Catholic High School of Pointe Coupee is a Catholic Interparochial school in New Roads, Louisiana

New Roads, Louisiana

New Roads is a city in and the parish seat of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States. The center of population of Louisiana is located in New Roads . The population was 4,996 at the 2000 census. The city's ZIP code is 70760...

. It was founded in 1904 by the Sisters of St. Joseph who were commissioned to bring Catholic education to Pointe Coupee Parish.

History

Catholic of Pointe Coupee has been affiliated with the Sisters of St. Joseph since its conception. The school has been housed in several different buildings over its lifetime, beginning in a small four-room cottage on St. Mary Street, then moving up to a slightly larger building which would be destroyed by fire in 1929. Then the school moved into a large wood framed building donated by the Richey Family. The School/convent remained in that building until the early 1960s when a modern facility was completed on Fourth Street which houses the school to this day.

Also, the school like many Catholic Schools, was the first to accept African-American students after the Brown vs. the Board of Education (1954).

In 2005 and 2006, the School was host to many students from Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

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 destroyed Catholic schools in the New Orleans area, including Redeemer Seton High, Archbishop Hannan High School

Archbishop Hannan High School

Archbishop Hannan High School is a Catholic, co-ed, high school located in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Its mascot is called Harry The Hawk. The school's motto is Caritas Viniculum Perfectionis, which translates to "charity is the way to perfection." It is located in the Roman Catholic...

, and St. Augustine High School

St. Augustine High School (New Orleans)

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.

Student body

The student body reflects the diversity of the region. Over half of the students come from small farming communities that dot the landscape around New Roads.

Athletics

The school, despite its 1A status, offers a number of sports and after school programs, including football

American football

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, soccer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

, power lifting, baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

, softball

Softball

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, basketball

Basketball

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, cross-country, track

Track and field

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, and dance

Competitive dance

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. In 2006, the volleyball

Volleyball

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team made it to the playoffs. In 1978, the school's football team won the state championship. In the 2006 season, the football team finished fourth in the state. The boys power lifting team took home state championships in 1988, 1992, 2007, 2008 and 2009, while the girls won state in 1992, 2005, 2008 and 2009. The 1986 Baseball team won the state championship while the 2008 the Baseball team finished with a #6 ranking and made a quarterfinal appearance in the playoffs for the first time in over 6 years. In 2010 the Baseball won the district title and entered the playoffs ranked #1 overall. The Softball team won the district titles in 2007 and 2008 and has made the playoffs over 5 consecutive years.