Notre Dame High School (Crowley, Louisiana)

Notre Dame High School
Notre Dame High School
	Navy Blue
Athletics	Football; Men's Basketball; Women's Basketball; Baseball; Softball; Men's Golf; Women's Golf; Men's Tennis; Women's Tennis; Men's Track & Field; Women's Track & Field; Women's Volleyball; Swim; Bowling; Power-lifting;
Mascot	Pioneer
Nickname	Pios
Team name	Pioneers
Accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Yearbook	The Image
Feeder schools	St. Michael Elementary (Crowley); Rayne Catholic School (Rayne); St. Francis School (Iota); Our Mother of Peace Elementary (Church Point); Our Lady Immaculate (Jennings);
Website	ndpios.com

Notre Dame High School is a private,

Acadia Parish; St. Michael of Crowley, St. Joseph of Rayne, and St. Francis of Iota. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette

.

Notre Dame's shield

Notre Dame's shield symbolizes the three principal Catholic ethnic groups which originally settled the area of Acadia: The German people are symbolized by the

Lebanon Cedar; and the Fleur-de-lis (or white lily)

, a religious symbol, is the national symbol of France.

Catholic, co-educational school for students in grades 9–12 in September 1967. It was formed by consolidating the three Catholic high schools in Acadia Parish; Saint Michael in Crowley, Saint Joseph in Rayne

, and Saint Francis in Iota. At the time of consolidation it was decided that the facilities of St. Michael be used until Notre Dame could build its own facility or make some other arrangements. On January 31, 1977, the Notre Dame School Board of Directors and seven church parishes purchased proportionate shares of Notre Dame from St. Michael Parish thus giving Notre Dame a permanent home.

Preceding the consolidation, committees under the direction of Father Robert Sibille, composed of faculty members and students from all three schools, met and selected possible uniforms, school colors, mascots, emblems and size. A school philosophy was written and curriculum and faculty began to take shape.

The Catholic Church parishes actively participating in the government of the school are: St. Michael, Crowley; St. Joseph, Rayne; St. Francis, Iota; Immaculate Heart of Mary, Crowley; St. Lawrence,

Roberts Cove; St. John the Baptist, Lyons Point; and Immaculate Conception, Morse. Each church parish provides leadership in the government of the school and each financially subsidizes the school based on the number of students who attend the school from the parish. Board members are elected lay people from each parish and a priest-chancellor who represents the pastors

of the eight church parishes.

Notre Dame is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), the Louisiana State Board of Education, and it is a diocesan school under the direction of the Office of Catholic Schools of the Diocese of Lafayette. The school undergoes periodic professional self-study under the direction of the Diocesan School Board's professional staff and the SACS accreditation team.

The meaning of Notre Dame

"Notre Dame" is French for

Mother of Christ

is the patroness of the school, and her statue stands in the center of the campus.

Athletics

Notre Dame High athletics competes in the LHSAA.

Championships

The Notre Dame football program has won six state championships in 1973, 1976, 2000, 2009, 2015, and 2018.^[2]

Non-football state championships include: men's baseball, women's softball, men's tennis, men's track & field, and women's volleyball.

Notable alumni

NFL
player, politician
Chris John (Born 1960), former Louisiana and U.S. Representative
NFL
player
Tony Robichaux (1961–2019), former head baseball coach at McNeese State University and University of Louisiana at Lafayette^[3]

Notes and references

^ SACS-CASI. "SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
^ "Notre Dame Pioneers Crowley, Louisiana". 14-0productions.com. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
^ "UL baseball coach Tony Robichaux to be inducted into ABCA Hall of Fame in January".

External links

Notre Dame's Official Website

[SACS-Council_on_Accreditation_and_School_Improvement-1] SACS-CASI. "SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-23.

[2] "Notre Dame Pioneers Crowley, Louisiana". 14-0productions.com. Retrieved September 12, 2022.

[3] "UL baseball coach Tony Robichaux to be inducted into ABCA Hall of Fame in January".

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