BATON ROUGE — The East Baton Rouge Parish School System is asking students, families, educators, employees and community members to nominate students who leave a mark on their schools and community. 

The new program, Eighteen Under 18, opened nominations on Tuesday. Nominations can be made here.

The program intends to recognize 18 exceptional students of all ages.

Nominations close Sept. 18. The Eighteen Under 18 honorees will be announced to the public in November.