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At a Glance

About Our School

St. George's Episcopal School was founded in 1969. Our school has been located on Lawrence Square in beautiful uptown New Orleans since 1977. Our multi-building campus provides students with state-of-the-art classrooms, fine arts spaces including art and music studios, a fully equipped theater, science and foreign language labs, a library, a full high school-sized gymnasium and outdoor social and academic areas. Most of our buildings have historical significance to New Orleans.

Enrollment and Student Information

Head of School and Faculty

Our Head of School, Dr. Joseph Kreutziger, graduated from St. Martin's Episcopal School in New Orleans before attending the University of the South at Sewanee. He received his BA in English, and he holds a Masters Degree and Doctorate in English and American Literature from Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Kreutziger started his career in education at St. George's in 1993, teaching English and Physical Education in the Middle School, and returned to become Head of School for the 2019-2020 school year.

We have more than 70 teachers and specialists at St. George's.

Accreditation and Memberships

Core Values

Awards

Traditions

Since our beginning in 1969, we have established many traditions that have become an integral part of the school. Our mascots are the dragon and St. George of legendary fame. St. George was a high ranking Roman soldier who was martyred in 303 A. D. He was much revered by the crusaders, and in 1350 he was made the patron saint of England. St. George is best known, however, in legend for rescuing the king's daughter from being sacrificed to a dragon. Our dragon appears as the mascot of our athletic teams.

Church Services

A significant tradition is that of going to St. George’s Church and Salem Church for important occasions during the school year. We open the school year with a church service, “ringing” in the school year with a big brass hand bell. During Thanksgiving week, students and families gather for a service of thanks and an offering by the students of food for the needy. Our Christmas program of lessons and carols is a candlelight service with grades 1-8 participating. Our school year always ends with a Middle School Graduation and Awards service at St. George’s Church in which we award our outstanding students and citizens in grades 5-8 with gift books and celebrate our graduating eighth graders. The same bell used to ring in the school year is used to ring out the year at this graduation and awards ceremony. Our four church services are important reminders of our heritage at St. George’s.

Field Day

We hold our annual Field Day at Audubon Park on the first Friday in May. All students in grades 1-8 are placed on one of three teams: Dragons, Spartans or Trojans. Everyone, faculty and staff included, wears his or her team’s colored t-shirt: Dragons in red, Spartans in white and Trojans in blue. Students and faculty rotate through stations earning points for their teams. After a well-earned lunch break and popsicles, the winning team is announced, and everyone is dismissed at 12:30. This is the culmination of two weeks of intense, good-natured rivalry among the three teams. Parents are welcome to attend all or part of Field Day.

Assembly

One of our longest standing traditions is our weekly assembly time, which is the gathering of the entire school or an individual division on Fridays at 8:15 a.m. for a short presentation either by one of the classes or by a professional off-campus group. Assembly is also a time for athletics, Parents Group, school spirit or other announcements. Parents are always welcome to attend and are encouraged to do so when their child’s class is presenting the program.

Annual Events

Some of our other traditions are lower school Grandparents/Special Friends Day, Thanksgiving Feast, middle school oratory, the fourth grade play, the middle school play, Kindergarten Closing Ceremony, Mother/Son Breakfast, Father/Daughter Breakfast, Mother/Daughter Luncheon, the Middle School Sports Banquet, dress down days, service projects and Knight at City Park. These observances, sacred or secular, serious or fun, are all part of the richness of our school family life.