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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 education, paid for by benefactors, 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 almost forty graduates 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 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
Our Mission Statement The Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School, Inc., seeks to help low-income, urban youth in order to realize their fullest potential as productive members of society by providing them with an extended-day, year-round, quality education, integrated with personal, moral and spiritual development, and continued guidance during the students' further education. The Judeo-Christian values which have inspired the Nativity model include a respect for the dignity and potential of each person, a responsibility to assist the poor and those in need, a strong sense of community within the one family of God, and the obligation to promote a society characterized by social justice. In this Nativity model, students are enrolled without regard to race, color, religion, or ehnicity.
The Good Shepherd School 10th Anniversary In 2011, The Good Shepherd School celebrated its 10th anniversary. Click here to read the President and Chairman of the Board, Ronnie Briggs' speech from the 10th Anniversary Celebration and Rededication held on August 14, 2011.
Guiding the Shepherd's Flock Click here to read more about The Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School and its history.
Board of Directors Ronald P. Briggs, President & Chairman of the Board David Duplantier, Vice President Mahlon Sanford, Treasurer Tom Fischer, Secretary Beau Baudier J. Storey Charbonnet Danny Conwill Tom Diano Rev. Raymond Fitzgerald, S.J. William J. Goliwas Charlotte H. Gregory Bruce R. Hoefer, Jr. William A. Neilson Louis Rodriguez Stephen G. Romig Stephen Sauer, S.J. Ronnie L. Slone Nicole M. Smith Christopher Sullivan Robert E. Talbot James Williams Carmie Winters |
