Isidore Newman School
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 Isidore Newman School
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1903 Jefferson Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70115 United States |
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| Coordinates | 29°55′52″N 90°06′42″W / 29.9311°N 90.1116°WCoordinates: 29°55′52″N 90°06′42″W / 29.9311°N 90.1116°W |
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| Type | Private, College-prep, Day |
| Motto | Discimus Agere Agendo (We learn to do by doing) |
| Denomination | Non-denominational |
| Established | 1903 |
| Founder | Isidore Newman |
| Head of school | Dale Smith |
| Faculty | 152 (2008) |
| Grades | PK – 12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Number of students | 919 (2008) |
| Average class size | 15 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 7:1 |
| Campus size | 11 acres (4.5 ha) |
| School colour(s) | Kelly Green, White |
| Athletics conference | LHSAA |
| Nickname | Greenies |
| Accreditation |
NAIS – ISAS SACS |
| Alumni | ~6000 |
| Website | http://www.newmanschool.org |
| Original school name, Isidore Newman Manual Training School, was changed to its current name in 1931 | |
Isidore Newman School is a private, nondenominational, co-educational college preparatory school located on an 11-acre (45,000 m2) campus in the Uptown section of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Jeré Longman of The New York Times described Isidore Newman as "one of Louisiana’s elite private schools".
Isidore Newman School was founded in 1903 by Isidore Newman, a New Orleans philanthropist and founder of the Maison Blanche department store chain. It opened its doors the following year as the Isidore Newman Manual Training School (the name was changed in 1931).
The school buildings suffered damage due to wind, and flooding caused by 2005's Hurricane Katrina and was closed for two months. It reopened in January 2006, and by October 2006 enrollment fully recovered.
Newman offers comprehensive education for students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, organized into Lower, Middle and Upper schools.
The school is a member of the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest and the National Association of Independent Schools.
The school also offers four foreign languages, including Honors and/or AP classes in each language: French I-V, Spanish I-V, Latin I-V, and Chinese I-IV
The Second Honor Roll GPA must be a 3.33, and First Honor Roll must be a 3.67.
Newman's athletic teams compete in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association. The school fields teams for a number of sports, including baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and volleyball.
Newman holds 89 State Championships as of April 2016.
The largest building on campus is the Cotonio Palaestra.
Billy Fitzgerald, veteran science teacher and baseball and basketball coach at Newman and the school's athletic director, was the subject of a profile by alumnus Michael Lewis entitled Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life (2005; ).
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