The Newman Experience
Isidore Newman School offers a challenging, supportive, and balanced educational experience from early childhood to 12th grade. Whether in the classroom, on the playing field, or in the art studio, students rise to the challenges set for them by caring teachers and coaches. Every child is known and supported at Newman, and students engage meaningfully with peers and teachers to forge relationships that can last a lifetime. A local school with a national reputation, Newman benchmarks against the leading schools in the country, preparing students for a lifetime of intellectual engagement and leadership in their professions and communities. The Newman experience remains a part of you wherever you go.
Why Newman?
Located in the heart of Uptown New Orleans, Newman is the only NAIS-accredited, co-educational, non-sectarian, independent day school in the city of New Orleans. Newman enjoys a national reputation for excellence in academics, athletics, and the arts, with our students matriculating to the most selective colleges in the country. Strong relationships and high expectations provide the foundation for teaching and learning at Newman.
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AP courses offered -
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libraries with more than 55,000 volumes -
42%
faculty with advanced degrees -
111!
athletic state championships -
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design and innovation labs -
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world languages offered -
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full-time arts faculty in all divisions -
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debate national championships
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Newman Receives a Transformational Gift to Support the Arts
+Newman grandparents Boysie and Joy Bollinger have made a truly transformational gift to the School. Their generosity will impact the Arts and Newman for generations to come.
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Special Recognition of Academic Achievement for Newman Students
Congratulations to our 2024 National Merit Semifinalists, National African American Recognition Award recipients, and our National Hispanic Recognition Award recipients!+ -
Warren G. Moses History Lecture : Anne Levy
+In 1997, in honor of their father’s 80th birthday, Mr. Moses’s sons made a gift to Newman to establish an annual lecture on World War II. Each year, a speaker with significant insight into World War II addresses the Newman community. We were honored to be able to invite child Holocaust survivor, educator, and activist Anne Levy to campus for the 24th annual Warren G. Moses History Lecture.
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1903 Jefferson Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70115
Phone: 504.899.5641
Fax: 504.896.8597
Open 7:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday
New Orleans, LA 70115
Phone: 504.899.5641
Fax: 504.896.8597
Open 7:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday
An independent,
co-educational,
non-denominational day
school in New Orleans for
early childhood through 12th grade
co-educational,
non-denominational day
school in New Orleans for
early childhood through 12th grade
Newman admits students without regard to race, religion, color, gender, national and ethnic origin, physical handicap, or sexual orientation, to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities available to students. It does not discriminate in the administration of educational policies, financial aid programs, athletic programs, or any other school-administered programs.
