Congratulations to Aiden Kiihnl! Aiden has been recognized as a National Merit Commended Student. Commended students placed among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2023 National Merit competition. Commended students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success and represent a valuable national resource.

Congratulations to the following students for making it to the 2nd round of auditions for the LMEA All-State Choir. They will represent our school as they compete against other students in the state to earn a spot in the All-State Choir: Addison Adcock Braden Tucker Da’Jah Taylor Char’Niyah Lars

Today, officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. We are excited to congratulate Hannah Pearce and James Stratton who have the opportunity to continue in the competition for 7,250 National Merit Scholarships worth $28 million that will be offered next spring.

Suicide Prevention Poster Contest Winners: 10th – Keyana Wilson and Asia Webster 11th – Iamyah Baker 12th – Catherine Briery, Caroline Carberry and Cassidy Lee  

Astra Club Officers 2022-2023 President – Cailyn Bradford Vice President – Victoria Patten Corresponding Secretary – Katie Rose Stage Recording Secretary – Mary Sistrunk Treasurers – Kate Simon and Bella Young Sophomore Representatives – Emilija Majstorovic and Caitlin Miller Junior Representatives – Jenna Key, Nadia Prestipone and Jolie Blair Bigelow Senior Representatives – Annie Anderson, Catherine Briery, Caroline Hannigan, & …

Congratulations to Riley Quinlan & Landry Lattau!  Their artwork has been chosen this year at Artbreak to be framed and hung in cancer patients’ rooms for 1 year.

Congratulations to senior Sydney Moss on her Individual Runner Up title at the LHSAA Divison I State Golf Championship!!  Here are a few highlights from her amazing golf career during her 4 years at CE Byrd High School… 2019-2022 2019- Member of the first (in school history)- LHSAA Division 1 Girls State Championship Team 2020- Louisiana Golf Association Girl’s Junior …

Congratulations to Duke Bowen, James Holtzclaw, Peyton Johnson, Grant Reagan, and Brown Snyder who won the Boys State Championship Golf match yesterday.     Congratulations also to Sydney Moss who placed second in the Girls State Championship Golf match yesterday.

Congratulations to the C.E. Byrd Boys and Girls Golf Teams for winning the 2022 Regional tournaments. The boys shot a combined -2 and will compete in the State tournament next week in New Iberia. Sydney Moss was the individual medalist for the girls and their team will compete in Lafayette next week. Good Luck on the course Jackets!!!     …

Congratulations to Cadet Colonel Jacob Creel and Cadet Major Ma’Kyla Hudson who are the Director of Army Instruction Academic and Leadership Scholarship recipients.

Congratulations – The following students competed on April 9th at LSU in Baton Rouge and placed in the following categories:  Garrett Stroud 4th in District for Civics Emilija Majstorovic 1st and State Overall Winner in English I Kate Shaw 4th in District for English II Nicholas Carr 1st in District for Geometry James Stratton 3rd in District for U.S. History.

Congratulations to the following Senior Officers for Key Club 2022-2023:  President: Brennan Belanger Vice President: Anna Toms Vice President: Jack Parsons Vice President: Philip Brown Snyder Treasurer: Wyatt Watkins Congratulations to the 2022-2023 Student Council Officers:  President – James Stratton Vice President – Ellie Lawrence Secretary -Wyatt Watkins Parliamentarian – Aiden Kiihnl Historian – Caroline Carberry The C.E. Byrd Boys …

Congratulations to the following students who have work that was chosen to represent Byrd & compete in the Art Break Visual Art Juried Competition! Please give these kiddos a pat on the back!   Freshman: Ja’sani Coney Ziporah Gayle Alexis Greer Aubree LaCroix Leilah Lawrence Asia Mason Alana Taylor   Sophomores: Juliana Mancilla Ziarra Williams   Juniors:  Emma Loyd (2 …

Congratulations to the following Senior Officers for Key Club 2022-2023:  President: Brennan Belanger Vice President: Anna Toms Vice President: Jack Parsons Vice President: Philip Brown Snyder Treasurer: Wyatt Watkins  

Congratulations to JROTC who competed in the first-ever Barksdale Air Force Base Drill Team competition that was held this past Saturday and earned the following awards: 1st place in Armed Inspection; 2nd  place in Armed Exhibition; and 3rd place in Unarmed Exhibition.  Congratulations to the Yellow Jacket JROTC Battalion!

Congratulations to the Girls Varsity Bowling team.  They defeated HL Bourgeois in Round 1 and Central Lafourche in Round 2 and will advance to the State Finals in Baton Rouge this week.  Both matches were close, but our girls bowled their best and took the win!     Last Friday, C.E. Byrd went to NSU for the Demon Math Classic. …

Who would have thought that after all of our matches today we would be tied 7-7 with one match left… Two freshmen, Olivia Ostendorff and Caroline Sample had no idea going into their match that it would decide the team winner of the match. By winning the match 8-4, our team beat Shreve by a total of 8 wins to …

Placings for the DECA competition in the various categories. 1st Place – Janiya Bailey & Kassity Cook 2nd Place – Brionna Pearson & Elizabeth Francis 3rd Place – Christian Pruitt, Tiereny Joshua, Kamaira Lyons, Elizabeth Francis, & Kiante Morgan   J A Trust Your Crazy Idea Challenge 3rd Place & $1,250 scholarship – Christian Pruitt

PTSA Reflections Winner:                 Literature – Award of Excellence – Kathryn Fincher                 Visual Arts – Award of Excellence – Catherine Briery                 Visual Arts – Award of Merit – Sydney Moss                 Photography – Award of Merit – Ellie Lawrence     Congratulations to Kingson Wills who has been selected as a Coca-Cola Scholar for a $20,000 scholarship.  He …

Congratulations to Catherine Briery who was awarded the Virginia Shehee Most Influential Young Woman award yesterday.  We are so very proud of you!

Congratulations to the Lyle Leaders class of 2025.  The list is attached.  Please go by to see Mrs. Prothro for information on an Easter service project. Class of 2025 – Lyle Leaders Anderson, MyJoi Ardoin, Emma Grace Ayres, Harrison Bartle, Caroline Benson, Scarlett Brady, Will Brown, Gordon Bruce, Hudson Carr, Nicholas Cooper, Jackson Davis, Ainsley Flurry, Claire French, Caroline Guglielmo, …

Congratulations to the following students who won awards at the Beta Club State Convention.  Congratulations! Braden Tucker – 1st Place in Vocal Performance Kate Shaw – 5th Place in Language Arts Elizabeth Klotzbach – 1st Place in Social Studies Marina Klein – 3rd Place in Math Jackson Ballew – $2000 Beta Scholarship Josh Johnson – $2000 Beta Scholarship

Yellow Jacket Sports (February 14 – February 20) 2/18  Byrd Baseball F/JV at Calvary (Jamboree) 2/19  Byrd Baseball Varsity vs Evangel @ CE Byrd | 1:15 pm 2/19  Byrd Baseball JV vs Calvary @ CE Byrd | 3:30 pm   NEW TODAY  Congratulations to the following winners in the Caddo Security Department poster contests. Overall winners: Caroline Carberry and Sidney …

Congratulations to the Student of the Year finalists: Jackson Ballew, Trinity Blankenship, Michael Cosse, Isabel Lawrence, Alaina Palmer and Hadley Tompkins. Congratulations to Kingson Wills who was selected as one of six semifinalists in the state of Louisiana for the United States Senate Youth Program. He will continue on in the competition to earn a $10,000 scholarship and a trip …

Yellow Jacket Sports (October 25 – October 31) 10/28 Varsity Football vs. Captain Shreve @ Lee Hedges Stadium | 7:00 PM 10/30 Girls and Boys Varsity Red River High School Conference Championship @ Louisiana Tech Lambright Wellness Center, Ruston, LA NEW TODAY Congratulations to Catherine Briery, Caroline Carberry, Chloe Miller, and Sydney Moss for placing in the Character Education Poster …

The school winners of the Mental Health Awareness Poster Contest “Together for Mental Health” are: Catherine Briery Caroline Carberry Ally Geyer The school winner of the National Diversity Poster Contest “Differences United” are : Caroline Carberry Ally Geyer Their posters will go on to district competition.

Congratulations to the following are the students who won the Suicide Prevention Week Poster Contest “Finding Purpose: Taking Care of Ourselves and Others”: Catherine Briery Caroline Carberry Ally Geyer Sydney Moss. Their posters will go on to district competition.

President – Baileigh Gosslee Vice Presidents – Caroline Barber and Kate Schwab Corresponding Secretary – Mary Ella Mangin Recording Secretary – Skylar Burke Treasurer – Kelly Chu Sophomore Representatives – Kaleigh Gordon and Ella Turner Junior Representatives – Anne Marie Kemper and Caroline Hannigan Senior Representatives – Ava Trudnak and Anna Kate Wilhite Service Chairmen – Lily Moloney and Gracie …

C.E. Byrd Boys Lacrosse is currently ranked #2 in the STATE and need your help to get to Super 8 Playoffs in Lafayette! They will travel by bus Friday night, May 7, to Lafayette and stay the night to prepare for their game against Newman on Saturday, May 8 at 1:00 p.m. Please consider donating to their program to help …

Yellow Jacket Sports (April 19 – April 25) 4/19 BBF @ Calvary | 5:00 pm 4/19 BBJV v Calvary | 5:00 pm 4/20 BBV v Southwood | 6:00 pm 4/20 BLJV v Magnet @ Byrd | 7:00 pm 4/22 Track District 1-5A Meet @ LH 4/22 BBV @ Southwood | 6:00 pm 4/23 BLV v Magnet | 7:00 pm 4/24 …

Yellow Jacket Sports (April 5 – April 11) 4/15 Track Meet @ LH BTW Host | 2:00 pm 4/15 SBV @ Calvin | 4:00 pm 4/15 BBV @ Haughton | 6:00 pm 4/15 BLV @ Loyola – Messmer | 7:00 pm 4/17 BBV v Haughton | 1:00 pm NEW TODAY Athlete of the Week – Please vote for Byrd Baseball’s …

Yellow Jacket Sports (March 22 – March 28) 3/26 Track and Field Ruston Meet @ Ruston HS 3/26-27 SBV @ Quitman Tourney 3/27 BLJV v Magnet/Shreve @ LH | 9:00 am NEW TODAY Graduation Announcement – Graduation is at 7:00 pm on Saturday, May 29, at the Independence Stadium. Congratulations to our All Division I District I Boys Soccer Coach …

Congratulations to our Reflections Winners! Sydney Moss– Award of Excellence for Visual Arts Ellie- Lawrence– Award of Excellence for Photography

Yellow Jacket Sports (March 22 – March 28) 3/23 SBJV/V @ Southwood | 5:00 pm 3/25 SBJV/V @ Shreve | 4:00 pm 3/25 BLV v Renegades @ Byrd | 7:00 pm 3/26-27 SBV @ Quitman Tourney 3/27 BLJV v Magnet/Shreve @ LH | 9:00 am NEW TODAY ACT Makeup – The make-up ACT will be given TODAY to all 11th …

Congratulations to the following Byrd Lady Jackets soccer players who made the Girls Soccer All-District team: 1st team: Skylar Burke, Landry Jones, Ellie Lawrence, Jordan Leblanc, Khianna Roraback, 2nd team: Katie Smith, Honorable Mention: Lily Blaylock, Elizabeth Klotzbach, Katie Rose Stage. MVP defense: Mia Levermann. Congratulations to Kingson Wills and Madilyn McCrary! They were elected this weekend to First and Second …

Yellow Jacket Sports (Dec 14-Dec 20) 12/14 Wrestling Dual @ Haughton | 5:00 pm 12/14 Varsity Girls Soccer vs. Airline | 6:00 pm 12/14 Varsity Boys Soccer vs. Airline | 7:30 pm 12/15 Boys Basketball vs. Haynesville | 6:00 pm 12/15 Girls Basketball @ Benton | 6:00 pm 12/16 JV Boys Soccer vs. Pineville | 7:00 pm 12/17 Varsity Girls …

What a State Meet!  We had the highest finish ever for the girl’s team.  Byrd girls finished third, three points out of second.  The 200 Medley Relay (Lillie England, Jenna Key, Cailyn Bradford, Anna Clair Mackey) finished second. The 200 Free Relay (Lillie England, Grace Carter, Anna Clair Mackey, Cailyn Bradford) finished third. Byrd had three girls (Cailyn, Lillie, Marina …

Literature Overall: 1st Anna Claire Taylor 2nd Joshua Courtney 3rd Cyntericka Gatson 4th Maggie Griffin 10th 1st Maggie Griffin 2nd Caroline Carberry 3rd Cailyn Bradford HM Ella Grace Williams 11th 1st Olivia Boykin 2nd Ryan Pearson 3rd Connor Pierce 12th 1st Anna Claire Taylor 2nd Joshua Courtney 3rd Cyntericka Gatson HM Mia Levermann   Photography 1st Ellie Lawrence   Visual …

Congratulations to William Berry for making the All Academic Composite Football team and to Anna Sullivan, Lillie England, and Anna Clair Mackey named to the LHSAA All-Academic Composite Swim Team along with Cameron Bradford as LHSAA All-Academic Composite Swim Team.