VCHS Paw Print Summer 2021

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PawPrint Vandebilt Catholic High School's Newsletter - Summer 2021

What’s inside 4 .......... Letter from the President 5 .......... Calendar of Events 6 .......... Terriers Together: Surviving a Pandemic School Year

8 .......... Terrier Achievements 10 .......... Letter from Alumni 12 .......... VCHS ART DEPARTMENT CELEBRATES: Soup Bowl 14 .......... VCHS: A Class of Its Own

The Paw Print publication is created annually through the Vandebilt Catholic Communications Department.

This issue was compiled and designed by Keely Diebold ‘16 and Katie Anderson ‘02.

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girls cross country team wins 2020 state championship.

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new baseball facility is completed.

vchs’ first powerlifting team attends state meet.

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brandon nguyen is named as national merit finalist for 2021.

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margaret haydel johnson’s (‘83) softball jersey #20 is retired.

Terrier Triumphs

cheer team wins the 2021 super varsity game day national championship title.

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first floor classroom renovations begin.

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girls track and field team wins first state championship title in school history.

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baseball coach, chad menard is named lbca all-state coach of the year.

8th grader, olivia hatch and senior, lia martin are named houma-thibodaux diocesan students of the year for 2021.

From the desk of the

President

By: David Boudreaux

Terrier Family, I never imagined that I would become a teacher or coach, assistant principal, principal, or president. When I finished college, I found myself wondering what was next? I had no real plan and certainly no idea of what God’s plan was for my life. When my fiancé, now wife, Mary Catherine was assigned to student teach at Franklinton High School I had no idea that I too would end up there, and where this incredible ministry of education would take us.

As a product of Catholic education, I always wanted the same experience for my children. This desire led me to take the leap of faith and move to Houma in 2016 and become principal of Vandebilt Catholic. Over the next four years Mr. Boudreaux worked to prepare me for the role of President, but I don’t think anyone or anything could have prepared us for the 2020-2021 school year. I found myself once again unsure of what was next and what God’s plan would be for me and our school community.

As we reflect on the 2020-2021 school year, we realize that all of our uncertainty and worry has turned to a sense of accomplishment and pride. The word “unprecedented” received an unprecedented amount of usage in describing those uncertain times. Masks, temperature checks, and all of the sanitizing will eventually become a distant memory and what will remain is the sense of community, the lessons learned, and the spirit of the fighting Terrier.

As we look forward to the 2021-2022 school year, I believe we all do so with a great sense of hope. A hope for a return to “normal”, to seeing smiling faces, and shaking hands and hugging one another again! There is also a great sense of hope that our school community will continue to grow closer together as we continue to build on the great traditions of Vandebilt Catholic. We are working diligently to prepare the facility and ourselves for our students return and we pray that they are as excited as we are for their return in August.

God’s plan is often a mystery to all of us. I really thought I would be a Supreme Court Justice one day, but here I am. Although I never imagined myself where I am today, God was always guiding my life and now allows me to serve the over 700 current students, thousands of alumni, parents, and grandparents through the ministry of Catholic education! It is an incredible and humbling responsibility, but one that I am certainly enjoying. It is truly a privilege to serve as president of Vandebilt Catholic.

Please continue to lift our faculty and staff in prayer as we partner with parents to form the young men and women of Vandebilt Catholic into faith-filled, dedicated, hard-working, servant leaders, who are academically, spiritually, and socially prepared to make a difference in the world.

Terriers Together,

Jeremy Gueldner Vandebilt Catholic High School President

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Mark your Calendar August 6-7 Co-Ed Alumni Softball Tournament (Hosted by Terrier Club)

September 11

September 13-17

Terrier Tailgate

Homec oming Week (Hosted by Alumni Association)

October 26

November 4

Treats at the Track (Hosted by HOPE program)

Open House

February (TBA) Grandparents Day

May 21 Graduation

November 13 Soup Bowl Benefit (Hosted by Art Club)

June 6 President`s Banquet

All dates are subject to change.

Please visit www.vandebiltcatholic.org and follow us on FaceBook and Instagram @vandebiltcatholichigh for more event details and updates throughout the year.

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Terriers Together: Surviving a pandemic school year Written By: Keely Diebold ‘16 Back in August, if there was any word that could best describe the 2020-2021 school year, that word would be “unprecedented.”

There was nothing usual about students, faculty and staff returning to a masked, socially-distant learning environment after a 2019-2020 school year cut short by the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now, with the 2020-2021 school year in the books, there is a far better word to describe it - a word that most generously sums up the experience of the VCH family. That word is “resilience.”

“I’m incredibly proud of [the students], and I told this class of 2021 at the beginning of the year…at their senior mass, that they have truly shown what it means to persevere and to continue on and make the best of a tough situation,” VCH Principal Ginny Medina-Hamilton says.

It was no secret entering the school year that COVID-19 restrictions would pose a challenge to students, faculty and staff alike.

For a start, large gatherings and assemblies were put on hold, losing what Hamilton says is a valuable tool for building community among the school as a whole. In addition, more community-building was barred by the disallowance of guests and visitors to campus.

“Right at the beginning, the toughest thing was being in a class with only the people you were assigned with for lunch, so the socialization - what people love about high school - was just not there because we had removed any of that natural, unstructured socialization that they would normally have, and everything became very structured,” Hamilton says.

Hamilton says the school gradually eased regulations and reimplemented opportunities for socialization among students as safely as possible as the year went on.

For Hamilton, who stepped into the vacant principal role ahead of the 20202021 school year, making decisions in accordance with the recommendations of health experts was an immediate priority.

She says she made sure she was well-versed in all requirements pertaining to COVID-19 to correctly relay them to staff and students.

“We didn’t have a COVID-19 class back in principal school,” Hamilton laughs. “So it was really about making sure that I was wellinformed and that I could defend decisions.”

Decisions regarding events like dances were ultimately made according to what it would take to adapt that event to COVID-19 guidelines. If regulations would completely change the way an event looked, the school

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weighed whether it was better to adjust the event to fit those regulations or refrain from holding the event altogether.

“If these are the rules, and we choose to have a dance that fits these rules, is it then really a dance?” Hamilton says. “These are the rules. If it changed what the event was completely, then we either changed the event or didn’t have it.”

Hamilton says that the 2020-2021 school year changed the scope of what she envisioned life as a principal to be like.

However, she is deeply inspired by the way that creativity and resilience shone through VCH students, faculty and staff as they adjusted to their “new normal.”

“I had some incredible conversations with our class presidents and leaders. I’ve also had students who would come in and talk to me and say, ‘Hey, we were thinking, and could we do something like this?’” Hamilton says. “And the creativity that our students have shown in trying to find ways to…have fun things happen in a way that’s still safe… their creativity really shone through.”

Despite the effects of COVID-19 on academics, athletics, and extracurriculars, the 2020-2021 school year proved to be a successful one for teams, programs, and individuals at VCH.

The 2020-2021 Terriers boasted a National Merit Scholar in Brandon Nguyen, as well as 8th grade and 12th grade Diocesan Students of the Year in Olivia Hatch and Lia Martin, respectively.

On the athletic side, the girls cross country and track and field teams both took home state titles this school year, marking the first in school history for the track and field team. In addition, the cheerleading program finished its 2020-2021 season as Super Varsity Game Day Div. II National Champions.

District titles were secured by the volleyball, football, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls track, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls golf, baseball and softball programs. While the junior high girls and boys basketball teams each finished their respective seasons as Terrebonne Parish Champions.

Finally, the VCH indoor percussion/winter ensemble finished its season with a LMCGPC/WGI 1st place finish.

For VCH students, the school year proved to be one marked by both frustration and a drive to make the the most of a difficult situation.

Eighth grade class president Olivia Hatch says that meeting people at a new school was an even more challenging endeavor with restrictions placed on outlets for socialization.

For seasoned VCH students, the transition from a summer spent outside to a school year largely confined indoors was one of the most prominent adjustments they needed to make.

“You go from being outside for about four months straight, out in the sun just at home, to coming to school and staying inside

and class all day until, say, your P.E. period,” freshman and Junior High SGA President Gracean Schexnayder says.

Throughout the year, sports were at the mercy of adjusted schedules, limits on contact and close proximity at practice, and the loss or postponement of games due to required quarantine periods whenever athletes or VCH opponents reported cases of COVID-19.

Extracurriculars saw their own sets of restrictions, shifting to virtual meetings and maintaining guidelines for social distancing at practices and events.

“Dancing at football games, you have to be socially distanced, so I remember the dance team was pushed all the way down the track, so we were dancing to like…a handful of parents and trees,” sophomore class president Madison Guidry laughs. “You really have to love it.”

Nonetheless, students looked for the silver lining.

Gracean says that after weeks of rumors surrounding the possible cancellation of fall sports, she was simply grateful for the opportunity to have a full cross country season.

For some students, the 2020-2021 school year was about stepping out of their comfort zone to embrace the opportunities presented to them.

“I played tennis for the first time this year. I never played in my life…but it kind of made me want to live in the moment because you never know what tomorrow’s going to bring,” junior class president Mia Martin says. “That’s what quarantine and this whole year has taught me…live in the moment, and try something new.”

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“I already knew I wanted to join a good bit of clubs so I could get more involved and know more people, so that’s all I know is like having the virtual meetings,” Olivia says. “I guess we all just tried to do as many in-person events as we could…and even though it wasn’t the same - how other people told me - it was something.”

Gracean says she was simply excited to be in close proximity to her friends, as opposed to not at all. Getting to experience events she didn’t get to experience last year when school moved to virtual learning in March, like the annual Powderpuff game, was important to her.

Freshman class president Juliette Trahan said that she often reminded herself of how thankful she was to be back to in-person learning, regardless of how it looked.

“When we were coming back to school and I was just upset at the world…I would think to myself in class, ‘Just be thankful that you’re here and that you can come back to school and see your friends,’ and that helped me a whole bunch,” Juliette says.

As the girls each move on to their next stage of high school - whether they have three years or one left at VCH - they plan to use the experience of their 2020-2021 school year to enter the upcoming year with a refreshed outlook on their high school career: an outlook of embracing every opportunity and living in the moment.

“As a sophomore, I watched the juniors and seniors this year lose everything that they’ve been working for, you know… all the fun things you wait for [as an underclassman] like the powderpuff game.

I think that when it’s the sophomores’ turn, [we’ll] appreciate it so much more,” Madison says.

Terrier

AAAChievements ARTS:

Emma Gottschalk Emma Gottschalk ‘22 was selected by Music for All to be a member of the Bands of America (BOA) Honor Band in the 2022 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, CA. Emma has been playing flute for nearly 8 years and the piccolo for 4. When asked how music impacted her life, Emma said, “I often say that music IS my life. [Being part of the band,] I have learned leadership skills, responsibility, cooperation, and patience through working as a member of a larger group of musicians. We are individuals, but together we are the VC Regiment- we don’t succeed if we do not work together.” The audition process to be a member of BOA was “pretty simple” according to Emma. She was given a piece of music to learn and created a video of herself playing it, which was submitted to the BOA judges. Emma was chosen from hundreds of applicants across the country to be a part of the 300-piece national ensemble and stated that she was “ecstatic because that meant I was really being given an opportunity of a lifetime.”

“I am most honored to represent my school and my state and hometown in the Rose Parade. I sometimes have a hard time thinking it is really happening. I thank Mr. Brad Adams for presenting me with the challenge of auditioning. I am already working virtually with BOA and my new Rose Parade band friends.”

ATHLETICS:

Emery Prentice Emery Prentice ’22, who is a member of both the competition cheerleading and track teams, completed her junior year as a Competitive Cheer National Champion and Track and Field State Champion! But her list of accolades doesn’t stop there. Emery and the cheer team also earned third place at Nationals for their Large Varsity routine, and she was named co-captain for the 21-22 school year. In pole vaulting, Emery earned the runner-up title at the LHSAA Division I Indoor State Championship, Regional Field MVP title (with 1st place finishes in pole vault, long jump, triple jump, and the 4X100 relay), and set a new pole vault Class 4A record, winning the LHSAA Class 4A outdoor state championship title. At state, she also secured a triple jump 1st place finish and runner-up finish in the 4X100m relay. Emery was part of the first VCHS girls track and field team to win a state championship in the school’s history. “I’m most proud of winning the Class 4A pole vault because I had such great competition to go up against and it just felt so rewarding to come out on top.” She is currently ranked in the top 5 nationally for girls high school pole vault.

Even more impressive than the athletic accolades, is that Emery maintained a 3.86 GPA for her junior year.

When asked how she manages academics and sports, she said, “I’ve gotten used to the constant running around between sports, having been a multi-sport athlete since 8th grade at VCHS. I’ve had a couple of years to figure it all out and I think I’ve found that perfect balance. Needless to say, I like to stay busy!”

Emery hopes to have another great season in each of her sports as she enters her senior year, as well as maintaining her good grades. “Specifically, I would like to reach 14’ in pole vault and hopefully decide where I would like to pole vault in college.”

ACADEMICS:

Brandon Nguyen Brandon Nguyen ’21 earned a spot as a Finalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program, a prestigious honor given to those in the top of their class nationwide with high PSAT scores. He also graduated top ten in his class and was named a VCHS Sacred Heart Scholar for his 30+ ACT score. Brandon was also a member of the VCHS soccer and track teams. When asked how he was able to manage high academic standards and participate in extracurriculars, Brandon said, “I always made sure I finished my schoolwork in advance, during my free time at school or right after practices.”

During his high school career, Brandon was most proud of being named a National Merit Scholar. He plans on attending the University of Alabama in the fall to major in mechanical engineering and business. As for future career plans, Brandon wants to focus on college for now, but would like to, one day, work as an engineer and entrepreneur for an automotive company.

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save the date ALUMNI CO-ED SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT August 6-7, 2021 East Houma Airbase Complex

For more information, contact Kevin Ramirez at kevinpramirez@gmail.com or follow us on Facebook @vchterrierclub.

The VCH Terrier Club is proud to support Terrier Athletics. Through memberships and fundraising efforts such as the Alumni Co-Ed Softball Tournament and Top Dawg Crawfish Cook-Off, the VCH Terrier Club has created a strong sense of community and support to our student-athletes and their fans! Over the past five years, the volunteer-based organization has commited to raising nearly $1 million in funds that support the needs of student-athletes at Vandebilt Catholic High School such as uniforms, buses for transportation to away games, and field maintenance on campus. Any questions on how you can get involved may be directed to VCH Terrier Club president, Kevin Ramirez at kevinpramirez@gmail.com.

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A Note from the VCHS ALumni Director: Dear Terrier Nation, I am so excited to be in my new position at Vandebilt Catholic High School! As the new Director of Advancement and Alumni Relations, I am eager to continue the great work of all those who came before me and supported the “Fighting Terriers!”

Please allow me to formally introduce myself. My name is Doug Hamilton and I am a proud 1987 graduate! My entire family are Terriers! My wife Ginny is a 1991 graduate, my son Michael is a 2021 graduate, and my daughter Laura (2023) will soon graduate. My entire life has been spent supporting and working at VCHS! My mother taught at Vandebilt (beginning in the early 1970s) and very early on I knew this would be a place at which I would love spending lots of time.

Throughout my professional career I have spent time as a minister, teacher, coach, moderator, department chair, and athletic director. I began teaching in 1991 and have enjoyed the amazing journey to my new position. I want to continue to share my passion for everything Vandebilt Catholic!

I am most looking forward to connecting (and in many cases reconnecting) to so many Terrier alumni. Growing up in a Vandebilt Catholic family enables me to recall so many wonderful memories from fairs to family days, from games on Fridays to Masses on Mondays, from “Terry the Terrier” to “Captain Spirit”, from marching band to March for Life! These (and so many more) are the memories that inspire me to give even more of myself to ensure that others have the great experiences that I’ve had as a Terrier.

During these unprecedented times, we are creating more ways of reaching out to Terrier alumni. I look forward to releasing short videos with the idea of spending “Two Minutes with a Terrier.” The goal is to begin producing and releasing these videos as part of our outreach to our nearly TEN THOUSAND TERRIER ALUMNI. We are also excited to announce vandebiltcatholicconnect.com! This new digital alumni platform will go live in August of 2021! This platform will be used to connect all of our Terriers and will be a great tool for creating a new and updated alumni directory, planning reunions and socials, alumni events and otherwise being a location where Terrier Nation can connect across the decades! We cannot wait to unveil this awesome engagement tool! When it goes live, please join the platform!

Currently, I am working with the Alumni Association board to partner with the Vandebilt Catholic Terrier Club in support of the second annual Terrier Club Alumni Co-Ed Softball Tournament! If you attended the event two years ago, you remember how special it was to have over 1000 Terriers in one place! We are currently working on plans to host the event again on August 6 and 7, 2021! Stay tuned for more information.

I appreciate so many people who have been on this Terrier journey especially those who have begun the process of revitalizing the Vandebilt Catholic Alumni Association. The current board is excited to begin sponsoring alumni events and looking toward even more communication with our past, present and future Terriers!

I want to let all of Terrier Nation know that I love VCHS as much now as I did when I first started coming on campus as a young boy! I look forward to serving the graduates of VCHS for many years to come!

Please reach out to me at dhamilton@vchterriers.org to let me know your Terrier story and be sure to scan the QR code below to update your contact information!

Terriers Forever!

Doug Hamilton Doug Hamilton VCHS ‘87

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Board Spotlights Jeff Bordelon ‘01 joined the Alumni Association earlier this year, after reconnecting with Alumni Director, Doug Hamilton, while in a search of yearbooks to expand his list of VCHS alumni golfers. His desire to reach out to former alumni, as well as his desire to serve VCHS, lead to his willingness and eagerness to expand his outreach to all VCHS alumni by becoming the president of the Alumni Association. He is currently an Investment Advisor Representative with Magnolia Wealth Strategies and married to Layne Holloway Bordelon. They have three young daughters.

Jeff Bordelon ‘01

Alumni Association President

Jeff recently spoke to the 2021 graduating class at the annual senior breakfast and said, “Next week you will have your final exams and will likely peel out in your car/ truck onto Tunnel Blvd, like we all have done. I’d suggest that before you do, take a slow look around and imprint some of the images of your life into your brain for long-time storage. I promise you that it will not be long before you are in your late 30s with immense responsibilities and you will want to recapture the freedom that you have had at Vandebilt Catholic.”

Alissa Vincent ‘10 joined the Alumni Association in 2019 and has served as vicepresident for the past two years. She is a proud fourth generation terrier and full-time mom to three-year-old, Maelyn Frances, a future terrier of the class of 2036! After moving back from Destin, FL, Alissa thoroughly enjoyed reconnecting with her high school classmates, which led her to volunteering and joining the Alumni Association board. Alissa and her fiance, Brent Autin are very passionate about giving back to the community and enjoy participating in cook-offs on the weekends.

Alissa stated, “I am honored to be part of the VCHS Alumni Association and cannot wait to be part of the progress. The Alumni Association will be a great resource to strengthen our Vandebilt community and continue our lasting bonds.”

Alissa Vincent ‘10

Alumni Association Vice-President

Angelique Thibodeaux Barker ‘79 joined the Alumni Association at the beginning of the 20-21 school year as secretary/treasurer. She has been an integral part of database updating over the past few months. Angelique earned her CPA license in 1985 and has been practicing public accounting with Stagni & Company, LLC ever since. She married her high school sweetheart, Michael Barker ’78 and together they have three wonderful children, who are also all VCHS graduates: Michael ’06, Mitchell ’07 and Allyson ’12. Angelique also serves as Vice Chair on the Terrebonne General Health System’s Board of Commissioners.

Angelique shared, “I am excited to work with fellow alumni and the current Alumni Association to reconnect and share the great positive attitude that is brewing at Vandebilt!”

Angelique Thibodeaux Barker ’79

Alumni Association Secretary/Treasurer

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VCHS Art Club Celebrates

Soup Bowl

Written By: Keely Diebold ‘16 It’s been 15 years since the community was first introduced to the VCHS art program’s annual Soup Bowl benefit, and today, even in the midst of a global pandemic, the longstanding, fan-favorite fundraiser shows no signs of slowing down.

“I’m proud of my students for continuing the enthusiasm over it because if they weren’t interested, we couldn’t keep the momentum going every year,” art teacher and art club advisor Laurie Robichaux ‘84 says.

The Soup Bowl is a student-produced fundraising event led by both Art Club members and advanced art students at VCHS. The annual fundraiser is highlighted by a soup bowl auction, featuring pieces designed by students in the art department, as well as a wide variety of soups for attendees to try.

Each year, art students select a new cause to which they want Soup Bowl proceeds to go.

For Robichaux, the best part of the Soup Bowl is seeing art students use the talents they possess to give back to the community in a hands-on way.

“The pride in knowing that these students embrace and own those gifts that they have been given and realize that when you have a talent, the best part of it is sharing. The best experience of it is being able to share it with somebody else,” Robichaux says.

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An initial founder of the event, Robichaux says the goal of the first Soup Bowl benefit 15 years ago was set at raising $500 for the Bunk House. In its nearly two-decade existence, though, the event has grown drastically, expanding from a dozen soups for attendees to try, to four dozen.

Robichaux says that another meaningful part of the fundraiser to her is watching her art students take charge of the event and accept all of the responsibilities that accompany it - from creating bowls, to photographing the auction items and creating the event’s catalog, to cleaning slow cookers, to overseeing the auction itself.

“My favorite part is that it is all student-run,” Robichaux says. “We have resisted any parent aid, although we have lots of wonderful, involved parents who support us in a lot of other ways.”

Though the Soup Bowl is a one-night event, its preparation is an all-year ordeal for the students behind the magic.

At the start of each school year, Soup Bowl organizers meet to set workshop dates for creating the bowls that will automatically become auction items in the benefit. After bowls are formed, fired, and painted, they are photographed and displayed in a catalog for potential buyers to see.

Students then send out letters requesting donations of soups and door prizes from the community. Additionally, performing arts groups, such as the VCHS choir, are invited to provide the Soup Bowl’s entertainment.

When it all comes together, Robichaux says the event is embraced and attended

by VCHS students, art department alumni, and the local community year after year.

Along with the setup of the event comes the selection of a unique theme. Over the years, students have found ways to be exceptionally creative with their theme selections, with the most recent being SOUPernova.

“We had SOUPercalifragilistic. We had Mission Impossi-BOWL. We had one close to Halloween that was Spook Bowl, so everybody got to dress up, and that one I really remember because we used to do… commercials, and for Spook Bowl, we had this great kind of horror film trailer,” Robichaux laughs.

This school year, the Soup Bowl looked differently due to the impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Instead of an in-person event, the art program hosted the fundraiser as an online auction, featuring Christmas

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ornaments as an added auction item.

Students signed up for limited-capacity workshop sessions or picked up to-go kits of supplies to create the bowls for the event. After the event, winners were invited to pick up their items at the school in a safe, socially-distant manner.

Robichaux says the event proved to be a success despite setbacks.

“I was excited that we were able to do it.

This was the first thing that students came into the year asking. ‘Are we going to have an art show? Are we going to have a Soup Bowl? How are we going to do it?’”

Robichaux says.

However, the hopeful return of an in-person event in conjunction with the Soup Bowl’s 16th year of existence will be a reason to celebrate, Robichaux says.

“I think it will be almost a renewed experience, honestly, because I’ll have so many students who haven’t had the experience at that point in time. There will be at least two grade levels of students that haven’t done the full experience, ” Robichaux says. “It’ll be maybe a renewed energy because we’ll see each other’s faces again…Just to see smiles again, I can’t wait for that.”

Vandebilt Catholic High School Written by: Betsy Breerwood Several upgrades have been made to the Vandebilt Catholic campus over the past few years, but it was time to turn the attention to the inside of the aging classrooms and hallways of the 50+ year old school building. In the summer of 2020, capital improvement funds were dedicated to renovating two classrooms on the first floor. At the time, the lofty goal of raising funds to renovate all classrooms and hallways on the first floor by the summer of 2021 was set. It was time for the learning environment to match the caliber of its excellent teachers and students.

The remodel project became the focal point of all fundraising efforts for the 20202021 school year through the advancement office, and with donations from events such as Tailgating in the Cloud, iGiveCatholic, and from personal donors who believed in the cause, all first-floor classrooms were funded for renovation and the “lofty” goal was met quicker than imagined.

LED lighting, updated ceiling tiles, electrical upgrades, modern paint colors, and new window treatments will be installed in each classroom this summer.

The lockers and mismatched ceiling tiles have been removed in the hallway, adding more space and clean lines. New flooring will also be installed in the hallways and classrooms. Seven classrooms will receive new “store front” double pane insulated windows, that are not only beautiful, but energy efficient. The goal is to integrate

...a class of its own!

these windows campus wide over the next 6-10 years. The Biology II / Physics lab is also getting a major overhaul through a donating partnership with Terrebonne General Health Systems.

Other projects for the summer include pressure washing and painting the front of school. The old light blue lettering and awning will be painted the official branded royal blue color, which will modernize the building. The walkway ceilings between the front office and main school building are also getting an upgrade with weatherproof materials, instead of indoor ceiling tiles.

The upgrades and renovations will be finished before the start of the school year, where the planning of the next phase of renovations will begin. We are moving on up to the second floor! Fundraising efforts for the 21-22 school year will continue to focus on classroom renovations until we have updated every classroom in the school!

If you would like more information on the renovation projects and how to help, please contact Jeremy Gueldner, VCHS President at 985-876-2551.

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