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Ursuline Academy
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Address
2635 State Street

,
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 Karen Jakuback
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) Judy Armstrong
Principal(HS) Judy Armstrong
Ursuline Academy
Courtyard

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.

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Ursuline Academy main entrance

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.

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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

See also

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