Chapelle Shares Gratitude Through 2025 Thanksgiving Baskets 🦃🧺 The spirit of giving was alive and overflowing at Archbishop Chapelle High School this Thanksgiving season! As part of our annual Thanksgiving Basket Drive, students, faculty, and staff worked together to create beautiful baskets filled with food and essentials for families in need. This year, the baskets were donated to the St. Mary Magdalen Food Pantry as well as six other families in our Chapelle community. Each Burrow, along with members of the faculty and staff, completed a full basket — totaling over 40 baskets donated! In addition, the Chapelle family collected more than 600 items as part of the drive. This service effort beautifully reflects the mission of our Matthew 25 Service Program, which reminds us of Christ’s words: “...we see you hungry and feed you.” We are so proud of our Chipmunks for living out their faith through compassion, generosity, and action. Because of your kindness, many families will experience comfort, hope, and joy this Thanksgiving season.

12th Grade Grandparents Day: A Cherished Chapelle Tradition The Class of 2025 celebrated a beautiful 12th Grade Grandparents Day filled with faith, family, and gratitude. The day began with a heartfelt Mass honoring the special role grandparents play in our lives and in shaping our faith. Following the celebration, seniors and their grandparents enjoyed a delicious lunch provided by the Parents Club — complete with laughter, stories, and plenty of hugs. This celebration was especially meaningful as it marked the seniors’ final Grandparents Day as Chapelle Chipmunks. It was a wonderful reminder of the love, support, and traditions that make our community so strong. We are truly blessed to have such an amazing community of grandparents who nurture and inspire our students with faith, wisdom, and unconditional love.

Our first annual Foreign Language Festival was a hit! Members of our National French Honor Society contributed by bringing French food, such as macarons, crêpes, and croissants, which were enjoyed by all. One student, Lauren de la Gardelle, created a French festival banner that hung over our presentation of the treats. Some of the activities we had included dressing up and taking fun pictures with friends, enjoying delicious treats, wearing funny mustaches, and playing a game called The Stolen Jewels from the Louvre. The person who found the crown won a delicious Bourdin cheese. Members of our National Spanish Honor Society contributed by bringing Spanish food, such as chips & queso and guacamole, which our students could not get enough of. The activity that they shared with the student body was Zumba. So many students enjoyed getting some exercise while doing some Spanish dance moves and listening to Spanish music. We loved our time with @gina.zumba.nola. Members of our National Junior Classical League contributed by bringing an ancient Greek and Roman inspired photobooth! Students had an opportunity to take pictures with friends while learning more about Greek and Roman culture. Members also brought Spanish food and French food to collaborate with our modern languages. All three organizations, as well as Chips Around Japan, displayed their club boards to share their cultures and inspire the student body. Overall, our goal for the first Foreign Language Festival was simply to spread the beauty of different cultures to the entire student body, and we definitely achieved that!

Sweet Moments in the Baking Club! The Chapelle Baking Club filled the air with delicious aromas and even sweeter smiles during their most recent meeting! 💚 Members rolled up their sleeves and got creative in the kitchen, whipping up brownies, pumpkin spice cookies, and rice crispy treats — the perfect combination of chocolatey, cozy, and classic.  The afternoon was full of laughter, teamwork, and taste-testing (of course!). The Baking Club continues to be a fun way for students to bond, learn new recipes, and share their Chapelle spirit — one treat at a time! 💚 We can’t wait to see (and taste!) what they bake up next!

Chapelle Duck Scavenger Hunt🧡 The Chapelle community had a quacking good time celebrating Coach JoDee, who was recently named Smalls Sliders’ Small Town Hero! To help mark this amazing recognition, Drew Brees and his Smalls Sliders team gifted Chapelle with a fun surprise — a campus-wide duck hunt! Scattered across Chapelle’s campus were mini ducks, each with a special prize on the bottom such as free queso, free drink, or free side of fries. And hidden among them was one very special giant duck that offered the ultimate reward: free Smalls Sliders for an entire month! The lucky finder of the golden duck was 10th grader Sarah Cosentino! 🏆 Congratulations, Sarah — and great job to all the students who joined the fun and found ducks throughout the day!  It was a joyful (and delicious!) way to celebrate Coach JoDee’s incredible honor and show how one person’s inspirational leadership can bring so much positivity to our community. 💚

🎶💚 Chapelle’s Talent Shines at the Music Appreciation Club Talent Show! 💚🎶 The spotlight was on our incredibly talented Chipmunks during the Talent Show presented by the Music Appreciation Club! The event brought together creativity, confidence, and community as the entire school gathered to cheer on our performers. ✨ 🎤 A Stage Full of Talent Five gifted students took the stage and wowed the crowd with their musical abilities: - Mia Maone, Kathleen Elmer, and Grace Wilson showcased their beautiful voices with powerful vocal performances. - Cassie Nguyen and Elise Nelson impressed everyone with their skillful and heartfelt piano pieces. Each performance celebrated not only musical talent but also the courage to share one’s gifts in front of the entire Chapelle family. The audience’s energy and support made the day truly special! 💚 And the Winner Is... After a round of amazing performances, Cassie Nguyen was crowned First Place Winner! Her stunning piano performance left the audience in awe — a well-deserved recognition for her hard work and talent. 🌟 Music, Joy, and Chapelle Spirit Events like this remind us how special the Chapelle community is — a place where students uplift one another and celebrate each other’s talents. Thank you to the Music Appreciation Club for organizing such a wonderful show and for giving our students a platform to shine!  Congratulations to all our talented performers — your creativity, passion, and school spirit inspire us all! 🎵💫

💚🐿️ Open House 2025: A Night to Remember! 🐿️💚 What an incredible night at Archbishop Chapelle High School’s 2025 Open House! With a record-breaking number of families visiting our campus, the energy, excitement, and Chipmunk pride could be felt in every hallway. ✨ From the moment guests arrived, our Chapelle Ambassadors led them on guided tours that showcased what makes our school truly special — our vibrant community, engaging academics, faith-filled environment, and student life bursting with spirit. Families got a firsthand look at everything from innovative classrooms and technology to dynamic clubs, athletics, and service opportunities that shape well-rounded Chapelle women. Faith at the Center of It All At every stop, visitors saw what makes Chapelle unique: Christ at the center of everything we do. Whether it’s in the classroom, on the field, or through service, our mission of Faith, Tradition, and Excellence shines in every part of campus life. A Huge Thank You! We are over the moon with gratitude for everyone who helped make this event such a success — our students, faculty, staff, alumnae, and volunteers who came together to welcome the next generation of Chipmunks! And to every prospective student and family who joined us: thank you for visiting Chapelle! We hope you felt the warmth, joy, and sisterhood that make our school so special.

👗 Totally Twisted Tuesday at Chapelle! 👠🎩 Things got fashionable on campus during Chapelle’s Totally Twisted Tuesday dress-down day! Students and faculty took the theme to heart, showing up in the wildest, wackiest outfits they could find — from mismatched patterns and funky accessories to upside-down fashion moments that had everyone smiling. 💚✨ The morning's highlight was the Totally Twisted Fashion Show, where each grade’s Top 5 Best Dressed strutted their stuff down the “runway.” Laughter, music, and applause filled the air as the crowd cheered on their classmates’ creativity and flair for fun.  Our star-studded panel of judges — Mr. Giovingo, Ms. Miller, Mrs. Pickett, Mr. McCurley, and Mrs. Hook — had the tough job of choosing just one winner from so many bold looks. After much deliberation (and plenty of giggles), they crowned Freshman Bella Pelitire as Chapelle’s #1 Best-Dressed! 👑