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September the enrollment was 260, with 57 high school students. Another teacher was needed, and Father Vernon Bordelon, the assistant pastor, volunteered to teach three periods every day. Father also sponsored and supervised the hot lunch program, conducted the physical education classes for the boys, and directed the Junior Boys' Choir which he had organized at the start of the school year.
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classrooms of the old elementary school were converted into a modern lunchroom. In the summer months of 1946 the grammar school was remodeled and converted into a cafeteria at one end while the remainder was arranged as an assembly hall. It is still the same today except that the entire hall is now used as a cafeteria and is sometimes converted into an assembly hall for small gatherings.
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Leonard Thevis of the Sisters of Divine Providence as principal of the school. In 2001, Brother Andre' was appointed President of St. Joseph School, when Brother Augustine Brian Kozdroj, F.S.E. replaced Brother Andre' as principal. Brother
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Anderson arrived at St. Joseph in October, 1961. Under Monsignor's guidance, the existing buildings were remodeled to accommodate the school's changing requirements. Two classrooms in the gym were refinished. In addition, a typing room was added to the high school connecting the two
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Plaucheville along with its surrounding areas. Hundreds of people fled their homes, among them the Sisters of St. Joseph, so the school term was cut short. After the flood, another building was added to the school, the present cafeteria and the senior classroom. This
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Dolorosa Church Parish and St. Joseph. He brought about many of the present day improvements to the school buildings and gymnasium. In 1997, Father John Andries joined Father Chemino, as Associate Pastor, followed by Father Marc Noel in 1998. Father Chemino taught religion to
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Louisiana High School by the
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Christmas, the teaching staff had increased to five. Because the teachers were obliged to teach in one room all at the same time, new accommodations had to be found. A hall containing two classrooms was built next to the church.
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