Get ready for Bulldog Football!

Joseph S. Clark Preparatory High School's football team spent this past weekend at Paul B. Johnson State Park, getting ready for football season. The training camp focused on building a strong foundation of teamwork and commandery among players and coaches. The Clark Bulldogs are predicted to finish at in the top 3 in District-3A for the 2014 season!

Bulldog football will kick-off the season, this Friday, August 29th with a pre-season game against Cohen College Prep. The game will be at 3:30 pm at Isidore Newman located at 1903 Jefferson Ave.

Get ready for Bulldog football! Click the image below to watch the Bulldogs gear up for another great season.

Go Bulldogs!

For more information our Joseph S. Clark Preparatory please visit www.clarkprep.org.

The Saints and Pelicans Visit Arthur Ashe

Players from the New Orleans Saints and the Pelicans, teamed up to teach students at Arthur Ashe Charter School about the harms of tobacco.

Did you know that Louisiana is ranked 4th in the nation for states most addicted to smoking?

Players from both teams not only spoke about the importance of being tobacco-free, but also showed students how to throw a football and dribble the basketball.

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What you missed in athletics over the weekend.

Saturday Samuel J. Green and Langston Hughes Academy played each other in football. Coach Richardson has led Green to 4 consecutive championships, riding an undefeated season each time. On Saturday, Green lost for the first time in four years. The team’s reaction at the end of the game: to applaud LHA for a great game, shake hands, and walk into the team huddle with their heads held high. Saturday’s game was not only a fantastic display of respect, but demonstrated the lessons of self-control and pride Coach continually instills in our young athletes. 

 

Big congratulations to LHA’s flag football team for defeating Green!

Also this Saturday was the Tipitina’s Foundation Rhythm and Blues 5K run. The race was hosted by the Tipitina’s Foundation in partnership with New Orleans Track Club. Proceeds from the run went towards supporting the purchase of marching shoes and uniforms for New Orleans area school marching band programs. Check out our Dibert scholars who ran as members of Youth Run Nola.

The Joseph S. Clark Preparatory Bulldogs took home a victory against Ben Franklin on FridaySeptember 27th. Bulldog quarterback lead the team with 148 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries while going 1-for-3 for 35 yards. Go Bulldogs!

Kathleen: First Annual Treme Day!

And they're off!

On March 9, 2013 Clark Prep held its first annual Treme Day: 5K + Health and Wellness Fair. The fundraiser took place on campus, with sign-in beginning at 8 am and the event ending at 1 pm. Within these 5 hours, over 250 people completed a 5K (3.1 mile) race (with celebrity starter, Kermit Ruffins), ate food that ranged from turkey dogs to apples, from cabbage with smoked turkey to pasta or jambalaya and rice, watched Clark Prep’s Marching Band and Dance Team perform and, of course, took part in all that was the Health and Wellness Fair.

Having Fun

The entire Gymnasium, Cafeteria, outside field and many classrooms transformed into health-related seminars and activities. Participants were free to roam and mill around Clark Prep’s campus to check out all the fun, valuable and tasty health information found throughout the school. So many interested and curious participants tried and loved the various healthy food options at the Fair, like yogurt parfaits and green smoothies. The massage room had a line for almost the entire event and Zumba with Instructor Mia got just about everybody on their feet.

We enjoyed hosting this annual event and seeing it become real for the first time that Saturday. We deeply appreciate all of the support we received to make this event possible. It was great to see so many community members and partners participate or table at the Health and Wellness Fair. This event couldn’t have happened without all the Clark Prep support from faculty and students, along with all of our sponsors and partners. Go Bulldogs! 


Kathleen Duffy is the AmeriCorps VISTA Outreach Coordinator for Clark Prep High School. 

Kathleen: Homecoming and other Clark Prep Happenings

Clark Prep scholars at the African American Museum

Homecoming is only two days away and Clark is gearing up in the best way possible. Spirit Week is in its fourth day – Thursday is Twin Day – and tomorrow is Bulldog Pride Day. This Wednesday, College Day in Spirit Week lingo, students took interims,  freshmen visited college campuses and sophomores participated in their first of four Service Learning events for the year. Freshmen ladies went to Dillard and the gentlemen went to Tulane. Sophomores went to Animal Rescue New Orleans, the African American Museum as part of the Claiborne Corridor Project, Second Harvest Food Bank and Grow Dat Youth Farm. Scholars finished the project taking pictures of the murals under the I-10 Corridor, they learned a lot!

Now that Homecoming is closer, plans for the Pep Rally are being practiced by the band, athletic teams and the Homecoming Court in the afternoons. The Homecoming Court has been  preparing their statements for Pep Rally and the Homecoming Game. Ms. Freshman, Kerrielle Eaglin, has a lot of Clark Prep pride so she loves staying after school to dance, participate in Wellness Wednesdays and help Mr. Durand, Clark’s Director of Athletic and Enrichment Programs. With this being her first year of high school, she is very happy to be on the Court – and received a lot of congratulations! Ms. Eaglin is looking forward to joining Clark Prep’s new poetry slam club called Silence is Violence and hopes to spread her love for Clark to other students so that they too participate in all that Clark offers.

The Homecoming Court will be helping set-up for the week's festivities like the Homecoming Dance, one of the many highlights on the Homecoming agenda. After the Homecoming football game on Saturday, October 6 at 2:30 p.m. at Pan American Stadium in City Park, the student dance will be held from 8:00-11:00 p.m. in the Clark Prep Gym.  Students are excited about the dance, but I think they are just as or more pumped for the big highlight – the Homecoming Game! LHA’s Band will be playing at the game to keep the motivation high and the fists pumping. A strong, loyal group of Clark Alumni will be running an Alumni Tent selling Clark swag, from shirts to hats. Are you a Clark Alum? Stop by the tent and talk to your fellow Alumni, we would love to keep in touch with you!

We hope you can join in on the fun and be a part of Clark Prep’s 2012 Homecoming!


Kathleen Duffy is the AmeriCorps VISTA Outreach Coordinator for Clark Prep High School. 

Kathleen: This Week at Clark Prep

Let's go Bulldogs!

It’s another busy, bustling week at Clark Prep! A week of new activities and familiar ones, from implementing Wellness Wednesdays to kicking the plans for Homecoming into full gear, I hardly even remember that Hurricane Isaac came at all. The Health and Wellness Committee met for the first time this Thursday to begin discussing plans for the year. One healthy and fun initiative, Wellness Wednesdays, got off to a great start with Tulane Instructor Kara who taught Hip-Hop with the students!

From 4:00-5:00 or 4:30-5:30 every Wednesday there will be an Instructor at Clark Prep working with students in the Gym. Each week is something different. This Wednesday was Hip Hop and next week is Boot Camp.  For all FirstLine employees, there will be a class following the student one, from 6:00-7:00.

All of our Athletic and Enrichment Programs have been meeting after school and have shown great talent and improvement. TODAY, 09/21 at 7:00 p.m. is our first District Football Game against Isidore Newman at Newman.  Their address is 1903 Jefferson Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70115.  Come show your Bulldog Pride and cheer on our amazing team!

From health education and athletic involvement to academic rigor, we’ve been pressing on energetically. And with academic rigor comes academic success: a big congratulations is due to Brittnay Green and Dasha Richard! They are part of the New Orleans Hornets Youth Leadership Academy, which is presented by Royal Engineering Consultants. This is an awesome, selective opportunity that integrates leadership development, promotes education with college visits and job shadow days into their program.

So many of Clark Prep’s students are involved in after-school programs and opportunities. We are excited about what we have already begun doing and what we will continue to do.  The deliberations at the first Health and Wellness Committee meeting included looking into healthy initiatives for the year, and we can’t wait to see what unfolds! 

Kathleen Duffy is the AmeriCorps VISTA Outreach Coordinator for Clark Prep High School.