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De La Salle High School (New Orleans)

Private Catholic secondary school in Louisiana, United States

Field	Value
name	De La Salle High School
image	De La Salle High School, New Orleans from St Charles Avenue April 2023.jpg
location	5300 St. Charles Avenue
city	New Orleans
state	Louisiana
zipcode	70115
country	USA
coordinates
type	Private, Catholic, Coeducational secondary education institution
motto	Latin:
Signum Fidei
English:
Sign of Faith
religious_affiliation	Roman Catholic
(De La Salle Brothers)
patron	Saint John Baptist de La Salle
established	1949
district	Archdiocese of New Orleans
ceeb	192020
president	Paul Kelly
principal	Perry Srygley Rogers
chaplain	Fr. Michael Schneller
grades	8–12
enrollment	579
enrollment_as_of	2019–20
teaching_staff	35.5 (FTE) (2019–20)
ratio	16.3 (2019–20)
classes offered	Day
colors	Maroon and white
athletic_conference	LHSAA
mascot	Cavalier
team_name	Cavaliers
accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
yearbook	Maroon Legend
athletics	17 sports teams:

fees	$2,380 (2023-24)
tuition	$9,850 (2023-24)
website	www.delasallenola.com

Signum Fidei English**:** Sign of Faith (De La Salle Brothers)

De La Salle High School is a private, Catholic secondary school run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school's campus is located at the picturesque St. Charles Avenue in uptown New Orleans, near the Audubon/University District. It was founded by the De La Salle Brothers in 1949. De La Salle High School offers grades 8 through 12. The school is affiliated with the Lasallian mission, and functions within the school system of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans.

History

De La Salle High School is named after St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, the founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, (the "French Christian Brothers"). De La Salle High School is a Lasallian education institution.

De La Salle High School opened in September 1949 with a freshman class of 74 boys. The founding faculty/staff of the school included four De La Salle Christian Brothers: Brother Ernest Cocagne (De La Salle's first principal), Brother August Faure, Brother John Devine, and Brother Francis Vesel. Classes were initially held in a large old home (which also served as the residence for the De La Salle Brothers) on Pitt Street, but, in 1951, De La Salle High School moved to the present building on St. Charles Avenue.

A number of additions to the school's physical plant have been made over the years. These additions have included a wing of eight classrooms on Leontine Street (1957), a gymnasium (1961), a student chapel (1961), the Brother Arsenius Center (1980), the Buck Seeber Health and Fitness Center (2003), the Life Sciences Center (2008), and the Shane and Holley Guidry Baseball and Softball Complex (2009).

De La Salle High School, which was initially an all-boys school, became coeducational in 1992.

An interesting point regarding the school's history is that De La Salle High School was the first high school to open in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. The school opened its doors to high school students from schools all across the city and surrounding areas.

Athletics

De La Salle High School athletic programs compete as a member of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA). The Cavaliers competed in the New Orleans Catholic League from 1955-56 through 2002-03, when the school chose to remain in the lower classification dictated by its enrollment instead of playing up to the highest classification, which three other Catholic League members were also doing at the time.

De La Salle has 17 sports teams: 10 boys' teams and 7 girls' teams.

Athletic facilities

De La Salle High School built the Shane and Holley Guidry Batting facility for baseball and softball. The facility has two batting cages with two pitching simulators. The complex also has an area for golf and tennis.

Notable alumni

John Arthurs - Former NBA player - '65
Lance Dunbar - NFL running back; attended but did not graduate from De La Salle High School (displaced by Hurricane Katrina)
Robert M. Groves - Sociologist, former United States Census Bureau Director - '66
John Hainkel - Served as both Louisiana Speaker of the House and Louisiana Senate President (deceased)
Karl Hankton - Former NFL wide receiver
Marquise Hill - Former NFL player (deceased)
Chris Horton - Former NFL player
Tad Jones - Author, music historian, and founder of Tipitina's
Jim Letten - Former U.S. Attorney Eastern District of Louisiana - '71
Errol Linden - Former NFL offensive tackle (deceased)
Stanley Lombardo - Classicist, translator (Aeneid, Iliad, and Odyssey) - '61
Sammy Martin - Former NFL wide receiver
Gregory A. Miller - Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from St. Charles Parish - graduated c. '80
Al Montreuil - Former Major League Baseball player
Mark Normand - Stand-up comedian and actor.
Rick Pietri - American basketball coach
Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. - Former U.S. Attorney Eastern District of Louisiana - '93
Duane Reboul - American basketball coach, also coached at De La Salle High School
Dawn Angelique Richard from MTV's hit show Making the Band, Danity Kane
Thomas John Rodi - Archbishop of Mobile - '67
Tom Schedler - Former Secretary of State of Louisiana - '67
Gene Taylor - Former U.S. Congressman for Mississippi - '71
David Vitter - Former U.S. Senator from Louisiana - '79
Jeffrey Vitter - Computer scientist, former chancellor at University of Mississippi
Jay Weigel - Arts administrator, composer
Frank Wills - Former Major League Baseball player (deceased)

References

"De La Salle School names new leadership".
"De La Salle High School".
"Academics".
"De La Salle North opens new campus".
Roig-Franzia, Manuel. (2005-11-17). "New Orleans Schools Reflect The Slow Pace of Recovery". Washington Post.
"2012-13 women's basketball media guide - University of South Alabama".
(April 6, 2015). "A (Birmingham) Southern Gentleman". 78 Magazine.

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