Destrehan High School

Destrehan High School is a public high school located in Destrehan, Louisiana, United States and is approximately twenty-five miles west of New Orleans. It is part of the St. Charles Parish Public School System and serves all students on the east bank of the Mississippi River from grades 9 through 12. It serves the communities of Destrehan, Montz, New Sarpy, Norco, and St. Rose. History In 1923, the Mexican Petroleum Company donated three and one half acres of property to the St. Charles Parish School Board for the construction of a high school. On August 7, 1923, the school board president accepted the donation and St. Charles Parish approved a bond issue for school construction. Destrehan High School was dedicated on September 15, 1924, and the facility received 234 pupils in grades one through eleven. The location of the original high school was on River Road, approximately 0.3 miles downriver from the St. Charles Borromeo Church on the current site of Harry Hurst Middle School. Destrehan's first graduating class consisted of Placide Hotard and Eldridge Gervais. Destrehan football began eleven-man team play in 1946. In 1948, ground was broken on Destrehan High Stadium as the home for the football team. The 1,200-seat stadium, completed in 1949, was located behind the original high school main building and cost $18,000 to build. The Pan-American Petroleum Company donated the land to build the stadium.