What a Brotherhood

Even though I haven’t been at St. Augustine High School for a long time, I enjoy this Catholic high school. I feel a deep brotherly connection here that no other high school has given off (and, for reference, I’ve been to three high schools).

I can truly say this is a brotherhood and a unified school, with people getting along the majority of the time.

The school I attended before this forced me to walk through a metal detector, have my bag searched as well as being patted down every morning before I could even enter the school. This school didn’t even start the academic year until a month after others had begun. I was going to a school where we mostly had orientation from 8 a.m. to 4:10 p.m. every day.

My parents saw this and figured they needed to change my high school before I fell even further behind, so I came to St. Aug in September. Even though they couldn’t afford to send me here, they still found a way to ensure my education was taken care of. They saw this school as a tremendous Catholic school that received plenty of scholarship opportunities for students.

Witnessing my parents do this makes me strive to obtain a 4.0 and nothing less than 93% on any of my assignments. They inspired me to apply to various art and STEM programs to receive scholarship opportunities.

St. Aug has also instilled a “get it” attitude in me, which made my parents even more satisfied with their decision. I love St. Augustine, and I push hard every day to make sure my parents’ efforts are never going to waste.

The Clarion Herald posed the following three questions to students attending Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of New Orleans:

 1. What teacher has had an impact on your life, and how did that happen?

2. What blessings have you received from your Catholic school education? Was there a challenging situation that your school (teachers or fellow students) helped you overcome?

3. How inspired have you been by the example of your parent(s) who have had to sacrifice in order to send you to Catholic school?

The response was overwhelming. The Clarion Herald received more than 150 submissions from across the archdiocese.  The next few pages speak of the beauty of Catholic education more simply and poignantly than just about anything else we could dream of.

Thank you teachers, parents and students!