Academics at Archbishop Rummel High School is a carefully designed and coordinated program.  The school employs a dedicated and professional faculty who teach a challenging curriculum to a focused and successful student body.  Rummel graduates have gone on to academic success at many of the finest colleges and universities in America, earning graduate and professional degrees from a long list of schools.

 The academic program at Archbishop Rummel High School has been designed to address specific academic needs that have been identified by the school’s administration and faculty.  For example, a standardized test preparation class has just been introduced into the curriculum as a requirement for all students.  The recent upgrading of the school’s Honors Program includes a third year of Latin as a requirement for all prospective Honors Program candidates – as well as two years of a modern foreign language.  Among the worthwhile electives introduced into the curriculum are classes such as Biology II, Chemistry II, and Creative Writing.  Electives enter the Archbishop Rummel High School curriculum only if they address particular academic needs. 

 Academically advanced students are encouraged to seek admittance into the school’s Honors Program; these same academically gifted students may choose to enroll in a wide range of Advanced Placement (AP) courses in order to fully develop their academic potential. Other students with special academic needs are afforded the opportunity to work in a curriculum that addresses their needs in a personal manner.  The school’s faculty, counseling department, and its administration work with each student and his family to identify how he might best achieve academic success.

The requirements listed on the following pages have been approved by the Louisiana State Department of Education, the Office of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, and the administration of Archbishop Rummel High School.