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This photo is from the 1984 Chalmette High School yearbook. Chalmette High School is…

Seven women in matching Chalmette High School aprons reading "Luv Them Owls" with an owl mascot logo pose together; a caption below lists cafeteria staff and custodians by name.

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Do You Know What it Means

This photo is from the 1984 Chalmette High School yearbook.

Chalmette High School is located in Chalmette in St. Bernard Parish, LA, just outside New Orleans. The Parish was completely flooded during Hurricane Katrina. In the days after Hurricane Katrina a small group of dedicated staff, including school Principal Wayne Warner and Assistant Principal Cookie Mundt, opened the school as a shelter for parish residents. They were trapped in the school for four days with little food and water while they waited for rescue.

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Item 26851

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“This photo is from the 1984 Chalmette High School yearbook. Chalmette High School is…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26851.