St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School
St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School | |
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Address | |
5116 Magazine Street , 70115 United States | |
Coordinates | 29°55′13″N 90°6′37″W / 29.92028°N 90.11028°W |
Information | |
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 |
Nickname | Yellow Jackets |
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.
The school is named for the late Saint Katharine Drexel. She is the first saint who was born a U.S. citizen.
History
[edit]It was established in 2013 by six alumni of Xavier University Preparatory School, who purchased the building after the previous school was closed.[2]
Location
[edit]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
[edit]St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory athletics competes in the LHSAA.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ SACS-CASI. "SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ a b 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.