Isidore Newman School

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.

History

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 the flooding caused by 2005's Hurricane Katrina and was closed for two months.

Academics

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