Lower School Closing
Lower School Closing
May 2024
National Elementary Honor Society Members
Audrey Cahill, President
Paisley DeJean, Secretary
Bryson Dowden, Treasurer
Madeleine Fitzmorris
Felix Gomez
CeCe Hussey
William James
William Kellner
Charline Korab
Reece Latiolais
Cole LeBouef
Harper Miller, Vice President
Loghan “Lolo” Morris
Ashe Pryor
Foster Spell
Hannah Thom
Ashton Thomas
Stella Wu
Andrew Zumbek
Writing Awards
The Writes of Spring is an annual regional contest for students in Lafayette Parish and five neighboring parishes, sponsored by the Lafayette Parish Public Library.
Our Lower School winners are:
Kindergarten - 2nd-grade Personal Narrative
3rd place - Taylor Wang for “A Trip to Disney”
3rd - 5th-grade Poetry division:
3rd place: Nate Walton - “Old Man”
2nd place: Adelaide Brandon - “Snake”
1st place: Aubrey Drew - “Bump, Set, Spike”
3rd- 5th-grade Short Fiction division:
3rd place: Norah Thom - “Bumblebee”
2nd place: Genevieve Hoffpauir - “The Worsening Day”
5th - 6th-grade Fiction category:
1st place: Audrey Cahill - “Lost in my Thoughts”
Festival of Words Youth Creative Writing Competition
Elementary School Division
- In the multimedia division
- Harper Miller placed first for her song “Why Can’t I Think?”
- In the fiction category
- Charline Korab second place “Finding the Culprit”
- In the Poetry category
- Madeleine Fitzmorris received an Honorable Mention for “Swim”
- Celia Hussey placed 3rd with “Peace”
- Audrey Cahill placed 2nd with “Sticky Situation”
Youth Wetlands Writing Contest is another statewide writing competition. It is sponsored by The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act and was designed to provide young writers the opportunity to unleash their creativity while bringing awareness to the importance of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, and to celebrate the gifts of Louisiana culture and its community spirit.
ESA swept the Kindergarten through fourth-grade poetry category:
- In 4th grade
- Cora Gray won 3rd place for “Murk Waters”
- Samuel Riggs won 2nd place for “The Bald Cypress”
- David Herrington won 1st place for “In the Bayou where the Cypress Trees Grow”
We also have another 4th grade winner in the Kindergarten through fourth-grade short fiction category:
- Eliza Manganello won 1st place for “Legend of the Bayou”
In the 5th grade through 8th grade poetry category:
- William James won 2nd place for “The Price of that Black Gold”
Historic New Orleans Writing Contest
- For this year’s Student Writing Contest, student writers used their creativity and historical knowledge to invent imaginary identities for unknown New Orleanians. In 200 words or less, each student wrote a creative description of the person or people in the portrait. THNOC received an overwhelming response for this year’s prompt with over 1,000 elementary, middle, and high school entries submitted by students from across all 50 states. Cooper Kennedy’s submission was awarded First Place. His entry is published on The Historic New Orleans Collection’s website listing his name, grade, and school alongside all of the other winners. In addition he was awarded a prize of $350.00! Congratulations, Cooper!
Math Awards
Continental Math League
Students in 4th grade compete in the Continental Math League. This is a national problem-solving competition that requires students to complete timed, written tests. Each test has six challenging word problems. At the end of the year-long competition, top scorers within our school are recognized for their achievement with awards.
Honorable Mention
- Samuel Granberry
- Aubrey Drew
- Adelaide Brandon
- Xavier Moroux
Seventh place:
- Norah Thom
Tied for 6th place
- Angelle Chachere
- Bill Feng
Tied for 5th place:
- Eliza Manganello
- David Herrington
4th place:
- Cooper Kennedy
3rd place:
- Genevieve Hoffpauir
Tied for 2nd place :
- Jack Kennedy
- Samuel Riggs
1st place:
- Cora Gray
Math Olympiad
5th graders from around the globe compete each year in the Math Olympiad. The goals of Math Olympiad include stimulating enthusiasm and love for mathematics, strengthening mathematical intuition, fostering mathematical creativity and ingenuity, and providing the satisfaction, thrill and joy of meeting challenges. Each month, from November through March, our students take challenging, 30-minute, timed tests. Their scores are combined and compared to students from all 50 states and 30 other countries around the world.
5th graders scoring in the top 50% of all of this year’s competitors
- Charline Korab
- Celia Hussey
- Madeleine Fitzmorris
- Lolo Morris
- Ashton Thomas
- Foster Spell
- Emaline Sonnier
- William Kellner
- Cole Drew
- Audrey Cahill
- Evelyn Carbo
Scoring in the top 40% of all competitors
- Harper Miller
- Hannah Thom
- Bryson Dowden
- Paisley DeJean
- Stella Wu
Scoring in the top 30% of all competitors
- William James
- Levi Benjamin
Scoring in the top 25%
- Athalie Troyanowski
- Liam Graycheck
- Benjamin Gachassin
Scoring in the top 20%
- Felix Gomez
Scoring in the top 10%
- Reece Latiolais
Honor Roll
Students receive Honor Roll recognition provided they receive no grade lower than a B- for the academic year.
Third grade
- Emmali Broussard
- Dilly Fonseca
- Everett Massey
- Abbie Rideau
- Charlotte Wenger
Fourth grade
- Mathieu Judice
- Xavier Moroux
- Samuel Robertson
Fifth grade
- Sydney Baronne
- Evelyn “Evie” Carbo
- Cole Drew
- Ainsley Frank
- Felix Gomez
- William James
- Foster Spell
- Hannah Thom
Headmaster’s List
Students receive Headmaster’s List recognition provided they earn a cumulative grade point average of 3.67 or above and receive no grade below a B minus for the academic year.
Third grade
- Spencer Andre
- Amine Ben Youssef
- Violet Bentley
- Cassia Chen
- Camellia Colligan
- Elaine Dobbs
- Arman Ehsan
- Adira Farmer
- Oliver Gomez
- Catherine Gray
- Jacques Guillotte
- Anah Kane
- Ryan Korab
- Thomas Lee
- Benjamin McCall
- Rosalind Olivier
- Jordan Rainey
- Klyne Richaud
- Ashton Roberthon
- Jack Romero
- Reid Russell
- Eleanor Shirley
- Juliana Troyanowski
Fourth Grade
- Adelaide Brandon
- Jason Breaux
- Angelle Chachere
- Amyra Dodhia
- Aubrey Drew
- Bill Feng
- Isla Fugarino
- Samuel Granberry
- Cora Gray
- David Herrington
- Genevieve Hoffpauir
- Cooper Kennedy
- Jack Kennedy
- Karlie Klein
- Jacque LaBry
- Eliza Manganello
- James Pham
- Samuel Riggs
- Clara Shirley
- Charlie Shuffler
- Oliver Tadin
- Norah Thom
- Vienna Waldron
Fifth grade
- Audrey Cahill
- Paisley DeJean
- Bryson Dowden
- Celia Hussey
- William Kellner
- Charline Korab
- Reece Latiolais
- Loghan “Lolo” Morris
- Ashe Pryor
- Ashton Thomas
- Stella Wu
- Andrew Zumbek
St. Barnabas Award
In 2004, ESA Lower School was established on the grounds of Saint Barnabas Church. Our founding location was true to the words in our alma mater: a place of study and a place of play, a place where I made the friends I love today, where excellence was pursued and gained. To honor that history, we established the Saint Barnabas Award to acknowledge students who strive to live out the virtues of our school prayer while maximizing their ESA experience.
The Lower School Faculty presented this award to two recipients this year:
Ashton Thomas and Audrey Cahill
Headmaster’s Award
The Headmaster's Award is presented each year to a 5th-grade student who strives to exemplify “excellence from within.” The qualities considered for this award include academic excellence, leadership, and contributions to the well-being of the community. Fifth-grade students who were considered for this award have maintained Headmaster’s List designation on their report cards in every grading period where grades are earned while at the Lower School.
William Kellner
The Class of 2031
Sydney Baronne
Levi Benjamin
Audrey Cahill
Evelyn Carbo
Paisley DeJean
Bryson Dowden
Cole Drew
Madeleine Fitzmorris
Ainsley Frank
Benjamin Gachassin
Ceci Garrot
Felix Gomez
Andrew “Liam” Graycheck
Celia Hussey
William James
William Kellner
Charline Korab
Reece Latiolais
Cole LeBouef
Harper Miller
Loghan “LoLo” Morris
Samuel Payne
Quinn Pfister
Ashe Pryor
Ali Pugh
Emaline Sonnier
Joseph Foster Spell
Hannah Thom
Ashton Thomas
Athalie Troyanowski
Stella Wu
Andrew Zumbek
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