EVANGELINE PARISH

Evangeline Parish was created by an Act of Legislature in 1911.  Records show that the Evangeline Parish area is one of the oldest inhabited areas of Louisiana.  To read more about Evangeline Parish history, click here.

PHILOSOPHY

The Evangeline Parish School Board as an educational entity agrees with the philosophy of John Dewey.  The school exists to provide a special environment for the formative years of human life.  Such an environment is needed, partially because our civilization has become too complex to provide an economical setting for learning.  The school as a special environment provides a balance of influence which society itself will not give, providing greater breadth from other cultures and avoiding parochialism.  Concomitant with that philosophy, the Evangeline Parish School Board strives to provide equal opportunity for all children to develop to their fullest potential, intellectually, socially, emotionally and morally while providing equal protection to all to work toward the fullest possible development of their potential as functioning members of the society in which they live today and in years to come.

 In order to work in an orderly manner toward the implementation of such a philosophy, the Evangeline Parish School Board identified self realization, human relationship, economic efficiency and civic responsibility as the primary purposes of their organization.  All school district endeavors and programs are directed toward achievement of these objectives with the children educated in Evangeline Parish School system.