Type Private School number 504-340-6727 Founder Joseph Rummel Colors White, Green | Established August 19, 1962 Phone +1 504-340-6727 Founded 19 August 1962 | |
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Motto Excelsior
(Ever Striving, Ever Achieving) Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic,
Salesian President Fr. Louis Molinelli, SDB Address 1000 Barataria Blvd, Marrero, LA 70072, USA Similar Archbishop Rummel High Sch, Academy of Our Lady, Jesuit High School, Brother Martin High School, West Jefferson High Sch Profiles | ||
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Archbishop Shaw High School is an Archdiocesan school administered under the Salesians of St. John Bosco. It is approved by the Louisiana State Department of Education and the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. Founded in 1962, it is located in Marrero, Louisiana, and is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans.
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History
Shaw Heritage
Archbishop John W. Shaw, whose leadership of the Archdiocese New Orleans ran from 1918-1934, had a special interest in the Catholic community of the West Bank. During this time many churches and schools were founded. In that time, Hope Haven Institute, an orphanage and foster home for boys was founded and the Salesians of St. John Bosco were asked to staff it. The mission of the Salesians is to serve the poor and the young through the Preventive System of St. John Bosco in light of the Gospel and Jesus Christ. In 1962 Archbishop Joseph Rummel of New Orleans dedicated a new high school on the West Bank and named it in honor of Archbishop Shaw. The school was built on the same 70 acre plot of land that was used by Hope Haven.
The Rev. Paul Avallone, SDB was the school’s founding principal. Originally, only a small complex was built to meet the needs of the developing West Bank. Every year the school continued to grow in both admissions and infrastructure. Shaw has always provided an environment that is conducive to the student’s spiritual, intellectual, physical, social, emotional, and moral growth.
Shaw Today
Archbishop Shaw High School has grown in the past 50 years to contain 4 academic buildings, 4 sport facilities (football, soccer, baseball, and wrestling), as well as a swimming pool. Further additions/changes are planned for the school; stadium lights for the baseball stadium and a new football field to replace the current practice field. Technology has been brought in to help with the learning environment, such as Smart Boards in classrooms and Chromebooks for student use.
While Archbishop Shaw High School is the only school for boys on the West Bank, it also attracts students from all over Southeast Louisiana.
Alma Mater
Near the banks of Old Man River, rising grandly there, stand the halls of Shaw forever gleaming bright and fair. See her glory, sing to praise her. Shaw will know we care. Brave her men proud to remember days of honor there.
Points of Interest
Notable alumni
John F. Ales (1966), Baton Rouge attorney, former Secretary of Natural Resources for Louisiana
Chris Roberts- Jefferson Parish Councilman at Large