Gwen Duet, director of counseling at E.D. White Catholic High School in Thibodaux, who is primarily responsible for the eighth grade class, says that parents want their children to be physically and psychologically secure while attending school.

Jennifer Russell, curriculum specialist at St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School in Thibodaux, says that teachers have been planning benchmark assessments ahead of this school year to help parents and educators gauge where students are academically and where they should be.

We gratefully acknowledge the intentional efforts of our school administrators and staffs for all they have done throughout this summer to honor our commitment of safety, presence, and growth as we return to school this fall.

Superintendent of Catholic Schools, Suzanne Troxclair, gives us the latest update on specifics of how we will be returning to school this Fall. Topics include Catholic identity, benchmark assessments, water bottles & water fountains, food service, and bus transportation.

Suzanne Troxclair, Superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Houma- Thibodaux, announced today the dates for the safe return to classroom instruction for the 2020-2021 school year. As outlined in a video released this morning, Troxclair said the diocesan high schools would return the week of August 10-14 for orientation (with specific dates announced by those schools to their respective parents), and the elementary schools returning to class on Friday, August 14th. 

Superintendent of Catholic Schools Suzanne Troxclair sits with Director of Communications Lonnie Thibodeaux to answer more questions about topics of interest as we near the return to school.

Superintendent of Catholic Schools Suzanne Troxclair sits with Director of Communications Lonnie Thibodeaux to discuss the return to in-class instruction for the 2020-2021 school year.  

Bishop Shelton Fabre and Superintendent of Catholic Schools, Suzanne Troxclair, announce that the Catholic Schools of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux will return to in-class instruction in August for the 2020-2021 school year.

Ginny Medina-Hamilton, a 1991 Vandebilt Catholic High School graduate, has been appointed principal of her alma mater effective for the 2020-2021 school year, it has been announced by Suzanne Troxclair, Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux. Medina-Hamilton spent the last three years as the Director of Gifted, Talented, and Arts Education in the St. Charles Parish Public Schools system. 

The Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux is actively preparing for the safe return to our schools in August for the 2020-2021 school year. 

In light of the governor’s latest proclamation and his plans for the upcoming implementation of gradual phases of changes to the Stay at Home order, our high school leaders have been working diligently behind the scenes with the Catholic Schools Office and diocesan officials to offer the most meaningful and traditional baccalaureate celebrations possible and have prayerfully determined the rescheduling of our Catholic high school graduations.

In compliance with the emergency statewide proclamation issued by Governor John Bel Edwards dated April 15, 2020, Bishop Fabre and Superintendent Suzanne Troxclair are announcing the continuation of distance learning in all Catholic schools in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year.

Jeremy Gueldner, who has been serving as principal of Vandebilt Catholic High School for the past four years, has been appointed as the school’s next president effective for the 2020-2021 school year, it has been announced by Suzanne Delaune Troxclair, Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux.