Several East Baton Rouge Parish School System middle schools were involved in the first-ever Annual Academic Competition sponsored by McKinley Middle Academic Magnet School on March 21.  About 200 students in the competition represented the many of the district’s middle schools, including:  McKinley, Park Forest, Westdale, Woodlawn, Scotlandville, Broadmoor and Sherwood.  The schools competed in rounds focusing on various subjects, including a quiz bowl, chess, debate, spelling bee and math. 

McKinley Middle School placed first, followed by Woodlawn and Westdale middle schools, respectively.   Among the students on McKinley Middle Schools team were (pictured, left to right):  Mecca Cortez, Tony Mitchell and Jahi Mackey.  The competition results included:

Chess Competition
 
1st - Suarez, Marco - Sherwood
2nd - Mitchell, Phillip - McKinley
3rd - Cropper, Christian - McKinley
 
Math Competition (6th Grade)
 
1st - Porter, Ashley - Woodlawn
2nd - Webb, Gabrielle - McKinley
2nd - Nair, Anjana - Woodlawn
3rd - Rowan, Kelia - McKinley
 
Math Competition (7th Grade)
 
1st - Do, Brandon - Woodlawn
1st - Ding, Andy - McKinley
2nd - Broussard, Josh - Woodlawn
3rd - Dubriel, David - Westdale
 
Math Competition (8th Grade)
 
1st - Ding, Lori - McKinley
2nd - Nguyen, Choung - Broadmoor
3rd - Nguyen, Charlie - Westdale

Spelling Bee (6th Grade)
 
1st - Pittman, Jenna - McKinley
2nd - Springer, Paula - Sherwood
3rd - Chaumer, Firas - Sherwood

Quiz Bowl
 
6th Grade
1st - Woodlawn
2nd - McKinley
3rd - Westdale
 
7th Grade
 
1st - McKinley
2nd - Westdale
3rd - Woodlawn
 
8th Grade
 
1st - Sherwood
2nd - Westdale
3rd - Woodlawn 
 
Debate 7th & 8th
 
1st - McKinley
2nd - Scotlandville
3rd - Woodlawn
  
Top 3 Finishers
 
McKinley Middle, 82 Points
Woodlawn Middle, 64 Points
Westdale Middle, 40 Points