The Louisiana State Museum at the Cabildo on Jackson Square. (image via friendsofthecabildo.org)
Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans plans to hold a rotating section of fourth-grade classes at the Cabildo in the French Quarter next year, and has hired new directors of development and admissions, school officials announced Monday night. Continue reading »
Sean Wilson (via isl-edu.org)
Students at the José Luis de León Díaz learn about culture and art with the help of donations towards Proyecto Luis de Lión (via Proyecto Luis de Lión Facebook)
Jean-Paul Villere
“I think I was 7 or 8 when I took apart my father’s radio,” says Cameron MacPhee, native New Orleanian and co-catalyst for this coming weekend’s Mini Maker Fair, recalling the first thing he remembers disassembling as a boy. “I was sure I had his permission,” he follows up, if not somewhat deadpanned. “I even got shocked, like one of the capacitors got me.”
MacPhee is now a father to a couple of young boys himself, and his story is likely all-too-familiar for the those participating in and attending Saturday’s first-ever event, the DIY and Maker movement is an all ages affair that extends beyond the boundaries of craft and convention. Continue reading »
Enjoy rhythm and blues on multiple stages, food and drinks, and a silent auction next weekend at the Xavier Prep Alumni Association “Remember When” music festival at St. Katharine Drexel Prep on April 5. Continue reading »
A sign reading “Eat Local” in the edible garden at Samuel J. Green Charter School.
(Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Wine, burgers, desserts, tacos and more will be provided during the outdoor garden party at the Samuel J. Green Charter School in the Freret neighborhood from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday (March 27). For those party goers arriving or staying late, for the first time in five years the party will go until 10 p.m., a “Late Wave” party with Company Burger and Cure. Continue reading »
The Lusher High School courtyard on Saturday morning, prior to the start of the school’s annual crawfish boil fundraiser. Next year, modular classrooms will fill the space. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
The two homes in the 7300 block of Jeanette will be demolished to make way for modular classrooms, Lusher officials say. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Dress to impress on the red carpet Saturday night at the House of Broel for the Audubon Charter School fundraiser, where you can enjoy specialty food, drinks, auctions and the chance to meet Saints cornerback Keenan Lewis. Continue reading »
The East Bank Collaborative of Charter Schools is having a teachers fair on Saturday, March 22 for over 100 teacher openings with 70 participating charter schools. Interested applicants are encouraged to pre-register and post their resumes on line in preparation for on-site interviews. Continue reading »
Sophie B. Wright’s return to its renovated home on Napoleon Avenue has been delayed by the discovery of more termite damage; two employees of the former Xavier University Preparatory School have been charged with embezzlement, middle-school grades are shifting between Crocker and Cohen College Prep, and a new principal is on the way to De La Salle, according to recent reports. Continue reading »
An illustration of problems with the steel beams at Audubon’s Broadway campus. (UptownMessenger.com file photo)
The International School of Louisiana’a Camp Street campus.
“[Facilities] is one of our biggest issues, as it is for many other charter schools,” said ISL board chair Matthew Amoss during the school’s monthly board meeting Wednesday. “We’re always cramped for space, and we always have way too many people wanting to come to ISL, more than we have spots.” Continue reading »
By Clark Thompson
If you live in Uptown New Orleans, you’ve probably had the misfortune of driving on Octavia street in the past few months. The US Army Corp’s SELA project effectively closes Jefferson Avenue, and ends up sending lots of traffic onto Octavia, and the wear and tear of additional use is destroying the street. And the street is destroying cars, but that’s already been covered. Continue reading »
RSD Superintendent Patrick Dobard stands outside a school bus on Napoleon Avenue in 2012. (UptownMessenger.com file photo)
Headline performances by Ani DiFranco and Kermit Ruffins are pushing ticket sales for Sunday’s Fourth Annual Fete de la Musique fundraiser higher than they’ve ever been before, Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans officials said Monday night. Continue reading »
Michael Kyrlakoudes (left) receives guitar pointers from Little Big Horns’ guitarist Russell Welch during Youth Music Workshop at Tipitina’s in January (UptownMessenger.com file photo by Zach Brien).
The John A. Shaw Elementary School building in the St. Roch neighborhood. (via latterblum.com)
“It is a fast timeline, but we’ve done it before,” said Karl Jentoft, a consultant associated with the Charter School Development Corp. working with ENCORE on the project. Continue reading »
Independent auditors have raised questions about thousands of dollars of credit card spending at Sophie B. Wright Charter School; Bricolage Academy will spend a second year at its temporary home at Touro Infirmary; and the International School of Louisiana drew the most early applications of any school under the city’s new OneApp admissions process, according to recent reports. Continue reading »
A Krewe of Morpheus parader passes out throws from the top of a float. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
St. Katherine Drexel Prep school (the former Xavier University Prep) will offer Mardi Gras stands, parking, food and drinks this year so friends and supporters can enjoy the Magazine Street parades in comfort while supporting the school’s growth. Continue reading »
An Irish man looks over the Atlantic Ocean just south of Dublin (photo by Jessica DeBold, UptownMessenger.com)
University College of Dublin emblem (via www.ucd.ie)
High school juniors can take a virtually free trip to the emerald Isle this summer to study for two weeks at the University College of Dublin. The winners of the Irish Network-NOLA scholarship competition will receive free return flights, tuition, accommodation and food in the historic city, but the application is due Monday. Continue reading »