Students from North Webster and Lakeside high schools will be heading to Portland, Oregon in June to compete in the 2026 Educators Rising national conference and competition after placing highly in state competition.

Educators Rising is a national organization that supports high school and college students interested in education careers.

According to the organization’s website, the program “…provides hands-on teaching experience, curriculum, and mentorship to help students develop skills for success, aimed at cultivating a new generation of skilled, diverse educators.” 

Winners were presented their certificates during Tuesday’s Webster Parish School Board meeting.

Winning Lakeside students, and their categories, are:

• Madelyn Hannah- 1st-Interactive Bulletin Board-Elementary.

• Addi Wiggins-1st- Interactive Bulletin Board-Elementary.

• Falon McGlothren-1st- Educators Rising Moment -Junior Varsity.

• Baylee Irby-3rd-Project Visualize-Varsity

• Allie Swayze-3rd-Prohect Visualize-Varsity

• Dolly Roberts-4th-Educators Rising Moment-Varsity

 

North Webster High student winners were:

• Ivion Harris – 6th- Creative Lecture.

• Ivion Harris- named at the state conference as the 2025-2026 Historian-Louisiana Educators Rising.

• Mahailey Nail-9th- Children’s Literature K-3.

• Madalynn Craighead-Children’s Literature K-3.

Also receiving recognition Tuesday were winners of the North Webster High School Science Fair. Winners and categories are:

Biology:

1st Place: A’Riyah Mallory & Sydney Johnston.

2nd Place: Kinlee Hayden & DeZira Givens.

Chemistry:

1st Place: JahMazin Evans.

2nd Place: Baleigh Wallace.

Physics:

1st Place: Lanee Demmon.

Engineering:

1st Place: Jordan Thomas.

2nd Place: Israel Allen-McDaniel.

3rd Place: Bryxtin Raspberry.

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