Leslie Hunter has been named the Shreveport Times Student of the Week for March 3-7. Courtesy Caddo Parish Public Schools
Leslie Hunter, a senior at C. E. Byrd High School, is the winner of the Shreveport Times Student of the Week poll.
Hunter has been named a top 300 Regeneron Scholar by The Society of Scholars in the 83rd Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS)—the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and mathematics competition for high school seniors. She is one of 300 out of 2,162 students who won the awards in the Regeneron Science Talent Search. She won $2,000 for this award, and Byrd High School won $2,000. Now she will go on to compete to be named one of 40 Finalists who each receive $25,000 and participate in the final competition in March.
