Isidore Newman School

Isidore Newman School is a private, nondenominational, co-educational college preparatory school located on an 11-acre (45,000 m²) campus in the Uptown section of New Orleans, Louisiana.

History

Isidore Newman School was founded in 1903 by Isidore Newman, a New Orleans philanthropist and founder of the Maison Blanche department store chain. It opened its doors the following year as the Isidore Newman Manual Training School (the name was changed in 1931). The school buildings suffered damage due to the flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina and was closed for two months.^[2]

Academics

Newman offers comprehensive education for students in grades Pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, organized into Lower, Middle and Upper schools.

The school is a member of the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest and the National Association of Independent Schools.

The school also offers four foreign languages, including Honors and/or AP classes in each language: French I-V, Spanish I-V, Latin I-V, and Chinese I-IV

The Second Honor Roll GPA must be a 3.33, and First Honor Roll must be a 3.67

Athletics

Newman's athletic teams compete in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association. The school fields teams for a number of sports, including baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and volleyball.

Newman holds 85 State Championships as of December 2013.

The largest building on campus is the Cotonio Palaestra.

Billy Fitzgerald, veteran science teacher and baseball and basketball coach at Newman and the school's athletic director, was the subject of a profile by alumnus Michael Lewis entitled Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life (2005; ISBN 0-393-06091-8).

In May 2010, ESPN.com ranked Newman at the top of a survey of which high schools produce the best NFL players—even though the school had at the time only produced three NFL players—because of the success of the Manning brothers.^[3]

Enrollment

Newman currently has a student body of 919 and a faculty of 152, with an average class size of 15 students per class.

Tuition

The average cost of tuition per student per year is $17,947 for grades Pre-K through 5th and $21,798 for grades 6th through 12th.

Principals and Heads of School

• James Addicott, Principal, 1904-1908.
• Clarence C. Henson, Principal, 1908-1947.
• Eddie Kalin, Principal, 1948-1964.
• William Cunningham, Headmaster, 1964-1976.
• Theodore Cotonio, Headmaster, 1976-1986.
• Michael Lacopo, Headmaster, 1987-1993.
• Scott McLeod, Headmaster, 1993-2005.
• Woody Price, Head of School, 2005-2007.
• T.J. Locke, Head of School, 2007–2013.
• Dale Smith, Head of School, 2013–Present

Notable alumni

In chronological order:

• Walter Inglis Anderson, 20th-century painter, sculptor, and writer.^[4]
• John Minor Wisdom, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.^[5]
• Bessie Margolin, was a U.S. Department of Labor attorney from 1939 until 1972, arguing numerous cases before the Supreme Court.[1]
• A. Brown Moore, businessman and member of the New Orleans City Council from 1950 to 1957; candidate for lieutenant governor in 1956^[6]
• Monk Simons, elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1963 after playing for Tulane University.^[7]
• Mary Louise Wilson, is a Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning American stage, film and television actress.^[8]
• Donald Ensenat, former United States Chief of Protocol and US Ambassador to Brunei.
• Conrad Appel, Metairie industrialist and Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate since 2008.^[9]
• Walter Isaacson, Rhodes scholar, historian, former managing editor of Time magazine, chairman and CEO of Cable News Network, president of the Aspen Institute.^[10]
• Mark Plotkin, renowned ethnobotanist and advocate for tropical rainforest conservation.^[11]
• Bruce Spizer, author of books about The Beatles.^[12]
• Randall Couch, historian, Tulane University.
• Brad Myers, Professor of Human Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University.^[13]
• Michael Lewis, author of best-selling non-fiction works including Liar's Poker; Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game; Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life; The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game; and The Big Short.^[14]
• Sean Tuohy, former professional basketball player, broadcaster for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association, father of football player Michael Oher.^[15]
• Corey Johnson, actor, United 93, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Last Days of Lehman Brothers.
• Jep Epstein, songwriter.
• Stephen Godchaux, television writer and co-executive producer of Showtime's Dead Like Me, which includes many references to Newman and New Orleans.^[16]
• Leslie Jacobs, award-winning education reform advocate, business executive and philanthropist.^[17]
• Bryan Batt, Broadway stage, film and television actor; co-star of AMC series Mad Men.^[18]
• Harry Connick Jr., singer, actor, composer and pianist; among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States (did not graduate from Newman).
• John C. Lovell, Olympic sailor, silver medalist in Tornado class at 2004 Summer Olympics.^[19]
• Mo Willems, animator, children's book author.^[20]
• Omar Douglas, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants, Big Ten Conference receiving record holder.
• Cooper Manning, former football player, oil and stock trader. Eldest son of NFL quarterback Archie Manning.^[21]
• Randy Livingston, professional basketball player and 1993 Gatorade National High School Basketball Player of the Year.^[22]
• Peyton Manning, quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League and MVP of Super Bowl XLI. Middle son of NFL quarterback Archie Manning.^[23]
• Judd Harris, singer, former American Idol contestant.^[24]
• Christopher Rice, best-selling author of A Density of Souls, The Snow Garden, and Light Before Day; son of author Anne Rice.^[25]
• Ed Miller, noted poker authority and author of three best-selling books on the subject.
• Eli Manning, quarterback for the New York Giants of the National Football League and MVP of Super Bowl XLII and XLVI. Youngest son of NFL quarterback Archie Manning.^[26]
• Damion Carter, quarterback/wide receiver for The University of Southern Mississippi, draft pick of Colorado Rockies baseball team.
• Jeremy Bleich, a pitcher for the New York Yankees minor league system.
• Odell Beckham, Jr. 3rd team AP All-American and 2013 Paul Hornung Award winner as a wide receiver at LSU. Was selected 12th overall in the 2014 NFL draft by the New York Giants, and is now teammates with other notable Newman School alumni, Eli Manning.
• Chris Mooney, journalist and author of the New York Times Best Seller The Republican War on Science

References

Further reading

• Konigsmark, Anne Rochell. Isidore Newman School: One Hundred Years, 2004 (ISBN 0-9747959-0-9).

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Isidore Newman School.

• Isidore Newman School official website
  • Archives of older websites
• Isidore Newman School Archives in the LOUISiana Digital Library (in collaboration with the University of New Orleans)