Pickering Elementary School, located in Leesville, La., is a public school serving the needs of military and local communities by offering educational and extracurricular programs to students in grades kindergarten through six. The school has a student strength of more than 850 students and offers subjects, such as English, mathematics, social studies, computer studies, science, music, art, and health and physical education. It also offers various sports activities, including basketball and baseball. The school also offers a number of other activities for students, such as daily journal starters in which each student is given a starting line and students are required to elaborate further on the sentence. The school is affiliated with the Vernon Parish District.