Catholic day school with gender-specific education on a co-ed campus
GRADES OFFERED
7 & 8
NEAREST MAJOR CITY
Baton Rouge (0)
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION
Catholic
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
206
NUMBER OF INTL. STUDENTS
5
STUDENT: TEACHER RATIO
15:1
ARE UNIFORM REQUIRED?
No
IS ESL OFFERED?
No
NEAREST AIRPORT
Baton Rouge (MKE)
A B O U TT H E S C H O O L
This Louisiana school is a private, Catholic, day school with a co-educational campus located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school is made up of a pre-school, elementary school, and a middle school. Founded in 1993, its core belief is in Integral Formation which consists of four basic principles: a challenging academic curriculum, character development, spiritual formation, and apostolic projects. The school’s main purpose is to form leaders who will transform society by maintaining a setting of academic excellence, morality, and integrity. This Louisiana school enrolls approximately 200 students.
L O C A T I O N
This Louisiana school is located in Baton Rouge, the capital and second largest city in Louisiana. Baton Rouge is a major port city on the Mississippi River with a population of about 800,000. It is referred to as a college city because it is home to two major universities, LSU and Southern University, whose student bodies makeup about 20% of the overall population and who attract many fans to sporting events, especially football, because of their thriving and competitive athletic programs. Within the city there are museums, theaters, musical venues, shopping malls, a zoo, and even a famous haunted house. Baton Rouge is generally humid, with mild, wet winters and long, hot, humid summers.
C O U R S E S O F F E R E D
Courses offered at this private Louisiana school include: Art, Computer, Catholic Religion, Classical Literature, Drama, History, Language Arts, Latin, Math, Modern Literature, Music, Physical Education, Science, Spanish and Writing.
D R E S S C O D E
Students at this Louisiana school are required to wear uniforms which may be purchases at several stores in the neighborhood. The girls’ uniforms consist of: a red plaid skirt, white blouse, white dress socks or tights, and all white shoes. The boys’ uniforms consist of: khaki pants worn with a black or brown belt, a white dress shirt worn with the official school tie, white dress socks, and all white shoes.
H O U S I N G
Students attending this Louisiana school will be placed with carefully selected host families in and around the Baton Rouge area. A local contact person will be appointed to oversee each student and host family for the duration of the student’s stay in the United States.
A T H L E T I C S
Male students attending this Louisiana school are able to participate in the following interscholastic sports: Basketball, Cross Country (Running), Flag Football, and Soccer.
Female students attending this Louisiana school are able to participate in the following interscholastic sports: Basketball, Cross Country (Running), and Soccer.
