Knightly News

Quiz Bowl Wins State!

On March 22nd, Episcopal traveled to Southside High School in Youngsville to compete in the 2025 Louisiana Quiz Bowl Association State Championships. After a long day, the team went 8-0 and won the Division II State Championship! This is the second state championship Episcopa has won (the last being in 2023). 

Congratulations to the team, including: 

Jackson Ezell '25
Autumn Baldridge '26
Nate McLean '27
Ryan Funk '28
Rainier deGravelles '25
Julia Brinker '25

“The thing I'm proudest of as their coach this year is how deep and knowledgeable our squad is,” says Quiz Bowl Coach Dr. Billy Pritchard. “Any one of the six students who competed could have been the best player or highest scorer on many of the other teams we played. But they were willing to sacrifice individual awards and recognition so that we could win state. I'm also excited for the future. Even though we are losing a lot of excellent seniors, our A team returns three very strong competitors. Here's hoping for a repeat performance next year!”

Model UN Students Perform Well at the Annual Conference

The Model United Nations participants did an amazing job at their annual conference held at the Baton Rouge Marriott March 13-15.  As members of the Model United Nations, Episcopal sent 10 students that represented the countries of Serbia and Italy.  Episcopal students cooperated with other schools to write resolutions in an attempt to fix many world issues. Several of these resolutions were debated and passed in their chambers.  After a long day of resolution writing and debating, students were able to enjoy the banquet and MUN fun activities on Friday evening. 

Congratulations to the following students!

Italy
Security Council: Maddie Falcon and Emmet Moreas 
Eco/Soc: Stella Silva and Margaret Trimble
GA: Leia Weng, Laton Weng

Serbia

Eco/Soc: Harrison Willett and Evan Hyde
GA: Jake Duval and Carter Hernandez

Mock Trial Teams Celebrate Success

On Friday, March 21, Episcopal fielded two teams at the Region III competition held at the 19th Judicial District Court House. A team composed of first-time participants Maddie Falcon, freshman; John Rogers Lambert, freshman; Akachi Mere, junior; Dexter Sample, freshman; Tripp Veillion, sophomore; Leia Weng, freshman; and Alexander Williams, sophomore; had a strong showing as both plaintiff and defense.

Another Episcopal team composed of Brennen Botos, sophomore; Bailey Burns, sophomore; Rece Davis, junior; Tucker Guelfo, senior; Mason Kelly, sophomore; James McIlwain, junior; Kate Lyons, freshman; Alyssa Melancon, sophomore; advanced to the final round on Saturday earning the Regional Runner-Up title. Best attorney honors went to Burns with Lyons voted outstanding witness. As one of the top two teams in the region, the team represented Region III at the State Competition held on Saturday morning, March 29 at the John M. Shaw United States Courthouse in Lafayette.

In Mock Trial, participants act as lawyers and witnesses for the prosecution/plaintiff and defense/defendant while learning about the procedures for trying cases. Students increase their knowledge of the law in general, skills in critical thinking, and confidence in public speaking. The team is coached by attorneys Barbara Irwin and Jason Melancon and sponsored by Episcopal Social Studies Teachers Ms. Anita Gilmore and Dr. Rebecca Kuhn.

Youth Legislature

This year's Middle School Youth Legislature team had tremendous success! Eighth grader Caleb Broussard was honored with the Outstanding Legislator Award, an honor that is rarely given that recognizes a person that demonstrated positive leadership in all aspects during the session. 

Mu Alpha Theta Takes 4th at State Convention

Episcopal placed 4th overall at the Louisiana Mu Alpha Theta State Convention held March 27th – March 29th in Baton Rouge. Episcopal brought 51 students that competed against 832 students from 31 schools across Louisiana.

Individual Test Awards –

Theta Algebra – 3rd Evan Sanders, 10th Laton Weng, 18th Leo Abraham, 24th Ada Mere

Alpha Precalculus – 8th Darren Weng, 10th Rik Chigurupati, 25th Andrew Richard

Mu B – 1st Nate McLean, 14th Autumn Baldridge

Area Test Awards –

Theta Geometry – 14th Lee Busekist  

Theta Algebra 2 – 7th Leo Abraham

Mu B – 1st Autumn Baldridge

Game/Team Awards –

Descartes Theta  – 1st Tarik Avci

Descartes Alpha – 2nd Lauren Bradford  

Theta Gemini – 5th David Gboloo and Robert Bradford

Alpha Gemini – 2nd Rik Chigurupati and Oscar Fenske

Mu B Gemini – 3rd Nate McLean and Timothy Namikas

Theta Math Bowl – 2nd Laton Weng, Stella Silva, Maoya Nakahara, Evan Sanders

Alpha Math Bowl – 4th Maximo Santana, Darren Weng, Grace Waguespack, Andrew Richard

Overall School Awards –

2nd Theta Interschool

4th Alpha Interschool

4th Sweepstakes 

MATHCOUNTS Places 5th at State Competition

The Middle School MATHCOUNTS team came in 5th out of 30 teams at the recent MATHCOUNTS state competition in Pineville. The team also placed 2nd in the MathBee. In addition, Dafi Weng placed 10th individually and Sylvia Weng placed 13th individually out of 108 participants and are in the top 25%.

Episcopal Students See Success at First HOSA Future Health Professionals State Conference

Episcopal students participated in their first HOSA Future Health Professionals State Leadership Conference with tremendous success! Congratulations to the following students.

Beau Legnon and Timothy Namikas - 1st place in EMT
Darren Weng and Michael Zhang - 2nd in Forensic Science
Kali Russell - 2nd place Family Medicine Physician
Gabi Williams and Diya Kankar - 2nd in Public Health
David Dickerson - 3rd place in Health Photography
Timothy Namikas - 3rd place in Extemporaneous Writing
Gabi Williams - 3rd with her Research Poster

In addition, Kali Russell received an award for outstanding chapter leadership. Seniors Kali Russell, Jaela Purnell and Beau Legnon also earned HOSA honors for completion of specific requirements.

Student Artists on Display

Congratulations to Lila Cook, Jackson Ezell, Hollis Gray and Tiffany Foxworth-Haley! The student artists’ work was selected for the Baton Rouge Gallery Real Life Experience Student Exhibition. The show runs now through May 1 and is open to the public during regular gallery hours.

Powerlifting

Congratulations to the Episcopal Boys Powerlifting Team - the Div 4 State Champions!!!

Carson Furniss Lightweight Lifter of the Meet

Reid Chauvin Heavyweight Lifter of the Meet

 Individual Champions:

148lbs Carson Furniss
165lbs Sean Stewart
198lbs Reid Chauvin

 Individual Runner Up:

181lbs. John Porter Saurage 

The Episcopal School of Baton Rouge 2025-2026 application is now available! ​For more information on the application process, to schedule a tour, or learn more about the private school, contact us at [email protected] or 225-755-2685.