Mamou Elementary students celebrate Mardi Gras

  • Mamou Elementary French Immersion students dance to a live Cajun band during the school’s French Night on February 8. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
    Mamou Elementary French Immersion students dance to a live Cajun band during the school’s French Night on February 8. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
(Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted by Mamou Elementary Assistant Principal Rebecca Fontenot.) Students at Mamou Elementary celebrated their local Cajun culture by participating in a variety of Mardi Gras festivities. In the weeks leading up to Mardi Gras, students learned how to two-step in physical education class. Students also were encouraged to create a Mardi Gras float with…

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