From Staff Reports
Bossier Schools is celebrating news that one of its best and brightest has advanced as finalist in the Louisiana Student of the Year annual competition.
Kylie Small is an eighth-grader at Haughton Middle School and is one of seven students from around the state to be selected as finalist. The Bossier Parish Middle School Student of the Year competed recently at the regional level, which determined her finalist status at the state level.
Students are selected based on criteria that measure academic achievement, leadership skills, character and service to their schools and communities. Small serves as a Red Jacket ambassador at her school and captain of the cheerleading team, as well as an NCA All-American cheerleader.