Ursuline Academy (New Orleans)
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2635 State Street , 70118 United States | |
Coordinates | 29°56′27.5″N 90°6′48.27″W / 29.940972°N 90.1134083°W |
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Type | Private, All-Girls |
Motto | Serviam ("I will serve") |
Religious affiliation(s) | Catholic |
Established | 1727 |
President | Karen Jakuback |
Teaching staff | 53.0 (FTE) (2019–20)[1] |
Grades | T2–12 |
Gender | Female |
Enrollment | 563[1] (2019–20) |
Student to teacher ratio | 9.7 (2019–20)[1] |
Color(s) | Navy and White |
Sports | Basketball, Volleyball, Softball, Golf, Swimming, Soccer, Cross Country, Dance, Cheer, Tennis, Track & Field, Indoor Track, Gymnastics |
Mascot | Lions |
Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools[2][3] |
Tuition | $12,585 + $1,850 fees = $14,435 (2023-24, high school) |
Principal (ES) | Judy Armstrong |
Principal(HS) | Judy Armstrong |
Website | www |
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History
The Ursuline Academy was founded in 1727 by the Sisters of the Order of Saint Ursula, in New Orleans. It is the oldest continuously-operating school for girls, and the oldest Catholic school in the United States.[4]
The Academy included the first convent, the first free school, and the first retreat center for ladies. It offered the first classes for female African-American slaves, free women of color, and Native Americans.[4]
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Academics
An Ursuline education is based on the philosophy of Saint Angela Merici.[4]
Traditions
Rally began in 1948 as a way for classes to show their school spirit in the areas of volleyball intramurals, through skits, posters, songs, and cheers. Each class was given a name (Skip, Mac, Leprechaun or Sioux (now Phoenix)) to replace existing sororities on campus and carried them until they graduated and passed them on to a little sister class.[5][6]
Athletics
Ursuline Academy athletics competes in the LHSAA.
Notable alumnae
- U.S. General Services Administration[citation needed]
- Mary Landrieu, US Senator[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Ursuline Academy". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- AdvancED. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- AdvancED. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- ^ S2CID 147109780.
- ^ "Origins of Rally". Ursuline Academy. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- ^ "Message from the Academy President – Karen McNay". Ursuline Update. Ursuline Academy. October 29, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
Notes
- Clark, Emily, ed. (2009). Voices from an Early American Convent: Marie Madeleine Hachard and the New Orleans Ursulines, 1727–1760. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press. OCLC 824539478.
External links
- School website
- Ursuline Academy (ursulineneworleans.org) at the Wayback Machine (archive index)