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Our
School
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School is a Roman Catholic elementary school
in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
Located in the historic Rivertown area of Kenner, Our Lady of Perpetual
Help serves students from all areas of Kenner, St. Rose, Metairie, and
River Ridge. The school is staffed by a dedicated faculty, and
continues its 80-year tradition of Catholic education for students from
Pre-Kindergarten
to Eighth grade. We received our accreditation from SACS, the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, in March 2008. Our
new Mercy Center, completed in 2004,
contains
administrative offices as well as the library, band room, and upstairs
gym.
Our Mission
The mission of Our Lady of Perpetual Help School is to encourage
personal growth of the students' relationship with God through the life
and teachings of Jesus Christ. Our Lady of
Perpetual Help faculty and staff, along with the cooperation of parents
and the parish community, provide students with an education that will
prepare them spiritually, academically, socially, and emotionally to
make moral real-life decisions.
Services:
Before- and after-school extended care is offered as a service to
working parents. Fees are: $2.00 for morning care, beginning at
7:00 AM and $5.00 for after-school care, until 6:00 PM. OLPH has
the services of a licensed counselor for four hours each day, and an
automated library for student use. Our active Home and School
Association plans activities and fundraisers for school and family
enrichment.
Early Childhood:
OLPH
offers the tuition-free Pre-K4 program, NSECD ( Nonpublic Schools Early
Clindhood Development), which is funded by the State of Louisiana for
low-income students. This is a wonderful opportunity for parents
to give their children a high quality PreK program that will prepare
them to excel in kindergarten. For information and applications,
please call Sr. Julie at the school office, or visit the NSECD
website.
OLPH
also offers other Pre-Kindergarten classes for both 3-
and 4-year old children. We strive to keep the
children feeling happy and
loved, while encouraging them to achieve their full potential.
- The Pre-K 3 program introduces letters,
numbers, shapes and colors. Emotional and social development is
as important as academics. Our activities promote the development
of small and large motor skills.
- The cognitive skills of the Pre-K 4
class that should be mastered are: name recognition, the
letters of the alphabet, and the recognition of numbers up to 20.
Journals are used to encourage interest in stories and books.
The Kindergarten Program at OLPH provides each child
with a solid
academic curriculum that is served in a loving, Christian atmosphere.
The children receive a strong foundation in numbers, alphabet, and
phonics, and are adequately prepared to meet the challenges of first
grade. Our children enjoy religion classes, P.E., library sessions,
field trips, and
computer time.
Academics: In
all major subject areas, Our Lady of Perpetual Help School follows the
standards-based curriculum of the State of Louisiana and the
archdiocesan Office of Catholic Schools. The academic program at OLPH
School consists of this basic comprehensive curriculum as well as:
Religion
To
fulfill our mission to help the students develop a personal
relationship with Jesus Christ, religion classes are taught by
specialized religion teachers under the direction of our pastor,
principal, and director of religious education. Students from
Grades
1-8 attend the weekly school Mass, in which students participate as
altar servers, gift bearers, and choir members. Students also
lead
morning school prayer over the intercom each day.
Schoolwide
Computers
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School is
fortunate to have a fully networked system of computers.
There are an average of 4 student computers in each classroom, with
laptops and a computer lab available to older students for class
projects. A major part of our academic curriculum is the
Accelerated
Math and Accelerated Reader software, which can be accessed from all
classrooms in grades 1-8. Students in these grades also take STAR
Math
and STAR Reading tests on the computer three times a year.
Computer
classes for 4th through 8th grades are planned for the 2008-09 school
year, as is a Reading Computer Lab for PreK through 3rd grades.
Honors English - 7th, 8th grades
Middle
grade students with high ability in Language Arts and Reading on their
standardized tests may be
invited to take Honors English. These students must also be recommended
by their Language Arts teacher from the previous year. Eighth
graders in Honors English who earn a final grade of A, B, or C will
receive high school credit for their work.
- Honors Math - 7th and
8th grades
- Middle School students with high ability and
achievement in
mathematics are placed in honors classes. These classes challenge them
to advance more rapidly and to work with more advanced topics. Students
in 7th grade honors math study from the 8th grade text and the 8th
grade honors math study Algebra I and receive high school credit
for their work.
- Spanish
- Students
from Kindergarten through 8th grade receive 45 minutes of instruction
in Spanish per week. The classes are activity-based and engaging
for
the students.
- Title One
Enrichment Program in Reading
- Title I is a federally funded program that
provides
an additional resource for learning to the children who qualify by
educational need and residence in a Chapter I public school district.
Students in Kindergarten through seventh grades are currently
participating in this program, and receive Title I tutoring for 90
minutes a week.
Student Activities
A variety of extra-curricular and enrichment
activities are provided for students at OLPH, including:
- Sports
(girls' volleyball, boys' flag football, boys' and girls'
cross-country, basketball, indoor ball, and track)
- Student
Council, National Junior Beta Club, Altar Servers, Choir, and classroom
helpers
- DARE
programs in 5th, 7th, and 8th grades, taught by the Kenner Police
Department
- <>Cheerleaders,
Archdiocesan Band Program, After-School Art
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