Ursuline Academy (New Orleans)

Private, all-girls school in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Ursuline Academy

Address

2635 State Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 United States
Coordinates	29°56′27.5″N 90°6′48.27″W / 29.940972°N 90.1134083°W / 29.940972; -90.1134083
Information
Type	Private, All-Girls
Motto	Serviam ("I will serve")
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholic
Established	1727; 297 years ago (1727)
President	Laurie Eichelberger Leiva
Teaching staff	53.0 (FTE) (2019–20)
Grades	T2–12
Gender	Female
Enrollment	563 (2019–20)
Student to teacher ratio	9.7 (2019–20)
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
Tuition	$12,585 + $1,850 fees = $14,435 (2023-24, high school)
Principal (ES)	Sue Heidel
Principal(HS)	Sue Heidel
Website	www.uanola.org

Ursuline Academy is a private, Catholic, all-girls high school and elementary school (Toddler 2 through 12th grade) in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It is located within the Archdiocese of New Orleans and under the trusteeship of the Ursuline Sisters of the New Orleans Community, part of the Ursuline Central Province of North America. Founded in 1727, the Academy is the oldest Catholic school and the oldest school for women in the United States.

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.

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.

National Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, on the Ursuline campus

Academics

An Ursuline education is based on the philosophy of Saint Angela Merici.

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.

Athletics

Ursuline Academy athletics competes in the LHSAA.

Notable alumnae

Lurita Doan, administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration
Mary Landrieu, US Senator

References

^ "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Ursuline Academy". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
"Institution Summary [for Ursuline Academy Elementary School]". AdvancED. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
"Institution Summary [for Ursuline Academy]". AdvancED. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
^ Robenstine, Clark (Summer 1992). "French Colonial Policy and the Education of Women and Minorities: Louisiana in the Early Eighteenth Century". History of Education Quarterly. 32 (2): 193–211. doi:10.2307/368985. ISSN 0018-2680. JSTOR 368985. 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. ISBN 978-0-8071-3446-7. OCLC 824539478.

External links

School website
Ursuline Academy (ursulineneworleans.org) at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

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