The Louisiana Department of Education held their 18th Annual, Cecil J. Picard Educator Excellence Awards Gala this past Saturday. Jackson Parish was represented through JHHS Band Director, Trey Porchay, who was one of nine finalists to be selected as New Teacher of the Year. Porchay came to JHHS in 2023 as Band Director, resurrecting the once highly acclaimed program that had been dormant for 16 years. 

Through his faith in God, discipline, gifts, and unwavering financial and motivational support from the Jackson Parish School Board, band parents, individuals, anonymous donors, and groups, Mr. Porchay and our students have created “Tropical Thunder”.  Our band is simply amazing. If you have not heard them, you are missing a treat. Mr. Porchay is a visionary and his visions have been manifested! The Best is yet to come! Congratulations, Mr. Porchay. – Facebook post by JHHS Principal, Chevonda Williams