Welcome
Sommer Anderson-Picou
Dear Tom Benson School Families,
It is my honor and a pleasure to welcome you to the 2024-2025 school year! I hope you all have had a relaxing and fun summer break. I am extremely proud to serve as the Principal of this amazing learning community and to continue to support the students of Tom Benson School! This year, the Hive’s theme is #BeeGoalDriven. As a school, we will be working hard to meet our goals that align to our school mission in order to strive for academic excellence and social and emotional well-being for our Bees while looking through a lens of equity and inclusion. With that said, the Hive’s faculty and staff are excited to kick this year off!
I would like to welcome all of our new families, whether you are joining us from another school in the district or have relocated from another city, state, or country. We are excited to share with you all that Tom Benson has to offer and believe you will soon feel as we do, that Tom Benson School is a special place for all children. Our faculty, staff, families, and other education partners are ready to welcome you into the Hive.
Our faculty and staff are eager to meet their new students and begin this year’s journey with them. The dedicated staff at Tom Benson has been working tirelessly to finalize classes and schedules, engage in professional learning opportunities, and update our instructional models, class routines, and expectations, all with the goal of fostering academic success and a true sense of connectedness and belonging for our students. Our primary goal is to ensure student progress to mastery in core academic subjects, so we will continue to refine the implementation of our High Quality Instructional Materials, analyze data, conduct observations, review classwork and student work to guide instruction and intervention. We are looking forward to all working together to create a solid foundation for our students so that they have the opportunity to become self-directed learners, collaborative teammates, critical thinkers, and responsible citizens.
I look forward to the start of the new school year and to continuing our collaboration of providing your children with an effective and engaging educational experience. As always, we will look to our families to be positive partners in their children’s educational journey. “The Hive’s” faculty and staff will continue to make it a priority of working together as a caring and compassionate learning community with professionalism, teamwork, action, and expertise. We will always put the best interests of our students at the center of our purpose. We invite all of our Bees’ families to join us in ensuring the success of all students.
Sincerely,
Sommer Anderson-Picou
Contact
Phone: 504-443-1361
Fax: 504-443-3425
3315 Maine Ave.
Kenner, LA 70065
Contact Principal
School Hours
Regular Schedule Hours:
7:30 a.m – 2:35 p.m.
Early Release Schedule Hours:
7:30 a.m. - 11:50 p.m.
Half Day Schedule:
7:20 a.m. - 11 a.m.