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2015 Crusader Summer Camps Brother Martin High School 4401 Elysian Fields Avenue • New Orleans, Louisiana 70122 • www.brothermartin.com • 504-283-1561 ext. 3022

Weekly Camp Boys 6-12 Years Old Registration Deadline - May 22, 2015 Daily Schedule 8 a.m. - 9 a.m. – Morning Activity 9 a.m. - Noon – Sport Camp Noon - 1 p.m. – Lunch 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. – Afternoon Activity/Field Trip Possible Activities Swimming at UNO • Movies • Inflatables Kickball • Dodgeball • Outdoor Field Day Wiffle Ball • Speed Ball Camp Hours • 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

• Campers can arrive as early as 7:30 a.m. at no charge.

• After care until 5:30 p.m. is available, by the week only, at a cost of $25 per week • Late pick-up will be charged $5 per 15 minutes Lunch Kid-friendly boxed lunch, including a drink, will be available for purchase at $25 per week Field Trips Putt-Putt • Sector 6 • Bowling Zephyr’s Game • Water Day on Campus Global Wildlife • Party Planet Xtreme Cost $150 per week. Please call for information regarding multiple camper discounts for Crusader Camp.

Week 1: June 1 - 5 Week 2: June 8 - 12 Sport Concentration: Baseball, Soccer, Flag Football

Week 3: June 15 - 19 Week 4: June 22 - 26

Week 5: June 29 - July 3 Week 6: July 6 - 10

Brother Martin Specialty Camps

Sport Concentration: Wrestling, Lacrosse, Basketball, Soccer

Sport Concentration: Baseball, Basketball, Flag Football

Baseball Camp Boys 8-14 years old ∙ July 13 –July 17 $125 for the week/$30 per day; Registration with payment due Friday, July 10th.

Camp time: 9:00 a.m. – Noon Instruction provided by Brother Martin Baseball coaches and players.

Schedule for the week July 13-14 Pitchers and Catchers; July 15 Position Players; July 16-17 Hitters.

Water provided and concessions will be available. Space is limited to 60 campers.

Early Registration Special Register for the weekly camp by April 3, 2015 for 2 or more weeks and get a $25 discount

Go to www.brothermartin.com for more information or to register online

Basketball Camp Boys entering 3rd -8th grades July 20 –July 24 $135 per camper (pre-registration) Free T-Shirt with pre-registration; $160 per camper (walk-up registration) 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (Mon-Thurs.); 9:00 a.m. – Noon (Fri.) Instruction provided by Brother Martin Basketball coaches and players.

Lunch Monday – Thursday Pizza ($1.50 per slice), sports drinks ($1.50) and water ($1.00).

Space is limited to 125 campers.

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Studies find meditating and playing musical instruments help students develop better academic and life skills

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EASY REFERENCE GUIDE TO SCHOOLS -

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Take a look at our schools!

Andrew H. Wilson Charter School* www.wilsoncharterschool.org (504) 373-6274

Audubon Charter School

www.auduboncharter.com Lower School (504) 324-7100 Upper School (504) 324-7110

Benjamin Franklin High School

www.bfhsla.org (504) 286-2600

Einstein Charter Schools Village De L’Est (PK-5) Sherwood Forest (PK-5) Sarah Towles Reed (6-8) www.einsteincharter.org (504) 324-7450

Hynes Charter School www.hynesschool.org (504) 324-7160

International High School of New Orleans*

Statewide school www.ihsnola.org (504) 613-5703

Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy (KDHSA)** www.discoveryhsf.org (504) 233-4720

Lake Forest Charter School www.lakeforestcharter.org (504) 826-7140

Lusher Charter School

www.lusherschool.org Lower School (504) 862-5110 Middle/High School (504) 304-3961

Morris Jeff Community School*

www.morrisjeffschool.org (504) 373-6258

Robert Russa Moton Charter School** www.motoncharter.org (504) 245-4400

New Orleans Charter Science and Math High School (Sci High) www.noscihigh.org (504) 324-7061

International School of Louisiana*** Warren Easton Charter Statewide school High School www.isl-edu.org Uptown, Westbank and Jefferson Parish Campuses (504) 229-4391 Jefferson (Bunche) Campus accepts Jefferson Parish residents only.

www.warreneastoncharterhigh.org (504) 324-7400

ECCS unified student application and admissions dates for the 2016-17 school year The timely application dates are as follows:

Application availability: October 12, 2015 Deadline for admissions application: January 8, 2016 Notification to parents - no later than: April 11, 2016 PLEASE NOTE: Only timely applications will be accepted for schools requiring a lottery. Not all ECCS schools will have a lottery and may accept applications year-round. Please call the school for information. *

These schools will use the OneApp. Please check the schools’ websites for information. ** Moton and KDHSA will not use the ECCS unified admission dates. Please check the schools’ websites for information. *** ISL will use the OneApp for Orleans Parish only. Students in other parishes should call the school for information.

Pre-K applicants please note: there may be new additional state admission procedures for 2016-2017.

(504) 267-7239 | www.eastbankcollaborative.com ECCS member schools do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, disability, national or ethnic origin.

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and silence Music and meditation can help improve your child’s physical, emotional and cognitive skills

BY LAURA RICKS

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few years ago there was a trend among pregnant women to play classical music to their unborn children — pictured in popular culture with headphones on their enlarged bellies — in hopes of giving birth to a baby genius.

The so-called “Mozart Effect” was debunked, but a series of studies indicate that the active engagement of playing a musical instrument can expand children’s minds in a variety of ways, with benefits that can last a lifetime.

Conversely, research also shows that quiet time — spent meditating — also can have measurable benefits on children’s development.

In a small study reported in The Journal of Neuroscience, researchers found that taking music lessons helps children’s brains process language.

The research was undertaken at a Los Angeles nonprofit after-school music program after the head of the program noticed that high school senior participants were graduating and going to college at much higher rates than their peers. Nina Kraus, a Northwestern University neurologist, undertook a study there comparing the neural processing of kids who had studied music for

two years, as opposed to one year.

She found that the kids who had studied music longer had brains that processed sound better and more precisely.

Processing sound is essential for learning language, which paves the way for success in other areas of schooling. Children raised in poverty generally hear fewer words in their homes before age 5 than more affluent children, which puts them at a deficit in sound processing when they start school — a deficit from which many never recover. This study shows that music can be a bridge to language because they share three common denominators — pitch, timing and timbre — which the brain processes in the same way.

The study indicates that as one’s musical sense improves, so do one’s language skills.

Active engagement, however, is the key. “We don’t see these kinds of biological changes in people who are just listening to music, who are not playing an instrument,” Klaus said in an article in Time. “I like to give the analogy that you’re not going to become physically fit just by watching sports.”

Playing an instrument can have intellectual and physical benefits for children, especially when they start early.

In another study done by researchers at Concordia University, musical training before age 7 was shown to help brain development — specifically in the parts of the brain that help people plan and carry out movements.

That study looked at the brains of 36 adult musicians as they undertook a movement task. All of them had the same number of years of musical training and experience, but half of the group had started their training before age 7 and the other half later.

Researchers also compared the brains to those of people who had little to no formal music training.

The group that started training before age 7 showed better motor skills, and their brain scans featured enhanced white matter in the corpus callosum (nerves that connect the right and left motor sections of the brain). Researchers also found that the younger the person was when he or she started music training, the greater the connectivity was.

As for the group that started training after age 7, their brain scans showed no difference from those of non-musicians observed in the study. And because the study tested everyone using non-

musical motor tasks, the study suggests that early musical training has advantages well beyond being able to play an instrument.

Intelligence and enhanced motor skills are not the only benefits of musical instruction. University of Vermont researchers recently analyzed the brain scans of 232 healthy children, ages 6 to 18, and found that playing a musical instrument accelerated their cortical organization. The thickness of the cortex, or outer layer of the brain, has been linked to depression, aggression and attention problems.

This study showed that the more a child played an instrument, the more they demonstrated improvement in their attention, anxiety management and emotion control, thus improving their overall emotional and behavioral skills.

Perhaps one day these types of studies will pave the way for music education to be a more integral part of school curricula.

A more New Age approach to helping children expand their minds — meditation — is finding its way into schools for a variety of reasons, including improved PAGE 9

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academic performance, better behavior and increased memory and attention skills.

California is a leader in the movement, though Chris McKenna, a program director at Mindful Schools, which trains educators in the practice, says schools in 48 states now have “mindful meditation” programs.

Why this rush to be still? A variety of studies have shown the benefits of mediation for adults, and now there is more evidence that is works for children in schools as well.

For example, after a school in New Haven, Connecticut, introduced yoga and mediation classes to incoming freshmen, those students’ levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, dropped significantly, and stress is common among schoolchildren.

According to the American Psychological Association’s annual “Stress In America” report, one in five kids say they worry a lot about what is going on in their lives, and more than 30 percent suffered stressrelated symptoms, such as difficulty sleeping. One of the most interesting things in that report: Only 8 percent of the parents were aware their children were experiencing stress at all. Meditation could help change those numbers.

A study done by researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles showed that behavior improved among second- and thirdgraders who practiced meditation over an eight-week period and the students performed better than non-meditators when tested on memory, attention and focus.

A study of more than 3,000

Meditation can help children cope with the stresses of life.

children in the San Francisco Unified School District found dramatic improvements in overall academic performance, including math scores, in students who practiced meditation. Behavior also greatly improved, with the district reporting decreases in student suspensions, expulsions and dropout rates.

NBC News aired a story centered on two of those schools — Visitacion Valley Middle School in one of San Francisco’s poorest and most violent neighborhoods, and nearby Burton High School. Visitacion Valley Athletic Director Barry O’Driscoll at first wrote off the meditation program as “hippie stuff that didn’t work in the ’70s.” He became a believer, however, after the school experienced a 79 percent decline in suspensions over a four-year period when meditation was practiced, as well as increased attendance and improved academic performance.

Burton High School Principal Bill Kappenhagen told the NBC crew he originally objected to the program. “There’s no way I’m going to steal time from English instruction or math instruction to do that,” he said. But his school, once known as “Fight School,” has experienced a 75 percent decline in suspensions and students are performing better academically since the meditation program began.

Kappenhagen now says he’s glad the school has found a way to “help our students find ways to deal with violence and the trauma and stress of everyday life.”

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SCHOOLDAYS

Gambit ’s annual guide to education in the New Orleans area

BY KANDACE POWER GRAVES, KATIE WALENTER & KATE WATSON

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here a child goes to school can depend on several variables, including cost, location, academic reputation, family traditions and more. There are myriad choices in the area, from parochial and independent schools to institutions focusing on science and math or language immersion. The guide covers pre-kindergarten through college and is arranged geographically.

Pull out Gambit’s easy-reference chart of schools on p. 15

INDEX Jefferson Parish - East Bank .................... 11 Jefferson Parish - West Bank ................. 21 Orleans Parish - East Bank ....................... 21 Orleans Parish - West Bank .................... 29 St. Bernard Parish ......................................... 29 St. John the Baptist Parish ..................... 29 St. Tammany Parish ..................................... 29 Mississippi ............................................................ 31 Colleges and Universities ......................... 31 Education Resources ................................... 31

JEFFERSON PARISH — EAST BANK

Total enrollment: 380 Tuition: free kindergartenfifth grade

Airline Park Academy for Advanced Studies

Archbishop Chapelle High School

6201 Camphor St., Metairie, (504) 888-0969; www.airlinepark. jpschools.org Public/coed Preschool-fifth grade Founded: 2010 Principal: Tiffani E. LeBouef Average class size: 26 Student/ teacher ratio: 20:1 preschool; 26:1 kindergarten-3rd grade; 33:1 fourth-fifth grade

8800 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 467-3105; www.archbishopchapelle.org Catholic/all girls Eighth-12th grade Founded: 1962 Principal: John Serio Average class size: 23 Student/teacher ratio: 14:1 Total enrollment: 706 Tuition: $7,535

Students learn about food and cooking at St. Paul’s Episcopal School.

Archbishop Rummel High School

1901 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 8345592; www.rummelraiders.com Catholic/boys Eighth-12th grade Founded: 1962 Principal: Michael Scalco Average class size: 24 Student/teacher ratio: 13:1 PAGE 13

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Atonement Lutheran School

6500 Riverside Drive, Metairie, (504) 887-0225; www.alcs.org Parochial/coed 3 years old-eighth grade Founded: 1960 Principal: Douglas Molin Average class size: 20 Student/teacher ratio: 18:1 Total enrollment: 219 Tuition: $1,170-$4,830

Beary Cherry Tree School 3117 Lake Villa Drive, Metairie, (504) 455-1950; www.bearycherrytree.com Private/coed Six weeks old-4 years old Founded: 1976 Principal: Paula Polita Average class size: 20 Student/teacher ratio: 5:1 Total enrollment: 140 Tuition: $8,580

Crescent City Christian School

4828 Utica St., Metairie, (504) 885-4700; www.ccchristian.net Private/coed 3 year old-12th grade Founded: 1956 Principal: Freddie Landry Average class size: n/a Student/teacher ratio: n/a Total enrollment: 392 Tuition: n/a

Edelweiss Montessori Preschool

248 Carrollton Ave., Metairie, (504) 831-3672; www.edelweissmontessori.com Private/coed One year old-kindergarten Founded: 1999 Principal: Dora Gentinetta Average class size: 6 Student/teacher ratio: n/a Total enrollment: 31 Tuition: $9,000

Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies

1416 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 837-8300; www.haynes. jpschools.org Public/coed Sixth-12th grade Founded: 2005 Principal: Karla Russo Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: 18:1 Total enrollment: 738 Tuition: free

Jewish Community Day School

3747 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 887-4091; www.jcdsnola.org Parochial/coed Preschool-fifth grade Founded: 1996 Principal: Sharon Pollin Average class size: 8 Student/teacher ratio: 8:1 Total enrollment: 35 Tuition: $10,450

John Curtis Christian School

10125 Jefferson Highway, River Ridge, (504) 737-4621; www.johncurtis.com Parochial/coed Two years old-12th grade Founded: 1962 Principal: J.T. Curtis, Jr. Average class size: 20 Student/teacher ratio: 15:1 Total enrollment: 883 Tuition: $4,900-$6,800

Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy

2504 Maine Ave., (504) 233-4720; www.discoveryhsf.org Charter/coed Pre-kindergarten-eighth grade Founded: 2013 Principal: Patty Glaser

Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: 16:1 Total enrollment: 585 Tuition: free

Lutheran High School

3864 17th St., Metairie, (504) 455-4062; www.lutheranhighschool.net Parochial/coed Ninth-12th grade Founded: 1970 Principal: Carol A. Christen Average class size: 15 Student/teacher ratio: 13:1 Total enrollment: 100 Tuition: $6,900

Memorial Baptist School 5701 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 887-0533; www. mbsmetairie.org Private/coed Kindergarten-seventh grade Founded: 1981 Principal: Jerry Riggs Average class size: 10 Student/teacher ratio: n/a Total enrollment: 55 Tuition: $5,000

Metairie Park Country Day School

300 Park Road, Metairie, (504) 837-5204; www.mpcds.com

Holy Cross School educates boys in the fifth grade through their senior year.

Private/coed Preschool-12th grade Founded: 1929 Principal: Carolyn B. Chandler Average class size: n/a Student/teacher ratio: 8:1 Total enrollment: 731 Tuition: $13,870-$18,830

Mt. Olive Lutheran Preschool

315 Ridgelake Drive, Metairie, (504) 835-3891; www.mountolivelutheran.net Parochial/coed Three-four years old Founded: 1976 Principal: Virginia Crawford Average class size: 9-12 Student/teacher ratio: 4-6:1 Total enrollment: 16 Tuition: $220

New Orleans Oral School

4000 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 885-1606; www.neworleansoralschool.com Private/coed Preschool Founded: 2004 Principal: Martha K. Myers Average class size: 5

Student/teacher ratio: 5:1 Total enrollment: 15 Tuition: sliding scale

Our Lady of Divine Providence School

917 N. Atlanta St., Metairie, (504) 466-0591; www.oldpschool.org Catholic/coed Six weeks old-seventh grade Founded: 1967 Principal: Elvina DiBartolo Average class size: 18-20 Student/teacher ratio: 9:1 Total enrollment: 230 Tuition: $620/month-$4,750

Parkway Presbyterian Preschool & Kindergarten 6200 Camphor St., Metairie, (504) 733-6340; www.parkwaypresbyterianchurch.com Parochial/coed Fourteen months old-kindergarten Founded: 1954 Principal: Marlene Cooke Average class size: n/a Student/teacher ratio: 10:2, 1-year-olds; 7:1, 2-year-olds; 8:1, 3-year-olds; 10:1, 4-and

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UNO offers the only civil, electrical and mechanical

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Academy of the Sacred Heart Arthur Ashe Charter School Benjamin Franklin Elementary Mathematics and Science School Bricolage Academy Christian Brothers School Creative Learning Center of Louisiana Cypress Academy Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvelle Orleans Edgar P. Harney/Spirit of Excellence Academy Charter Edward Hynes Charter School Einstein Charter School Fannie C. Williams Charter School

Orleans Parish — East Bank

Allen Ellender School Arden Cahill Academy Christ the King School Concordia Lutheran School Elmwood Park Academy St. Cletus Catholic School Shirley T. Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School Terrytown Academy Visitation of Our Lady

Jefferson Parish — West Bank

Airline Park Academy for Advanced Studies Atonement Lutheran School Crescent City Christian School Edelweiss Montessori Preschool Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies Jewish Community Day School John Curtis Christian School Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy Memorial Baptist School Our Lady of Divine Providence School Parkway Presbyterian Preschool & Kindergarten Ridgewood Preparatory School St. Ann School St. Benilde School St. Catherine of Siena School St. Christopher School St. Clement of Rome School St. Edward the Confessor School St. Francis Xavier School St. Louis King of France School St. Martin’s Episcopal School St. Mary Magdalen St. Matthew the Apostle School St. Rita School Victory Christian Academy

Jefferson Parish — East Bank

Elementary/Middle Schools

SCHOOL

Girls Coed Coed Coed Boys Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed

Public Catholic Nonprofit Charter Private Public Public Charter Public

Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed

Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed

STUDENTS

Catholic Charter Public

Public Private Parochial Parochial Private Catholic Public Private Catholic

Public Parochial Private Private Public Parochial Parochial Charter Private Catholic Parochial Private Catholic Catholic Catholic Catholic Catholic Parochial Catholic Catholic Parochial Catholic Catholic Catholic Christian

AFFILIATION

K-2nd 5th-7th 10-21 years K Nursery-7th K-8th K-8th Pre-k-8th Pre-k-8th

Nursery-12th K-8th Pre-k-8th

Preschool-8th Nursery-8th Nursery-7th Preschool-8th Preschool-8th Preschool-7th Preschool-5th Preschool-8th Preschool-7th

Preschool-fifth Pre-k-8th Pre-k-12th Nursery-k 6th-12th Preschool-5th Nursery-12th Pre-k-8th K-8th Nursery-7th 14 months-k Pre-k-12th Nursery-7th Pre-school-7th Preschool-7th Nursery-7th Nursery-7th Nursery-7th Nursery-7th Preschool-7th Nursery-12th Preschool-7th Nursery-7th Nursery-7th Nursery-8th

GRADES

20 29 8 25 18 25 25 25 24

16 25 25

n/a n/a 2 25 12-15 24 24 19 25

26 20 n/a 6 25 8 20 25 10 18-20 n/a 17 24 21 24 20-22 25 24 24 n/a 15 25 17 18 18

AVG. CLASS SIZE

QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

13:1 19:1 4:1 12:1 7:1 25:1 17:1 15:1 13:1

7:1 25:1 13:1

20:1-33:1 n/a 10:1-22:1 16:1-25:1 10:1 16:1 24:1 19:1 20:1

20:1-33:1 18:1 n/a n/a 18:1 8:1 15:1 16:1 n/a 9:1 5:1-10:1 10:1 14:1 10:1 12:1-21:1 15:1-21:1 n/a 24:1 11:1 n/a 10:1 13:1 11:1 n/a 25:1

STUDENT/TEACHER RATIO

150 347 20 100 236 380 680 990 603

741 726 820

567 580 300 237 125 510 676 245 700

380 219 392 31 738 35 883 585 55 230 190 275 868 300 865 647 478 425 465 415 540 300 437 386 200

TOTAL ENROLLMENT

Free $6,600 $12,000 Free $10,700-$14,975 Free Free Free Free

$5,705-$16,300 Free Free

Free $6,900 $5,000 $4,100 + $3,200-$3,800 $4,475 Free $3,100-$3,600 $3,905

Free K-5th $1,170-$4,830 n/a $9,000 Free $10,450 $4,900-$6,800 Free $5,000 $4,750 $962-$2,262 $4,725-$6,700 $4,640-$4,995 $4,831 $4,850-$5,000 $4,550 $4,500 $5,025 $4,600 $4,950-$9,000 $9,700-$19,950 $4,450 $4,450 $4,375 $4,000

ANNUAL TUITION

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St. Andrew the Apostle Roman Catholic School

Allen Ellender School

Jefferson Parish — West Bank

Beary Cherry Tree School Mt. Olive Lutheran Preschool New Orleans Oral School Our Lady of Divine Providence School Parkway Presbyterian Preschool & Kindergarten St. Ann School St. Augustine’s Episcopal Preschool St. Benilde School St. Catherine of Siena School St. Christopher School St. Clement of Rome School St. Edward the Confessor School St. Francis Xavier School St. Louis King of France School St. Martin’s Episcopal School St. Mary Magdalen St. Matthew the Apostle School St. Rita School Victory Christian Academy

Jefferson Parish — East Bank

Nursery/Preschool

St. Stanislaus

Mississippi

Christ Episcopal School St. Paul’s School St. Scholastica Academy

St. Tammany Parish

Academy of the Sacred Heart Benjamin Franklin High School Brother Martin High School Cabrini High School Creative Learning Center of Louisiana De La Salle High School International High School of New Orleans Joseph S. Clark Preparatory High School Lake Area New Tech Early College High School Life Without School Louise S. McGehee School Lusher Charter School Mount Carmel Academy The NET Charter High School New Orleans Center for Creative Arts New Orleans Charter Science & Mathematics High School Raphael Academy St. Augustine High School St. Mary’s Academy Sophie B. Wright Charter School Ursuline Academy

Orleans Parish — East Bank

Archbishop Shaw High School Thomas Jefferson High School

Jefferson Parish — West Bank

Archbishop Chapelle High School Archbishop Rummel High School Crescent City Christian School Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies John Curtis Christian School Lutheran High School Metairie Park Country Day School Ridgewood Preparatory School St. Martin’s Episcowpal School St. Mary’s Dominican High School

Jefferson Parish — East Bank

High Schools

Cedarwood School Christ Episcopal School Kehoe-France Northshore Our Lady of Lourdes School St. Margaret Mary Catholic School St. Peter Catholic School

St. Tammany Parish

St. Joan of Arc Catholic School

St. John the Baptist Parish

Our Lady of Prompt Succor School

St. Bernard Parish

Public

Private Parochial Private Catholic Parochial Catholic Parochial Catholic Catholic Catholic Catholic Parochial Catholic Catholic Parochial Catholic Catholic Catholic Christian

Catholic

Coed

Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed

Boys

Coed Boys Girls

Coed Boys Girls Coed Girls

Private Catholic Catholic Public Catholic Parochial Catholic Catholic

Girls Coed Boys Girls Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Girls Coed Girls Coed Coed Coed

Boys Coed

Girls Boys Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Girls

Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed

Coed

Coed

Catholic Public Catholic Catholic Nonprofit Private Charter Charter Public Private Private Charter Catholic Public Public Public

Catholic Public

Catholic Catholic Private Public Parochial Parochial Private Private Parochial Catholic

Private Parochial Private Catholic Catholic Catholic

Catholic

Catholic

Coed

Parochial Catholic Catholic Catholic Charter Public Private Parochial Catholic Private Charter

St. Paul Lutheran School St. Pius X School St. Rita Catholic School St. Stephen Catholic School Samuel J. Green Charter School Sophie B. Wright Charter School Stuart Hall School for Boys Trinity Episcopal School Ursuline Academy Waldorf School of New Orleans Warren Easton Charter High School Catholic

Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Girls Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Boys Coed Girls Coed Coed

Public Charter Charter Public Private Parochial Private Parochial Catholic

Orleans Parish — West Bank

Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Girls Coed Coed

STUDENTS

Public Parochial Catholic Public Public Charter Private Private Charter Private

AFFILIATION

Gentilly Terrace Charter School Good Shepherd School Holy Name of Jesus School KIPP Believe Primary School Lake Forest Elementary Charter School Langston Hughes Academy Life Without School Louise S. McGehee School Lusher Charter School McMillian’s First Steps Community Development Corporation Academy Medard H. Nelson Charter School Morris Jeff Community School Phillis Wheatley Community School Pierre A. Capdau Charter School Raphael Academy St. Andrew’s Episcopal School St. George’s Episcopal School St. John Lutheran School St. Mary’s Academy

Elementary/Middle Schools (CONTINUED)

SCHOOL

Preschool-8th

6 weeks-4-years 3-4 years Preschool 6 weeks-7th 14 months-k 2-years-7th 2 years-k Pre-school-7th 3 years-7th 6 weeks-7th 3 years-7th 1 year-7th 2 years-7th Preschool-7th 8 weeks-12th Preschool-7th 2 years-7th 2 years-7th 3 years-8th

7th-12th

Preschool-12th 8th-12th 8th-12th

6th-12th 6th-12th Nursery-12th 7th-12th Nursery-12th

Nursery-12th 9th-12th 8th-12th 8th-12th 10-21 years 8th-12th 9th-12th 9th-12th 9th-12th 5th-college Pre-K-12th K-12th 8th-12th 9th-12th 9th-12th 9th-12th

8th-12th 9th-12th

8th-12th 8th-12th Pre-k-12th 6th-12th Nursery-12th 9th-12th Pre-k-12th Pre-k-12th Nursery-12th 8th-12th

Nursery-7th Preschool-12th Infant-7th Nursery-7th Nursery-7th Preschool-7th

Preschool-7th

Preschool-7th

Nursery-7th

Preschool-8th Pre-k-5th K-8th K-8th 6th-12th Preschool-8th Nursery-8th Preschool-7th (through 5th), (6th-12th) Nursery-8th Nursery-7th Pre-k-7th Pre-k-7th K-8th 7th-12th Preschool-7th Preschool-8th Nursery-12th Nursery-8th 9th-12th

Preschool-8th K-7th Preschool-7th K-4th Preschool-8th K-8th 5th-college Pre-K-12th K-12th Infant-5th

GRADES

n/a

20 9-12 5 18-20 n/a 24 15 21 24 20-22 25 24 24 n/a 15 25 17 18 18

n/a

20 23 19

7 22 20 24 n/a

16 20 24 20 8 21 25 25 28 n/a 15 n/a 16 12-15 25 20

22 30

23 24 n/a 25 20 15 n/a 17 15 24

16 20 15 22 21 27

21

24

20-25

17 20 20 n/a 25 24 18 n/a n/a 14 25

20-28 26 25 25 7 18 10-12 16 20

20-24 16 22 27 19 25 n/a 15 n/a 15

AVG. CLASS SIZE

20:1-33:1

5:1 6:1 5:1 9:1 5:1-10:1 14:1 6:1-9:1 10:1 12:1-21:1 15:1-21:1 n/a 24:1 11:1 n/a 10:1 13:1 11:1 n/a 25:1

n/a

11:1 25:1 11:1

7:2 22:1 n/a 16:1 9:1-11:1

7:1 17:1 12:1 10:1 4:1 18:1 25:1 25:1 28:1 n/a 10:1 14:1 9:1 10:1 15:1 15:1

20:1 29:1

14:1 13:1 n/a 18:1 15:1 13:1 8:1 10:1 10:1 15:1

15:1 11:1 3:1-18:1 15:1 21:1 20:1

15:1

15:1

10:1-20:1

14:1 13:1 20:1 14:1 25:1 16:1 7:1 7:1 9:1-11:1 14:1 25:1

20:1-28:1 15:1 25:1 25:1 7:2 5:1 5:1 13:1 n/a

20:1-24:1 8:1 n/a 15:1 19:1 25:1 n/a 10:1 14:1 8:1-16:1

STUDENT/TEACHER RATIO

567

140 16 15 230 190 868 99 300 865 647 478 425 465 415 540 300 437 386 200

345

610 850 606

15 660 700 500 775

741 880 n/a 538 20 533 524 428 686 5 525 1,700 1,200 150 650 415

400 400

706 684 392 738 883 100 731 275 540 900

335 610 228 427 650 798

433

375

475

166 460 215 204 526 500 340 382 775 87 992

490 525 630 406 15 190 400 145 700

465 96 555 532 546 847 5 525 1,700 185

TOTAL ENROLLMENT

Free

$8,580 $220 Varies $4,750 $962-$2,262 $4,640-$4,995 $1,850-$3,500 $4,831 $4,850-$5,000 $4,550 $4,500 $5,025 $4,600 $4,950-$9,000 $9,700-$19,950 $4,450 $4,450 $4,375 $4,000

$24,960

$7,300-$11,075 $7,800 $8.425

$12,250-$12,750 $7,000-$7,600 $5,000-6,200 Free $9,300

$5,705-$16,300 Free $8,590 $7,900 $12,000 $8,500 Free Free Free $5,000-$10,000 $16,250 Free $8,300 Free Free Free

$7,800 Free

$7,535 $7,650 n/a Free $4,900-$6,800 $6,900 $13,870-$18,830 $4,725-$6,700 $9,700-$19,950 $8,735

$7,150-$8,395 $7,300-$11,075 $6,990-$7,323 $4,375 $4,320 $4,585-$6,750

$4,994-$5,962

$4,200

$4,825

$5,750 $4,725-$5,575 $4,500 $5,400 Free Free $10,900-$13,200 $13,260-$18,330 $9,300 $4,500-$9,750 Free

Free Free Free Free $12,250-$12,750 $12,747 $10,000-$19,200 $4,750 $5,000-6,200

Free State voucher $6,000 Free Free Free $5,000-$10,000 $16,250 Free $7,800

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Cedarwood School Christ Episcopal School Holy Trinity Lutheran School Kehoe-France Northshore Our Lady of Lourdes School St. Margaret Mary Catholic School St. Michael’s Episcopal Education Center St. Peter Catholic School

St. Tammany Parish

St. Joan of Arc Catholic School

St. John the Baptist Parish

Gethsemane Lutheran Preschool Our Lady of Prompt Succor School

St. Bernard Parish

St. Andrew the Apostle Roman Catholic School

Orleans Parish — West Bank

Academy of the Sacred Heart Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvelle Orleans Gentilly Terrace Charter School Holy Name of Jesus School JCC Nursery School and Pre-K Lakeview Presbyterian Weekday School Madeline’s Kindermusik McMillian’s First Steps Community Development Corporation Academy Medard H. Nelson Charter School Personal Care Nursery & Preschool Royal Castle Child Development Center St. Andrew’s Episcopal School St. Anthony of Padua St. George’s Episcopal School St. John Lutheran School St. Mary’s Academy St. Paul Lutheran School St. Pius X School Stuart Hall School for Boys Trinity Episcopal School University Montessori Ursuline Academy Waldorf School of New Orleans

Orleans Parish — East Bank

Arden Cahill Academy Christ the King School Concordia Lutheran School Elmwood Park Academy Faith Presbyterian Preschool St. Cletus Catholic School Shirley T. Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School Terrytown Academy Visitation of Our Lady

Nursery/Preschool (CONTINUED)

SCHOOL

Private Parochial Parochial Private Catholic Catholic Parochial Catholic

Catholic

Parochial Catholic

Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed

Coed

Coed Coed

Coed

Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Boys Coed Coed Girls Coed

Public Private Private Parochial Catholic Private Parochial Catholic Parochial Catholic Private Parochial Private Catholic Private Catholic

Girls Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed

Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed Coed

STUDENTS

Catholic Private Public Catholic Private Parochial Private Private

Private Parochial Parochial Private Presbyterian Catholic Public Private Catholic

AFFILIATION

2 years-7th Preschool-12th 18 months-4 years 8 weeks-7th 3 years-7th 3 years-7th 18 months-5 years 3 years-7th

Preschool-7th

2-4 years 3 years-7th

Nursery-7th

Preschool-8th 6 weeks-5 years 4 years Preschool-8th 2 years-7th 1 year-8th Preschool-7th 3 years-12th 3 years-8th 3 years-7th 3 years-7th Preschool-8th 2 years-k 2 years-12th Nursery-8th

2 years-12th 18 months-7th Preschool-8th Preschool-7th 1 year-pre-k 1-4 years Infant-6 years Infant-5th

Infant-8th 2 years-7th Preschool-8th Preschool-8th 1-4 years Preschool-7th Preschool-5th 3 years-8th 3 years-7th

GRADES

16 20 12 15 22 21 12 27

21

15 24

20-25

20-28 n/a 20 18 15 10-12 16 20 17 20 18 n/a n/a n/a 14

16 18 20-24 22 10-20 n/a 8 15

n/a 2 25 12-15 12 24 24 19 25

AVG. CLASS SIZE

15:1 11:1 6:1 3:1-18:1 15:1 21:1 4:1-7:1 20:1

15:1

n/a 15:1

10:1-20:1

20:1-28:1 n/a 10:1 5:1 9:2-14:1 5:1 13:1 n/a 14:1 13:1 7:1 7:1 7:1-10:1 9:1-11:1 14:1

7:1 7:1 20:1-24:1 n/a 3:1-10:1 7:1 8:1 8:1-16:1

n/a 10:1-22:1 16:1-25:1 10:1 6:1 16:1 24:1 19:1 20:1

STUDENT/TEACHER RATIO

335 610 82 228 427 650 170 798

433

102 375

475

490 30 20 190 157 400 145 700 166 460 340 382 60 775 87

741 236 465 555 175 82 n/a 185

580 300 237 125 30 510 676 245 700

TOTAL ENROLLMENT

$7,150-$8,395 $7,300-$11,075 $4,700 $6,990-$7,323 $4,375 $4,320 $4,700-$6,650 $4,585-$6,750

$4,994-$5,962

$1,200 + $4,200

$4,825

Free $110-$120/week $150/wk,$660/mth $12,747 $5,000-$6,150 $10,000-$19,200 $4,750 $5,000-6,200 $5,750 $4,725-$5,575 $10,900-$13,200 $13,260-$18,330 $6,150-$11,000 $9,300 $4,500-$9,750

$5,705-$16,300 $10,700-$14,975 Free $6,000 $3,400-$7,250 $3,091-$6,610 $960 $7,800

$6,900 $5,000 $4,100 + $3,200-$3,800 $3,240 $4,475 Free $3,100-$3,600 $3,905

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Students at Young Audiences Charter School in Gretna participate in an artsintegrated curriculum.

www.stmsaints.com Parochial/coed Eight weeks old-12th grade Founded: 1947 Principal: Merry Sorrells Average class size: 15 Student/teacher ratio: 10:1 Total enrollment: 540 Tuition: $9,700-$19,950

St. Mary Magdalen

5-year-olds Total enrollment: 190 Tuition: $962-$2,262

Ridgewood Preparatory School

201 Pasadena Ave., Metairie, (504) 835-2545; www.ridgewoodprep.com Private/coed Pre-k-12th grade Founded: 1948 Principal: M.J. Montgomery Jr. Average class size: 17 Student/teacher ratio: 10:1 Total enrollment: 275 Tuition: $4,725-$6,700

St. Ann School

4921 Meadowdale St., Metairie, (504) 455-8383; www.stannschool.org Catholic/coed Two years old-seventh grade Founded: 1975 Principal: Susan Kropog Average class size: 24 Student/teacher ratio: 14:1 Total enrollment: 868 Tuition: $4,640-$4,995

St. Augustine’s Episcopal Preschool

3412 Haring Road, Metairie, (504) 887-4801; www.staugustinesdayschool.weebly.com Parochial/coed

Two years old-kindergarten Founded: 1984 Principal: Joline LaCoste Average class size: 15 Student/teacher ratio: 6:1, 2-year-olds; 8:1, 3-year-olds; 9:1, 4-year-olds Total enrollment: 99 Tuition: $1,850-$3,500

St. Benilde School

1801 Division St., Metairie, (504) 833-9894; www.stbenilde.com Catholic/coed Preschool-seventh grade Founded: 1968 Principal: John Downey Average class size: 21 Student/teacher ratio: 10:1 Total enrollment: 300 Tuition: $4,831

St. Catherine of Siena School

400 Codifer Blvd., Metairie, (504) 831-1166; www.scsgators.org Catholic/coed Three years old-seventh grade Founded: 1926 Principal: Frances Dee Tarantino Average class size: 18-24 preschool & kindergarten; 19-24 first-seventh grade Student/teacher ratio: 12:1 preschool-second grade; 21:1 3rd-seventh grade Total enrollment: 865 Tuition: $4,850-$5,000

St. Christopher School

3900 Derbigny St., Metairie, (504) 837-6871; www.stchristopherschool.org Catholic/coed Six weeks old-seventh grade Founded: 1949 Principal: Ruth Meche Average class size: 20-22 Student/teacher ratio: 15:1, 2-year-olds; 11:1, 3-year-olds; 9:1, 4-year-olds; 21:1, kindergartenseventh grade Total enrollment: 647 Tuition: $4,550

St. Clement of Rome School

3978 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-0386; www.scrschool.org Catholic/coed Three years old-seventh grade Founded: 1968 Principal: Roselyn K. Tindall Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: n/a Total enrollment: 478 Tuition: $4,500

St. Edward the Confessor School

4901 W. Metairie Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-6353; www.steddy.org Parochial/coed One year old-seventh grade

Founded: 1965 Principal: Thomas Becker Average class size: 24 Student/teacher ratio: 24:1 Total enrollment: 425 Tuition: $5,025

St. Francis Xavier School 215 Betz Place, Metairie, (504) 833-1471; www.stfrancisxavier.com Catholic/coed Two years old-seventh grade Founded: 1926 Principal: Barbara Martin Average class size: 24 Student/teacher ratio: 11:1 Total enrollment: 465 Tuition: $4,600

St. Louis King of France School

1600 Lake Ave., Metairie, (504) 833-8224; www.slkfschool.com Catholic/coed Preschool-seventh grade Founded: 1953 Principal: Pamela K. Schott Average class size: n/a Student/teacher ratio: n/a Total enrollment: 415 Tuition: $4,950-$9,000

St. Martin’s Episcopal School

225 Green Acres Road, Metairie, (504) 733-0353;

6421 W. Metairie Ave., Metairie, (504) 733-1433; www.smmcougars.org Catholic/coed Preschool-seventh grade Founded: 1957 Principal: Kimberly Downes Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: 13:1 Total enrollment: 300 Tuition: $4,450

St. Mary’s Dominican High School

7701 Walmsley Ave., (504) 865-9401; www.stmarysdominican.org Catholic/all girls Eighth-12th grade Founded: 1860 Principal: Carolyn Favre Average class size: 24 Student/teacher ratio: 15:1 Total enrollment: 900 Tuition: $8,735

St. Matthew the Apostle School

10021 Jefferson Highway, River Ridge, (504) 737-4604; www.smaschool.net Catholic/coed Two years old-seventh grade Founded: 1960 Principal: Dennis Panepinto Average class size: 17 Student/teacher ratio: 11:1 Total enrollment: 437 Tuition: $4,450

St. Rita School

194 Ravan Ave., Harahan, (504) 737-0744; www.stritaharahan.com Catholic/coed Two years old-seventh grade Founded: 1953 Principal: Miriam Daniel Average class size: 18 PAGE 21

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Make it hers...

Academic Rigor Experiential Learning Small Class Sizes Service Oriented Student Governed Honor System Leadership Development A Global Perspective

(504) 561-1224

2343 Prytania Street

McGeheeSchool.com

Louise S. McGehee School is open to all qualified girls regardless of race, religion, national or ethnic origin.

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Lusher Charter School students recently performed with the American Choir Directors Association National Honor Choir in Salt Lake, City, Utah.

Student/teacher ratio: n/a Total enrollment: 386 Tuition: $4,375

Victory Christian Academy 5708 Airline Drive, Metairie, (504) 733-5087; www.vcagators.net Christian/coed Three years old-eighth grade Founded: 1984 Principal: Michelle Nichols Average class size: 18 Student/teacher ratio: 25:1 Total enrollment: 200 Tuition: $4,000

JEFFERSON PARISH — WEST BANK Allen Ellender School

4501 E. Ames Blvd., Marrero, (504) 341-9469; www.ellender. jpschools.org Public/coed Preschool-eighth grade Founded: 1971 Principal: Dawn Matherne Average class size: n/a Student/teacher ratio: 20:1 preschool; 26:1 kindergarten-third grade; 33:1 fourth-eighth grade Total enrollment: 567 Tuition: free

Archbishop Shaw High School

1000 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 340-6727; www.archbishopshaw.org Catholic/boys Eighth-12th grade Founded: 1962 Principal: George Hebert Average class size: 22 Student/teacher ratio: 20:1 Total enrollment: 400 Tuition: $7,800

Arden Cahill Academy

3101 Wall Blvd., Gretna, (504) 392-0902; www.ardencahillacademy.com Private/coed Infant-eighth grade

Founded: 1968 Principal: Mary Kevin Cahill Average class size: n/a Student/teacher ratio: n/a Total enrollment: 580 Tuition: $6,900

Christ the King School

2106 Deerfield Road, Terrytown, (504) 367-3601; www.ctkterrytown.org Parochial/coed Two years old-seventh grade Founded: 1963 Principal: Michael Giambelluca Average class size: 22 Student/teacher ratio: 10:1, 2-yearolds; 22:1, first-seventh grades Total enrollment: 300 Tuition: $5,000

Concordia Lutheran School 6700 Westbank Expwy., Marrero, (504) 347-4155; www. clsmarrero.com Parochial/coed Preschool-eighth grade Founded: 1965 Principal: Jackie Daniilidis Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: 16:1, preschool; 23:1, kindergarten; 25:1, first-eighth grades Total enrollment: 237 Tuition: $4,100 and up

Elmwood Park Academy 1517 Carol Sue Ave., Terrytown, (504) 392-0217; www.elmwood-

parkacademy.org Private/coed Three years old-eighth grade Founded: 1973 Principal: Kenneth M. Loria Average class size: 12-15 Student/teacher ratio: 10:1 Total enrollment: 125 Tuition: $3,200-$3,800

366-1660; www.gretnapark. jpschools.org Public/coed Preschool-fifth grade Founded: 1958 Principal: Nancia Sterling Average class size: 24 Student/teacher ratio: 24:1 Total enrollment: 676 Tuition: free

Catholic/coed Three years old-seventh grade Founded: 1965 Principal: Carolyn A. Levet Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: 20:1 Total enrollment: 700 Tuition: $3,905

Faith Presbyterian Preschool

Terrytown Academy

1407 Virgil St., Gretna, (504) 5233525; www.yacharterschool.org Public/coed Pre-k-fifth grade Founded 2013 Average class size: 23 Student/teacher ratio: 18:1 Total enrollment: 500 Tuition: Free

St. Cletus Catholic School

Thomas Jefferson High School

2525 Apollo Ave., Harvey, (504) 368-2525 Presbyterian/coed One-4 years old Founded: 1984 Principal: Gay Scaffidi Average class size: 12 Student/teacher ratio: 6:1 Total enrollment: 30 Tuition: $3,240

3610 Claire Ave., Gretna, (504) 366-3538; www.stcletus.com Catholic/coed Three years old-seventh grade Founded: 1978 Principal: Jill Grabert Average class size: 24 Student/teacher ratio: 16:1 Total enrollment: 510 Tuition: $4,475

Shirley T. Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School 1130 Gretna Blvd., Gretna, (504)

1503 Carol Sue Ave., Gretna, (504) 392-3804 Private/coed Three years old-eighth grade Founded: 1969 Principal: Cindy West Average class size: 19 Student/teacher ratio: 19:1 Total enrollment: 245 Tuition: $3,100-$3,600

17 Gretna Blvd., Gretna, (504) 3634300; www.tjeff.jpschools.org Public/coed Ninth-12th grade Founded: 2006 Principal: Gerard LeBlanc Average class size: 30 Student/teacher ratio: 29:1 Total enrollment: 400 Tuition: free

Visitation of Our Lady

3520 Ames Blvd., Marrero, (504) 347-3377; www.school.vol.org

Young Audiences Charter School

ORLEANS PARISH — EAST BANK Academy of the Sacred Heart

4521 St. Charles Ave., (504) 891-1943; www.ashrosary.org Catholic/girls Two years old-12th grade Founded: 1887 Principal: Sr. Melanie Guste Average class size: 16 Student/teacher ratio: 7:1 Total enrollment: 741 Tuition: $5,705-$16,300

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Arthur Ashe Charter School

1456 Gardena Drive, (504) 373-6267; www.ashecharterschool.org Charter/coed Kindergarten-eighth grade Founded: 2007 Principal: Sivi Domango, Ryan Bennett Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: 25:1 Total enrollment: 726 Tuition: free

Benjamin Franklin Elementary Mathematics and Science School

1116 Jefferson Ave., (504) 304-3932; 401 Nashville Ave., (504) 359-7730; www.babyben.org Public/coed Pre-kindergarten-eighth grade Founded: 1988 Principal: Charlotte L. Matthew Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: 13:1 Total enrollment: 820 Tuition: free

Benjamin Franklin High School

2001 Leon C. Simon Drive, (504) 286-2600; www.bfhsla.org Public/coed Ninth-12th grades Founded: 1957 Principal: Timothy G. Rusnak Average class size: 20 Student/teacher ratio: 17:1 Total enrollment: 880 Tuition: free

Bricolage Academy

4238 St. Charles Ave., (504) 5394505; www.bricolagenola.com Public/coed Kindergarten-second grade Founded: 2013 Principal: Josh Densen Average class size: 20 Student/teacher ratio: 13:1 Total enrollment: 150 Tuition: free

Brother Martin High School 4401 Elysian Fields Ave., (504) 2831561; www.brothermartin.com Catholic/boys Eighth-12th grade Founded: 1869 Principal: Gregory Rando Average class size: 24 Student/teacher ratio: 12:1 Tuition: $8,590

Cabrini High School

1400 Moss St., (504) 482-1193; www.cabrinihigh.com Catholic/girls

Eighth-12th grade Founded: 1959 Principal: Yvonne Hrapmann Average class size: 20 Student/teacher ratio: 10:1 Total enrollment: 538 Tuition: $7,900

Christian Brothers School

8 Friederichs Ave., (504) 486-6770; www.cbs-no.org Catholic/boys Fifth-seventh grade Founded: 1960 Principal: Joey M. Scaffidi Average class size: 29 Student/teacher ratio: 19:1 Total enrollment: 347 Tuition: $6,600

Creative Learning Center of Louisiana

2432 Gen. Ogden St., (504) 9757961; www.clcofla.org Nonprofit/coed Ten-21 years old Founded: 2005 Principal: Sheila Ealey Average class size: 8 Student/teacher ratio: 4:1 Total enrollment: 20 Tuition: $12,000

Cypress Academy

4238 St. Charles Ave., (504) 383-

Allison Stuart, a student at St. Mary’s Dominican High School, practices her part as Victoria during a rehearsal for Cats to be presented at the school in April.

3337; www.cypressacademy.org Charter/coed Kindergarten Founded: 2015 Principal: Bob Berk Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: 12:1 Total enrollment: 100 Tuition: free

De La Salle High School

5300 St. Charles Ave., (504) 8955717; www.delasallenola.com Private/coed Eighth-12th grade Founded: 1949 Principal: Myles Seghers Average class size: 21 Student/teacher ratio: 18:1 Total enrollment: 533 Tuition: $8,500

Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvelle Orleans

821 Gen. Pershing St., (504) 8964500; www.ebnola.com Private/coed 18 months old-seventh grade Founded: 1998 Principal: Pauline Dides Average class size: 18 Student/teacher ratio: 7:1 Total enrollment: 236

Tuition: $10,700-$14,975

Edgar P. Harney/ Spirit of Excellence Academy Charter

2503 Willow St., (504) 373-6230; www.soeanola.com Public/coed Kindergarten-eighth grade Founded: 2010 Principal: Eileen T. Williams Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: 25:1 Total enrollment: 380 Tuition: free

Edward Hynes Charter School

990 Harrison Ave., (504) 483-6100; www.hynesschool.org Public/coed Kindergarten-eighth grade (gifted pre-k) Founded: 1952 Principal: Michelle B. Douglas Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: 17:1 Total enrollment: 680 Tuition: free

Einstein Charter School 5100 Cannes St., (504) 324-7450;

www.einsteincharter.org Charter/coed Pre-k-eighth grade Founded: 2005 Principal: Shawn Toranto Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: 15:1 Total enrollment: 990 Tuition: free

Fannie C. Williams Charter School

11755 Dwyer Road, (504) 3736228; www.fcwcs.org Public/coed Four years old-eighth grade Founded: 2007 Principal: Kelly Batiste Average class size: 24 Student/teacher ratio: 13:1 Total enrollment: 603 Tuition: free

Gentilly Terrace Charter School

4720 Painters St., (504) 708-2053; www.newbeginningsnola.com/ gentillyterrace Public/coed Preschool-eighth grade Founded: 2010 Principal: Edward Brown PAGE 25

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Average class size: 24; 20, preschool Student/teacher ratio: 20:1, preschool; 24:1 K-eighth Total enrollment: 465 Tuition: free

Good Shepherd School

353 Baronne St., (504) 598-9399; www.thegoodshepherdschool.org

Parochial/coed

Kindergarten-seventh grade Founded: 2001 Principal: Emily M. Paul Average class size: 16 Student/teacher ratio: 8:1 Total enrollment: 96 Tuition: State voucher

Holy Cross School

5500 Paris Ave., (504) 942-3100; www.holycrosstigers.com Parochial/boys Fifth-12th grade Founded: 1849 Principal: Benjamin D. Tolerico Average class size: 24 Student/teacher ratio: 13:1 Tuition: 6,700-7,700

Holy Name of Jesus School 6325 Cromwell Place, (504) 8611466; www.hnjschool.org Catholic/coed Preschool-seventh grade Founded: 1891 Principal: Jessica Dwyer Average class size: 22 Student/teacher ratio: n/a Total enrollment: 555 Tuition: $6,000

International High School of New Orleans

727 Carondelet St., (504) 613-5703; www.ihsnola.org Charter/coed Ninth-12th grade Founded: 2009 Principal: Sean Wilson Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: 25:1 Total enrollment: 524 Tuition: free

JCC Nursery School and Pre-K

5342 St. Charles Ave., (504) 8970143; www.nojcc.org Private/coed One year old-pre-kindergarten Founded: 1948 Principal: Adrienne Shulman Average class size: 10-20 Student/teacher ratio: 3:1-10:1 Total enrollment: 175 Tuition: $3,400-$7,250

Joseph S. Clark Preparatory High School

1301 N. Derbigny St., (504) 373-6202; www.clarkprep.org Charter/coed Ninth-12th grade Founded: 1946 Principal: Reginald Coleman Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: 25:1 Total enrollment: 428 Tuition: free

KIPP Believe Primary School

421 Burdette St., (504) 266-2050; www.kipp.org Public/coed Kindergarten-fourth grade Founded: 2011 Principal: Sarah Beth Greenberg Average class size: 27 Student/teacher ratio: 15:1 Total enrollment: 532 Tuition: free

Lake Area New Tech Early College High School 6026 Paris Ave., (504) 267-8811; www.newbeginningsnola.net Public/coed Ninth-12th grade Founded: 2008 Principal: Darren Lewis Average class size: 28 Student/teacher ratio: 28:1 Total enrollment: 686 Tuition: free

Lake Forest Elementary Charter School

12000 Hayne Blvd., (504) 826-7140; www.lakeforestcharter.org

Public/coed Preschool-eighth grade Founded: 2006 Principal: Mardele S. Early Average class size: 19 Student/teacher ratio: 19:1 Total enrollment: 546 Tuition: free

Lakeview Presbyterian Weekday School

5915 Louis XIV St., (504) 488-2172; www.lpcno.org/weekdayschool. html Parochial/coed One-4 years old Founded: 1951 Principal: Dale Davis Average class size: n/a Student/teacher ratio: 7:1 Total enrollment: 82 Tuition: $3,091-$6,610

Langston Hughes Academy

3519 Trafalgar St., (504) 3736251; www.langstonhughesacademy.org Charter/coed Kindergarten-eighth grade Founded: 2010 Principal: Franchesca Cain Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: 25:1 Total enrollment: 847 Tuition: free

Life Without School

1631 Elysian Fields, (504) 208-2002; www.lifewithoutschool.org Private/coed Fifth grade-college Founded: 2003 Principal: Anita Senentz

Terrytown Academy has been teaching children on the West Bank since 1969.

Average class size: n/a Student/teacher ratio: n/a Total enrollment: 5 Tuition: $5,000-$10,000

Louise S. McGehee School 2343 Prytania St., (504) 561-1224; www.mcgeheeschool.com Private/girls Pre-kindergarten-12th grade Founded: 1912 Principal: Eileen Powers Average class size: 15 Student/teacher ratio: 10:1 Total enrollment: 525 Tuition: $16,250 (average)

Lusher Charter School

5624 Freret St., (504) 304-3961; 7315 Willow St., (504) 862-5110; www. lusherschool.org Charter/coed Kindergarten-12th grade Principal: Kathy Riedlinger Average class size: n/a Student/teacher ratio: 14:1 Total enrollment: 1,700 Tuition: free

Madeline’s Kindermusik

2436 Valence St., (504) 717-1076; www.kindermusik.com/madelineskindermusik Private/coed Infant-six years old Founded: 2010 Principal: Madeline Thibodeaux Average class size: 8 Student/teacher ratio: 8:1 Total enrollment: n/a

Tuition: $960

McMillian’s First Steps Community Development Corporation Academy 2601 S. Claiborne Ave., (504) 822-1266; www.mcmilliansfirststeps.com Private/coed Infant-fifth grade Founded: 1988 Principal: Linda McMillian Average class size: 15 Student/teacher ratio: 8:1 preschool; 16:1 elementary Total enrollment: 185 Tuition: $7,800

Medard H. Nelson Charter School

3121 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 943-1311; www.newbeginningsnola.net Public/coed Preschool-eighth grade Founded: 2005 Principal: Chauncey Nash Average class size: 28; 20 preschool Student/teacher ratio: 20:1, preschool; 28:1 other ages Total enrollment: 490 Tuition: free

Morris Jeff Community School

211 S. Lopez St., (504) 373-6258; www.morrisjeffschool.org PAGE 26

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St. Louis King of France Principal Pamela Schott mugs with (l-r) Charlie Tabak, Miley Thomas and Ana Daniels.

Charter/coed Pre-k four year olds-fifth grade Founded: 2010 Principal: Patricia Perkins Average class size: 26 Student/teacher ratio: 15:1 Total enrollment: 525 Tuition: free

Mount Carmel Academy

New Orleans Center for Creative Arts

7027 Milne Blvd., (504) 288-7626; www. mcacubs.com Catholic/girls Eighth-12th grade Founded: 1896 Principal: Beth Ann Simno Average class size: 16 Student/teacher ratio: 9:1 Total enrollment: 1200 Tuition: $8,300

2800 Chartres St., (504) 940-ARTS; www.nocca.com Public/coed Ninth-12th grade Founded: 1973 Principal: Kyle Wedberg Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: 15:1 Total enrollment: 650 Tuition: free

The NET Charter High School

New Orleans Charter Science & Mathematics High School

1614 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 267-9060; www.thenet- nola.org Public/coed Ninth-12th grade

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Founded: 2011 Principal: Elizabeth Ostberg Average class size: 12-15 Student/teacher ratio: 10:1 Total enrollment: 150 Tuition: free

5625 Loyola Ave., (504) 324-7061; www. noscihigh.org Public/coed

annual guide to schools 2015 Ninth-12th grade Founded: 1993 Principals: Chana Benenson & Claire Jecklin Average class size: 20 Student/teacher ratio: 15:1 Total enrollment: 415 Tuition: free

Personal Care Nursery & Preschool

7741 Weaver Ave., (504) 241-2929 Private/coed Six weeks-5 years old Founded: 2001 Principal: Paula C. Neely Average class size: n/a Student/teacher ratio: n/a Total enrollment: 30 Tuition: $110-$120/week

Phillis Wheatley Community School

2300 Dumaine St., (504) 3736205; www.wheatleycommunityschool.org Charter/coed Kindergarten-eighth grade Founded: 2010 Principal: Diana Archuleta Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: 25:1 Total enrollment: 630 Tuition: free

Pierre A. Capdau Charter School

4621 Canal St., (504) 872-9257; www.newbeginningsnola.net Public/coed Kindergarten-eighth grade Founded: 2004 Principal: Rulonda Green Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: 25:1 Total enrollment: 406 Tuition: free

Raphael Academy

500 Soraparu St., (504) 524-5955; www.raphaelacademy.org Private/coed Sixth-12th grade Founded: 2011 Principal: Jacqueline Case Average class size: 7 Student/teacher ratio: 7:2 Total enrollment: 15 Tuition: $12,250-$12,750

Royal Castle Child Development Center

3800 Eagle St., (504) 488-1045; www. royalcastlecdc.com Private/coed Four years old Founded: 1996 Principal: Pearlie B. Harris Average class size: 20

Student/teacher ratio: 10:1 Total enrollment: 20 Tuition: $150/week, $660/month

St. Andrew’s Episcopal School

8012 Oak St., (504) 866-6553; www. standrewsepiscopalschool.org Parochial/coed Preschool-eighth grade Founded: 1957 Principal: Mason Lecky Average class size: 18 Student/teacher ratio: 5:1 Total enrollment: 190 Tuition: $12,747

St. Anthony of Padua

4601 Cleveland Ave., (504) 488-4426; www.stanthonyofpadua.net Catholic/coed Two years old-seventh grade Founded: 1915 Principal: Sr. Ruth Angelette Average class size: 15 Student/teacher ratio: 9:2, 2-yearolds; 9:1, 3-year-olds-kindergarten; 14:1, first-seventh grades Total enrollment: 157 Tuition: $5,000-$6,150

St. Augustine High School

2600 A.P. Tureaud Ave., (504) 944-2424; www.staugnola.org Catholic/boys Sixth-12th grade Founded: 1951 Principal: Sean Goodwin Average class size: 22 Student/teacher ratio: 22:1 Total enrollment: 660 Tuition: $7,000-$7,600

St. George’s Episcopal School

923 Napoleon Ave., (504) 891-5509; www.stgeorgesepiscopal.com Private/coed 1 year old-eighth grade Founded: 1969 Principal: Robert Eichberger Average class size: 10-12 Student/teacher ratio: 5:1 Total enrollment: 400 Tuition: $10,000, preschool; $12,400$19,200, pre-kindergarteneighth grade

St. John Lutheran School

3937 Canal St., (504) 488-6641; www. sjlno.com Parochial/coed Preschool-seventh grade Founded: 1854 Principal: Bethany Gonski Average class size: 16 Student/teacher ratio: 13:1 Total enrollment: 145 Tuition: $4,750 PAGE 28

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St. Mary’s Academy

6905 Chef Menteur Blvd., (504) 2450200; www.smaneworleans.com Catholic/preschool 3-fifth grade, coed; sixth-12th grade, girls Three years old-12th grade Founded: 1867 Principal: Sr. Jennie Jones Average class size: 20 Student/teacher ratio: n/a Total enrollment: 700 Tuition: $5,000-6,200

St. Paul Lutheran School

2624 Burgundy St., (504) 947-1773; www.splno.com Parochial/coed Three years old-eighth grade Founded: 1840 Principal: Jason Saltmarsh Average class size: 17 Student/teacher ratio: 14:1 Total enrollment: 166 Tuition: $5,750

St. Paul’s Episcopal School

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6249 Canal Blvd., (504) 488-1319; www. stpauls-lakeview.org Private/coed Toddler-eighth grade Founded: 1961 Private/coed Toddler-eighth grade Founded: 1961 Average class size: 13 Student/teacher ratio: 8:1 Total enrollment: 269 Tuition: $11,589-$13,448

St. Pius X School

6600 Spanish Fort Blvd., (504) 282-2811; www.stpiusnola.org Catholic/coed Three years old-seventh grade Founded: 1953 Principal: Pamela W. Fulham Average class size: 20 Student/teacher ratio: 13:1 Total enrollment: 460 Tuition: $4,725-$5,575

St. Rita Catholic School 65 Fountainbleau Drive, (504) 866-1777; www.stritanola.org Catholic/coed 4 years old-seventh grade Founded: 1924 Principal: Karen Henderson Average class size: 20 Student/teacher ratio: 20:1 Total enrollment: 215 Tuition: $4,500

St. Stephen Catholic School 1027 Napoleon Ave., (504) 891-1927 Catholic/coed Four years old-seventh grade Founded: 1852 Principal: Peggy LeBlanc Average class size: n/a

Student/teacher ratio: 14:1 Total enrollment: 204 Tuition: $5,400

Samuel J. Green Charter School

2319 Valence St., (504) 304-3532; www. greencharterschool.org Charter/coed Kindergarten-eighth grade Founded: 2006 Principal: Ava Lee Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: 25:1 Total enrollment: 526 Tuition: free

Sophie B. Wright Charter School

1426 Napoleon Ave., (504) 304-3916; www.sophiewrightschool.com Public/coed Seventh-12th grade Founded: 1910 Principal: Sharon L. Clark Average class size: 24 Student/teacher ratio: 16:1 Total enrollment: 500 Tuition: free

Stuart Hall School for Boys

2032 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 861-1954; www.stuarthall.org Private/boys Three years old-seventh grade Founded: 1984 Principal: Kevin Avin Average class size: 18 Student/teacher ratio: 7:1 Total enrollment: 340 Tuition: $10,900-$13,200

Trinity Episcopal School

1315 Jackson Ave., (504) 525-8661; www.trinitynola.com Parochial/coed Preschool-eighth grade Founded: 1960 Principal: Rev. Gary Taylor Student/teacher ratio: 7:1 Total enrollment: 382 Tuition: $13,260-$18,330

University Montessori

7508 Burthe St., (504) 865-1659; www.umsnola.org Private/coed Two years old-kindergarten Founded: 1978 Principal: Teddi Locke Average class size: n/a Student/teacher ratio: 7:1-10:1 Total enrollment: 60 Tuition: $6,150-$11,000

Ursuline Academy

2635 State St., (504) 861-9150; www. ursulineneworleans.org Catholic/girls

annual guide to schools 2015 Two years old-12th grade Founded: 1727 Principal: Kim Harper & Alice Bairnsfather Average class size: n/a Student/teacher ratio: 9:1 elementary school; 11:1 high school Total enrollment: 775 Tuition: $9,300

Waldorf School of New Orleans

517 Soraparu St. Suite 101, (504) 5252420; www.waldorfnola.org Private/coed Nursery-eighth grade Founded: 2000 Principal: Shana Hartmann Average class size: 14 Student/teacher ratio: 14:1 Total enrollment: 87 Tuition: $4,500-$9,750

Warren Easton Charter High School

3019 Canal St., (504) 324-7400; www. warreneastoncharterhigh.org Charter/coed Ninth-12th grade Founded: 1913 Principal: Alexina Medley Average class size: 25 Student/teacher ratio: 25:1 Total enrollment: 992 Tuition: free

ORLEANS PARISH — WEST BANK St. Andrew the Apostle Roman Catholic School

3131 Eton St., (504) 394-4171; www.sasno.org Catholic/coed Two years old-seventh grade Founded: 1953 Principal: Patience Clasen Average class size: 20-25 Student/teacher ratio: 10:1 pre-school-kindergarten; 20:1 elementary school Total enrollment: 475 Tuition: $4,825

Young Audiences Charter School

1407 Virgil St., Gretna, (504) 523-3525; www.yacharterschool.org Public/coed Pre-k-fifth grade Founded 2013 Average class size: 23 Student/teacher ratio: 18:1 Total enrollment: 500 Tuition: Free

ST. BERNARD PARISH Gethsemane Lutheran Preschool

2825 Paris Road, Chalmette, (504) 2791917; www.gethsemane-lutheran.org Parochial/coed Two-4 years old Founded: 1950 Principal: Peggy L. Seago Average class size: 15 Student/teacher ratio: n/a Total enrollment: 102 Tuition: Starts at $1,200

Our Lady of Prompt Succor School

2305 Fenelon St., Chalmette, (504) 271-2953; www.olpsschool.org Catholic/coed Three years old-seventh grade Founded: 1954 Principal: Sharon Coll Average class size: 24 Student/teacher ratio: 15:1 Total enrollment: 375 Tuition: $4,200

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH St. Joan of Arc Catholic School

412 Fir St., LaPlace, (985) 652-6310; www.sja-school.com Catholic/coed Preschool-seventh grade Founded: 1961 Principal: Jeffrey M. Montz Average class size: 21 Student/teacher ratio: 15:1 Total enrollment: 433 Tuition: $4,994-$5,962

ST. TAMMANY PARISH Cedarwood School

607 Heavens Drive, Mandeville, (985) 845-7111; www.cedarwoodschool.com Private/coed Two years old-seventh grade Founded: 1983 Principal: Kathryn S. LeBlanc Average class size: 16 Student/teacher ratio: 15:1 Total enrollment: 335 Tuition: $7,150-$8,395

Christ Episcopal School

80 Christwood Blvd., Covington, (985) 871-9902; www.christepiscopalschool.org Parochial/coed Pre-school-12th grade Founded: 1984 PAGE 31

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Mount Carmel students on graduation day.

Tulane University

6823 St. Charles Ave., (504) 8655000; www.tulane.edu Private/coed Undergraduate, graduate, professional Founded: 1834 President: Michael A. Fitts

The University of New Orleans

2000 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 280-6000; www.uno.edu Public/coed Undergraduate, graduate, doctorate Founded: 1958 President: Peter J. Fos

Xavier University Principal: John Morvant Average class size: 20 Student/teacher ratio: 11:1 Total enrollment: 610 Tuition: $7,300-$11,075

Holy Trinity Lutheran School

1 N. Marigold Drive, Covington, (985) 892-6146; www.myholytrinity.org Parochial/coed 18 months-4 years old Founded: 1991 Principal: Debby Nelson Average class size: 12 Student/teacher ratio: 6:1 Total enrollment: 82 Tuition: $4,700

Kehoe-France Northshore

25 Patricia Drive, Covington, (985) 892-4415; www.kehoe-france.com Private/coed Eight weeks old-seventh grade Founded: 1996 Principal: Brad Humphreys Average class size: 15 Student/teacher ratio: 3:1, preschool; 18:1, elementarymiddle school Total enrollment: 228 Tuition: $6,990-$7,323

Our Lady of Lourdes School

345 Westchester Blvd., Slidell, (985) 643-3230; www.ollonline.com

Catholic/coed Three years old-seventh grade Founded: 1929 Principal: Robert Kiefer Average class size: 22 Student/teacher ratio: 15:1 Total enrollment: 427 Tuition: $4,375

Eighth-12th grade Founded: 1911 Principal: Trevor Watkins & Br. Raymond Bulliard Average class size: 23 Student-teach ratio: 25:1 Total enrollment: 850 Tuition: $7,800

Catholic/boys Seventh-12th grade Founded: 1854 Principal: Patrick McGrath Average class size: n/a Student/teacher ratio: n/a Total enrollment: 345 Tuition: $24,960

St. Margaret Mary Catholic School

St. Peter Catholic School

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1050 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 643-4612; www.saintmm.org Catholic/coed Three years old-seventh grade Founded: 1966 Principal: Bobby Ohler Average class size: 21 Student/teacher ratio: 21:1 Total enrollment: 650 Tuition: $4,320

St. Michael’s Episcopal Education Center

4499 Sharp Road, Mandeville, (985) 626-5724; www.stmichaelspreschool.edu Parochial/coed Eighteen months-5 years old Founded: 1997 Principal: Stacey G. Tavan Average class size: 12 Student/teacher ratio: 4:1-7:1 Total enrollment: 170 Tuition: $4,700-$6,650

St. Paul’s School

917 S. Jahncke Ave., Covington, (985) 892-3200; www.stpauls.com Catholic/boys

130 E. Temperance St., Covington, (985) 892-1831; www.stpetercov.org Catholic/coed Three years old-seventh grade Founded: 1878 Principal: Michael Kraus Average class size: 27 Student/teacher ratio: 20:1 Total enrollment: 798 Tuition: $4,585-$6,750

St. Scholastica Academy

Cameron College

2740 Canal St., (504) 821-5881; www.cameroncollege.com Private/coed Undergraduate Founded: 1981 President: Eleanor Cameron

122 S. Massachusetts St., Covington, (985) 892-2540; www.ssacad.org Catholic/girls Eighth-12th grade Founded: 1903 Principal: Mary Kathryn Villere Average class size: 19 Student/teacher ratio: 11:1 Total enrollment: 606 Tuition: $8.425

Dillard University

MISSISSIPPI

6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 8653240; www.loyno.edu Jesuit/coed Undergraduate, graduate, doctorate, nursing Founded: 1912 President: Kevin Wildes

St. Stanislaus

304 S. Beach Blvd., Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, (228) 467-9057; www.ststan.com

2601 Gentilly Blvd., (504) 283-8822; www.dillard.edu Private/coed Undergraduate Founded: 1869 President: Walter Kimbrough

Loyola University New Orleans

1 Drexel Drive, (504) 486-7411; www.xula.edu Private/coed Undergraduate, professional Founded: 1925 President: Norman C. Francis

EDUCATION RESOURCES Alliance Francaise

1519 Jackson Ave., (504) 5680770; www.af-neworleans.org Nonprofit/coed French language program Eighteen months old-adult Founded: 1984 Principal: Aurelie Champvert Average class size: 8 Student/teacher ratio: n/a Total enrollment: 400 Tuition: $160 for 10 weeks, children; $99-$370 adults

Louisiana Academy of Performing Arts

316 Girod St., Mandeville, (985) 674-2992; 1111 Village Walk, Covington, (985) 590-4545; 2020 Dickory Ave., Harahan, (504) 738-3050; www.laapa.com Private/coed Beginning-advanced Founded: 1978 Principals: Ryan P. and Wanda Cullen Average class size: n/a Student/teacher ratio: n/a Total enrollment: 1,000 Tuition: Starts at $124 per month

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