Teachers of the year are honored at ceremony

By News Staff on Thursday, May 15, 2025
  • (L-R) Shelsy Williams, principal of VPHS; Mike Lombas, assistant superintendent; Rhonda Thomas, high school teacher of the year; Darwan Lazard, superintendent; Bobby Hamlin, EPSB president; Sheila Joseph, EPSB vice president.
    (L-R) Shelsy Williams, principal of VPHS; Mike Lombas, assistant superintendent; Rhonda Thomas, high school teacher of the year; Darwan Lazard, superintendent; Bobby Hamlin, EPSB president; Sheila Joseph, EPSB vice president.
  • (L-R) Helana Francois, assistant principal of BHS; Lombas, assistant superintendent; Tracy Veillon, middle school teacher of the year; Lazard, superintendent; Hamlin, EPSB president; Joseph, EPSB vice president.
    (L-R) Helana Francois, assistant principal of BHS; Lombas, assistant superintendent; Tracy Veillon, middle school teacher of the year; Lazard, superintendent; Hamlin, EPSB president; Joseph, EPSB vice president.
  • (L-R) Helana Francois, assistant principal of BHS; Lombas, assistant superintendent; Tracy Veillon, middle school teacher of the year; Lazard, superintendent; Hamlin, EPSB president; Joseph, EPSB vice president.
    (L-R) Helana Francois, assistant principal of BHS; Lombas, assistant superintendent; Tracy Veillon, middle school teacher of the year; Lazard, superintendent; Hamlin, EPSB president; Joseph, EPSB vice president.
    Staff Report VILLE PLATTE - Lights were flashing. Plastic swords were waving. Unity choir members were singing. Teachers and principals were soaring. All of this took place as the Evangeline Parish School District honored its teachers of the year from each school in the district at a ceremony held Tuesday, May 13, at Ville Platte High School. Among those were the district’s teachers of the y...

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