NEWSROOM
Ocean
Commotion at LSU on Oct. 27
BATON ROUGE
– There’s something fishy going on in the Pete Maravich
Assembly Center (PMAC). More than 2,200 area students in grades
K-8 will attend the 8th Annual Ocean Commotion on Thursday, Oct.
27, at LSU, hosted by the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program.
“Ocean
Commotion teaches children about the resources of the sea and
coast — the aquatic animals, plants and minerals —
and encourages them to become good stewards of Louisiana’s
unique ecology,” said Dianne Lindstedt, Louisiana Sea Grant
education coordinator. “Our state has a remarkable ecological
heritage, and teaching our children to respect this legacy is
part of Louisiana Sea Grant’s mission.”
More than
50 exhibitors — LSU researchers and public and private organizations
— will have interactive displays set up in the PMAC concourse
for the one-day event. Public and private schools, as well as
home schoolers, from eight parishes have registered for Ocean
Commotion. Students in grades 5-8 will attend from 8:45-10:45
a.m. Students in grades K-4 will attend from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m.
About 100
of the anticipated attendees are students displaced by Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita and now are
enrolled in Baton Rouge area schools.
Since its
establishment in 1968, Louisiana Sea Grant has worked to promote
stewardship of the state’s coastal resources through a combination
of research, education and outreach programs critical to the cultural,
economic and environmental health of Louisiana’s coastal
zone. Louisiana Sea Grant, based at LSU, is part of the National
Sea Grant Program, a network of 32 university-based programs in
each of the U.S. coastal and Great Lakes states and Puerto Rico/U.S.
Virgin Islands.
Motiva Enterprises
LLC, located in Norco and a subsidiary of Shell Oil Co., is this
year’s platinum sponsor of Ocean Commotion.
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Editors/Reporters:
Members of the media are invited to cover Ocean Commotion. Contact
Roy Kron at (225) 578-6564, office, or (817) 691-9026, cell, for
additional information.
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Schools Attending Ocean Commotion 2005
- East
Baton Rouge Parish
- Bakerfield
Elementary
- Belfair
Montessori Magnet School
- Buchanan
Elementary
- Charity
Christian Academy
- Christian
Home Educators Fellowship (CHEF) of B.R.
- CHEF
Home School
- Comite
Christian
- Cornerstone
Academy
- Country
Day School
- Dorseyville
Elementary School
- The
Dunham School
- Gables
Academy
- Highland
Elementary
- Hosanna
Christian Academy
- Jehovah-Jireh
Christian Academy
- La
Belle Aire Elementary
- LA
New School Academy
- Our
Lady of Mercy
- Sharon
Hills Elementary
- Shenandoah
Elementary
- St.
Aloysius
- St.
Francis Xavier School
- St.
Louis King of Franc
- Trinity
Episcopal School
- West
Baton Rouge
- Holy
Family Home School Ministry
- St.
Landry
- Palmetto
Elementary School
- Plaquemines
- St.
John Elementary School
- Livonia
- Point
Coupee
- Catholic
Elementary of Point Coupee
- Iberville
- Crescent
Elementary
- Crescent
Junior High
- Livingston
- Denham
Springs Elementary
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