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<div><div id="ydp46a81d5dyiv9691644507"><div><div style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydp46a81d5dyiv9691644507yahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr"><div><span id="ydp46a81d5dyiv9691644507ydp2b7853f9docs-internal-guid-971431cb-7fff-9b5f-cd3b-6710acaea4b4"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img title="Inline image" alt="Inline image" src="cid:e60086ca-398c-7f45-b7ff-faee65cb1985@yahoo.com" style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;letter-spacing:-0.02em;max-width:400px;width:50%;" class="ydp46a81d5dyiv9691644507yahoo-inline-image" data-id="<e60086ca-398c-7f45-b7ff-faee65cb1985@yahoo.com>"></div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">December 23, 2025</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">Contact: Heather Harper at (504) 289-0499 or hharper@h2nola.net</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;">Rooted School Students Take First Place at Youth Economists Summit</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">Students from Rooted School @ SUNO earned first place at the Youth Economists Summit, presented by Wall Street Connection and held December 13 at the Southern University at New Orleans College of Business.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">The team won the top honor in the summit’s economic debate competition, where students examined and debated the issue of ending prison labor in the United States.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">The winning students were Asha Robinson, David Perkins III, Jaylen Glapion, and Sean Augustine, under the guidance of Rooted School teacher Voltaire Casino and student coach Kash Friday.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;">PHOTO: Pictured left to right: Rooted School students Asha Robinson, David Perkins III, Jaylen Glapion, and Sean Augustine, winners of first place at the Youth Economists Summit.</span></p><br></span></div><img title="Inline image" alt="Inline image" src="cid:f17e669b-7398-7bd4-987f-9f0472f73763@yahoo.com" style="max-width:800px;width:100%;" class="ydp46a81d5dyiv9691644507yahoo-inline-image" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" data-id="<f17e669b-7398-7bd4-987f-9f0472f73763@yahoo.com>"></div><div dir="ltr"><img title="Inline image" alt="Inline image" src="cid:302d59d0-6e0e-129c-c225-24bb609843af@yahoo.com" style="max-width:600px;width:75%;" class="ydp46a81d5dyiv9691644507yahoo-inline-image" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" data-id="<302d59d0-6e0e-129c-c225-24bb609843af@yahoo.com>"><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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