3000 W. Congress St. Lafayette, LA 70506 Inside This Issue: •A Review of 2017 pg. 11 •Rally Details pg. 9 •An Update on The Performing Arts pp. 8-9 •Details on A Guest Speaker pg. 8 •A Debate on Homework pp. 16-17 •School News pg. 3 Lafayette High Teacher of the Dr. Rachel Brown joins the Lafayette Year, Mrs. Jennifer Morrow, has High School faculty as one of its •A Memorial to been selected from the entire administrators. Dr. Brown was pre- JP Judice parish as its Teacher of the viously a teacher at Lafayette High. pg. 18 Year. 22 NEWS January 2018 January 2018 NEWS BRIEFS 33 Parlez-Vous Staff A Successful New New Year’s Landry, junior. Editors “Go to chemistry more.” Breanna Gabriel, Quote of the Month Year Resolutions junior. Hannah Primeaux “The new year stands before us, by Hannah Primeaux by Kate Manuel and Gabby Perrin Gabby Perrin Editor-In-Chief Junior Staff Writer and Co-Editor like a chapter in a book, waiting “To read more.” Jordyn Benoit, junior. to be written.” 1.Mrs. Jennifer Morrow has been “To be more adventurous.” Mallory “To stop speeding.” Aubrey Adams, junior. Senior Staff Writer Domingue, senior. Andrew Degeyter -Melody Beattie named Lafayette Parish teacher of the year. “I didn’t make one because I knew I “To not make a New Year’s Resolution.” wouldn’t fulfill it.” Madeline Miller, junior. Sydney Thibodeaux, senior. Junior Staff Writers 2. The Lafayette High Winter Guard Olivia Cart teams recently competed in the season “I’m taking a kickboxing class.” Lauren “Stop cursing, but I already failed Oakes, junior. Kaitlyn Daigle opener at Denham Springs, where all though.” Hope Trahan, senior. three teams placed well. The Fresh- Carley Dupré Questions? Comments? “My New Year’s Resolution is to evolve.” Liam Jochum man team placed second, the JV team “Try not to go insane.” Maria Arguelles, Colin Mills, junior. Hannah Kuhn Concerns? placed first, and Varsity placed second. senior. Contact Mrs. Manuel in room “Make more money.” John Lemenuier, Taylor Lejeune 3. The Lafayette High Student Council “Pet every dog I come into contact junior. Kate Manuel 231. was recognized as a “Gold Star Coun- with.” Taylor Hale, senior. Hannah Michel cil” at the state convention. This is a “To focus mainly on myself and my grades “Try not to kill anyone.” Cullen Louvi- high honor because only 13 out of 100 and not about boys.” Carley Dupré, junior. ere, senior. Honorary Member: schools received this recognition. The LHS mission is to inspire and “Work out a lot more to stay in shape and Patrick Abapo “Move out.” Sebastian Richard, senior. 4. Abigail Reeves was elected as the get my grades higher.” Atticus Guillory, empower students within a disciplined, aca- junior. demic environment to become ethical, 2018 Louisiana Association of Student “To be a better person.” Andrew De- Sponsor: Councils District V president. geyter, senior. well-rounded contributors to society. “To come up with 1000 jokes by next year.” Mrs. Manuel Tyler Hill, junior. 5. Mckenna Latour placed first place at “Get a job so I can help my sister with the LPSS Winter Arts Contest and Amy her bills.” Xian Myers, senior. Melear placed second in the painting “To quit procrastinating and turn things in contest. “Drink more water.” Logan Watkins, on time.” Christian Quebedeaux, junior. Follow senior. @parlezvousnewspaper 6. At the Jan. 20 track meet, Madison “I’m just for real not trying to fail.” Hannah on Instagram and “I wanna get a beach body by the Chandler, LHS senior, got the new Michel, junior. @ParlezVousNews on time summer comes around.” Amalie school record for the indoor long Thibodeaux, senior. Twitter for updates jump. Her record is now 17’2”½ which “To be healthy.” Kaitlyn Daigle, junior. between each month topped the previous record by ¼ of “Learn how to play the ukulele.” “To actually start studying.” Taylor Lejeune, an inch. Chandler now holds the re- Ashleigh Byrd, junior. junior. cord for both indoor and outdoor long jump. “Learn to be a better person.” Olivia Continued on pg...15 4 SPOTLIGHTS Janauary 2018 January 2018 SPOTLIGHTS 55 Tails is Underrated Let’s Be Real Let’s Go with Whitney Willful Ignorance by Taylor Lejeune by Hannah Michel Houston Copy Editor by Hannah Primeaux Junior Staff Writer Editor-In-Chief Name: Ashlyn Gibbs by Gabby Perrin Name: Jodie Nguyen Name: Austin Simpson Grade: 11 Co-Editor Grade: 11th Grade: Senior Baby! Organizations: Name: Jayvian Bush Organization/ Organizations/Clubs: None. Choir Grade: 12th Clubs: Beta, Math How’s your senior year going? What school novel Hobbies: Music. Club, NHS, SWENext, It’s ok. I told myself I’d focus more on grades, but that didn’t happen. have you enjoyed Favorite Color? Blue. Science Olympiad, Have you decided what college you’ll be attending? the most? I liked The What is your favorite class at LHS and why? Band, because it’s lit. Track/XC. University of Louisiana. Joy Luck Club. If you could dye your hair any color what would it be? Silver. How was your What are you majoring in? What’s the real Dream job? Music teacher. Christmas break? I’m either going to major in nursing or digital design. difference between What college are you planning on attending and what will your Pretty decent. What are you looking forward to the most for the second half of a turtle and a major be? Northwestern State University, majoring in vocal and Cats or Dogs? senior year? tortoise? Uhhhhh… instrumental music education. Dogs. As corny as it sounds, graduation. I’m ready to start that new chapter Do you prefer soft What is your spirit animal? An elephant. Do you have in my life. or hard taco shells? What instruments do you play in band? Tuba, oboe, and bass any New Year’s Expectations for 2018? Soft! trombone. Resolutions? Why I’m expecting this year to be great and full of new experiences. Could anything Which instrument is your favorite and why? Tuba because “Tuba not? Nothing too What will you miss the most from Lafayette High? convince you to Fanfare” is pretty fun. specific because The overflowing toilets; they really grow on you. keep a tarantula Partner in crime? Brittany Chaisson. they tend to fail. Are you excited for any movies coming out in 2018? as a pet? Maybe if On a scale of 1-10 how ready are you to graduate? 12. Favorite LHS Ummm, HECK YES. I can’t wait for Black Panther, Infinity War, Dead- chocolate was part Favorite show in band that you have marched? Phantasm. teacher? Mr. Garcia. pool 2. I LOVE MOVIES, MAN! of the deal. Best pickup line? I do not have one. If you were lost at sea, what’s the one thing you’d want to have Where do you buy king cakes from? What’s the best What is a new skill with you and why? A boat/ship. Navigation tools and food/water Meche’s, but I don’t piece of advice that you would like won’t help if I’m drowning. know, is it consid- you’ve ever received? Don’t rush into something you aren’t ready to master? Playing Favorite book? Harry Potter. Just kidding. ered a king cake? It’s for. piano. If you were on Jeopardy, how well would you do? Horribly. just a giant dough- Coffee or tea? I like both, but I like my coffee with sugar and tea Favorite Disney Hot or cold? Hot weather and cold drinks. nut. Let’s be real. without. movie? I have to say What do you want to be when you grow up? A retiree. Any advice for low- Any benefits of action shows over romance shows? Well, action The Lion King. Which class is stressing you out the most and why? AP U. S. erclassmen? shows are awesome and they usually have at least some romance in What is your New History; I have no idea what’s going on. Live in the moment them anyway. Year’s resolution? TV shows or movies? TV shows if they’re really good, but if not, and don’t rush your How do you study for tests? Sadly... I don’t. I probably should. To pass senior year. movies. high school experi- What would you print with a 3D printer? Literally everything I see If you could travel What is your weirdest childhood memory? I saw a gingerbread ence. It goes by online that I want, starting with clothes. to any place in the man running followed up by a huge gingerbread train that rolled on quick! How long ago is your oldest memory? I remember falling on my world, where would by. What’s your dream face into my driveway when I was five. I still have the scar. you go? France. Favorite subject? Language. Favorite core subject is math. job? What doesn’t interest you about Star Wars? I’m a huge Star Wars If you could meet If you didn’t have to sleep, what would you do with the extra Any job that would nerd. But honestly, except for Finn, Stormtroopers are so boring. I any celebrity, living time? Spend more time on my hobbies to get better. Eat. have me traveling; could shoot better than them. Seriously. or dead, who would What fictional place would you most like to go? Depends on if I I really want to see Water slides or roller coasters? Roller coaster! I can’t wait to revisit it be? Let’s go with can be a certain character.