Ursuline Academy of New Orleans

08/20/2026

The varsity sailing team went back out on the water this week for the first time in the new school year. The team is looking forward to another great year on Lake Pontchartrain! All 7th-12th graders interested in sailing should email Coach Gunn at [email protected].

08/20/2026

Thank you to Freshman Layla LeBoeuf for representing Ursuline Academy! 👏👏👏

Congratulations to Louisiana’s 2026 Catholic Students of the Year, who were recognized today during the BESE meeting!

Student of the Year, Grade 5
Kinleigh Deogracias — Our Lady of Prompt Succor (Chalmette), Archdiocese of New Orleans

Student of the Year, Grade 8
Layla LeBoeuf — Ursuline Academy, Archdiocese of New Orleans

Student of the Year, Grade 12
Julianna Tan — St. Frederick High School, Diocese of Shreveport

We are proud to celebrate these outstanding students and their achievements!

08/19/2026

Mrs. Cremaldi recently won the Service Learning Lifetime Achievement Award from STEM Library Lab for her work with our students in collaboration with Bridge House Grace House, PACE, and Depaul USA. 🏆 This is her second STEMMY Award for service learning, and she will be the keynote speaker at the awards reception in December. Funded by the Brown Foundation, this important work, focused on addiction recovery, the elderly, and homelessness, is a true example of our school's motto Serviam in action.

We are so proud to have such a passionate, dedicated, and community-focused educator on our Academy faculty!

08/19/2026

We're looking forward to our Yearbook Signing Party on our first 1727 Day of the school year on Thursday, August 27, in our beautiful Academy Courtyard. The newest alumnae, Class of 2026, already picked up their yearbooks, with a beautiful cover designed by Corinne DeBlanc '26, earlier this month.

This event is a way of honoring our founding year with a prayer service. As a reminder, students and staff are allowed to wear an Ursuline t-shirt, and K-3rd grade students may wear PE shorts and an Ursuline t-shirt instead of their jumper. Our new Tend the Vine theme shirts will be distributed in time for next week's event!

08/18/2026

There is no joy that rivals that of an Ursuline Girl! ❇️

08/17/2026

It was a joy to commission our 26-27 Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion at our first Academy-wide Mass on Friday. Congratulations to the following Seniors on being selected to carry out this important and holy responsibility at our Academy Masses:

✝️ Ashley Biehl
✝️ Emma Bourgeois
✝️ Quinn Brannan
✝️ Elizabeth Eshleman
✝️ Nora Gauthreaux
✝️ Elle Goodwin
✝️ Addison Hebert
✝️ Ava Schlaudecker
✝️ Hallie Wangler

08/17/2026

This Fall, girls in 6th-8th grades are invited to experience the 300-year legacy of Ursuline Academy! Registration is now open for our Fall 2026 High School Spend-A-Days. Please register here: https://bit.ly/4bv9qhF

08/16/2026

UA Sophomore Olivia Willard and Freshman Avery Sallier recently competed for Elite Track Club at the 2026 outdoor AAU Junior Olympic Games at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.

👟Olivia ran two season and personal best times in the 800m and 1500m, improving her time by an incredible 24 seconds in the 15-16 Girls 1500m.
👟Avery finished 8th in the high jump, clearing 5'1"" and earning her AAU All-American honors! She finished her 2026 AAU Junior Olympic Games season as a 3x AAU All-American in the high jump and a 1x AAU All-American in the long jump.

Both Olivia and Avery competed well in their events against some of the best athletes from across the nation. Congratulations to these UA athletes on their accomplishments and breakout track season! 👏

08/15/2026

Before school started, our Lower School, Middle School, and High School faculty reflected on Pope Leo XIV's encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas," which reminds us that no technology can replace the special gifts God gives each person and calls us to protect human dignity and our environment as we learn new tools. With this in mind, Academy faculty spent professional development time learning how, when used with great stewardship and intention, AI can support their work.

Thank you to UA Alumna Jornea Armant '99 for leading this important work!