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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
Chef John Currence '83 Wins Coveted James Beard Award 5/13/2009 John Currence ’83, the chef/owner of City Grocery in Oxford, Miss. and owner and operator of other restaurants in Oxford, has won the James Beard Foundation award for Best Chef in the South. The James Beard awards are among the highest honors of the food world, often referred to as the “Academy Awards” for foodies. Currence was honored at a ceremony at Lincoln Center in New York. Currence opened City Grocery, a beloved Oxford tradition that fronts the historic town square, in 1992. Newman Becomes a Member of School Year Abroad Consortium 5/13/2009 Newman is proud to announce that we are now a member of the School Year Abroad consortium. SYA, begun in 1964 by Phillips Academy in Andover, is a secondary school program that allows students to live with a European or Asian family for an entire year while earning U.S. school credits. Each fall, SYA sends about 60 juniors and seniors to each one of its sites abroad. Host families are in China, France, India, Italy and Spain. For more information on this exciting addition to Newman’s curriculum, please contact Assistant Head of School for Academic Affairs Matthew Miller, mmiller@newmanschool.org. Newman Junior Wins a Prestigious Award for His Short Film 5/13/2009 Jesse Haycraft, a junior, won first place in the Louisiana State Bar Association 2009 Law Day Art Contest. His submission was a short film called "First, Let's Kill All the Lawyers." It is a look into the life of a lawyer as he explains the importance of his work to his son. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia presented the award last week at the Eastern District courthouse. To view the film, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7VB5eC3Mls
The competition drew more than 70 entries from high schools around the state, all inspired by the theme: "The American Legal Legacy: Freedom, Justice, Liberty, Equality."
Entries were evaluated by a distinguished panel of judges including: Scott Durbin of the Imagination Movers; Richard K. Leefe of the LSBA Board of Governors; Louisiana artists Irvin Mayfield and James Michalopoulos; and Hon. Patricia Murray of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal. Two Alumni are Among Gambit's 40 Under 40 11/4/2008
Science teacher and acting chair of the department Jane Meneray has one more reason to be proud of her son, Gene, who graduated from Newman in 1991. He was picked as one of Gambit Weekly’s “40 Under 40,” the annual honor bestowed on young New Orleanians making a difference. Meneray is director of the Arts Business Program at the Arts Council of New Orleans, and as such he counsels artists and conducts workshops about how to make a living in the arts. He also formed the Entertainment Law Legal Assistance Project with support from the Tipitina’s Foundation and Tulane Law School.
And Lauren Baum ’99 also was honored as one of the 40 under 40. Specifically, Gambit highlighted her work creating IDEAcorps, which helps recovering businesses remain solvent, and for her work with 504ward, which encourages young professionals to live and work in New Orleans.
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