Abandoned School - Destroyed by Hurricane Katrina 

This is my old high school...pretty sad...i remember walkin these hallways..terry mcgahae was principle.

I miss my locker! @4:06

4:10 those bio books are in better condition then the ones in my school

I went to the Holy Cross’s rival high school, Jesuit. We rebuilt, and the walls now have a solid blue line almost 4 feet up the wall on the first floor marking the water line from the storm. The quote written above the line says, “Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember” (from Virgil’s Aeneid).

Bet this school was as beautiful on the inside as the outside when it first opened with the brick and iron wrought railings! Schools back then at least were built with aesthetic beauty in mind and not modeled after prisons like schools today.

I actually sent a message to the owner of a locker on facebook because i saw his name and he is watching this video now!!

Graduated from HC in 1982. And there was no AC back then but had high ceilings and large windows that allowed for a good draft. Up until Katrina, the building was well preserved. The school relocated to another part of the city. The new school was built using the same architecture of this building. The architects were graduates of Holy Cross. Thanks for the tour!

Also me and my friends were the ones who set those classroom desks up like that at 7:45 lol we wanted to get a good shot for Instagram. They were scattered all over the room before

Wish I knew you was going to be in New Orleans. I have lived here all my life. Katrina was the worst for me. Katrina put a tree in my house. I had to climb over the tree to get into my master bedroom. I even lost count of how many cuts I got. New Orleans was never the same since. I use to love living here but now I hate it. You was in the lower ninth ward which was hit hard. A barge went thru the levee. History In 1849 the Brothers, Priests and Sisters of Holy Cross arrived in New Orleans, after having established the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, and took over an orphanage for the boys and girls who survived a plague. This orphanage, along with the first Ursuline School for Girls (the oldest Catholic School in America), was destroyed to make room for the 1923 Industrial Canal (the same Industrial Canal which experienced levee failures that flooded large parts of New Orleans twice, with Hurricane Betsy in 1965 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005). Historic Holy Cross Campus in the Lower 9th Ward In 1871 Holy Cross moved to its historic site, which then was a farm named St. Isidore's farm, 4950 Dauphine Street, and built a renowned "collegiate-styled campus" and established in 1879 its current school, bordered by the high Mississippi River levee. This area has since become a Federal Historic District known as the "Holy Cross Historic District". First chartered by the State of Louisiana in 1890, the name was changed to Holy Cross in 1895 when the present Administration Building was dedicated. A boarding program, which continued until 1973, attracted as many as 150 students annually from across the South as well as from Central and South America.≠ Holy Cross relocation With Hurricane Katrina, the campus, like the majority of the city, was flooded by the Levee failures on the Industrial Canal and levee "over-topped" by storm surge along the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) that destroyed St. Bernard Parish and Eastern New Orleans) and Greater New Orleans in August 2005. The school has relocated to 5500 Paris Avenue, the campuses of the former St. Francis Cabrini Parish and Redeemer-Seton High School on Paris Avenue between Filmore and Prentiss Avenue in the Gentilly/7th Ward neighborhood of New Orleans. Demolition of the various structures which once stood has been completed. This is one of the many steps in the construction of the new location which is now Holy Cross High School. The state of the art high school, middle school, and administration building have been completed. The Advisory Committee of the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries informed Holy Cross School that it has been chosen to receive a $50,000 grant to purchase books for the school's library. She attended Holy Cross on Thursday, April 19, 2007 to present the 14 grantees in Mississippi and Louisiana, including Holy Cross, with the donation. New campus New Holy Cross campus on Paris Avenue, July 2010 Holy Cross School is now in the process of building a brand new, state-of-the-art campus on Paris Avenue in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans. Buildings that have been completed include the Middle and High School buildings, with the Administration building coming online in January 2010. The campus will be completely covered by wireless internet, with all security and maintenance maintained through computer automation. Buildings now in construction include the school's enormous gymnasium, as well as the maintenance building. The gymnasium will house an indoor basketball court with stadium seating, a full-size indoor track, collegiate level locker rooms, weight rooms, several practice rooms for karate and wrestling, along with a snack area and band rehearsal floor. The maintenance building houses the chillers for the entire school's air conditioning system, consisting of four 400ton chillers. All systems are fully automated with remote control access by internet. Additionally, the school hopes to complete a chapel, pool building, along with a separate performing arts center and cafeteria. In the future to school hopes to cap its size at 1000-1200 enrollees in a few years.

I was a junior in high school when hurricane Katrina hit. I went to an all girls school, and I remember some guys from Holy cross had to come to our school because they weren’t sure if they would reopen. Very interesting to see what the school looks like now.

Not a proper Proper People video if a piano/keyboard is encountered and no key is tested.

As someone that was in band back in high school, it makes me sad to think that all the school and student owned instruments are probably still there and damaged beyond repair.

It is incredible to see how much damage Katrina had done to this school's building. Be careful you guys of the molds, don't want to see you get sick from it.

the layout of this school is so odd i've never seen anything like it before

Being a band kid and seeing probably decades worth of music destroyed; music people probably really cared about and put effort into playing; honestly really makes me emotional.

Sadly I don't see a way that saving this building would end up being cheaper and safer than tearing it down and building something new.

"All of New Orleans is a basement"

With all the mold spores you seriously should be wearing masks

I've been here! There's another even better school in the ninth Ward up in press park! Y'all should check it out! You gotta be creative to get inside tho it's sealed up pretty well

Wow this is crazy. All the stuff in the lockers looked crazy. The whole scene was straight out of Silent Hill!

That's a beautiful old building. I hope they do end up being able to save and restore the place. It was so eerie seeing those lockers still full of books.

There was so many chairs just chillin', so disappointed I didn't get to hear you'll say it at least once!

Although a publicly funded school in Illinois, it's still kind of sad that the textbooks in my highschool are exactly like the ones in the lockers in the video.

Holy Cross was open up until the week of Hurricane Katrina. Because it's such an old building, I think most of the damage was from wind. It's really close to the river, and the land rises near the river, so the water depth probably wasn't more than a few feet there. The worst of the flooding was about 10 blocks and more away from the river where the floodwall broke and water settled into the low lying areas as deep as 12 feet. Shared with my friends who graduated from Holy Cross in the 90s.

Thank you for switching back to the old intro

So sad to see such a historical building reduced to basically a trash heap. I really love the architectural design of the school.

Holy Cross High School, Lower Ninth Ward just outside of St. Bernard Parish. Passed through here regularly when heading to New Orleans to visit family. I lived in Chalmette in St. Bernard Parish, lost everything.

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I don't know what it is but you guys are my favorite explorers. I'm always waiting for your next project. Keep it up.

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The stuff of the first floor looks like a casualty of the hurricane, but the upper floors? I think a lot of that had a head start.

One of my friends went to this school before it closed he said his locker was 1021 if i am remembering correctly it's insane seeing it like this

Imagine trying to focus on a test, while kids play basketball right above you. That would be annoying.

When I was here last year I didn't even bother going to the third floor after seeing what I saw. Knowing my luck, I would have fell through the floor. Then would have been walking around with wooden leg and a kickstand the rest of my life. 🏚️😷

Awwwwwwww, that Packard Bell monitor at 12:38 :(

I feel sorry for the old computers, :( They just want love

I love watching your videos. I've always been fascinated with exploring, abandoned buildings, and history, so this is so my cup of tea. You guys are such an inspiration. I gotta ask, how do you guys find these places??

■■NEVER EVER CHANGE OUT YOUR INTRO-JAM. N E V E R !!!! ■■ another AWSOME vid..thanks M & B.

What a beautiful building! So sad it will never be restored. Looks like someone tried though. Great video guys.

I never belive that they restore that school... its seems so bad contition that it is better demolish,and built a compleatley new one!

Very sad way to abandon a school...yet very creepy place. Thank y'all for the video and stay safe

Epic as always, my dudes! Always a pleasure to see new Prop Peeps stuff during my work day, thank you guys so much.

The decay is amazing. I can understand the flooded floors but even higher up that building is going fast.

I always get unnecessarily excited when you guys come to New Orleans since I’m from around there. It’s also fitting that this is being posted around Mardi Gras!

So sad, so much destruction by Katrina ☹️

Always a pleasure, keep up the great work

This place is amazing! What a shame it has been left to rot! Yes, it would have taken a lot of $ to fix it up, but now it is most likely beyond repair,

I’m from Ohio, but I made the 1000 mile trip 4 different times to help home owners build new home. I worked in a forgotten town named Pearlington, MS. Pearlington is right on the coast and right on the border with LA. Katrina actually made land right at the town of Pearlington. I built or helped build 17 homes. I never met such grateful people than those I met in Pearlington. They couldn’t believe that people from so far away would come and help them.

Excellent find. So sad. How many memories those walls must have seen. Thanks for the opportunity to see Katrinas wrath

Guys your productions are always really good... love your vids.

My high school was/is a sister school with Holy Cross and we took in a lot of their students during the hurricane. Mind-blowing to actually see the destruction wrought on the school, all these years later.

Honestlt the quality of your videos makes me so happy. I cant stand low quality exploring because if i wanna pause and look at something i cant. Plus this offers a surreal first person view. Thank you for all you work and devotion into the explorations. Its awesome!!

It's always a good day when new content comes from The P.P.

what you guys are doing is absolutely incredible, you two are preservationists keeping these wonderful structures in view for people to see forever. keep up with the great content and can’t wait to see more. you are truly proper people.

thanks for the continued episodes guys REALLY love your content, hands down i can say you guys are the best urban explorers who produce content keep it up!

Great video guys!

You guys should try and check some of the buildings in Port Arthur, TX sometime. Another town devastated by multiple hurricanes. The whole city is eerie.

Great video. That looked like it was an amazing building, so sad it would have been so vibrant before Katrina.

Another great video guys ! That's the first school I've seen in that bad of shape. Looking forward to your next video!

Good times these vids always calm me down. Thanks guys!

So, that attic door wasn't actually an attic door, it was a vent to allow hot air to rise and escape. Just in case y'all didn't figure that out for yourselves :) Do you guys worry about/take precautions regarding black mold? You do a lot of urbex in places with water damage and mold, I know you carry respirators, but I rarely see you using them

Getting the notification that you guys uploaded a new video always feels like Christmas, and then the intro cutscene gets me all hyped up! :D Come to Europe, we have awesome urbex here!

This exploration is so unique! Keep up the good work.

Good job you two! Sad it so far gone.

I love you guys! You deserve more subscribers! I try to support you by never skipping ads on your videos. I fall asleep to your videos all the time. I love all the videos you did in Florida when you were first starting, that's my home state!

Thank you people for being so damn proper!

amazing footage guys I love videos like this one . love you guys be safe

these are the kind of videos I love seeing from you guys good stuff.

Love your videos! Just wanted to let you know the paneling you pointed out is actually called lathe, it’s what they spread the plaster on.

You guys inspired me to do my own urbexing. Love this channel ^_^

Keep up the amazing work keep making videos love your guys videos

Great explore guys. Stay safe out there.

Y'all in town for Mardi Gras? Have a good time!

“I don’t trust these stairs.” Proceeds to walk right next to each other and right down the center of the stairs.

absolutely amazing layout of an abandoned school, Thanks.

I really love this channel ... I look forward to each show. Great job guys!

The boards are from extraction teams. At least that's what I learned from being in the national guard.. who knows

Wow. I paused the video to say hello proper people. I got lucky finding this so early. I was thinking to myself. It would be so cool if proper people uploaded a video and Viola! Yaaaa

Great vid! I especially enjoyed seeing the lockers still with items

You guys continue to put out some of the best urbex videos on RU-vid.... Everytime I hear your opening theme, I know I'm about to see another good show.

dude thats holy cross i go to the new campus

All of New Orleans looks like a warzone these days.

WOW Awesome vid. Shame the building is falling apart. Keep up with the Amazing stuff you do guys from a Fan in ENGLAND UK

Wow so incredible. A beautiful building just completely gone. Great documentation!

Who else watches these at night?

Nice work Bryan and Michael! Thanks for braving abandoned places and sharing your journeys! 🤘🏼

Never ever get rid of your intro omg 😍 it’s so amazing!!!!!!! Y’all should definitely have a show on discovery channel or something. For real.

With all the mold in that building you guys REALLY need to be wearing masks!!!!!! Thank you for another awesome video!

**sees hurricane Katrina in the title** *more like hurricane tortilla*

How often do you guys need to go get penicillin shots and/or get treated for mold inhalation?

Great vid, guys! My sister lived in New Orleans for around 15 years and our family was all there last in 2004 for her wedding. Luckily they moved later that year! The city is still recovering from that terrible mess!

When I visit my son @ LSU .. I’ll be swinging by here to check things out !! 😊thx for sharing

I used those same biology and math books, also!

School: we will become historic! Hurricane Katrina: Hold my coffee School: Becomes historic anways

Nice to hear from you....💚

Loved this Video!

For the past couple of weeks, I have been watching all sorts of abandoned videos from a lot of different channels. Multiple sad, horrible, scary backstories to all those places. But, for some reason, as you guys were walking through this school, I hot really sad. tiers sprung into my eyes. I almost burst out crying multiple times. So I paused the video to see what was affecting me. I am not from the United States and was quite young when Hurricane Katrina hit. So I don't think I fully knew the extent of that disaster until this very moment. I live in a country that doesn't get ver many earthquakes or hurricanes. The worst thing we get are sandstorms, but they are, for the most part, harmless. I just thought it was crazy how I never fully grasped how much that hurricane affected people.

We came here back in December and totally ignored the third floor, the stairs were really sketchy and we didn’t want to risk it. I’m not sure if you guys saw it but we left a beanie baby chicken on a desk in there

Super Video as always, Bryan and Michael. I really like your exploration videos. Have a nice weekend. Many greetings from Germany.

Missing home back in NOLA, thanks for sharing. 🖤⚜🌴