By PRDM, on October 31st, 2011 Tony Cain was recently named Principal and Director of Educational Services, joining a distinguished list of educators who have served our Home in this capacity. In 1985, the Lorraine Nobles Howard Education Center, also known as Howard School, opened to serve the Home’s residents who were unable to attend the public schools in Lincoln Parish. [...]
By Rick Wheat, on October 7th, 2011 Students have received letter grades for as long as anyone remembers. Everyone understands that A’s are the top and F’s indicate failure. In Louisiana, schools now receive letter grades.
Our Department of Education has recently published the letter grades of the schools in Louisiana. These letter grades are based on the annual numerical scores known [...]
By PRDM, on November 22nd, 2010 The Lorraine Howard Educational Center, an alternative school located on the grounds of Louisiana Methodist Children’s Home in Ruston, Louisiana, was one of six area not-for-profit organizations to receive a grant from Claiborne Electric Cooperative’s members through the Operation Round Up program.
The six grants totaled $25,686.83. Operation Round Up is a community service [...]
By PRDM, on October 20th, 2010 The new facility which houses our vocational training programs has been named by the Board of Directors, the John H. Allen Vocational Training and Career Center. Mr. Allen is Vice President of Operations for Louisiana United Methodist Children and Family Services, and he, along with President/CEO Terrel J. DeVille, was on hand to witness the [...]
By PRDM, on July 21st, 2010 Arlene Banks, a teacher at Howard School on the Ruston campus of Louisiana Methodist Children’s Home, implemented a voluntary Summer Enrichment program. Mrs. Banks’ students were offered the opportunity to take part in the program from June 1-30 from 8:00-12:00 each week day.
Many students chose to take part in the program’s objective to [...]
By PRDM, on May 19th, 2010 You are most cordially invited to schedule a tour of our Main Campus and Outdoor Wilderness Learning (OWL) Center. We welcome you anytime to see firsthand the ministry you provide to Louisiana’s abused and neglected youth.
A tour of the Main Campus takes about 1.5 to 2 hours. We will tour the 40 acres [...]
By PRDM, on February 19th, 2010 Each year, the Men’s Group of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Monroe, LA, holds a “To Do at the Zoo”. This year was no exception. The goal of this event is to raise money for our Children’s Home, and we are so thankful to the Men’s Group for helping us! This year the group [...]
By PRDM, on August 17th, 2009 On behalf of the Louisiana United Methodist Children’s Home (LMCH), I want to thank Governor Jindal for the monies awarded to the Drug Awareness and Violence Prevention Program at Howard School. Howard School is located on LMCH campus where we provide services to youth from all over the state of Louisiana. With the awarded monies [...]
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