Christmas Blessings: A Wonderful GSS Family Celebration

The students and families at GSS have been extremely blessed this year with many gifts graciously donated from many individuals and corporations.  First, Jenny and Robb graciously purchased a $100 Walmart gift card for each student and staff member to enhance their Christmas gifts.  Then, Mr. and Mrs. Ducote, through a partnership with Le Jouet Toys, provided an individual gift for each student.  The Ducote family has provided gifts for students since the schools opening 22 years ago.  Then, through the generosity of Retif Oil, First Horizon Bank, St. George Episcopal School parents, and many individual donors, each student received a backpack filled with toys, school items, and much more!  Throughout the weeks leading up to Christmas, we also had a visit from Santa for pictures and the Room Mothers hosted a Christmas party for each class.  The GSS community would like to thank any and everyone who helped make our GSS Christmas special this year!
The Good Shepherd School
1839 Agriculture St
New Orleans, LA 70119
Tel: (504) 598-9399
GSS 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 ethnicity.