NORD Commission Meeting Victor N. Richard, CEO

Mitchell J. Landrieu, Mayor Roy Glapion, Chairman

April 7, 2015

Teen Council and Chevron Future Leaders

For more information, call Leonard Zanders, Teen Programming Manager at (504) 658-3033.

April 7, 2015

March 8 Meetings Chevron Future Leaders - Entrepreneurship • Teens were introduced to entrepreneurship principles (problem,

audience, and solution) and began developing their ideas. Teen Council – Golf • Launched the Teen Council Intro to Golf Program. • Jabir Bilal (Joe Bartholomew Golf Course) and Chip Patterson

(First Tee) spoke about golf’s relevance, value, industry, and sport.

Chevron Future Leaders Job Shadow Opportunity March 20 at The Wild Life Reserve • Amaya Cannon and Russell Tanner

interned at The Wild Life Reserve (a retail and collaborative design space).

• They participated behind the scenes at the Southern Design Week Fashion Show at the Joy Theatre (sewed, steamed, and helped prep the models, and modeled).

• Both teens were invited back to assist with a NOLA Fashion Week Runway Show on March 25.

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Teen Council and Chevron Future Leaders

For more information, call Leonard Zanders, Teen Programming Manager at (504) 658-3033.

April 7, 2015

Chevron Future Leaders Entrepreneurship Events March 21 – 4.0 Schools • Non-profit incubator for developing

entrepreneurs with education-based endeavors.

• Learned about creating an effective pitch covering problems, pathways, and heroes.

• Seven groups made pitches. • Pitch winner: Priority App, created by

Christy Kassa and Tyler Johns, is a prioritizing app that limits social media website access based upon the completion of homework or other defined tasks.

March 23 – New Orleans Entrepreneur Week • Christy and Tyler were invited to present at

the 4.0 Schools Pitch Event during the NOEW.

• A potential funder approached them after the event to learn more about Priority App.

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Teen Council and Chevron Future Leaders

For more information, call Leonard Zanders, Teen Programming Manager at (504) 658-3033.

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Teen Council Community Service & Recruitment on March 28 NORDC Easter Eggstravaganza at Cut-Off Park • Helped with event set up/break down and

youth activities. Recruitment Event at Skate Country • Immediately after the Eggstravganza • Teen Eggstravaganza attendees were invited

to attend if they signed up for Teen Council.

April 11 Activities & Events • Chevron Future Leaders Environmental Awareness Field Trip to Cypress Island

Preserve

• Movies in the Park hosted by Teen Council Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 at Annunciation Park, 800 Race St. Pre-show activities begin at 6:30 (karaoke, field games, and fitness activities led by Fit NOLA Parks instructors). The movie begins at sunset (7:15-7:45pm).

Teen Council Service and Sports Extravaganza

Teen Service Extravaganza Saturday, April 18, 9am–1pm In partnership with Youth Rebuilding New Orleans Join teen teams for service projects that will beautify, renew & improve our city! Take part in painting, landscaping, light construction, and general clean-up projects around the city in honor of Global Youth Service Day.

Teen Sports Extravaganza Sunday, April 19, 1-5pm Joe W. Brown Park and Rec Center, 5601 Read Blvd. Bring your friends and have fun with a day of play with 21 sports activities for teen. Win medals and prizes! Events are free and open to the public. A NORDC Teen Council application must be completed to participate. Applications are available at nola.gov/nordc or may be completed on site at the event. For more information contact Shanay Haywood at SKhaywood@nola.gov or 504-658-3016.

Aquatics

Lifeguard Prerequisite Challenge ages 15+ Treme Pool – April 10 & 17, 6-8pm Joe W. Brown Pool – April 13 & 27, 6-8pm This is an opportunity to perform required lifeguarding skills and receive feedback from certified lifeguards.

April 7, 2015 For more information, call Christine Aguirre, Aquatics Director at 504-658-3044.

Summer Lifeguard Positions • Ages: 16 and up • Required Swim Tests will be held weekly

at Treme & Joe W. Brown Pools. • Last Day to Apply and Swim Test is Sunday, April 26

Swim Test Requirements are: • Swim 300 yards • Tread water for 2 minutes without using hands • Sprint 15 yards, get a 10 lb. brick from the bottom of the

deep end, swim back to the shallow end and climb out of the pool with the brick in 1 minute and 40 seconds or less.

Please note: Those who pass the swim test but are not certified will be required to attend scheduled weekend-long certification class in April. Those who need to be re-certified will be required to attend one-day class re-certification class in April.

Treme Pool 900 N. Villere St. Every Friday 6 - 8pm

Every Sunday 2 - 4pm

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Athletics

April 7, 2015

Character Counts March 7, Pelicans vs. Grizzlies Kendric Perkins (NORDC District Manager) and Sakari Morrison (Chevron) with Character Champs from Kenilworth and Lakeview Final two games: April 7 and 10

2015 Basketball Championships Girls Boys Sophomore - Milne vs. Kenilworth Freshman: Cut-Off vs. Willie Hall Junior - St. Roch vs. McDonogh Sophomore: Willie Hall vs. Eastshore Senior - Harrell vs. Milne Junior: Willie Hall vs. Harrell Senior: Lyons vs. Willie Hall

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For more information, call Steve Martin, Athletics Director at (504) 658-3002.

Athletics

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2015 Track & Field Events

Tune-up Meet April 1 at 6pm Harrell Stadium

Morris Jeff Relay April 11 at 10am Joe W. Brown Track

Mimms Relay April 18 at 10am Harrell Stadium

North District Field April 21 at 6pm Joe W. Brown Track

South District Field April 23 at 6pm Behrman Stadium

South District Running April 24 at 6pm Harrell Stadium

North District Running April 25 at 10am Joe W. Brown Track

Championship May 2 at 10am Joe W. Brown Track

Baseball & Softball Girls ages 9-14; Boys ages 5-15 Season starts May 4

Baseball Coaches Clinic • March 28 at Wesley Barrow Stadium • April 15, 7pm at Lakeview Playground • April 18, 10am at Lakeview Playground

YLC Kicks Soccer Girls and Boys ages 5-13 • In partnership with the Young Leadership Council • Registration open throughout the season March 2-May 16.

Info at nola.gov/nordc • Playgrounds: Lyons, St. Roch, Norman, Behrman, Joe W.

Brown Track, Joe W. Brown Spartan Field, Joe W. Brown Stadium, Kenilworth, A.L. Davis, Comiskey, Milne, Cut-Off

For more information, call Steve Martin, Athletics Director at (504) 658-3002.

Cultural

April 7, 2015

International Jazz Day April 30, 2-8pm at Treme Rec Center • Sponsored by Positive Vibrations Foundation • Featuring performances by: New Creations Jazz Band,

Matthew Shilling Quartet, New Orleans Youth Sound Experience, Lafayette Elementary and Middle School Band and Choir, Yisrael Trio, NORDC Piano Program, and N’iya

• In 2011 International Jazz Day was created by UNESCO to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe.

NORDC/NOBA Teams Place at Senior Olympics March 21 Greater New Orleans Senior Olympic Games NORDC/NOBA Senior Dance Fitness Program medal winners: • Jazzy Seniors -- Gold Medal (Lyons) • Sassy Seniors – Silver Medal (Behrman)

NORDC/NOBA Center for Dance Students Invited to Perform with National Dance Companies • April 20: Nine students were invited to perform at the David

Parsons Dance Gala in New York. They will perform work created last spring as part of the Parsons Dance/Allen Toussaint project.

• May 9: A group of students will perform with the Limon Dance Company at the Mahalia Jackson Theater.

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For more information, call L’Oreal Monique Evans, Cultural Programs Manager at (504) 658-3013.

NORDC Awards

April 7, 2015

NORDC Received Two Awards at the Louisiana Recreation & Park Association Conference in Lafayette on April 1

Arts and Humanities Award Winner Treme Homecoming Project in partnership with the Arts Council of New Orleans This award recognizes the most innovative and effective individual program in the Arts and Humanities that promotes cultural arts.

Outstanding Park/Facility Design II Award Winner A.P. Sanchez Rec Center & Pool This award recognizes a park/facility development project which displays a high degree of professional design quality and recreation/park usage. The purpose of the award is to encourage and expand the cooperation between design professionals and parks and recreation professionals.

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Fit NOLA Parks

For more information, call Molly Pucillo, Fit NOLA Parks Manager at (504) 658-3027. April 7, 2015

March Participation 48 Behrman 80 Conrad 21 Norwood Thompson 83 St. Roch 102 Stallings Gentilly 95 Taylor 429 TOTAL

Norwood Thompson News New indoor class space at Greater King Solomon B.C. Fellowship Hall for use during inclement weather.

Fit NOLA Parks Activities • NORDC Movies in the Park • NORDC Easter Eggstravaganzas

at Joe W. Brown and Cut-Off • Trinity Christian Community

Spring Fest • Stallings Gentilly Park Family

Event • Hardin Park March to Fitness

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Movies in the Park

For more information, call the L’Oreal Monique Evans, Cultural Programs Manager at (504) 658-3013.

This Weekend’s Features

Date Playground/District/Host Movie Title

Friday, April 10 St. Roch D Hosted by St. Roch Booster Club

Million Dollar Arm

Saturday, April 11 Annunciation B Hosted by NORDC Teen Council

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

Friday, April 17 A.L. Davis B Hosted by PlayBuild NOLA

The Lego Movie

Friday, April 24 Hardin D Hosted by Hardin Booster Club and NOPD District 1

The Princess and the Frog

Friday, May 8 Stallings Gentilly D Hosted by Stallings Gentilly Booster Club

Divergent

Friday, May 15 Lemann C Hosted by NORDC and NOPD 1st District

The Hunger Games

Saturday, May 16 Joe W. Brown E Hosted by Joe W. Brown Booster Club

“Couples Night” He’s Just Not That Into You

Friday, May 22 Taylor A Hosted by Taylor Booster Club

The Boxtrolls

Saturday, May 30 Stallings Gentilly D Hosted by NORDC

“Dive In” Dolphin Tale 2

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Outdoor Programs

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For more information, call Emily Snyder, Outdoor Programs Manager at (504) 658-3082.

Home School Nature Walk Wetland Watchers Park

March 25

Fishing Clinic Taylor Park March 22

Park 2 Park Bayou Savage

March 21

Earth Day Resource Fair and Panel Discussion Wednesday, April 22, 6-8pm at Treme Rec Center • Participating organizations: Hollygrove Farmers Market, Bike Easy, Core USA, the Energy

Wise Alliance, City of New Orleans Sanitation Department, Global Green, and the New Orleans Environmental Education Collaborative.

• 7pm Panel Discussion & Children’s Activities Panelists and guests will discuss the connection between personal health and environmental health. Children are invited to paint and keep an herb planter!

Youth Programs

For more information, call Djuana Bolds Johnson, Youth Programs Manager at (504) 658-3049.

April 7, 2015

Summer Camp and JOB1 Press Conference March 4 NORDC Milne Campus

NORDC Summer Camp Expo March 7 Joe W. Brown, Treme, Behrman and Gernon Brown Rec Centers 893 Summer Camp Registrations

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Youth Programs

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Register Now for NORDC Youth Summer Camps

Youth Summer Camps –District A • Anthony Bean Community Theater & Acting

School • Community Commitment • Langston Hughes Early Learning Camp/

FirstLine Schools • NORDC Gernon Brown Rec Center/Dillard

University Theater Camp (Little Village Youth Ensemble)

• Trinity Christian Community

Youth Summer Camps – District B • Andrew Wilson Charter School Early Explorers • Andrew Wilson Charter School/Community

Works • APEX Youth Center • Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeast Louisiana

NFL-YET Club • Kingsley House • NORDC Atkinson-Stern Tennis Center/A’s and

Aces • NORDC Lyons Rec Center-NORDC/NOBA Center

for Dance • NORDC Lyons Rec Center/Young Audiences

Pleasant Zion Missionary Baptist Church

Youth Summer Camps – District C • Dwight D. Eisenhower Academy/Young

Audiences • Joseph A. Craig/Friends of King • NORDC Behrman Rec Center/The Loft FULL,

accepting names on a waiting list • NORDC Cut-Off Rec Center/Kedila Family

Learning Services • NORDC Stallings St. Claude Rec Center/Kedila

Family Learning Services • NORDC Treme Rec Center/Tambourine and

Fan • St. Paul Lutheran Church/Community Works

Youth Summer Camps – District D • Arthur Ashe Charter School/FirstLine Schools • Dillard University/A’s and Aces • Dillard University FIT Camp • Franklin Ave. Baptist Church • NORDC St. Bernard Rec Center/Cops for Kids

(New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation) • Phillis Wheatly Charter School/FirstLine Schools • Sojourner Truth Neighborhood Center/Young

Audiences • Southern University at New Orleans Healthy

Minds-Healthy Bodies Learning Institute • Wilcox’s Academy of Early Learning • Winn’s Discovery Center FULL, accepting

names on a waiting list

Youth Summer Camps – District E • Caffin Avenue International SDA Church • Einstein Charter School/Kingsley House

HYPE Academy (Helping Young People Excel) at the Church at New Orleans

• Martin Luther King Charter School/Friends of King

• Mildred Osborne Charter School/Community Works

• NORDC Joe W. Brown Tennis Center/A’s and Aces

• NORDC Joe W. Brown Rec Center/Excite All Stars FULL

• Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic Training (VIET)

For more information, call Djuana Johnson, Youth Programs Manager at (504) 658-3049.

Events

April 7, 2015

www.STEMNOLA.com

Easter Eggstravaganza March 21 at Joe W. Brown Park March 28 at Cut-Off Park

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Crescent City Classic 10k on April 4 $7,539 raised for the NORD Foundation 19 charity runners

NIKE Event at Joe W. Brown

April 7, 2015

NIKE Football Opening Regional Qualifier Joe W. Brown Stadium on March 28 Invitation only for high school students from Louisiana and the Gulf states Attendance 700+ students and chaperones

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Volunteer Event at Behrman

April 7, 2015

500 Aaron's Rents Volunteers Spruce up Behrman Stadium • Coordinated by Hike for KaTREEna and HandsOn New Orleans. • Service project part of its annual store managers meeting. • The group painted Behrman Stadium, the tennis courts,

playground equipment, the restroom building, and trimmed trees.

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NORD Foundation

April 7, 2015 For more information, call Annie LaRock, NORD Foundation Director at 504-919-6049.

Please considering giving to the NORD Foundation.

Thank you!

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