Evangelists, friends, teachers, leaders...Rummel teachers seek a more personal relationship with their class and are always willing to go the extra mile.

Life Story by Mr. Don Stout
    Born in New Orleans at the old Hotel Dieu Hospital (which shortly thereafter became the parking lot for the new Hotel Dieu Hospital), Don learned early to roll with the punches.
    His family moved to Metairie after he completed the 5th grade, removing him from the womb of parochial schools and submerging him in the real world of Jefferson Parish public schools. After completing 8th grade at T.H.Harris Middle, Don expected to follow his friends to East Jefferson High. In an effort to disrupt any continuity in the learning process (at least, in his mind), his parents tried to coerce him into attending Archbishop Rummel High School.
    For the first time in his life, Don put his foot down- there was no way his parents could force him to attend Rummel. (Little did he know!) By the time he acquiesced, Rummel had closed enrollment for the year. (Little did they know!) After much begging and pleading by his parents, Don was the last student admitted that year. The rest is, as they say, history. Don went on to graduate from Rummel.
    Inspired by a large number of faculty members (some to remain nameless are still here), Don decided to pursue a degree in English Education. Immediately upon receiving his teaching degree from the University of New Orleans, he did as expected- he joined the business world. For the next 13 years, Don enjoyed the ecstasies of retail, middle management, and corporate life in the beautiful and luxurious cities of River Ridge, Mandeville, Baton Rouge, and the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.
    When the opportunity to return to New Orleans came up, Don decided to uproot his family and come back anyway. Now that his family had four other mouths to feed (namely, his wife of 10 years, Elizabeth, twin boys, Jonathan and Jeremy, who'd been born somewhere between River Ridge and Mandeville, and his youngest son, Zachary, who was born in Baton Rouge), it was only natural for Don to decide to begin his very lucrative teaching career. When the opening at Rummel materialized, the stage was set.