Mildred Osborne’s Athletic Director, Kory Castine, shared with us his journey from a Tulane University basketball player to a beloved educator and mentor, leaving a mark on the lives of countless students through his teaching and coaching. Read below to learn more about Kory, his goals for the Mildred Osborne sports programs, his passions, and…
Osborne’s Thomas Baker and LaShawnda Alexander both received the New Schools for New Orleans Excellence in Teaching Award. This award is a recognition of teachers from public schools in New Orleans public school and includes a $1,000 classroom excellence grant. We recently sat down with Thomas and LaShawnda to learn more about their teaching background,…
CCS is proud to have Johmyrin Johnson serving on its Board of Directors. A New Orleans native currently working as a pharmacist and a pastor, Johmyrin is passionate about education and giving back to the New Orleans community. Keep reading below to see our Q&A with Johmyrin and learn more about his past work in…
This Spring, Crescent City Schools sent 14 staff members to the Standards Institute, a five-day professional development conference organized by UnboundEd. With a lens and focus on equity, the Standards Institute provides participants with tools, strategies, and frameworks that are designed to enhance instructional classroom, coaching, and leadership practices. This year, the spring conference was…
This year, in honor of Black History Month, Habans is highlighting the Harlem Renaissance, which took place from the 1920s to the 1930s in New York. This period was filled with the intellectual and cultural revival of Black music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics, scholarship, and more. Keep reading to learn more about this…
CCS is proud to have Monica Landry serving as its current Board Chair. A New Orleans native who lived throughout the United States as a military wife, Monica now devotes her life to giving back to the New Orleans community through her work with various non-profits. She previously served on the finance committee of the…
Andrew Boyce, a third grade teacher at Tubman, was contemplating a service learning opportunity for students that integrated community service and civic responsibility when he heard two scholars talking about the sudden death of one of their favorite rappers. They expressed their sense of helplessness and that there was nothing anybody could do to change…
Every spring, our schools offer students the opportunity to travel outside of New Orleans and experience places that impact their lives. This annual right of passage often includes many “firsts” from taking airplane flights to riding a subway, to experiencing national monuments after sundown to interactive exhibits that place them at a lunch counter sit-in…