Archive for Elementary School

On Friday, January 27, the Feast of St. Angela Merici, foundress of the Company of St. Ursula, students and faculty celebrated with a day of service.

The following is a list of locations where the girls served:
Pre-K and Kindergarten - Ursuline Sisters
1st, 2nd, 3rd Grades - Poydras Home
4th Grade - Our Lady of Perpetual Help Food Pantry
5th Grade - Sculpture Garden at City Park
6th Grade - St. Margaret’s Nursing Home
7th and 9th Grades - Second Harvest Citrus Gleaning
8th Grade - St. Luke’s Medical Center
10th Grade - Ozanam Inn, Center of Jesus the Lord, Riverbend Nursing Facility
11th and 12th Grades - ARC, Audubon Zoo, Bridge House, Covenant Home, Covenant House, JCC ACE Program, John J. Hainkel, Jr. Home and Rehab Center, Malta Park on Magazine, New Directions Adult Center, Poor Clare Monastery, SPCA, St. Joseph Rebuild Center, St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store – Gentilly, St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store – Jefferson Highway, Strive, Inc, Sunrise Senior Living, and Woldenberg Village

In the afternoon, students gathered in the Shrine for Mass in honor of St. Angela Merici.  They were joined at Mass by the Ursuline Sisters and Dr. Jan Lancaster, Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Ursuline Academy elementary students recently participated in the State Library of Louisiana’s Young Readers’ Choice Award voting process. The reading enrichment program was created to foster of love of reading to students in grades 3-8 while introducing them to outstanding books. Ursuline students read books chosen by a committee of Louisiana librarians and selected their favorites on voting machines provided by the Secretary of State’s Office Voter Outreach Division.

Seventy-seven Ursuline Academy 6^th and 7^th grade students had poems chosen for publication in the Poetic Power contest held annually by Creative Communications, a company devoted to the promotion and appreciation of student writing. The poems will be included in their anthology, “A Celebration of Poets,” due out this spring. Ursuline Academy was also awarded the Poetic Achievement Award, an honor given to the top 10% of the schools who entered the contest. The schools are chosen based on the number and quality of the entries accepted. Additionally, teacher Katie Gremillion was asked to judge future poetry for the organization

The following students had poems selected for publication:

6th grade

6-B

Blackden,Shannon

Dorner,Hannah

Fassbender,Blaine

Grubbs,Macie

Knight,Karrington

Ligori,Delaney

Love,Angel

Maddox,Marlea

Michael,Madeline

Musso,Katherine

Richard,Haley

Richard,Natalie

Salez,Randi

Sensenbrenner,Olivia

Shepard,Christian

Ward,Isabelle

Whitlow,Julia

6-K

Mariana Alvarez

Caroline Bologna

Raphaella Brown

Kate Burch

Jordyn Domio

Madelyne Evans

Camille Humphreys

Natalie Naquin

Marcelle Olivier

Victoria Poretto

Neha Samtani

Eleanor Simmons

Taylor Thomas

Caitlin Williamson

7th Grade

7-E

Chelsy Davillier

Carlin Dougherty

Mallory Granier

Ruby Harriford

Maddie Hopkins

Cate Kramer

Kelsey Raymond

Caroline Songy

Julia Thomas

Gabriella Trentacoste

Hannah Victor

7-F

Caitlin Arnold

Kalee Banks

Madison Barnes

Madeline Blanchard

Danielle Blanchard

Gabrielle Calamari

Laruen Cooke

Julienne Delise

Deja Hansell

Allison Hoss

Korey Miller

Gambrill Petty

Kristen St. Cyr

CeCe Tyson

Codi Vercher

Cassidy Vise

Kelsey Young

7-C

Jade Alexander

Jennifer Baker

Madie DiMarco

Helayne Dorner

Annelise Ernst

Gwen Freeze

Lauren Gibson

Imogen Hoffman

Ingeborg Hyde

Emily Lonker

Meg MacLaren

Yasmeen Magharehabed

Elena Nusloch

Brittany Nguyen

Aimee Petitbon

Maggie Prados

Daniela Rocha

Allison Walters

Madison Vise

Each year we are proud to display artwork of Ursuline Academy students for Catholic Schools’ Week at Lakeside Shopping Center.   The following girls have work displayed:

Madalyn Scalia

Grace Gorman

Sarah Buckley

Isabella Scuderi

Katie Weaver

Caroline Barbier

Hannah Bialous

McKenna Berstein

Sarah Marlar

Hannah Dorner

Macie Grubbs

Marlea Maddox

Abigail Morse

Natalie Naquin

Marcelle Oliver

Eleanor Simmons

Kalee Jo Banks

Helayne Dorner

Annelise Ernst

Gwen Freeze

Imogen Hoffman

Allison Hoss

Hannah Rich

Alycia Williams

Their work will be displayed, January 23^rd to Saturday, January 29^th in Lakeside Shopping Center.

On Friday, January 6, Ursuline Academy celebrated the upcoming Feast of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, to whom the Shrine is dedicated, and Epiphany.  Students were joined by several of the Ursuline Sisters for the celebration.  Sr. Carla Dolce, OSU, gave a brief reflection after Mass reminding students of the great love which God has for them and inviting them to make use of the Shrine to Our Lady of Prompt Succor to “talk with Our Lady.”  The public celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Prompt Succor will take place on Sunday, January 8 at 3pm.

Ursuline kindergarten students celebrated the season at a Christmas tea party on December 20. After returning from the early childhood Christmas program in the auditorium, they were surprised to find that their classroom had transformed into a festive tea room. They had a splendid time gathered around a decorated table filled with holiday snacks and tea pots.

Ursuline elementary students, under the direction of Renee Barras, presented “Snow White” to a packed auditorium on November 9. The lively performance showcased bright and creative costumes and wonderful performances by elementary school actresses.  The play even included audience interaction, much to the delight of the elementary students in attendance.

On November 6, Pre-K and Kindergarten students were visited by Snow White (Ursuline fifth grader Diana Ledet) and “Snow White” director Renee Barras. Diana spoke with the students about what it’s like to act in a play and Ms. Barras discussed what goes into directing a play. She brought out some props that the volunteers eagerly modeled.  On November 9, the students were able to see the elementary school production of “Snow White” in the auditorium. Click here to view photos from the performance.

Middle School

Basketball Schedule 

2011-2012

Thurs., Dec. 1               Country Day                          V-3:30     JV-4:15

Wed., Dec. 7                 @ McGehee                            JV-3:45    V–4:30

Thurs., Dec. 8               Holy Name of Jesus              JV-3:45    V-4:30

Mon., Dec. 12               @ St. Paul’s                             JV-3:45    V-4:30

Thurs., Jan. 12              @ Trinity                                V-3:30    JV-4:15

Tues., Jan. 17                @ Sacred Heart                      V-3:45

Mon., Jan. 23                St. Martin’s                                      JV-3:45   V-4:30

Tues., Jan. 31                Newman                                JV-4:00

Wed.-Fri.,  Feb. 1-3      Ivy League Tournament       V – TBA

URSULINE ACADEMY

MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCCER SCHEDULE 11/29/11

2011-2012

DATE                           TIME    TEAM              OPPONENT                             LOCATION

Wed 11/30                  3:15     Varsity             Lusher             IVY                   Lusher

                                    4:30     JV                     Lusher                                     Lusher

Wed 12/7                    4:00     Varsity             St. Martin’s     IVY                   St. Martin’s

Mon 12/12                  5:00     Varsity             Sacred Heart   IVY                   Audubon Field D

Wed 12/14                  5:30     JV                     McGehee                                Audubon Field E

Mon 1/9                      3:30     Varsity             Country Day    IVY                   Pontiff Playground

                                    4:30     JV                     Country Day                            Pontiff Playground

Tues 1/10                    4:00     Varsity             Trinity              IVY                   Audubon Field E

Wed 1/18                    6:15     JV                     Newman                                  Newman

                                    7:15     Varsity             Newman          IVY                   Newman

Mon 1/23                    5:30     Varsity             McGehee        IVY                   Audubon Field D

Sat 1/28                       9:00     JV                    Tournament                            TBD

IVY League Soccer Championship Tournament:

Mon 1/30-Wed 2/1     TBA Varsity ONLY       TBA                  IVY                   Audubon Field D&E

IVY=IVY League Match