Creative Opportunities Abound in Highland This Summer

The Meadows Museum will offer 2 sessions of a summer art camp for first, second & third graders. The Mon-Fri morning camp costs $75 per child. Contact the Education Dept. at Meadows for more information at 841-7271 or [email protected] The Noel Community Arts Program continues at Noel Methodist Church with a wide variety of summer [...]

Volunteers Needed at Valencia Park Farm

The LSU AgCenter and the City of Shreveport are developing an educational farm at Valencia Park Community Center in neighboring Stoner Hill. Valencia Park Farm will be the site of a summer youth program that teaches horticulture and entrepreneurial skills to 14 to 17 year olds. It will also be a [...]

Byrd Drama Department to Present Hairspray

The Byrd High School drama department presents Hairspray: The Broadway Musical on Thursday-Saturday, April 28-30 at 7:00pm in Byrd’s Auditorium (3201 Line Ave). Tickets are $10 and can be purchased from cast and drama club members or at the door. Doors open at 6:30pm. Please call 318-869-2567 for more information.

SJB to Compete in National Science Olympiad

This weekend The Cathedral of St. John Berchmans Catholic School competed against 14 other middle schools from across the state and won the honor to represent Louisiana at this year’s National Science Olympiad in Madison, WI. SJB was one of two Highland neighborhood schools (along with Saint Mark’s Cathedral School) to [...]

Save Our Historic Schools!

The Caddo Parish School Board’s Vision 2020 Plan currently calls for the closure of one of Highland’s historic neighborhood elementary schools, Creswell Elementary, and the demolition of the other one, Barret Elementary. HRA’s next General Membership Meeting is on Tuesday, April 12th at 6pm and will feature our school board representative Charlotte Crawley. She [...]

SJB Loves Hannah Day

On February 14, students at Highland’s St. John Berchmans (SJB) Cathedral School celebrated morethan just Valentine’s Day. It was also ‘SBJ Loves Hannah Day,’ in honor of six-year-old Hannah Pham, who suffers from an illness that has left her wheelchair-bound. The school is raising money to build an elevator in their historic building so that [...]

World Religion Day

The Highland Center (520 Olive St.) will be sponsoring the 12th annual local celebration of World Religion Day on Sunday, January 23 from 1pm-5pm. World Religion Day is an international holiday originated in 1950 by the Baha’i Faith to promote interfaith understanding around the world; Shreveport and Bossier City are proud to claim one of [...]

Velo Dendro II

Come join partners A Better Shreveport, LSU AgCenter, and Baton Rouge Advocates for Safe Streets for the 2nd annual bicycle tour of significant trees in Shreveport. Velo Dendro II will take place Saturday, October 23 from 8am to 1pm, with registration and prep for the ride at 8am at Columbia Cafe (3030 Creswell Ave); the [...]

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