The campus, stop by stop.

Twenty two acres at 1901 Severn Avenue in Metairie. The chapel, the Raider Room, the prayer garden, the field, the labs, and the places every Raider can point to. Walk it here, then come walk it for real.

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Seventeen stops. One campus.

The walk a family takes on a private tour, in the order they take it. Every stop is a real place a Raider passes every day, and most of them have a story.

  1. 01
    The RUMMEL sign on the front of the school against a blue sky

    The Front Lawn on Severn

    Twenty two acres in the middle of Metairie, and the name in letters you can read from the road. The Good Shepherd stands on the lawn with a lamb across his shoulders, the first thing a visitor passes and the last thing a senior does.

  2. 02
    The statue of St. John Baptist de La Salle with two students, at the main entrance

    The Main Entrance

    St. John Baptist de La Salle has stood inside the front doors, across from the receptionist, since 1982. Brother Louis Welker asked the Brothers’ retirement community in Lafayette for him, then drove a school van over and brought him home. Every school day starts by walking past him. The reception area around him was renovated in the 2024 to 2025 school year, so the first room a visitor sees is one of the newest.

  3. 03
    The lighted display case in the hall telling the story of Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel

    The Archbishop’s Case

    A lighted case in the hall tells the story of Joseph Francis Rummel, the Archbishop of New Orleans the school is named for, under the words he chose for his own crest: to give one’s life for the sheep.

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  4. 04
    The Raider Room hallway, with the Rufus mural on the wall and the plaques running down the hall

    The Raider Room

    The room the day starts in. Raiders who arrive before seven go to the Raider Room or the cafeteria, a family on Spend A Day checks in here, and group study happens here rather than in the library. Rufus rides the wall, and the plaques of every Alumnus of the Year run down the hall.

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  5. 05
    The Raider Room cross, a bronze Risen Christ on a wooden cross between portraits of Archbishop Rummel and St. La Salle, under the words Let us remember that we are in the holy presence of God

    The Raider Room Cross

    Cast bronze on a wooden cross, Christ in the pose of the Resurrection, by sculptor Marge Ward, paid for by Spirit Week collections and the Student Council in 1994. The four ends carry the crest: the hunting horn, the book, the star, the pelican. It hangs between Archbishop Rummel and St. La Salle, under the words every Lasallian class begins with.

  6. 06
    The Raider Legends wall, rows of portrait plaques on a Columbia blue wall

    Raider Legends

    A wall of portraits for the teachers, coaches, and Brothers the Alumni Association has named Raider Legends, Brother John Fairfax among them. These are the names a graduate still says twenty years out.

  7. 07
    The Award Wall in the library: Rummel Awards, the valedictorian and salutatorian rolls in Columbia blue and red frames

    The Library and the Award Wall

    Quiet study, the reference area, and the Award Wall: every valedictorian and salutatorian since 1966, with the Rummel Award, the St. La Salle Award, the American Legion Award, and the honorary alumni beside them. The Saint La Salle Seminar Room, added in the 2024 to 2025 school year, gives a class a place to work as a group.

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  8. 08
    The courtyard between the classroom buildings, grass and red picnic tables

    The Courtyard

    Between the classroom buildings: grass, picnic tables, and the walkways every Raider crosses a dozen times a day. The classroom buildings open at 7:20 each morning, and this is the way in.

  9. 09
    Inside the Chapel of St. Joseph: wooden pews, the altar, and the crucifix on a navy wall

    The Chapel of St. Joseph

    Optional Masses through the week, the Fratres gathering here monthly, and a place a Raider may go at lunch when he needs one. The school-wide Mass is in the Raider Gym; this is where the faith of the place is kept every day.

  10. 10
    The chapel doors, dark wood with stained glass in blue and gold

    The Chapel Doors

    Given by Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Wilson in memory of their son Darryl Joseph Wilson ’82, honor student, drum major, and a young man strong in his faith. In 2003 the admissions secretary mentioned that students could not find the chapel; the family answered with doors nobody could miss. Designed by Edward Goldman Jr., glass by Claude Lipps, dedicated May 2003.

  11. 11
    The Rosary and Prayer Garden, its paths laid out as a cross with stone benches and Our Lady beneath a pergola

    The Rosary and Prayer Garden

    A walled garden off the courtyard, laid out as a cross in turf and brick, with Our Lady under the pergola and benches enough for a class. Built by alumni for Brother John Fairfax, FSC, who was there when the doors opened in 1962, taught on braces and crutches for the rest of his life, and never let his condition hinder his mission.

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  12. 12
    The cafeteria full of students in red shirts under the RUMMEL RAIDERS wall

    The Cafeteria

    Open before seven for the early arrivals, full at lunch, and the room a Raider Pride Night crowd fills to the walls.

  13. 13
    The Raider Pride Store, red double doors under a RAIDER PRIDE sign

    The Raider Pride Store

    The school store, red doors and all. The uniform tie is bought here, and so is everything else with an R on it.

  14. 14
    Students at the broadcast desk in the media lab

    The Labs and the Media Lab

    The multimedia lab on North Hullen, where the Rummel Streaming Network goes on the air, and down the hall the chemistry lab and the writing center. The rooms where the coursework leaves the page.

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  15. 15
    The whole school gathered in the Raider Gym, hands raised, singing

    The Raider Gym

    Every week the whole school is in here for Mass, and on a game night it is loud in a different way. Basketball, pep rallies, and every assembly worth remembering happen under this roof.

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  16. 16
    The turf field with the red and Columbia blue R at midfield

    The Field

    Turf, yard lines, and the R at midfield. Football and the Raider Band share it, and the red tower at the end of it sees all of it at once.

  17. 17
    The indoor batting cage: turf, netting, a pitching machine, and RAIDERS across the wall

    The Cage

    Indoor turf, a pitching machine, and RAIDERS across the wall. Baseball hits year round, whatever the weather is doing outside, and the fieldhouse locker rooms are a few steps away.

Around campus. Any given day.

The rest of the walk, without the guide.

A student at the front doors of the school beside a Welcome Future Raiders sign
The front doors
The courtyard from under the walkway, brick buildings and blue sky
The courtyard, from the walkway
Students in goggles at a bench in the chemistry lab
The chemistry lab
A Raider at the free throw line in the Raider Gym on game night
The Raider Gym, game night
Wooden locker stalls with jerseys and red caps under a RUMMEL sign
The locker room
The red tower at the end of the field against a blue sky
The tower
The Raider Band in formation on the field in front of the RUMMEL building
The Raider Band on the field
The football team lined up along the sideline at night, helmets on the turf
Before kickoff

Now see it in person.

Spend A Day shadowing a Raider, take a private tour, or come to Open House. Drop off at the long awning on Severn and check in at the Raider Room.

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