Alfred Bonnabel High School
| Alfred Bonnabel High School | |
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| Location | |
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2801 Bruin Drive Kenner, LA 70065 | |
| Coordinates | 30°00′38″N 90°13′37″W / 30.0106°N 90.227°WCoordinates: 30°00′38″N 90°13′37″W / 30.0106°N 90.227°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| School district | Jefferson Parish Public Schools |
| Principal | Dawn Kalb |
| Faculty | 80.3 |
| Grades | 8-12 |
| Number of students | 1421 |
| Color(s) | Black & Gold |
| Mascot | Bruins |
| Website |
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Alfred Bonnabel High School is a public school in Kenner, Louisiana, and is part of Jefferson Parish Public Schools, the largest public school system in Louisiana. Bonnabel is the only high school in Kenner, and serves most of Kenner and parts of Metairie.[1][2][3]
East Jefferson High School had been using "A.M. & P.M. platoon shifts" where the first classes went to school from 6 a.m. until noon, and the second shift went from 12:30 to 6:30. In 1973 they started building a new all male school named Alfred T. Bonnabel High. Even though it would not be completed until 2 years later, they decided to call the morning shift “Bonnabel” and the afternoon shift “East Jefferson”. The following year the two shifts flip-flopped. The third year the student that had been using the name “Bonnabel” moved into their new building just north of I-10 between David Dr. and Williams Blvd.
Campus
The school is on a 30-acre (12 ha) property in Kenner. Ray Ferrand, the principal in 2002, said during that year that, as paraphrased by Megan Kamerick of the New Orleans CityBusiness, the school could be "overwhelming" for first time students. After receiving a grant, the school dedicated one building to ninth grade students.[4]
Demographics
Bonnabel High School is a Title I school that has 1421 students (530 9th grade, 337 10th grade, 311 11th grade, 243 12th grade). Bonnabel has 579 black students, 400 Hispanic students, 370 white students, 69 Asian students, and 3 students of American Indian or Alaskan descent. 664 students are eligible for free lunch.[5]
In 2002 it had about 1,750 students.[4]
Notable alumni
- Melvin Guillard, professional mixed martial artist, competed on The Ultimate Fighter 2
- Shan Foster, professional basketball player
- Temeka Johnson, professional basketball player
- Joey Gathright, professional baseball player
- Blake Jarrell, world-renowned DJ
- Steven Scaffidi, filmmaker - Steven Scaffidi is an award-winning filmmaker who has written, produced, and directed many documentary and feature films for television and the big screen.
- Lauren LeBlanc, business owner of Fleurty Girl franchise
Siddharth (Montu) Saxena, Academic Physicist and International Affairs Expert
See also
References
- ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Metairie CDP, LA" (Archived 2014-05-18 at WebCite). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Council District Map" (Archived 2014-05-18 at WebCite). City of Kenner. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.
- ↑ "High School Districts 2012-2013 East Bank of Jefferson Parish Louisiana." (Archived 2014-05-18 at WebCite) Jefferson Parish Public School System. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.
- 1 2 Kamerick, Megan. "Seven area schools create academies for Freshmen." New Orleans CityBusiness. Monday April 1, 2002. Retrieved on March 17, 2013. Available on LexisNexis. "At other high schools freshmen are actually in their own building. Alfred Bonnabel High School sits on 30 acres in Kenner and has about 1,750 students, which can be overwhelming to new students, says Principal Ray Ferrand. "We toyed with this idea a few years ago," he says. "The grant made it a lot easier." The school set aside an existing building just for the ninth graders. Ferrand says he was prompted to make the change by problems with absences and tardiness. Next year Bonnabel will likely have both a ninth grade house and a 10th grade house, each with small teams. The whole school will go on block schedules."
- ↑ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Alfred Bonnabel High School". Nces.ed.gov. Retrieved 2010-06-10.