Ursuline Academy (New Orleans)
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.
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
See also
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)