Lockport Upper Elementary teacher Michelle Ordoyne says her students reaction was one of the greatest rewards of being named one of three Teachers of the Year in Lafourche public schools.
“When my students heard that I was being recognized, they were more excited than I was, Ordoyne said. Honestly, my students are my biggest fan club and made me a crown to celebrate.”
Ordoyne, who teaches third-grade science and social studies, is one of three who received the honor at their respective grade levels earlier this month. The other Teachers of the Year are Gilene Fugatt of Raceland Middle and Kayla Boudreaux of South Lafourche High.
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Architects of Memory, Karen Osborne (Tor 978-1-250-21547-5, $17.99, 352pp, tp) September 2020. Cover by Mike Heath.
Of late, my desire and ability to read fiction has been at a low ebb. In every professional reviewer’s career, there comes a point – or perhaps more than one – where much that is purported to be fresh and new seems to be tired, quotidian, even overdone; or worse, can’t hold a candle to something you saw several years ago, and suffers greatly by comparison.
Architects of Memory, Karen Osborne’s debut novel, is the first piece of SFF I’ve enjoyed reading for over a month. I read it in one sitting, in two hours of an afternoon, and it compelled my attention until I was done.
What a year. I seem to keep saying that, but really,
what a year. January feels like it took place in another century. And I’m
sure July happened a decade ago. (Or last week. Are we absolutely certain it wasn’t last week?)
Despite the pandemic, and the rest of this year’s discontents, 2020 has been a good year for books, even if I’ve frequently had difficulty reading them. Or, at this point, remembering what year they belong to. (See above, January, another century.) But I
think I’ve managed to compile my Top Twenty from 2020. Probably I have forgotten some excellent books, or failed to read them you should see the previous column on The Best Books I Haven’t Read in 2020, if you want to see what I really