Alfred Bonnabel High School

Alfred T. Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School is a comprehensive public high school in Kenner, Louisiana, and is part of Jefferson Parish Public Schools, the largest public school system in Louisiana. The Bonnabel Bruin Boys Basketball Team is well recognized throughout Louisiana, following years of recent success, including the school's 2017 appearance in the State Basketball Championships. Bonnabel is the only high school in Kenner, and serves most of Kenner and parts of Metairie.[2][3][4]

Alfred T. Bonnabel High School
Location
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2801 Bruin Drive Kenner, LA 70065
Coordinates	30.0106°N 90.227°W / 30.0106; -90.227
Information
Type	Public
School district	Jefferson Parish Public Schools
Principal	Adam Lanford
Faculty	80.3
Teaching staff	69.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades	8-12
Number of students	1,366 (2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	19.80[1]
Color(s)	Black & Gold
Mascot	Bruins
Website	www.bonnabelbruins.org

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.[5] Bonnabel's main campus includes multiple academic buildings spread across, including a building dedicated exclusively to Freshman students.[5] The campus also consists of a full sized Baseball and Softball field, field house, and gym. A memorial garden for a student killed in 2016 was also dedicated in May 2016 by the class of 2017 and administrators

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.[6]

In 2002 it had about 1,750 students.[5]

See also

• List of high schools in Louisiana

References

1. "Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
2. "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Metairie CDP, LA" (Archived 2014-05-18 at WebCite). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.
3. "Council District Map" (Archived 2014-05-18 at WebCite). City of Kenner. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.
4. "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.
5. 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. [...] The whole school will go on block schedules."
6. "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Alfred Bonnabel High School". Nces.ed.gov. Retrieved 2010-06-10.

External links

• Bonnabel Home Page