vajrada Amethyst items are dropped by Electro Hypostases and Thunder Manifestations. Runic Fangs are dropped by level 30+ Ruin Serpents found in the Chasm in Liyue. You'll also need:

The Spectral items are dropped from Specter enemies found in Inazuma. And lastly, Naku Weed is gathered from the wilds of Inazuma, most often on Kannazuka Island.

Talents

You need these materials if you want to level up Kuki Shinobu's talents:

Elegance items are rewarded for completing the Violet Court domain on Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday, and Spectral items are dropped by Specters. Meanwhile, Tears of the Calamitous God is a drop from the Guardian of Eternity weekly challenge in Inazuma.

The Crown of Insight is a reward from various seasonal activities, such as Midsummer Island Adventure or Thunder Sojourn. You can also get it as a one-off reward by upgrading the Frostbearing Tree in Dragonspine or the Sacred Sakura in Inazuma.

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Rabbi Menachem Caytak, co-founder of Chabad Jewish Center of Troy with his wife, Chana Caytak, has made it a priorityto service Jews in need throughout northern Oakland County as well as Macomb County, especially those in the hospital, who cant practice and join in Jewish traditions by themselves.

A few months ago, Rabbi Caytak began servicing Jewish patients in Beaumont Troy and now is getting ready to service the Jewish patients at Ascension Providence Rochester.

Rabbi Caytak is a volunteer rabbi on call at Beaumont and will soon be a volunteer rabbi on call with Ascension Providence Rochester. This means he can visit at least once a week with Jewish patients, who can also request to see him at any time. He provides Shabbos candles, an opportunity to do a mitzvah before Shabbos, challah, Jewish prayers and counseling. Before Passover, he distributed matzah to the Jewish patients in both hospitals.

These are Jews who are not necessarily involved with our organization, or for that matter, any Jewish organization, Rabbi Caytak said.

The Lubavitcher Rebbes inspiration is what inspires us to service Jews, he continued, no matter their background or affiliation. For us, a Jew is a Jew no matter what. We have a saying: Labels are for shirts. There is no such thing as labeling a Jew. Even a completely not practicing Jew is the same Jewish as the most religious rabbi.

For many of the patients, seeing a familiar face, a Jewish rabbi offering families customs and traditions, is very meaningful.

It means so much for them to be able to do a mitzvah, a Jewish traditionor even just a prayer during a time when they are most vulnerable and in need of support, he said. Once, a patient told me, Rabbi, I usually wouldnt do this Jewish mitzvah, but now I really want to do it for my health.

Rabbi Caytak tells a story of a man he met in a surgical waiting room. While his wife was in surgery, they put on tefillin together and the man was moved to tears. He could not stop thanking me for giving him this incredible opportunitywhen he needed it most.

Rabbi Caytak said the chaplains at both hospitals are incredibly welcoming and helpful, and he has become good friends with many of them.

During the height of the pandemic, there were Jews in COVID rooms at Beaumont Troy. He was unable to wear the regular protective gear to seal his face because the N95 mask doesnt completely seal with a beard. The hospital specifically arranged a CAPR, a helmet that seals behind the beard, to accommodate! he said.

Chabad Jewish Center of Troy continues to look for ways to service Jews. We are starting a program now to provide Jewish holiday programming for local senior living and nursing homes, Rabbi Caytak said. The Lubavitcher Rebbes vision to touch every Jew with the warmth and light of Judaism is becoming a reality in northern Oakland and Macomb County.

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A new survey asks Milwaukee residents who live near Ascension St. Joseph Hospital about their health needs and experiences at the hospital, with hopes of informing new investments in the community.

The community health survey is being conducted by Voices For Health Justice MKE, a project of the St. Joes Accountability Coalition, an alliance of community groups that started in 2018 to advocate for residents with the health system. Participants can take the survey online.

The survey asks participants to rate their experience at St. Joseph hospital, located at 5000 W. Chambers St. in Sherman Park, asks which Milwaukee area hospital theyd most like to go to and if they were unable to receive any services they needed.

It also asks about their biggest health concerns in the community, and compares those priorities with those identified by Ascension, asking participants if they agree with the assessments.

Lisa Jones, executive director and lead organizer of the Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope, or MICAH, said the goal of the survey was to speak with those most affected by access to health careor lack of itin the central city.

What would it look like if community had a say in whats needed, really going from a bottom-up perspective instead of a top-down perspective? Jones said.

Jones noted the importance of St. Joes because of its status as the only general hospital on the citys North Side. Controversy ensued in 2018 when it was announced that the hospital would be cutting back on inpatient beds and surgical services. Some community members thought the hospital would soon close, which Ascension administrators denied.

The ultimate goal is to bring the survey results to Ascension St. Joseph Hospital administrators and ask for a community benefits agreement. The agreement between Ascension St. Joes as a private institution and community groups would outline specific community benefits for the hospital to provide.

Rafael Smith, climate and equity director with Citizen Action of Wisconsin and a member of Voices for Health Justice MKE, said the project will allow nearby residents to stop suffering in silence and give them a chance to voice their concerns.

Devin Anderson, membership and coalition manager for the African-American Roundtable and a member of the St. Joes Accountability Coalition, said the survey aims to meet people where they are and lift up their experiences to inform change.

For him, the importance of the survey was summed up in a picture of the Combahee River Collective, an activist group that marched against police brutality in Boston in the 1980s.

We cannot live without our lives, Anderson said, quoting one banner from the march.

The group does not have a timeline for when the survey will be finished or when an attempt at a community benefits agreement will be made. The survey itself is an early stage in the process, Jones said.

The Milwaukee Health Care Partnerships Community Needs Assessment is expected to be released in late April or early May. The study, which partners with local health organizations like Ascension, Advocate Aurora Health, Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin and Childrens Wisconsin, identifies major health concerns through phone and online surveys, community stakeholder interviews and focus groups.

When reached for comment, an Ascension spokesperson said the organization would wait to see the results of the survey.

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Murfreesboro, Tenn. - Ascension Saint Thomas is excited to participate in Stop Food Waste Day, an international campaign seeking to combat food waste with an annual flagship awareness day on April 27 and diverse year-round initiatives. The event comes as Ascension Saint Thomas increases its comprehensive efforts to reduce food waste with an investment in digester machines (pictured above) for its Murfreesboro Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital. Depending upon model size, digesters process between 15 and 100 pounds of food scraps per hour so that liquid soluble waste can be sent to local wastewater treatment plants.

The same type of device will be installed at their Midtown, West, and River Park campuses.

Between 30 and 40 percent of food in our country is thrown away, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This statistic is even more alarming when considered alongside the fact that 1 in 7 Nashville residents do not consistently have enough to eat and that food waste has a huge negative impact on the planet.

Kitchens across Ascension Saint Thomas campuses will strive for zero waste on the April 27th holiday through tactics that include meticulous calculations for meal planning, adoption of the new digester machines, and use of fully recyclable eating utensils.

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"Our involvement in Stop Food Waste Day is just one small part of our determination to tackle this issue," said Lionel "Dean" Chadwick, executive chef at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown. "The values of the campaign align with our broader vision to reach a time when all uneaten food is recycled, repurposed, or somehow used in a beneficial way."

As part of its long-term commitment to the cause, Ascension Saint Thomas is exploring ways to begin diverting uneaten prepared meals and excess ingredients to local community members in need.

Middle Tennesseans who would like to address this problem in their own homes can visit StopFoodWasteDay.com to sign the Stop Food Waste Day pledge and to join the ongoing Food Waste Warrior Challenge.

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Nearly two years ago, developer Chris Ingram agreed to donate to Ascension Parish government roughly one-third of his property initially intended for use in a new housing development because the land was mostly wetlands.

Developing the now-donated 65 acres in the Galvez area would have required a crossing over a tributary of Henderson Bayou and extensive, costly mitigation through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Ingram said it wasn't cost-effective to extend his Hidden Lakes of Ascension neighborhood off La. 931.

"It wasn't profitable really. It was close, but not really," he said Thursday.

Under series of changes to the parish's development rules, a decision not to develop on wetlands in Ascension won't be left up to developers, but would rather be made most of the time by the government to protect nature's flood and storm buffers.

Sprawling development in Louisiana's fastest-growing parish over the prior two decades has stretched from the fringes of East Baton Rouge Parish into low-lying, flood-prone areas closer to the lower Amite River and the Maurepas and McElroy swamps.

In response, the parish will now require that no more than 40% of "hydrologically connected" wetlands of at least one acre in size can be developed.

The rest, at least 60%, must be preserved and also have a buffer around that land that is between 25 and 50 feet wide. The rule applies only to larger developments of greater than 20 acres or 50 lots, not single lots or smaller developments.

Modeled off rules adopted in Tangipahoa Parish in 2018, the new wetlands requirements were less than what advocates had said they wanted but were welcomed anyway.

The new requirement watered down an earlier proposal that called for even more preservation amid opposition from a split Parish Council.

In a letter Wednesday, Chip Kline, chairman of the Coastal Protection Restoration Authority, had advocated for the stronger rules.

He wrote the Parish Council and Parish President Clint Cointment that inland coastal parishes like Ascension need to act to protect wetlands because they are becoming more vulnerable to hurricanes as Louisiana's lower coast erodes.

"It's a start," Ascension Parish resident and longtime wetlands advocate Polly Glover said.

Suite of changes

Persistent traffic and flooding concerns have driven opposition to new housing since the August 2016 flood devastated the area. East Baton Rouge and Livingston, too, have addressed ways to limit unbridled growth in their parishes.

The new wetlands preservation rule was among several the Parish Council adopted Wednesday night as parish officials pushed through a suite of changes aimed at getting a tighter rein on growth.

The parish has been under a development moratorium since the summer and recently extended it until May 31.A more thorough revamp of the rules is expected over the next year to 18 months after the moratorium is lifted.

Other changes adopted Wednesday include:

The council by May 31 is expected to also require that developers pay for independent firms to handle traffic studies for new neighborhoods; currently developers pay, but they also hire the companies. Development critics and Cointment support the change.

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A narrowly adopted amendment

Council members had met Wednesday to make final changes to the new rules before adopting them, and all that were approved were adopted without opposition, except for the rule that weakened the wetland preservation measure.

The wetlands amendment, which lowered the minimum preservation level from 85% to 60% of wetlands, passed on a 6-4 vote, gaining a majority that mixed some of most ardent development critics with those who traditionally take up for landowner rights.

Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller said Thursday his parish adopted an 85% wetlands preservation level in 2018 amid complaints over traffic and flooding in his parish's low-lying southeastern corner, east of Ponchatoula and south of Robert.

The remaining 15% that can be developed in Tangipahoa is set aside primarily for roads and infrastructure and came with an economic tradeoff that allows developers to create some lots that are narrower than usual, Miller explained.

Miller said a recent large-scale development went from a standard grid pattern that would have required lots of wetlands mitigation to one with more curved roads, varied lot sizes and plenty of green space.

"And so it really changed the characteristics of the subdivision. For the most part made it a lot nicer subdivision and the developer actually liked it better," he said.

Ascension's administration had hoped for the higher level of wetlands preservation.

"The reason we went and attacked it this ardently is because it's important. We've lost so many acres to development, and we need to do ... as good as we can, as big of an effort as we can, to protect these areas for water to go and protect our residents," Ricky Compton, assistant to the chief administrative official and former parish planning director, told the Parish Council.

Among those for the amendment to weaken wetland preservation were Councilwoman Teri Casso and Councilman Dempsey Lambert, who often take criticism for being too pro-development, and Councilmen Joel Robert and Chase Melancon, who have generally been more critical of the way the parish has grown.

Councilman Alvin "Coach" Thomas Jr. and Travis Turner also supported the amendment.

Other council members, like Dal Waguespack, had argued for the higher preservation level to protect wetlands at least until the rules could be better defined.

The wetlands measure has the potential to affect greatly areas like Sorrento and St. Amant, which Melancon and Robert represent.

Robert proposed the amendment to decrease the minimum preservation level to 60% and talked about creating a companion program in the future to incentivize local mitigation and detention areas that, he argued, would better affect local drainage than distant wetlands mitigation banks working through the Corps of Engineers.

Compton argued more wetlands preservation and flood benefit would occur if wetlands simply weren't developed in the first place.

In a later interview, Robert argued tougher wetlands standards would drive landowners to be annexed by Sorrento, which doesn't have the requirement.

Robert is part of large, extended landowning family in Ascension that is influential in local Republican politics and has long had parish government contracts.

But the councilman said his family's land would not be affected by the wetlands limits because he began working to have all his property annexed by Sorrento before the new parish development rules could take effect.

"My land is not affected," he said.

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East Ascension High School teacher Jordyn Vicknair is a finalist for Louisiana High School New Teacher of the Year.

This new recognition program, which is open to first-year teachers only, is run by the Louisiana Department of Education in partnership with Dream Teachers.

"We are so appreciative that the Louisiana Department of Education created this new recognition! A continuous cohort of new teachers entering this profession is obviously critical to the success of students today and for generations to come," stated Ascension Public Schools Superintendent David Alexander. "We are always so grateful to have first-year teachers consider Ascension Public Schools as a choice for beginning their career, and Jordyns successful first year is a great example of what can happen when a new employee builds great professional relationships with their employer for support, guidance, and professional development."

"I can't put into words how shocked, excited, and grateful I am to have been awarded New Teacher of the Year. To make it to be a state finalist is the most rewarding feeling, and makes all of the hard work worth it," said Vicknair. "The students are a big reason why I push myself so hard. This award is for them!"

A native of Montz, Vicknair is currently in her first year of teaching geometry at East Ascension High School. Passionate about her subject matter, she graduated from Louisiana State University in May 2021 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics along with her secondary teaching certification earned through LSUs GeauxTeach program. In this program, she was able to earn a degree in mathematics while taking education courses and completing field experience at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.

Vicknair completed her student teaching experience in a geometry classroom during the spring of 2021 at East Ascension High School, where she then accepted a geometry position for the 2021-2022 school year. She also received the Margaret Oxley Mathematics Education Award while in college for her dedication to building relationships with her students during her field experience. Her intention is to cultivate a classroom environment in which students collaborate to explore geometry using a variety of tools geared toward different learning styles.

"Jordyn is among many great first-year teachers in Ascension, and we congratulate her for being selected as a State Finalist for New Teacher of the Year in Louisiana. Her energy and passion for student success shine brightly in her daily work with students. Her commitment to being a great teammate, bringing positive energy to others, and seeking professional growth and new learning are great examples of what makes her excellent, even in year 1," said Superintendent Alexander.

On May 31, Vicknair will be recognized at the Teacher Leader Summit along with the other eight state finalists.

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