Parish Fair Day- (NO SCHOOL) October 2, 2009- St Tammany Parish Public School

In keeping with a tradition nearly 100 years old, the St. Tammany Parish Public Schools System will close on the second day of the Parish Fair, Friday, October 2. The parish fair is observing its 100th anniversary this year, celebrating a century of bringing to local residents the best in horticultural exhibits, livestock competition, community arts and crafts, home economics and examples of excellent local efforts in many other fields.

Designated as "School Day" at the parish fair in Covington, the October 2 holiday will give students and their parents the opportunity to visit the many educational exhibits at the fairgrounds and attend other special events and family-oriented attractions. The fair begins on Thursday, October 1, and runs through Sunday, October 4.

The School System has partnered with the parish fair association for decades to give students the day off so they could participate in many key fair activities such as providing marching bands in the fair parade, taking part in livestock shows, and displaying 4-H Club and FFA Chapter projects. For many years, the parish fair parade included entire classes of school children walking to the fairgrounds for opening ceremony festivities.

In addition to the wide variety of programs designed for youngsters, the fair also offers more than 40 large educational exhibit displays put together by students from schools across the parish. These exhibits feature student work in grade levels kindergarten through 12th grade. The theme of this year's educational displays will be "Green and Growing: Celebrating 100 Years of A Clean and Green St. Tammany."

School System support offices will also close on Friday, October 2. They will re-open and classes will resume on Monday, October 5, 2009.