2007-08 AOIT Happenings & Continuing News Coverage - Academy of Information Technology


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	2007-08 AOIT Happenings & Continuing News Coverage Video and Animation Festival - Pictures Kit Becnel, AOIT Director, served as one of four judges in a national competition, sponsored by the National Academy Foundation. She helped judge video projects from NAF students across the nation in a contest with scholarships going to the winners. - Link Chad Theriot and Joe Abraham spoke to the AOIT 10 - 12 grade on the Open Source movement and on being a success in the IT field. (January 15, 2008) - Pictures AOIT Christmas Social (December 2, 2007) - Pictures AOIT Director Kit Becnel was named as the LPSS Schools of Choice Educator of the Year at the November 10 Fall Frenzy. (November 10, 2007) - Pictures Fall Frenzy - On November 10, 2007, AOIT, along with all other Schools of Choice in Lafayette Parish, participated in an informational expo for parents and students. All schools chose a movie theme; AOIT chose the Lord of the Rings. Thanks to AOIT English teacher Anna Marquardt for a wonderful job with the decorations, the AOIT parent organization for assistance with setup and takedown, and to the AOIT students and faculty for manning the booths and answering questions about the program. (November 10, 2007) - Pictures Clay Rives, special investigator for the Louisiana Attorney General's Office came to Carencro High School to present information on Internet Safety. (October 22, 2007) - Pictures Bruce Leininger, President of Accelerated Performance Resources, spoke to the AOIT juniors about life skills. (October 18, 2007) - Pictures Representatives of the National Academy Foundation and MDRC Research visited the Carencro AOIT to evaluate the program for inclusion in a national study on academies. (October 2, 2007) The Daily Advertiser Article The Advocate Article AOIT Co-Director, Joel Hilbun, was featured in a short article in the Acadiana Weekly Newspaper. (September 26, 2007) - Article AOIT graduate, Ryan Courville, was given a scholarship by the Scott Business Association. Ryan is currently studying networking at the Louisiana Technical College. (Pictures) AOIT was recognized by the Lafayette Parish School Board for receiving the Aldo Papone Award for Leadership, in recognition as one of six top performing NAF academies in the nation. (September 5, 2007) - Picture AOIT was featured in the Times of Acadiana in an article which describes the program and the Aldo Papone Award. (August 20, 2007) - Article AOIT Social (August 4, 2007) - AOIT incoming freshmen and their parents and families gathered at CHS for program information, a school tour, games, and pizza. (Pictures) AOIT received the Aldo Papone Award for Leadership, recognizing us as one of six top performing NAF academies in the nation, at the last day of the National Academy Foundation's Annual Summer Institute. (July 21, 2007) - Picture AOIT Co-Directors, Kit Becnel and Joel Hilbun, gave a presentation on the successful Video and Animation Festival to attendees of the National Academy Foundation's Annual Summer Institute. This year the Summer Institute was held in Washington, D.C. (July 18 - 21, 2007) - Pictures The Closing Ceremony for our Summer Internship was held at the LITE (Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise) Theatre. (July 3, 2007) Advertiser Article Pictures Internship Program (June - July 2007) - pictures coming Eric Guilbeau was selected to attend a teen summit on Internet Safety in Washington, D.C. (July 4, 2007) - Advertiser Article.