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Brett Bayards Shares Success of Kiwanis Club of Lafayette’s Rewards for Reading Program

August 26, 2023

Brett Bayard of Kiwanis Club of Lafayette with Jan Swift at taping of Discover Lafayette

Brett Bayard of the Kiwanis Club of Lafayette joins Discover Lafayette to discuss the Rewards for Reading Program. Since 2021, the Kiwanis Club of Lafayette has partnered with the Lafayette Parish Public School System and 24 of our parish Elementary Schools to offer the Reading for Rewards Program. This year, the program has expanded to […]

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Discover Lafayette’s Past – The Original Southside High

September 14, 2020

Southside High School was the first graded school built in Lafayette and construction was completed in 1907. Proceeds from the first Lafayette Parish tax were used to build the structure which was located at the corner of Jefferson and Main downtown. When Lafayette High School was built on University Ave in 1926, Southside was used […]