Robert Chauvin, Academy of Our Lady’s Bowling Coach, has been named the 2018-2019 Louisiana Coach of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Associations. Congratulations! To read more click on the title of this post.

Pre-freshman Therese Tran and senior Gillian Decossas have been named Academy of Our Lady’s Students of the Year. Each year Academy of Our Lady selects a pre-freshman and senior as students of the year to represent the school in the New Orleans Archdiocesan Student of the Year competition. Great job ladies! We are proud of you. For more click on the title of this post.

Due to the severe weather forecast Application Day will now be held on January 18. All students interested in attending Academy of Our Lady in the eighth or ninth grade for the 2020-2021 school year are required to attend Application Day. For more information and more details click on the title of this post.

Theatre and choir classes produced a Christmas Play for family, friends, faculty, staff and the student body. Performances took place December 13 and 16. Students in theatre and choir class were responsible for each component of the production from the script, music, costumes to the performance itself.

Nationally known singer/songwriter, worship/retreat leader Lorraine Hess visited the True Love Waits club on December 16. Hess spoke about how to grow in faith, so that when a time of testing happens, we can get through it with grace. To view pictures and for more click on the title of this post.

Academy of Our Lady’s chapter of the National Honor Society hosted the school wide annual holiday food drive. Each homeroom participated by collecting a total 765 items for the St. Vincent de Paul Society at Immaculate Conception Parish. Click on the title of this post for more photos.

The Academy of Our Lady Cheerleaders were recently named the LHSAA Division II 2019 Game Day State Runner Up. The squad also won first place in the Game Day Division at the Spirit Blast Competition. To view photos click on the title of this post.

Academy of Our Lady’s Mission Club hosted a Christmas Toy Drive. The Toy Drive is an annual tradition to which the students, faculty and staff contribute. Students assisted representatives from Algiers Charter by packing up their cars with items collected for Landry-Walker High School and Martin Behrman Charter students. To view photos please click on the title of this post.

Student Council and the Language department hosted a Fantastic Friday Night for girls in 4th-6th grade. Leadership Night on the Polar Express was the theme for the evening. Students took part in various activities including creating ornaments with characteristics of a leader labeled on them for the leadership tree, decorating gingerbread cookies, learning team building techniques by participating in a snowball fight, writing Christmas jingles and making Christmas cards for the elderly. For pictures click on the title of this post.

Academy of Our Lady’s student body was treated to a special musical Christmas performance by the Archbishop Shaw band and color guard on December 13 during lunch. The band play a medley of Christmas classics while the color guard performed. For photos click on the title of this post.

Academy of Our Lady’s Golden Torch Society honors academic achievement on the ACT. There are two tiered categories within the Golden Torch Society. The Core of Excellence includes students who have scored a composite of 30 or above on the ACT. Students with a composite of 25 or above on the ACT are included in the Inner Circle. The Golden Torch Society was created by the guidance department to encourage, promote and celebrate academic excellence. Members will be continually added throughout the school year as students meet the ACT requirement. As a reward for such a tremendous accomplishment Golden Torch Society members were treated to breakfast on December 10. For a list of members and photos click on the title of this post.

Alumnae gathered on campus December 12 for the annual Alumni Memorial Mass. The student body, faculty, staff and guests honored and remembered all those who have gone before us who were members of the Academy of Our Lady, Archbishop Blenk and Immaculata family. To view photos click on the title of this post.