De La Salle High School (New Orleans, Louisiana)

For other schools with similar names, see De La Salle High School (disambiguation).

De La Salle High School
Address
5300 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana, 70115  United States
Coordinates	29°55′39″N 90°6′45″W / 29.9275°N 90.1125°W / 29.9275; -90.1125Coordinates: 29°55′39″N 90°6′45″W / 29.9275°N 90.1125°W / 29.9275; -90.1125
Information
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s)	St. John Baptist De La Salle
Established	1949
CEEB Code	192020
President	William Hebert
Principal	Peggy St. John [1]
Asst. Principal	Peggy St. John
Grades	8–12
Color(s)	Maroon and White
Slogan	De La Salle Lead On!
Mascot	Cavalier
Team name	Cavaliers
Accreditation(s)	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [2]
Yearbook	'Maroon Legend'
Tuition	$7,225
Admissions Director	Tom Waguespack
Athletic Director	Joseph Hines
Website	www.delasallenola.com

De La Salle High School is a co-educational parochial high school in New Orleans, Louisiana. De La Salle is part of the New Orleans parochial school system. It was originally opened in 1949 as an all-boys school. However, the school began accepting girls in 1992, and it is today a co-educational Catholic high school. The school's mascot is the "Cavaliers," and its school colors are maroon and white. The campus of De La Salle High School is located in Uptown New Orleans near the University District, at the intersection of Saint Charles Avenue and Jefferson Avenue, between Saint Charles and Prytania Avenue.

De La Salle 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.

Notable alumni

• Richard J. "Dickie" Brennan, Jr. - Restaurateur - '79
• Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr. - Orleans Parish District Attorney - '71
• Robert M. Groves - Director of the United States Census Bureau - '66
• Chris Horton- current safety for the Washington Redskins
• Tad Jones - Author, Music Historian and founder of Tipitina's
• John F Juul - USMC - Silver Star - Vietnam - '59
• Jim Letten - U.S. Attorney Eastern District of Louisiana - '71
• Stanley Lombardo - Classicist, Translator of Aeneid, Iliad, and Odyssey - '61
• Donald J. Palmisano - Former President of American Medical Association - '56
• Dawn Angelique Richard from MTV's hit show Making the Band, Danity Kane
• Thomas John Rodi - Archbishop of Mobile - '67
• Tom Schedler - Former Louisiana State Senator - '67
• Gene Taylor - U.S. Congressman for Mississippi - '71
• David Vitter - U.S. Senator from Louisiana - '79
• Al Montreuil - Former Major League Baseball player

Athletics

De La Salle athletic programs compete as a member of the LHSAA. De La Salle has 17 sports teams: 10 boys' teams and 7 girls' teams. De La Salle recently built the Shane and Holley Guidry Batting facility for baseball and softball. This state-of-the-art facility has two batting cages with two Allstar Ace 500 Video Pitching Simulators. The complex also has an area for golf and tennis.

External links

• De La Salle Official Website.

Notes and references

1. ^ "De La Salle High School principal fired". http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2011/06/de_la_salle_high_school_princi.html. Retrieved 2011-06-08. 
2. ^ SACS-CASI. "SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/?. Retrieved 2009-06-23. ^{[dead link]}