Academy of the Sacred Heart (New Orleans) explained

Academy of the Sacred Heart
Native Name:	"The Rosary"
State:	Louisiana
County:	(Orleans Parish)
Zipcode:	70115
Country:	United States
Coordinates:	29.9269°N -90.1039°W
Head Of School:	Gretchen Kane
Principal Label:	Upper school division head
Principal:	Julie Boyd
Roll:	750
Act:	26
Tuition:	$22,105 (2023-24, high school)
Age Range:	Age 1-Grade 12
Accreditation:	SACS^[1]
Mascot:	Cardinal
Yearbook:	Souvenons-Nous
Established:	1867
Free Label1:	Dean of students
Free Text1:	Nicole Janz (Middle Sch) Shannon Salmon (Upper Sch) Jennifer Adams (Lower Sch)
Free Label2:	Director of admission
Free Text2:	Ashley Zito
Free Label3:	Director of athletics
Free Text3:	Sue Bower

The Academy of the Sacred Heart is a private Catholic high school in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is located within the Archdiocese of New Orleans and was established in 1867 by the Society of the Sacred Heart.^[2]

Athletics

Academy of the Sacred Heart athletics competes in the LHSAA.

Alumnae

• Mignon Faget, jewelry designer based in her native New Orleans, Louisiana ^[3]
• Lucy Faust, American actress^[4]
• Martha Gilmore Robinson, women's rights and civic activist^{[5] [6]}
• Desirée Rogers, American corporate executive, former White House Social Secretary for President Barack Obama's office and chief executive officer of Johnson Publishing Company ^[7]
• Cokie Roberts, American journalist and author ^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement . 2009-06-23 . SACS-CASI . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090429033455/http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/ . April 29, 2009 .
2. Web site: History - Academy of the Sacred Heart (LA) .
3. Web site: Background . Mignon Faget.
4. Web site: Lucy Faust . 2020-09-23 . StageClick.com.
5. Book: Souther, J. Mark . New Orleans on Parade: Tourism and the Transformation of the Crescent City (Making the Modern South). 16 September 2016 . 1 October 2006 . LSU Press . 978-0-8071-3193-0 . 57–58.
6. Web site: Martha Gilmore Robinson | Entries | KnowLA, Encyclopedia of Louisiana . 2016-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170118052522/http://www.knowla.org/entry/854/ . 2017-01-18 . dead .
7. Web site: From the White House to Ebony, Desiree Rogers a social and business dynamo . limited . Houma Today.
8. Web site: Remembering Cokie Roberts . September 18, 2019 . RSCJ.org.