St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School
School in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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5116 Magazine Street
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Coordinates | 29°55′13″N 90°6′37″W / 29.92028°N 90.11028°W / 29.92028; -90.11028 |
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School type | Private , All-Girls |
Motto | Prepped for Life |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
Patron saint(s) | St. Katharine Drexel , S.B.S. |
Established | 2013 |
School district | Orleans |
President | Sister Margaret Mary Friesenhahn, S.S.N.D. |
Principal | Jacob J. Owens |
Grades | 8 – 12 |
Gender | Female |
Color(s) | Gold , White and Black |
Slogan | Once a Prepper, Always a Prepper |
Mascot | Ellen the Jacket |
Rival | St. Mary's Cougars |
Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [1] |
Alumni | XPAA |
Website | www.drexelprep.com |
St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School (also known as Drexel Prep or SKDP ) is a private Catholic high school in New Orleans, Louisiana .
History
It was established in 2013 by six alumni of Xavier Prep , who purchased the building after the previous school was closed. [2]
Location
The campus is in Uptown New Orleans . [2]
It has no affiliation with the St Katharine Drexel Catholic Church in the Garden District , which instead had a parish school, Holy Ghost School, that closed in 2015. [3]
Athletics
St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory athletics competes in the LHSAA .
See also
References
- ↑ SACS-CASI. "SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement" . Retrieved 2009-06-23 .
- 1 2 Tan, Sarah (2013-04-23). "Xavier University Prep to remain open, will be renamed after St. Katharine Drexel" . The Times Picayune . Retrieved 2020-05-26 .
- ↑ Williams, Jessica (2014-10-24). "Much discussion around New Orleans-area Catholic school closures, but some parents say not with them" . The Times Picayune . Retrieved 2020-05-26 .
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