Thirty-six students to serve as ambassadors

“I want to make everyone feel welcome and receive all new students with warm, open arms as they take their first steps into what I believe is the best high school in the world,” said Gwyneth Engeron, a senior from Houma. “That is what I love most about being an ambassador.”
Grace Dumdaw’s favorite thing about being an ambassador is telling prospective students and their parents all about the school.
“I love LSMSA, and I love getting to see other people fall in love with this school, too,” said Dumdaw, a senior from Mandeville.
An ambassador assists with new student orientation, makes connections with new students, assists with preparations for move-in day, assists with tours and talks with prospective students on exploration days, makes phone calls to prospective students and assists with spring testing day.
When choosing ambassadors, the selection committee considers a student’s contributions to the LSMSA community, leadership ability and potential, individual and group interview, faculty, residential life, work service and peer recommendations, academic performance and disciplinary standing.
Once chosen to serve as an ambassador, students are expected to remain in good academic standing, maintain an exemplary disciplinary record and positive reputation in the residential life program and attend trainings and meetings and assist with initiatives.
Samantha Wright, a junior from Crowley, remembers wanting to be an ambassador when she attended a few Exploration Days in middle school.
“I talked with a few about the school and that got me very excited to attend,” she said. “I am really looking forward to doing the same thing at our Exploration Days and helping prospective students learn more about the school.”
Ariana Yelverton, a junior from Rayville, feels that the prime responsibility of an ambassador is to make new students feel welcomed and comfortable.
“They’re away from home in a new environment, and I feel that it is our responsibility to make this transition for them as smooth as possible,” she said.
Other ambassadors include Annie Noel, a senior from Mandeville; Aliyah Newell, a senior from Opelousas; Mason Rutledge, a senior from Patterson; Samantha Hernandez, a junior from Slidell; MyChel Robinson, a senior from Mansura; Olivia Gotte, a junior from Iota; Caroline Jin, a junior from Shreveport; Bethany Jenkins, a senior from Ville Platte; Elizabeth Long, a senior from Natchitoches; Genesis Lambert, a senior from Baton Rouge; Milan Arpino, a senior from Monroe; Kennedy Ellender, a senior from Westlake; Bryce Istre, a senior from Egan; Gabby Blanchard, a junior from Houma; Xavier Banks, a junior from New Iberia; Maya Bochas, a senior from Morgan City; Alexis Cambridge, a senior from Slidell; Brendan Nalbone, a senior from Lake Charles; Lucy Rhymes, a senior from Breaux Bridge; Josh Ballagh, a senior from Leesville; Marissa Ramsey, a senior from New Iberia; Kerry Doyle, a junior from Eros; Ian Sager, a senior from Geismar; Janie Bourgeois, a senior from LaPlace; Edouard Ferrell, a junior from Natchitoches; Claire Leming, a senior from St. Francisville; Mia Grichendler, a senior from Lake Charles; Hayden Fisher, a senior from Denham Springs; Varun Amin, a senior from Lake Charles; Kabir Shah, a senior from Natchitoches; Sterling Trafford, a senior from Lake Charles; and Malak Alammar, a senior from Leesville.