Thank you for visiting MAX’s website!
We appreciate your interest in all the great things happening at MAX. Caring parents and a supportive community play an important role in educating our children. This site was designed to provide you with important and up-to-date information about MAX. Education changes lives, and the better informed you are, the more power you’ll have to influence and inspire our youth.
We’ve included helpful information that you may need throughout the school year. View our calendar to see upcoming events, schedules, and important dates at MAX. Read about our namesake Maxine Giardina. View messages from our Chairman Jake Giardina, the President of Nicholls State University Stephen Hulbert, and our Director Ms. Linda Musson, Teach to Teach, L.C.C.
Our Helpful Links page provides time-saving resources for students, parents, and teachers. Read what others are asking on the Frequently Asked Questions page. You’ll find there’s much more too!
If you have a question or comment, please contact us.
News and Reminders
The updated STUDENT.PARENT HANDBOOK 2013-2014 is now available. Please refer to this handbook for information on the new calendar and dress code policy.
A public hearing on the proposed operating budget for fiscal year 2013-2014 for MAX Charter School will be held on Tuesday, July 9, 2013, from 10:30 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. at the school site, 100 Afton Drive,Thibodaux, LA, on the Nicholls State University campus. The MAX Charter School Board of Directors will vote on the budget at its regularly scheduled monthly board meeting, open to the public, on Thursday, August 1, 2013, at 9:00 A.M. at the school. Public input can be received at both times.
The Maxine Giardina Charter School Board of Directors will hold its next monthly meeting on Thursday, July 11 2013, at 9:00 A.M. at The MAX Charter School on the Nicholls State University campus. Meetings are usually scheduled for the first Thursday of each month.
MAX Charter School has been deemed a Top Gains School in the state in improving its 2011-2012 School Performance Score.
Accountability
For information on school accountability, please visit this link STAND_Accountability.
Did You Know…
Dyslexia is the most common learning disability.
- It is a language-based learning disability that affects people with average to above- average intelligence.
- There are many successful people with dyslexia. They are proof that being dyslexic does not limit an individual’s future.
- Dyslexia is a language-based learning difference that can fall anywhere on the spectrum from annoyance to severe limitation.
- It affects more than reading, such as math skills, and is life-long.
Important Information
- MUST SEE VIDEOS to help better understand dyslexia
- Healthy Portable Lunch Ideas!
- Skipping Breakfast Before School? Think Again!