The week of November 14-18 is Gifted Awareness Week for the East Baton Rouge Parish School district. Because of this, we have put together a few facts about the Gifted Program in our district. The Gifted Program started in East Baton Rouge Parish with only 40 students in 1976.  By 1997,...

Woodlawn High School will host the 2016 Woodlawn Shootout from Wednesday, November 16th, through Saturday, November 19th. The host Panthers welcome seven other schools from around the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas. Action will begin Wednesday at 3:00 pm as Woodlawn will take on Broadmoor, of District 5-5A. Game...

Woodlawn High School's Robotics Team, Panthrobotics, hosted it's fourth annual FIRST Lego League Qualifier in the high school gym on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Students from thirteen elementary and middle schools competed for the chance to attend the State Championship in New Orleans on December 10th. Panthrobotics members volunteered as...

Lillian Khemmanyvong 17’, Editor-in-Chief Last Friday, Woodlawn was defeated by the Livonia Wildcats by the score of 49-34 on Senior Night. Despite the loss, last Friday might have been the best game the Panthers have played all season, as they were aggressive and strategic. “Maybe we ran out of gas...

Congratulations to Cadet Captain Shane Harris for his efforts in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System JROTC Leadership Education and Training Level III Cadet of the Year Board. Shane earned second place from among eight highly competitive Cadets. He is an exemplary student maintaining a 4.46 GPA, ranked 10th...

Juniors Autumn Hopper and Hayden Schneider have been named Commended Students in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program, Woodlawn High Principal Scott Stevens announced Friday. “We are so proud of Autumn and Hayden for earning this prestigious honor. This recognition shows the academic strength of our Panther Nation,” said Stevens....

Lillian Khemmanyvong ‘17 Last Friday, Woodlawn lost to the Plaquemine Green Devils. However, the loss was not the focus of the night. In the fourth quarter, with 3:28 left in the game, junior cornerback Braylyn Jones collapsed on the field. As trainers and coaches rushed to his side, the Woodlawn...

Woodlawn High is participating in the FAFSA Challenge! We are competing against all high schools in EBR for a chance to win fabulous graduation prizes. Our school may obtain a monthly pizza party, graduation supply vouchers from Jostens & Herff-Jones, be entered in a raffle to receive gift cards, and...

Friday and Monday, November 4th and 7th, Ms. Smoorenburg's classes will be conducting the Woodlawn High School 2016 Mock Election. This election is open to all 10th, 11th and 12th grade students at Woodlawn. Students will be given the opportunity to vote for President of the United States, Senator of Louisiana, and...

Ashley Martin '17 The Woodlawn Panthers Cross Country team traveled to City Park in New Orleans on Saturday, October 22, 2016 for the Jack Schommer Invitational. The meet included 11 new personal records for the Panthers, all of which were well-deserved and visibly fought for. The Lady Panthers were the first...

Lillian Khemmanyvong ‘17 The Woodlawn Panthers picked up a win last Friday against Tara High School by the score of 41-0. Combined with Monday's ruling that Belaire must forfeit their wins from the season, the Panthers moved to 3-4 on the season and 2-0 in District 6-4A. After a three...

The Woodlawn High Panthers were unable to cap the week's Homecoming festivities with a victory over Belaire Friday night. The Panthers fell by the score of 22-7 after allowing 22 first half points. The Bengals moved to 5-1 on the season while the Panthers fell to 1-5. Woodlawn turned the...