Collection:LPB

Genre: Event

Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2004-05-23

Duration: 00:50:50

Subjects: Education | Junior high school students | Louisiana--History | Competition

Contributors:

• Rodman, Bill Host
• Yancy, Allegra Producer
• Phillips, Leigh Speaker
• Spencer, Cody Speaker
• Parker, Cameron Speaker
• Daigle, Heidi Speaker
• Smith, Samuel Speaker
• Resweber, Nicole Speaker
• Jeane, Ethan Speaker
• Orgeron, Caitlin Speaker
• Young, Nicholas Speaker
• Parr, Keanan Speaker

This episode of the “Louisiana History Bee” from May 23, 2004, features highlights of Bill Rodman hosting the 2004 statewide competition for junior high students in Louisiana. The participants were: Leigh Phillips, 7th grade, from W.W. Lewis Middle School in Sulphur, Louisiana; Cody Spencer, 7th grade, from Lake Castle North School in Slidell, Louisiana; Cameron Parker, 8th grade, from Paul Breaux Middle School in Lafayette, Louisiana; Heidi Daigle, 8th grade, from Pierre Part Middle School in Pierre Part, Louisiana; Samuel Smith, 7th grade, from T.H. Harris Middle School in Kenner, Louisiana; Nicole Reswebber, 8th grade, from The Dunham School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Ethan Jeane, 7th grade, from Evans Middle School in Evans, Louisiana; Caitlin Orgeron, 8th grade, from Holy Rosary Catholic School, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana; Nicholas Young, 8th grade, from Cedar Creek School in Ruston, Louisiana; and Keanan Parr, 8th grade, from Caddo Middle Magnet in Shreveport, Louisiana. Each contestant was awarded a U.S. Savings Bond along with the first, second and third place winners receiving an additional savings bond. This program was preserved through a 2022-2023 Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowship.