Community School

03/23/2026

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A big THANK YOU to everyone who supported the Essentials program last week! LEPRECHAUN LEMONADE was a hit!
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Our students loved learning about the process of making lemonade in our kitchen. We also sharpened our social skills (aka, our charm✨ & charisma✨) while selling our Leprechaun Lemonade during carline.

Our learners raised $200 for their classrooms. Now the students in each classroom get to VOTE on their purchases. Most learners in our Essentials programs are nonvocal. They use their AAC devices to communicate (TouchChat is our pick).

For example, staff will put 6-8 items on the screen/page using the REAL picture and label (no symbolic pictures for this vote). This allows everyone to participate effectively no matter how new they are to communicating. Then students will select their highest preferred item for their classroom.

🧊 Will it be water tubes? (I mean, who doesn’t love water? (By keeping appropriate water-related experiences part of our daily routine, it lessens the likelihood of kids seeking it on their own!)

🌈 Glowing sensory panels for the wall?
(The kids can press them to change colors, after all.)

🧫 Or will it be some smaller hand-held sensory items that only come out for center time? (Deprivation of our favorite items makes them more valuable!)

🍀We will see when the votes are in!
🍀We feel so LUCKY to be loved by you!

03/21/2026

🏆 Be thankful to those who spoke to the WINNER in you before you started WINNING.

03/21/2026

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The wonderful Shreveport Mayor’s Women’s Commission held the Annual Cora M. Allen Luncheon in the Ballroom at LSUS.
(Beautiful venue & beautiful people!)
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The incredible Dr. Aubra Gantt, the first female Chancellor of Southern University at Shreveport, was the guest speaker. ✨ Her words of wisdom were poetic & powerful. ✨ Many incredible women were united & celebrated, all of whom are doing incredible work in our city. ✨

Thank you to the Shreveport Mayor’s Women’s Commission & Mayor Tom Arceneaux for making this day so special for us all. ✨ We are so thankful for any chance to share our mission & beautiful families with others! We appreciate the outpouring of support from the powerful women of our city who have always believed in our vision at Community School.

🌟 Fun fact: Our Mayor & First Lady Elizabeth are Highland lovers & advocates! They have always worked relentlessly to restore our historic neighborhood. Mrs. Elizabeth went to Alexander School as a child & has many stories/pictures to share with us! What a gift!

03/20/2026

“A very unpopular idea is that work can heal us. It is unpopular because the modern experience of work has made us ill. Yet, if the work is true to the spirit of the individual, it has a curative effect. In doing it we find peace, purpose and harmony.”

Very well-said. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏽👏🏽👏🏾👏🏾

We borrowed the words of Joel Uili to express how much we love our lives of PURPOSE. Who’s healing who? Who’s teaching who? We’re not keeping count or trying to figure it out… Staff not only get to watch the students thrive, we get to watch each other thrive!

✨🌟 We are all winning over here at Community School. 🌟✨

03/19/2026

The giggles. The bloopers. The funny grown-ups doing anything to make kids laugh. It’s all priceless!

03/18/2026

📸 Yearbook picture day!

But let’s be honest. Everyday is picture day for us. Capturing these beautiful moments for a lifetime is priceless.

03/17/2026

💚We advocate for this special population!

💚We believe in the need for awareness, distinction, and research.

💚We aim to honor and support the many families in our city who live this life everyday, often isolated and without options for care.

Today, we recognize Profound Autism Day across the country.

Why it matters: too many autistic individuals who need care all day, every day are being left behind. Families are stretched to their limits. And the providers, educators, and physicians trained to support them are far too few.

That’s not acceptable.

Awareness leads to action. Action leads to change.
Take a moment today to learn what profound autism really means.




Learn more at https://ow.ly/GI5H50Yvag0

03/15/2026

🖼️ The Meadows Museum of Art is one of our favorite places to explore! The Centenary College of Louisiana is beautiful inside & out.

👨🏼‍🎨 Be on the lookout this week for some exciting news, as we are partnering with the amazing team at the Meadows for an incredible experience in April!

🎭 Announcement coming soon…

📢 New museum added!

The Check Out Louisiana Museums program has expanded once again to include the Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College in Shreveport! Library cardholders in participating parishes can reserve a free e-pass for this museum and tons of others across the state at https://library.la.gov/check-out-louisiana-museums/!

New parishes and museums are being added every week so check back often!

State Library of Louisiana | Louisiana State Museums | Meadows Museum of Art

03/15/2026

Yummy ice cream & supporting our friends at Families Helping Families Region 7?!

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Help us spread the word!!

Join us on March 19th at Baskin-Robbins for a sweet way to support a great cause!

Simply mention “Family Helping Families” at the register, and a portion of your purchase will be donated to support Developmental Disability Awareness Month and our See the Ability Campaign.

Bring your friends, bring your family, and come enjoy some ice cream while supporting our community! 💙✨

03/15/2026

🌟 In case you missed it…

MONROE, La. (KTVE / KARD)–At the state capitol, up for consideration is a bill that would create the ‘Spectrum Alert’ system to alert the public when a child with autism, which has a growing …

03/14/2026

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We are so excited about this league!
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Our friends at Shreveport Dixie Baseball keep INCLUSION a priority. We are thankful more than ever that our city continues to offer more opportunities for children of all types to live their best lives!

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You really hit it out of the park with this league!