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Celebrating Student Success!

2/20/2019

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Episcopal Entrepreneurs Earn Seed Funding

Congratulations to Abhay Basireddy, Akshay Basireddy and Charlie Roth! The three young entrepreneurs recently pitched their ideas to the Young Entrepreneurs Academy of Baton Rouge (YEABR) investor panel. Each student received funding for their business proposals, which included Instabrush, Native Bash and Reaction Relief.

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U.S. Presidential Scholars

Congratulations to seniors Maggie Ewing and Douglas Robins for being selected as candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. According to the U.S. Department of Education’s website, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program began in 1964 to recognize and honor some of the nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. The program’s mission is “to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.”

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What Would Happen in a World Without Books?

Sophomore Alex Nelson’s essay on this topic earned first prize in the high school student division of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. The annual competition, which is sponsored by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, is open to third through twelfth grade Louisiana students. Winners were honored at a special reception at the Manship Theatre in January. In addition to being an Episcopal Writing Fellow, Nelson is also a member of Mu Alpha Theta and a math tutor.

AirPods Math Team Takes Second Place

Congratulations to the Upper School AirPods math team for earning second place at the recent Tri-Math Tournament hosted by the LSU Math Circle. The team, consisting of Robert Alleva, Abhay Basireddy, Nick Johannessen, Evan Jurkovic and KC Shimada were one of 106 teams from 36 schools in 12 states to compete.

Little Knights/Superior Success

Congratulations to the following Episcopal students who earned a superior rating at the recent Louisiana Federation of Music Club’s Piano Solo Festival.
Annalise Bowie, 2nd grade
Bryton Butler, 2nd grade
David Gboloo, 3rd grade
Meredith Hill, 5th grade
​Jacob Hutchinson-Johnson, 5th grade

Julian Itriago, 3rd grade 
Diya Kankar, 4th grade
Kristopher Kirkpatrick, 1st grade
Brandon Kong, 3rd grade
Sofia Leo, 5th grade
Oliver McConnell, 2nd grade
Liam McPeak, 3rd grade
Robert McPeak, 2nd grade
​Aryav Mehta, 2nd grade
Jayden Patel, 3rd grade
Piper Perenack, 4th grade
Andi Jean Randall, 4th grade
Kate Reeves, 1st grade
Greyson Sevier, 2nd grade
Emma Soignier, 2nd grade
Daphnie Sumbler, 1st grade
Kadie Sumbler, 2nd grade
Alexander Williams, 4th grade
Oscar Worrell, 5th grade

District Literary Rally

Episcopal will be well represented at this weekend’s District Literary Rally at Southeastern. Good luck to the following competitors:
Middle School
James Be and Akshay Basireddy – Physical Science
Joie Lee and Autumn Reynolds – Algebra I
Scott McAdams – Geometry
Suzie Heneghan and Thomas O’Connor – World Geography
Abi Pennington and Sarah Laiche – French I
Alex Hollier and Meredith Thompson – French II
Carter McLean and Nicole Guy – Spanish II
Upper School
Skylar Adams - World History
Ajit Alapati - Principles of Business
Abhay Basireddy - Advanced Math - Pre Calculus
Sara Be - English III
Mary Grace Beck - Biology II
Allison Binning - Art Exhibit, English II
James Bruno - Environmental Science
Clay Burton - Calculus I
James Christian - Advanced Math - Functions and Statistics
Madeline Cope - Psychology
Caitlyn Davis - Art Exhibit
Justin Dynes - World History
Davis Eglin - French III
Gregory Field - American History
Ryan Field - Advanced Math - Functions and Statistics
Ruby Friloux - Geometry
Arohi Gopal - Calculus II
Sophia Graves - Art Exhibit
Brownwyn Guy - Algebra II
Jerney Harms - English IV
John Honeycutt - Physics
Eugene Jiang - Algebra II
Nick Johannessen - Civics
Celia Kiesel - Civics

​Katie Knight - Advanced Math - Pre Calculus, Art Exhibit
Joie Lee - Algebra I
Joy Lee - Biology I
William Lynch - Principles of Business
Alex Nelson - Chemistry
Shuhei Niwano - Spanish III
Andrea Norwood - Spanish IV
Arya Patel - Biology I
Erin Petty - Art Exhibit
Adam Reid - Physics
Bethany Reid - Spanish IV
Lara Rende - Calculus I
Carter Rigby - Biology II
Charles Roth - English II
Ian Sabolik - Art Exhibit
Katherine Scarton - Chemistry
Grace Scott - Spanish III
Andrea Thompson - Spanish I
Meredith Thompson - French II
Justin Thompson - French III
Gracie Veillon - Calculus II
Robert Xing - American History
Ryan Whaley - English III
Amanda Grace Williams - Spanish I

Girls at the Museum

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Sixth grader Madelyn Freeman has earned a night at the museum! Madelyn was selected to participate in the LSU Girls at the Museum weekend. She will join 32 other girls from the Baton Rouge region for science activities, a tour of the LSU Museum of Natural Science and the opportunity to speak with women scientists. Students were selected to participate based on their application and essay.

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Making a Difference One Swing at a Time

Sixth grader Sophia Macias continues to use her love of golf to make a difference in her community through her very own nonprofit – No Worries Just Birdies. Recently her fundraising efforts have paid off in an impressive way as two new AC units were delivered to cool down the Live Oak Middle School gym. Up next? Her team is hosting a men’s retro basketball tournament on February 22nd and 24th. Check out the No Worries Just Birdies Facebook page to learn more about the tournament.

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WBRZ Fans Choice Luncheon

Episcopal senior football player Austin Jemison and Head Coach Travis Bourgeois recently attended the WBRZ Fans Choice Luncheon along with other 2018 Fans Choice Awards football honorees.

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State Champions

Division II State Champions! The Episcopal boys indoor track team finished in first place at the recent state meet. In addition, the girls team improved upon last year’s ninth place finish by earning the sixth place spot this year! See the Episcopal highlights below.
4 X 200 boys relay - third place - Andrew Gould, Trevor Babcock, Kirk Singletary and Todd McInnis
4 X 800 boys relay - first place - Austin Broussard, Greyson Yorek, Logan LeBlanc, Trevor Babcock
4 X 400 boys relay - first place - Todd McInnis, Austin Broussard, Andrew Gould, Trevor Babcock
4 X 800 girls relay - third place - Madeline Dansky, Mary Katherine Underwood, Jenny Stauss, Adele Broussard
Trevor Babcock – individual state champion in the 800; Todd McInnis finished third
Adele Broussard – individual state champion in the 1,600, fifth in the 800 meter
David Whitehurst – individual state runner-up in the 1,600; Austin Broussard finished fourth
James Christian – individual state runner-up in the 3,200; David Whitehurst finished sixth
Clayton Braud – individual state runner-up in the high jump; Greyson Yorek finished fourth
Andrew Gould - sixth place in the 60 meter dash
Oliver Jack - fourth place in shot put
Greyson Yorek - eighth place in pole vault
Clayton Braud - fifth place in triple jump
Francie Oliver – third place in the high jump
Mary Katherine Underwood - sixth place in long jump, sixth place in the 800 meter

Hall of Fame

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Congratulations to Episcopal's Coach Claney Duplechin! Coach Dupe will be inducted into the Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame in April! Coach Duplechin’s cross country teams have won the state title for more than two decades. Recently, the boys indoor track and field team also earned a state title. Go Knights!

Look for future updates on student success in upcoming editions of Knightly News.

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