06/09/2026
For Keith “Poppa” Arsement, Carencro High School provided the foundation for a lifetime of leadership, service, and community involvement. Through athletics, academics, and the relationships he built as a Bear, Keith developed values that have remained with him throughout his life and career.
As a student, Keith was actively involved in football, baseball, basketball, and track. He earned four varsity letters, was a member of Key Club and Beta Club, and was the first quarterback to play in Carencro High School’s new campus in 1971.
He credits Ms. Mamer as one of the most influential educators in his Carencro journey. Through her business classes, she taught lessons that helped shape his understanding of leadership and success while preparing him for life beyond high school.
Today, Keith is a local business owner who continues to serve and invest in the community he proudly calls home.
His favorite memory from Carencro was the Homecoming prank of 1973 when members of the senior class placed school benches on the roof in the shape of “73.” To keep everyone guessing, students sent weekly riddles to the office with clues about the benches’ location.
His advice to current students:
“Be proud to be from Carencro and strive to be a mentor to those classmates who follow you.”
When asked to finish the sentence “Carencro built me by…” Keith answered:
“Teaching me that a small town can become family. I was raised by a community of people who believed in showing up, giving back, and taking care of one another. Those values are what make Carencro so special, and they are what will keep it the hometown we all know and love.”
One Standard. One Culture. One Carencro.
