Mount Carmel Academy (Louisiana)

For other schools with the same name, see Mount Carmel High School (disambiguation).

Mount Carmel Academy
Address
7027 Milne Boulevard New Orleans, Louisiana, 70124 USA
Coordinates	30°1′8″N 90°6′37″W / 30.01889°N 90.11028°W / 30.01889; -90.11028Coordinates: 30°1′8″N 90°6′37″W / 30.01889°N 90.11028°W / 30.01889; -90.11028
Information
Type	Private
Motto	Zelo zelatus sum pro Domino Deo exercituum (Latin) ("With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of hosts")
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic, Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Founded	1833
President	Sr. Camille Anne Campbell, O.Carm.
Principal	Ms. Beth Ann Simno (also Vice-President)
Grades	8–12
Gender	Girls
Enrollment	1200
Color(s)	Brown and White
Athletics conference	LHSAA
Team name	Cubs
Accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools^[1]
Publication	Perspectives (literary magazine)
Newspaper	Echoes of Carmel
Yearbook	Sardonyx
Tuition	$7,630
Admissions Director	Michelle B. Rigney '83
Athletic Director	Joe Boudoin
Website	mtcarmelcubs.org

Mount Carmel Academy or Mt. Carmel is an all-girls Catholic high school in the Lakeview area of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It is located in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Mission

Mount Carmel Academy attempts to inspire and foster intellectual development through a challenging, yet traditional, college preparatory curriculum infused with technology. Advanced Placement and Honors courses are offered in the various subject matter areas. Mount Carmel Academy is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Louisiana Department of Education. The school's enrollment is approximately 1200.

The campus of Mount Carmel is located in the Lakeview area in New Orleans at Robert E. Lee Boulevard, between West End Boulevard and Canal Boulevard.

Mount Carmel's sports teams are known as the "Cubs", and its school colors are brown and white.

Class Mascots

Mount Carmel has a mascot system by which each of the three upper-class levels is assigned one of three rotating mascots: ragdolls, pink panthers, and purple butterflies. Each year, graduating seniors pass down their mascot to that year's freshman class. Until that time, the freshman class and 8th grade use a temporary mascot that is unique to each class.

Fight song

Take off your hats to Carmel
Give a cheer as we go by
Throughout the years
Our many victories
Will echo through the skies
RA RA RA
Steady and always ready
Marching with our heads held high
Take off your hats to Carmel high
And give a cheer as we go by-yyy
M-T, M-T, M-T-C-A
R-M, R-M, R-M-E-L
M-T-C-A-R-M-E-L
M-T-C-A-R-M-E-L
Mt. Carmel, Mt. Carmel
YEAH CUBS!!!

Awards

In 2006, 2010, and 2011 the Catholic High School Honor Roll recognized Mount Carmel Academy as one of the top 50 Catholic high schools in the United States.
Mount Carmel Academy has twice been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education's Exemplary School Program as a Blue Ribbon School. Mount Carmel is the only school in Louisiana to be recognized twice with this honor.
In 1998, Mount Carmel was one of only 12 recipients nationwide of the Catholic Schools for Tomorrow Award for Innovations in Technology, presented annually by Today's Catholic Teacher magazine.
Mount Carmel Academy has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as an outstanding Safe & Drug-free school.
Mount Carmel also was selected as a finalist in the America's Drug & Alcohol-Free School of the Year 2000 competition.

Notable alumnae

Film producer Stephanie Langhoff^[2]
Louisiana musician Amanda Shaw, who plays the fiddle and has been featured prominently throughout Louisiana, attended Mount Carmel Academy but did not graduate.
Academy Award winner Robin Mathews,^[3] who was awarded the Oscar for her transformative makeup on the film Dallas Buyers Club, graduated from Mount Carmel Academy.

Hurricane Katrina

Mount Carmel is located near the 17th Street Canal and suffered extreme flood damage during Hurricane Katrina. The school remained closed for several months, but made repairs at a fast pace. It re-opened in January 2006. It was the first school in the New Orleans area that re-opened.^[4]

References

↑ SACS-CASI. "SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
↑ Walker, Dave (January 8, 2015). "'Togetherness:' Steve Zissis, Stephanie Langhoff and the NOLA roots of the new HBO series". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
↑ "robinmathews.com". robinmathews.com.
↑ Clarion Herald. Ron Brocato. "Rising Above the Water." 2006 Jan. 25. Vol. 45, No. 3. Pages 1 and 5. Original Location.

External links

Mount Carmel Official Website.

Archdiocese of New Orleans

Ordinaries	Bishops Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas Francisco Porró y Reinado Louis-Guillaume Dubourg Joseph Rosati Leo-Raymond de Neckere Archbishops Antoine Blanc Jean-Marie Odin Napoléon-Joseph Perché Francis Xavier Leray Francis Janssens Placide Louis Chapelle James Hubert Blenk John William Shaw Joseph Francis Rummel John Patrick Cody Philip Matthew Hannan Francis Bible Schulte Alfred Clifton Hughes Gregory Michael Aymond Auxiliary bishops Gustave Augustin Rouxel John Laval Louis Abel Caillouet Harold Perry, S.V.D. Stanley Joseph Ott Robert William Muench Dominic Carmon, S.V.D. Gregory Michael Aymond Roger Paul Morin Shelton Joseph Fabre Fernand J. Cheri, O.F.M.

Churches	Cathedral St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans Orleans Parish Immaculate Conception Our Lady of Guadalupe St. Augustine Church St. Mary's Assumption St. Patrick's

Schools	Higher education Loyola Our Lady of Holy Cross Xavier Notre Dame Seminary Saint Joseph Seminary College High schools Academy of Our Lady Academy of the Sacred Heart (K-12) Archbishop Chapelle High School Archbishop Hannan High School Archbishop Rummel High School Archbishop Shaw High School Brother Martin High School Cabrini High School De La Salle High School Holy Cross High School Holy Rosary High School Jesuit High School Mount Carmel Academy Pope John Paul II St. Charles Catholic High School St. Augustine High School Saint Mary's Academy St. Mary's Dominican High School St. Paul's School St. Scholastica Academy Ursuline Academy Xavier University Preparatory School

Miscellany	Newspaper Clarion Herald Sports league New Orleans Catholic League

Catholicism Portal

Single-gender schools in Louisiana

Public boys' schools

Closed	Miller-McCoy Academy (New Orleans) Alcee Fortier High School (New Orleans; became a coed school for many years)

Public girls' schools

Became coed	Eleanor McMain Secondary School (New Orleans)

Private boys' schools

New Orleans area	Brother Martin High School (New Orleans) Holy Cross School (New Orleans) Jesuit High School (New Orleans) Archbishop Rummel High School (Metairie) Archbishop Shaw High School (Marrero) St. Augustine High School (New Orleans) St. Paul's School (Covington)

Baton Rouge area	Catholic High School (Baton Rouge)

Private girls' schools

New Orleans area	Academy of Our Lady (Marrero) Academy of the Sacred Heart (New Orleans) Cabrini High School (New Orleans) Archbishop Chapelle High School (Metairie) McGehee School (New Orleans) Mount Carmel Academy (New Orleans) St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School (New Orleans) St. Mary's Academy (New Orleans; coed primary and girls'-only secondary) St. Mary's Dominican High School (New Orleans) St. Scholastica Academy (Covington) Ursuline Academy (New Orleans)

Baton Rouge area	St. Joseph's Academy (Baton Rouge)

Closed	Xavier University Preparatory School (New Orleans)

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