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CRIMSON SHIELD
THE ONLINE MAGAZINE OF BROTHER MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL
May 2013
Published Monthly September through May
News and Notes

The Archdiocese of New Orleans released its strategic plan for education on May 7. The plan calls for all Catholic schools to follow either a K-7 or 8-12 format.

Here is an excerpt from an article in The Advocate (5/9):

For some schools, such as Brother Martin High School, the change will be relatively mi­nor. Three years ago, the all-boys Catholic school in Gentilly added a seventh grade. Now it will have to remove the seventh grade to comply with the archdiocese's plan. ...

John Devlin, president at Brother Martin, said that the school fully intends to comply with the plan. "We've always been a team player in the archdiocese and will continue to be," Devlin said.

While he said a possible decrease in enrollment is something the school will need to ad­dress, he is confident the numbers will even out.

Devlin said the school, which has 1,200 students, added the seventh grade in response to requests from parents, and that it has been a very successful addition.

"Our hope is that it will benefit not just all schools but all families who want their children to benefit from a Catholic education," Devlin said, of the long-term goals of the restruc­turing.

Did You Know?

 

Raymond Arroyo '87
Raymond Arroyo '87
Raymond Arroyo ('87) is the news director and lead anchor of EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) and author or editor of several books.
  • Raymond graduated from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts, after which he worked at the Associated Press and for the political columnists Evans and Novak.
  • Since joining ETWN in 1996, he has hosted the program The World Over Live. In that capacity, he has interviewed Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Mother Teresa, George W. Bush, and Mel Gibson, who directed the film The Passion of the Christ.
  • Arroyo's 2007 biography of EWTN founder, Mother Angel­ica, became a New York Times bestseller. He also edited Mother Angelica's Little Book of Life Lessons and Everyday Spirituality and other books containing her teachings.
  • He makes regular appearances on The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN Headline News, The O'Reilly Factor, and other programs.
  • Raymond also contributes articles to the Wall Street Jour­nal, The Washington Times, Newsweek, Time, The New Yorker, and National Review.
Raymond lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and three chil­dren.
Raymond Arroyo in Rome 3/2013
Raymond covering the papal election in March 2013
Photo Quiz
The picture below was taken at the dedication of the Benson Free Enterprise Resource Center in the Brother Martin Library.
  • The center was made possible by an endowment from the Benson brothers, Tom Jr. ('44), Jerome ('46), Larry ('63), and A. C.
  • Tom Benson said the center was created "to honor our parents who did so much to foster the work-prayer-success ethic in their four sons."

In what year did the dedication take place?

(A) 1979 (B) 1984 (C) 1989 (D) 1994

 Benson Center Dedicated
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