Vanessa Chavis, a longtime Catholic school educator and administrator, is the new principal at St. Benedict the Moor School in New Orleans.

Charol Armand has been named principal of Our Lady of Prompt Succor School in Chalmette. 

Annette Accomando, who served since 2016 as principal of Our Lady of Prompt Succor School in Chalmette, has been named the new principal of Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Belle Chasse.

Dr. C. Reynold Verret, president of Xavier University of Louisiana, has put measures in place on campus to ensure the safety this fall of its 3,000 students, faculty, employees and visitors.

Sheri Harris Gillio, who served as an administrator at Catholic schools in the Baton Rouge Diocese since 2005, has been named the new head of school of St. Scholastica Academy in Covington.

St. Augustine High School announced in May that Gerald DeBose has been selected as the permanent principal of St. Augustine High School effective immediately.

Connie Leggio Dantagnan, the new head of school at Archbishop Chapelle, is a 1988 graduate of the high school. 

Dr. Margarita O’Byrne Curtis, a native of Colombia who served as a faculty member, department chair and dean of studies at Phillips Academy (1986-2006) and as head of school at Deerfield Academy (2006-19) in Massachusetts...

Among the many questions swirling around in the minds of Catholic school families is one that you might call Naturally N’Awlins: What will lunchtime “look like” for my child in the fall?

Jesuit Father John Brown has served since January 2020 as interim president of Jesuit High School, succeeding Jesuit Father Christopher Fronck. 

Chad Barwick has been named by the Archdiocese of New Orleans as the next head of school of Archbishop Hannan High School in Covington

When Tania Tetlow, a New Orleans native, took over in May 2018 as the first lay president of Loyola University New Orleans, she knew part of her job description would be serving as the CEO – Chief Emergency Officer.

This is an unprecedented time. Our new reality, featuring COVID 19, presents a number of significant challenges.

Students attend college for intellectual pursuits in fields of study to achieve a job. The fact that young adult Catholics are leaving the faith bothered David Delio, Ph.D.

Again this year, the Clarion Herald invited Catholic elementary and high schools  to submit the names of teachers with at least 25 years of service who retired at the end of the 2018-19 academic year. Here are a few of their pearls of wisdom:

Mount Carmel Academy has gained 29,000 square feet of instructional space with the recent purchase of the motherhouse and the land it and the school sit on from the Sisters of Mount Carmel.

More than two dozen graduates of Catholic elementary and high schools were recently honored as “Distinguished Alumni” at a brunch and award ceremony at St. Philip Neri’s parish center. After an opening prayer, Archbishop Gregory Aymond thanked the honorees, who were nominated by their school communities, for witnessing to the values of Catholic education into adulthood.

Dr. Tracy Bonday, J.D., M.S. Ed, who served from 2015-19 as superintendent of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa, and led a strategic planning initiative to maintain the longtime viability of Catholic schools, has been named head of the high school division of Ursuline Academy.

Yvette Fouchi remembers sitting in the chapel at Notre Dame Seminary and feeling “terrified” she had bitten off more than she could chew. At the encouragement of her daughter and a priest friend, she had enrolled in the seminary’s graduate-level program designed to help the laity explore and deepen their faith while developing their practical skills as leaders in ministry.

May 8 marked a significant moment in the history of Pope John Paul II High School in Slidell. At the school’s 39th annual graduation ceremony, nine of its 62 graduates – a record number – were children of PJP alumni.