132 students from 38 Louisiana parishes are among the new Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts students who were enrolled during a traditional ceremony held on Friday, Aug. 30LSMSA officially welcomed 132 new students representing 58% of the state’s parishes during its 42 nd annual Matriculation Ceremony held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 30 at A.A. Fredericks Auditorium on the campus of Northwestern State University.
From a pool of more than 200applicants statewide, 140 students were invited to attend the tuition-free, state-funded residential school for high-achieving, academically motivated students.
Students from Caddo Parish who were among the new first-year LSMSA students include:
- London Beaubouef (’26), of Keithville
- Emerson Bruhnke (’26), of Shreveport
- Gloria Jung (’27), of Shreveport
- Owen Thomason (’26), of Shreveport
The ’24-’25 school year began at LSMSA on Wednesday, Aug. 21.
This group of new students includes 77 new sophomores, 50 new juniors, and five new seniors.