Honoring our school by accepting the invitation, State Senator - Ann Duplessis visited Abramson on Saturday, 23rd January 2010, in school’s second Annual Science and Engineering Fair. Seeing all kinds of different topics our students worked and their excitement she was very happy about the view she witnessed. She participated in Awards Ceremony and honored our students by presenting awards to winner projects. She set valuable goals for our students in her speech she made following award presentation.

The 2009 Spring LEAP/iLEAP test results have been released by Louisiana Department of Education. It is our pleasure to announce that Abramson Science & Technology got a great success at the second year of operation. We increased our scores 60% from last year. Last year we also increased 50% from the highest score in the history of the Marion Abramson Senior High School. We believe our students started to write new history in New Orleans East. Thanks for a job well done.

Saturday January 23, 2010 Abramson held Second Annual Science and Engineering Fair. 100 projects with 130 students competed in two divisions (junior and senior) and 4 categories in each (total of 8 categories). We all experienced a very tough competition and that was repeatedly mentioned by our 26 judges from UNO, Tulane, LSU and Engineers from prestigious local private companies. They all were impressed with student excitement and were delighted to be part of this traditional “academic holiday” of Abramson school. An awesome award ceremony followed the judging session and 27 projects received medals and trophies (click here for complete list of winners). Our elementary students, dance and cheerleading team performed their shows to excite participating students, parents, judges and special guests. Again wildcats amazed everybody with their tremendous effort.

In the 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Essay, Speech and Art contest, Tova Andre an 8th grade gifted student at Abramson Science and Tecnology School was the recipient of 3rd place prize. It consisted of: $100.00 check, a trophy and a certificate of honor at the Afro American Museum of Art in New Orleans. Tova was entered in the contest by her Gifted/Itinerate teacher - Ms. Lorraine M. Thornton from RSD.
The contest is sponsored by the group who sponsor the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in New Orleans each year.

On January 15, 2010, we paid tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Kindergarten through second grades preformed songs and skits in homage of his fight for equality. Parents and students celebrated and rejoiced by gathering together and eating birthday cake. Dr. King’s actual birthday is on January 15, so what better way to commemorate than by discussing his legacy and eating cake!
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most passionate orators and political figures in American History. We will honor his legacy of peace and brotherly love at AST for the 3rd year. AST contestants will write a speech that discusses your own DREAMS FOR OUR NATION, YOUR COMMUNITY, OR THE WORLD in which we live. The speech should be no longer than 250 words. One winner will be chosen from each grade level. All grades 6-11th are eligible to participate.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

The teachers and staff at Abramson Science & Technology Charter School would like to wish our students and parents a joyful and relaxing Christmas and Winter Break.

We hope you enjoy your time with your family and look forward to seeing you all again on Monday, January 4th.

Congratulations and thanks to all of our Abramson dads for attending the Donuts with Dads Event on Friday October 23. The students and their dads had a great morning together celebrating with musical entertainment, poetry, and testimonies from a few of our dads. We look forward to seeing our wonderful dads and parents again for coming events.

Abramson's newest club for middle school girls is called Ladies of Distinction. The purpose of the club focuses on teen issues, etiquette, leadership, community service, and of course academic achievement. The Ladies grades 6-8 all have 'BIG SISTERS" who currently attend Xavier University. On Thursday the L.O.D.s attended a picnic in the Abramson courtyard planned by their Xavier mentors. The young ladies ate, played games, and won prizes with their Big Sisters.

On October 24th, Abramson's Dance Team participated in an event called "Thrill the World" at Zephyr Stadium. This event was part of a worldwide attempt to break the world record for the amount of people dancing to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" at the same time. The Dance Team met at Abramson to get dressed up as zombies and then went to the stadium to learn and perform the dance with other Michael Jackson fans. They were the best-dressed and most talented group there, and our very own Mia Rodgers took home free passes to "This is It" and the movie soundtrack as the 2009 Zombie Prom Queen! Not only that, but the ladies of Abramson Dance Team helped to break the world record with 33,000 people dancing to "Thriller" at the same time around the world! It was a truly "thrilling" experience that we can't wait to do again next year!

On October 16th, 2009 Friday, Abramson Science & Technology Charter School had a wonderful honor roll and award ceremony after first quarter ended. Abramson students did really great job in the 1st quarter and most students were in Abramson honor roll. We expect that more Abramson students would be in honor roll in upcoming quarters.
In addition to that, AST handed out last year LEAP- ILEAP incentives (ipod nanos, ipod touches and laptops) to students in this ceremony who had a great success in official LEAP-ILEAP test in last school year. We are expecting that AST students will have great performance on LEAP-ILEAP test in this school year, too.
Congratulations to all. Keep up to the good work.

Abramson Mathcounts Team went on a wonderful field trip to Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Friday, October 9, 2009. Our team had a chance to see the New Capitol Building which provides panoromic views of Baton Rouge and the Mississippi from it's 27th floor observation deck. Also, they visit Kenilworth Science & Technology School which is another school of Pelican Educational Foundation and they played basketball with the students in gym.

It was a wonderful camp. Our sophomores –Stephen, Thang, Spencer - enjoyed it too much. View was magnificent and hiking all around the lake was full of excitement.

Fishing for hours and seeking when a fish will have a bite never became boring after seeing some freshmen already caught. Breakfasts, BBQ, and games (with a lot of risk and strategy in it) were full of excitement. Now, we are looking forward to have another break, than we are back on camping…

Abramson elementary students, teachers, and chaperones went on an exciting field trip to the Global Wildlife Center in Folsom, Louisiana on Thursday, October 8, 2009. On the trip, students had the opportunity to feed animals such as lamas, buffalos, bulls, as well as several other endangered and exotic animals. They also got to see zebras, camels, and giraffes up close. Global Wildlife Center is home to over 4,000 animals from locations in Africa and from all around the world! This field trip definitely was one to remember because it gave the students a hands-on education on how to interact with animals and how to preserve the environment.

9th grade Abramson students showing good success in classroom got chance to attend an educational and entertaining fieldtrip to Little Rock - Arkansas and Oklahoma city – Oklahoma. That was very informative experience to visit Oklahoma Science Museum with Dome Theatre movie about Wild Ocean and all different sections about waves, astronomy, old transportations, planes, dynamics etc. Trip to Pinnacle Mountain was an exceptional feeling along with beautiful sightseeing abundant. They got to learn great information about explosion happened in Oklahoma city in 1995 at Oklahoma Memorial Center.

Dear Abramson Parents,
According to the results of the AST 1st Practice Test of 2009-2010 School Year, some of our students are eligible to receive free Math tutoring as part of Supplemental Educational Services (SES), part of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Tutoring will occur at school on Saturdays between 9 -12 am starting with Saturday, September 05, 2009. Bus will be provided next week (Saturday, September 12, 2009) according to the students and bus routes.
Attendance and participation to the classes are important criteria for tutoring. Students should be on time and on task in tutoring time. Classes will last 50 minutes and between each class there is a 10 minute break.
We consider this tutoring program very important to help our students to be ready for the standardized tests (LEAP, iLEAP and GEE). We ask for our parents’ cooperation and we believe together as a big Abramson family, we can do the best for our children.

Except for its technological enlightment, Abramson has very educative and fun at the same time science classes. Students get to experience different experiments and demos which enhance their motivation and comprehension about real science. Privilige of having the most up to date technology in classroom including Activboards, CPS RF Clickers, Vernier Labquests and its probes, Examview software etc. makes it possible to have productive environment in all classes - but especially in science in particular.

The Parent Portal allows parents to view their child’s attendance, conduct, discipline, grades, progress reports, and transcripts (high school). Parents must first register with the school by filling in and returning the student and parent information worksheet, which was sent home with students in the last week. If you have not filled in and returned this form, you should check with your school secretary and do so now. That worksheet includes the parent’s names, addresses and phone numbers. The mailing address for each parent or guardian who wishes to register with the Parent Command Center is required, including the zip code.
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