Good Shepherd School.

The Good Shepherd School, where I volunteer my time every thursday, seeks to provide an opportunity to underprivileged children that they would otherwise be unable to afford. It is a free catholic school, with all the true workings of a catholic school, for underprivileged children in New Orleans. The Good Shepherd school provides a quality education for those who would otherwise be unable to get one. The students at GSS must wear a uniform and are forced to act with great discipline and integrity. The educators are handpicked by the principal of the school and are all well qualified to educate young children. The third grade students from GSS performed the highest among all third graders in the Student Scholarship for Educational Excellence program, which is a Louisiana wide program. Good Shepherd students also scored 10 points higher than the state average on the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program test. In other words, the program at The Good Shepherd School works.These children, coming from all different parts of the city, have been a delight to work with in my first semester. There is truly a lot to be learned from those who we teach, and helping to instruct these children may have taught me as much as it taught them. In a post-Katrina school system that's confusing to say the least, to see young underprivileged children achieving at a high level is truly inspiring and uplifting.