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 Welcome to Isidore Newman School’s website. Here you will find news, updated constantly, about great things happening on and off campus; you can look at pictures from various school activities; you can see if there are events you might want to attend, and you can find out anything you might want to know about Newman. Students, alumni, parents, faculty and staff may access their community by clicking on the portals at the top of the page.
Since 1903, Newman has been providing a top-quality education to the children of New Orleans. Thanks to our long history and a long list of interesting and successful alumni, the School is woven into the very fabric of the city. Newman enjoys a national reputation for excellence and achievement in academics, athletics and the arts, and our students go on to the top colleges and universities in the country.
The School prides itself on reaching out to the community, through Summerbridge, a free program that prepares area students for independent schools; through STARS, where our lower school students share science labs with area students, and through a wide variety of community service activities happening throughout the school year in all divisions.
Reaching high and reaching out. Striving for excellence in a nurturing, value-driven environment. Having fun while doing our best. That’s the Newman spirit.
T.J. Locke
Head of School
NewJazzSchool Tunes Up for a Second Summer of Free Music Instruction for New Orleans Kids 4/14/2008 Auditions Monday April 14 at 5 p.m., Music Shed, 929 Euterpe St.
Click here to download the brochure and application.
NewJazzSchool, directed by legendary musician Donald Harrison, Jr., returns to the campus of Isidore Newman School this summer and will again be open free of charge to students who audition and are accepted.
The two-week program is the result of a unique partnership between Isidore Newman School, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc., Tipitina’s Foundation and Renew Our Music Fund.
Participants
50 students in the 7th through 12th grade who know major scales and are able to play at least pieces of three songs. Owning an instrument is preferred but not mandatory.
Dates and Times
NewJazzSchool runs from June 9 to June 20, 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. weekdays.
Applications
Applications will be available at many schools and may be picked up at Isidore Newman School, 1903 Jefferson Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70115. Completed applications should be sent to New Jazz School, 1903 Jefferson Avenue New Orleans, LA 70115. For more information, please call 504-896-6255 or email newjazzschool@newmanschool.org.
Auditions
Auditions will be April 14, 2008 at 5 p.m. at the Music Shed, 929 Euterpe St. Debate Club Wins Metro Awards 3/5/2008 The Debate Team has been hitting their post-Katrina stride recently, reports Phyllis Bolger. Students have competed recently in Birmingham, Ala., and in Lafayette, LA. In late February, six students represented Newman in an annual metro-wide tournament, hosted this year by the St. Augustine High School squad.
Middle School Band Members to Play in District Honor Band 3/5/2008 On March 1, 11 Newman students auditioned for chairs in the District Elementary Honor Band and they all earned chairs. Newman students now comprise 20% of the Honor Band. The students are:
Lucy Cho – 1st chair flute, Anna Huger- 5th chair flute, Nadia Etemad – 6th chair flute, Sam Dunbar – 2nd chair clarinet, Matthew Hu – 7th chair clarinet, Cassidy Frank – 5th chair trumpet, Abbas Mohammadi – 2nd chair baritone (Abbas was a beginner at the beginning of the year), Reid Meyer – 3rd chair baritone, Cameron Coldron – 1st chair drums, Daniel Silbert – 2nd chair drums, and Rachel Kaye – 1st chair bells.
These students will perform with the District Honor Band in concert on Sunday, April 13th at 2 p.m. at the UNO Performing Arts Center Recital Hall.
Announcing the new Dean of the Arts 2/15/2008 Paul Tines, Executive Director of the Paul Mellon Arts Center and the James N. Gamble Chair of the Fine Arts at Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut, has accepted the newly formed position of Dean of the Arts at Newman. Paul is an extraordinary educator and a visionary leader with over thirty years of experience in secondary school teaching and arts administration.
In addition to his work at Choate, Paul spent five years as Director of Arts at the Ward Center for the Arts at St. Paul’s School in Baltimore, Maryland. Under his direction, it became the premier fine arts program in the area.
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