Be A Volunteer
Inspired by the Nativity-Miguel model, Good Shepherd School is open year-round and has an extended school day offering enrichment activities in areas such as sports, music, art, drama, technology, and service. GSS seeks to develop young people with a deep-rooted passion for faith, community, service, and social justice.

Volunteers play an essential role in ensuring that GSS is able to offer a quality extended-day schedule to our students. Volunteers will be asked to sign up for a weekly spot to assist with lunch activities or to facilitate activities during the Enrichment Program. Enrichment activities may include supervising groups of students, facilitating new sports or clubs, tutoring, or helping with standardized test preparation.

GSS is an ideal placement for students interested in elementary education or in working with elementary-aged children. Service learners will gain experience working in a classroom setting and will have the opportunity to gain a better understanding of best practices in urban education and the importance of education in creating lasting social change.

During the school year, times for volunteering are 10:30AM-1 PM daily to assist with lunch and recess, and Monday through Thursday afternoons from 3:45PM-5:15PM for Enrichment activities.

For more information, please contact:

Christopher Heine
Graduate Support Director
[email protected]
504-598-9399 x 206

Or, fill out the volunteer form. 

    Volunteer Form
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.