The mission of Friends of Historic DeRidder Elementary, Inc. is to restore and revitalize the DeRidder Elementary School to provide a location for Educational, Cultural and Technological activities for the community and to preserve the architectural integrity of the building. The two story red building is known as the only art Deco school in the area and is considered to be historically significant. DeRidder Elementary ended its last class the spring of 1980.
All meetings are open to the public.