Items needed for Brock field day

Brock Elementary School is seeking donations for Field Day, to be held May 15 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The following items are needed: 18 cases of water, seven ice chests, 10 pillowcases or wool sacks, 50 two-liter bottles, 300 bracelets or rings, 10 scarves, 1,000 trinkets for prizes, 25 cakes, as well as snacks, candy and chips. The event will feature a three-legged race, a sack race, ring toss, wheelbarrow race and a cakewalk. In addition, St. Tammany Fire District 1 will have an engine on display with tours and demonstrations, and Cross Gates Athletic Club will participate with youth fitness activities.

Anyone wishing to donate may call 640-0948 or email nancygonzalez520@gmail.com.

Teachers sought for art center

The Bayou Lacombe Art Center and Kids Of Our Lacombe is looking for teachers to teach in its summer program. Visual and performing art classes for students and adults will be held from June 1 to July 30. Classes will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Thursday and on Saturdays. 

A different visual arts class will be held each week, covering pastels, acrylics, oils, watercolor, drawing, photography, Web site design, furniture painting and refinishing, mosaics and slab building and wheel throwing in pottery. 

To apply for a teaching position, send a short bio and lesson plan to Jacki Schneider at jmslacombe@charter.net or P.O. Box 1985, Lacombe, LA  70445. For more information, call 882-3752.

SPD offering Cop Camp

The Slidell Police Department will hold the second annual Law Enforcement Cop Camp.

The Cop Camp is scheduled for one week, June 8-12 at the Louisiana National Guard Facility off Interstate 12 near the North Shore Square Mall.

Attendance is open to all area high school students, ages 14-18 years, both male and female. Any interested student or parent can contact Officer David Wortmann at Northshore High School by visiting him at the school or call him at 237-4497. Wortmann’s e-mail is dwortmann@slidellpd.com.

SLU center offers GMAT course

The Southeastern Louisiana University St. Tammany Center is offering a course to designed to help students prepare for the GMAT (Graduate Management Admissions Test), required for entrance to business graduate schools, including Southeastern?s Master of Business Administration and Executive MBA programs.

The 18-hour, instructor-lead course will be offered on Thursdays through May 28, 6-9 p.m., at the St. Tammany Center, located on the third floor of the St. Tammany Parish government complex on Koop Drive near Mandeville.

The course (divided into six modules) will cover the three main sections of the GMAT, analytical writing assessment, quantitative and verbal.

Students will practice simple steps to writing a quality analysis, including organizing, developing and presenting ideas, and providing relevant and supporting details. The course will review basic math and verbal skills such as algebra, geometry and data sufficiency problems, reading for comprehension, proper grammar, sentence structure and critical reasoning. It will also cover test taking strategies such as eliminating wrong answers, guessing and time management strategies. Practice tests will be administered to provide students with areas of focus.

Cost is $50 per module or $300 for all six. SLU will provide the course book, the 11th edition of “The Official Guide for GMAT Review.” The cost of the book is included in the registration fee if participants register for all six modules and submit payment two weeks prior to the start of the class. To register, visit the Non Credit Courses link at www.selu.edu/stc or call the St. Tammany Center at 893-6251.

SLU’s Office of Testing is authorized to administer the GMAT. The test is offered at the main campus in Hammond most Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9 a.m. To find specific dates and times, visit the Find a Test Center link at http://www.gmac.org/.