education CONNECT BATON ROUGE MAGNET HIGH STUDENTS SCORE 36 ON ACT Congratulations are in order! Eight Baton Rouge Magnet High School students earned a perfect score of 36 on the ACT during the 2024–25 school year. Congratulations to freshman Ziang Zhuang and juniors Ryan Yang, Tristan Jarnagin, Cecily Lu, Clark Ortego, Lukas Schwehm, Brianna Warren, and Thomas Deny. These students join 16 others at the school who have also achieved 36 this year.
EPISCOPAL STUDENT EARNS FUNDING FOR BUSINESS Episcopal School of Baton Rouge junior Akachi Mere recently earned startup funding through the Young Entrepreneurs Academy of Baton Rouge (YEA BR) for a business idea called Frost Armor. After pitching the concept to a panel of judges, Akachi was awarded $4,000 to help launch the product. “Frost Armor is a lightweight, flexible cooling strip that can be applied anywhere on the body,” Akachi explains. “It provides an instant cooling effect by using materials that create an endothermic reaction. The idea was inspired by a week during my cross- country season when it was so hot we couldn’t practice outside. I wrote it down in a small notebook and ended up sticking with it.” With funding secured, Akachi plans to continue developing Frost Armor.
LOUISIANA LT. GOV VISITS PARK FOREST
DENHAM VENOM MAKES LOUISIANA ROBOTICS HISTORY The Denham Springs High School robotics team recently made history by becoming the first team from Louisiana to win a division title at the FIRST Robotics World Championship, held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. FIRST—For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology—is the world’s largest robotics competition. High school teams from around the globe are given six to eight weeks to design, build, and program a fully functional, 140-pound robot. This year, 600 of 3,700 teams were selected to compete in the championship event. At the 2025 World Championship, Denham Venom was the No. 1 overall team in the Archimedes Division, winning 9 of its 10 qualifying matches and advancing to the finals alongside teams from countries such as Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, China, Israel, and more.
Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser was in the “hot seat” during a visit to Park Forest Elementary Creative Sciences & Arts Magnet School. With help from students, Lt. Gov. Nungesser fielded questions about the LEAP tests, and was awarded a LEAP Master T-shirt from Principal Tara Mitchell. He also gave an informative presentation about his role and the various departments he oversees—and even left goodie bags for the students.
12 JUNE2025 | BRPARENTS.COM
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