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About Us Opened in 2001 as part of the vision of the late Fr. Harry Tompson, S.J., The Good Shepherd School provides an excellent, tuition-free education in a safe and nurturing environment to at-risk children in New Orleans who are admitted from families living in poverty. The effect of this exceptional academic opportunity is to empower these children by providing them with the tools to break away from the cycle of poverty into which they are born.
There are many things that make The Good Shepherd School unique. By following the Nativity School Model, our school provides an intensive, year-round education attending to the specific needs of at-risk children in order to foster academic and personal growth. Integral parts of our K-7th grade program include:
The accomplishments of our mission are also currently seen in quality local high schools, such as Jesuit High School, St. Mary’s Dominican High School, and Mount Carmel Academy, where the twenty graduates of our 2008 and 2009 classes are working hard to continue to fulfill their potential and pursue their goals. We will continue to monitor their success and provide them with social and academic support through our Graduate Support Program. Because The Good Shepherd School operates a tuition-free educational model and our student population comes from families living below the poverty line, we depend entirely on the generosity of individuals, corporations and foundations to pursue our important mission. We are currently undertaking a scholarship campaign to assist with day-to-day operating costs and to secure the long term viability of The Good Shepherd School. We would like to invite you to invest yourself through the resources that God has given you in this work to which God has called us. We are confident in the words of Saint Paul: "You will be enriched in every way for your great generosity." Sincerely, Ronald Briggs President/Chairman The Good Shepherd School |
