Alumni Homecoming Breakfast: The Arden Cahill Academy Alumni Breakfast is held each Fall prior to the homecoming game in the school dining room. The Homecoming Football Game will begin at 10:00am. For more information please contact Erica Glinky ('98) at (504) 416-8133 or via e-mail at ArdenCahillAlumniAssociation@yahoo.com We hope to see you there!

Attention Alumni: For all of our Alumni in high schools around New Orleans, attending colleges throughout the United States, working, or in the Armed Forces, we’d love to hear from you! Please send us pictures; include your spouse and children. Let us know where you are and what you are doing.

Alumni Association News: An ACA Alumni Association has been formed to promote ongoing fellowship among alumni and to serve as a link between alumni and the academy. If you are interested in assisting with publishing an Alumni Newsletter or planning alumni events, please contact Erica Glinky ('98) at (540) 416-8133 or via e-mail at ArdenCahillAlumniAssociation@yahoo.com. We hope to see you at upcoming alumni activities!

First Annual Alumni Association Cookbook: We're collecting any favorite recipes that you might have for our First Annual Alumni Association Cook Book. Please label the recipe according to: Appetizer, Salad/Soup, Entree, Dessert, Drink, etc.

We'd love to hear from you! We welcome any suggestions to enhance the Alumni Association or any information on the whereabouts of your fellow alumni to help us update our database. I you have any suggestions or ideas on fundraising or gatherings please contact us at ArdenCahillAlumniAssociation@yahoo.com.
      

Cody Romero, who played football while attending Arden Cahill Academy, now plays for Archbishop Shaw High School.

Chris Miller

Chris Miller with some teammates

Cody Romero

Emile Stieffel, a 2004 graduate of ACA, plans to attend Johnson and Wales University in Charlotte NC, one of the best culinary schools in the United States. Emile is also a 2008 graduate of DeLaSalle High School.

2004 Homecoming: Another great Homecoming! We had the Alumni Breakfast as usual with Ms. Dorothy, Mr. Cahill and Chip Cahill doing the cooking. Mrs. Cahill was hobbling along with a broken ankle so she was no help, not even with picture taking. Thanks to Clay Cornette who filled in as photographer.

Amber Apostol, a 2002 graduate of Arden Cahill Academy has been selected as Queen Juno IV, Mardi Gras 2007. Congratulations, Amber!

Justin Lapouble is a 2001 graduate of Arden Cahill Academy. He attended Brother Martin High School and graduated as Valedictorian in 2005, receiving a full scholarship to Vanderbilt University.

Brandon Darden and Patrick Zemanek have been best friends since the 5th grade when they were attending Cahill. They graduated from the 8th grade in 2000 as two of the seven valedictorians that year. They attended St. Martins High School where they played football and ran track. In their senior year, Brandon was co-captain of the football team, and Patrick was co-captain of the track team. Both of them graduated with honors. Currently, Patrick is attending Texas A&M University in College Station. He is majoring in English, and aspires to be an author. Brandon is attending Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He is majoring in History, and plans to attend Law School when he finishes his undergraduate work. Coincidentally, they both joined the fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha.

Janus Schutte, a 2000 graduate of Arden Cahill Academy, attended Isidore Newman High School where he earned the designation of A.P. Scholar by the College Board as a result of his performance on the college-level Advanced Placement Program exams in his Junior year. To earn the honor, Janus had to score an average of at least 3.5 on all A.P. exams taken and at least a 3 on five or more exams. The range of scores is 1 to 5.
     Janus scored a 5, the highest score possible, on the European History, U.S. History and Biology Exams. He scored a 4 on the English Literature Exam and a 3 in French.     
     Janus, was a coordinator of Newman's tutoring program at Crocker Primary School, and was also a swimmer, a member of the Future Business Leaders of America.

And special congratulations to Bobby Ragsdale and Meghan Jorgenson who are getting married on June 10, 2007. They got together to catch up over Thanksgiving last year and realized how much they had missed seeing each other. Bobby came back for Christmas, they were engaged by January, and set the date for a short engagement.

Bobby and Colin Robb will both graduate this May. Big congrats to both of them for their outstanding accomplishment of graduating from West Point. Bobby will be in the Armor division.

Bobby Ragsdale and Colin Robb: Among the Louisiana cadets and midshipmen attending the 2004 Service Academy Holiday Reception at the D-Day Museum on Sunday, December 26th, were two Arden Cahill Academy graduates. Cadet Corporal Bobby Ragsdale and Cadet Corporal Colin Robb, both members of the United States Military Academy's class of 2007, graduated from Arden Cahill Academy in 1999. Ragsdale attended Isidore Newman High School, and Robb attended De La Salle High School, graduating in 2003. Both participated in high school athletics as well as various service and honor clubs, continuing what they had started at ACA.
     They were accepted to the United States Military Academy after being nominated by both of Louisiana's Senators, John Breaux and Mary Landrieu, as well as by their individual congressmen. Robb also received a Presidential nomination.
     They began their West Point experience on "R-Day" in June of 2003. The rest of that summer was spent at what is affectionately known as "Beast," or summer physical training. Both became full members of the Academy upon successful completion of their summer training in August, 2003.
     As is common at West Point, the two Louisiana cadets are in different companies: Ragsdale is in company D, 3rd Regiment, and Robb is in Company F, 4th Regiment. Ragsdale serves as the 2007 Class Historian. They attend academic classes during the school year, and participate in full-time military training during their summers. As Yearlings [sophomores], they had to declare their majors this past September. Ragsdale is majoring in Political Science, and Robb will major in French and Portuguese.
     Both cadets will participate in more specialized training this summer. The cadets will put in bids for several schools geared towards their desired field of specialty after graduating in '07. Ragsdale is considering the Close Quarters Combat School and detail, or perhaps Sapper School. Robb would like to take part in the Special Forces Assessment and Selection School, and/or Airborne School.
     Both cadets credit their early days at the Gretna school for carrying them along their chosen paths. "I look back at my time before West Point, and I know the discipline, study habits, and organization I learned at Arden Cahill Academy have helped me to succeed here. ACA gave me a focus, a determined mind set, and the motivation to excel in all my endeavors," said Robb.

Mary Jane Maher (Class of '98) graduated from De La Salle High School as Salutatorian of the Class of  2002. Fantastic job, Mary Jane!
      

Robbie Maher (Class of '97) graduated from De La Salle High School as Valedictorian of the Class of 2001. Robbie received a full scholarship to Tulane University where he is majoring in Civil Engineering. Congratulations, Robbie!

Brandon Robb (Class of '96) is a 3rd year law student at Loyola School of Law. Brandon is on the International Moot Court Team at Loyola, and wrote the brief for the International Environmental Law Moot Court competition at Stetson University in St. Petersburg, Florida. (The brief is 60% of the team's scoring.) He was awarded first place in the North American Round of competition for his brief. Loyola's team placed 2nd in the North American round of the competition, and then advanced to the first round of the International competition in St. Petersburg, Florida. In total, 80 teams from 22 nations entered Regional rounds on several continents with hopes of advancing to the International Round.

Loyola's team defeated teams from India, Armenia, and another U.S. team (Wake Forest) to advance to the final round of competition. In the championship round, they defeated the team from Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines, and were named the 2007 International Champions. This marked the first time that Loyola Law School's International Moot Court Team has won the International Championship.

In addition to winning overall internationally, Brandon's brief won second place overall in the International Round. First place was awarded to the brief from an Australian team from New South Wales. One of Loyola's oralists, Chris Otten, won best individual oralist in the international competition, as well as best individual oralist in the North American round. Brandon is also an editor for Loyola's Law Review. His parents are Kevin & Cathy Robb of Harvey.

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