Editor’s note: This story is about opening days for the 2013-14 school year.
It’s that time again.
Across the city, more than 40 different school districts’ bells will ring at different times throughout August, and the seemingly simple task of remembering your child’s first day can be daunting.
That’s especially true if your child attends a charter school that has recently changed operators, and you aren’t sure whom you should be calling anymore. Or if it’s got a new building, but you only have the old phone number. Or if you’ve got kids in different schools.
Considering the calls we get each year from parents looking for school start times and orientation information, we know, it’s not easy keeping track of it all.
So The Lens is doing it for you. We’ve compiled a list of every school’s first day, easily accessible from our home page or our Charter School Reporting Corps pages.
We also are providing a one-stop shop of school contact information for folks with questions only the schools can answer, such as the cost of any enrichment fees or a list of vendors selling the school’s uniform.
So feel free to use your browser’s search function and search for your school of choice on this page.
Best wishes for a successful school year.
Benjamin Franklin Senior High School
First day: Aug. 12
Contact: (504) 286-2600
(Alice M. Harte Charter School, Edna Karr Senior High School)
First day: Aug. 8
Contact: Harte – (504) 373-6281
Karr – (504) 302-7135
(Arthur Ashe Charter School, Clark Prep High School, John Dibert Community School, Langston Hughes Academy, S. J. Green Charter School)
First day: Aug. 12
Contact: Ashe – (504) 373-6267
Green – (504) 304-3532
Dibert – (504) 373-6205
Clark – (504) 373-6202
Hughes – (504) 373-6251
(Carrollton campus, Gentilly campus)
First day:
First day: Aug. 14 for Pre-K 3, Pre-K 4 French program, and kindergarten through eight grade; Aug. 21 for Pre-K 4 Montessori; Aug. 28 for Pre-K 3 Montessori*
Contact: Carrollton – (504) 324-7110
Gentilly – (504) 324-7100
Algiers Charter School Association
(Martin Behrman Charter Academy for the Creative Arts and Sciences, Dwight Eisenhower Academy for Global Studies, McDonogh #32 Literacy Charter School, Algiers Technology Academy, William J. Fischer Accelerated Academy, L.B. Landry-O.Perry Walker College and Career Preparatory High School)
First day: Aug. 12
Contact: Behrman – (504) 302-7090
Eisenhower – (504) 302-7109
#32 – (504) 302-7144
Fischer – (504) 302-7111
Landry/Walker – (504) 302-7170
ATA – (504) 302-7071
(McDonogh #35 Senior High School, McDonogh #35 Career Academy, Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, McMain Secondary School, Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School of Literature and Technology, Mahalia Jackson Elementary School)
First day: Aug. 12, Aug. 19 for Pre-K and K
Contact: #35 – (504) 324 -7600
Baby Ben – (504) 304-3932
McMain – (504) 324-7500
Bethune – (504) 324-7076
Mahalia Jackson – (504) 359-6950
(Akili Academy, Harriet Tubman Charter School, Paul Habans Charter School)
First day: Aug. 19
Contact: Akili – (504) 355-4172
Habans – (504) 941-1810
Tubman – (504) 227-3800
Fannie C. Williams Charter School
First day: Aug. 5, Aug. 12 for Pre-K and K
Contact: (504) 373-6228
(A.P. Tureaud Elementary, Sarah T. Reed High School, George Washington Carver Senior High School, Benjamin Banneker Elementary School, Walter L. Cohen High School)
First day: Aug. 12
Contact: (504) 373-6200
Mary Dora Coghill Accelerated Academy
First day: Aug. 12
Contact: (504) 373-6237
(ReNEW Cultural Arts Academy, ReNEW Dolores T. Aaron Elementary, ReNEW Schaumburg Elementary, ReNEW SciTech Academy, ReNEW Accelerated High School)
First day: Cultural Arts Academy – July 22; July 29 for K, Aug. 1 for Pre-K
Schaumburg – July 29 for K, 1st, 2nd, 5th and 8th grades; July 30 for 4th and 7th grades;
July 31 for 3rd and 6th grades; Aug. 5 for Pre-K
Aaron – Website says July 22; detailed information not immediately available
SciTech – Website says July 22; detailed information not immediately available
Accelerated HS – Website says July 22; detailed information not immediately available
Contact: (504) 367-3307
Warren Easton Charter High School
First day: Aug. 12
Contact: (504) 324-7400
(Willow Street campus, JCC Campus, Freret Street campus)
First day: Aug. 14; Aug. 21 for K (Willow)
Aug. 16 (JCC)
Aug. 14 (Freret)
Contact: Willow – (504) 862-5110
JCC – (504) 648-2444
Freret – (504) 304-3960
Robert Russa Moton Charter School
First day: July 17
Contact: (504) 245-4400
(Einstein Charter School, Einstein Charter School Extension)
First day: Aug. 12; Aug. 19 for Pre-K and K
Contact: (504) 324-7450
First day: Aug. 5
Contact: (504) 444-2224
Lake Forest Elementary Charter
First day: Aug. 8
Contact: (504) 994-2929
New Orleans Charter Science and Math High School
First day: Aug. 9 for 9th grade, Aug. 12 for 10th-12th grade
Contact: (504) 324-7061
Edward Hynes Elementary School
First day: Aug. 15; Aug. 22 for Pre-K and K
Contact: (504) 324-7160
International School of Louisiana
(Camp Street campus, Olivier Street campus, Jefferson Parish campus)
First day: Aug. 14; Aug. 19 for K
Contact: Camp Street – (504) 654-1088
Olivier Street – (504) 274-4571
JP campus – (504) 934-4875
International High School of New Orleans
First day: Aug. 9 for 9th grade; Aug. 12 10th-12th grades
Contact: (504) 613-5703
Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orleans
(Patton Street campus, Claiborne Avenue campus)
First day: Aug. 14
Contact: Patton – (504) 620-5500
Claiborne – (504) 861-1601
Bricolage Academy of New Orleans
First day: Aug. 19
Contact: (504) 539-4505
Homer A. Plessy Community School
First day: Aug. 8
Contact: (504) 421-5711
First day: Aug. 8 for 2nd-5th grades, Aug. 12 for Pre-K-1st grades
Contact: (504) 373-6258
Andrew H. Wilson Charter School
First day: Aug. 8; Aug. 12 for K
Contact: (504) 373-6274
New Orleans College Preparatory Academies
(Cohen College Prep Middle, Cohen College Prep High, Sylvanie Williams College Prep, Lawrence D. Crocker College Prep)
First day: Aug. 1 (Cohen, Crocker 3rd-5th grades, Sylvanie K-5th grades); Aug. 5 (Crocker 1st-2nd grades); Aug. 12 (Sylvanie and Crocker Pre-K)
Contact:Cohen – (504) 335-0400
Sylvanie – (504) 522-0100
Crocker – (504) 335-0404
(ARISE Academy, Mildred Osborne Charter School)
First day: Aug. 7
Contact: (504) 615-6354
First day: Aug. 5
Contact: (504) 940-2701
(Dr. King Charter School, Joseph A. Craig School)
First day: Aug. 12 for King high school; Aug. 13 for King elementary. Website says Aug. 13 for Craig; no other information available.
Contact:King – (504) 940-2276
Craig – (504) 940-2115
(Lafayette Academy, Esperanza Charter School, McDonogh #42 Charter School)
First day: Aug. 8
Contact: Lafayette – (504) 861-8370
Esperanza – (504) 373-6272
#42 – (504) 942-3660
McDonogh #28 City Park Academy
First day: Aug. 5; Aug. 12 for K
Contact: (504) 940-1740
E.P. Harney Spirit of Excellence Academy
First day: Aug. 7; Aug. 14 for K
Contact: (504) 373-6230
(Gentilly Terrace Charter School, Medard H. Nelson Charter School, Lake Area New Tech Early College High School, Pierre A. Capdau Charter School)
First day: Aug. 5
Contact: Capdau – (504) 872-9257
Lake Area – (504) 267-8833
Terrace – (504) 708-2053
Nelson – (504) 943-1311
(G.W. Carver Collegiate Academy, G.W. Carver Preparatory Academy, Sci Academy)
First day: Aug. 12 for 9th grade; Aug. 19 for 10th-12th grades
Contact:Carver Collegiate: (504) 308-3660
Carver Prep: (504) 484-9721
Sci Academy: (504) 373-6264
James M. Singleton Charter School
First day: Aug 7; Aug. 12 – Pre-K and K
Contact: (504) 568-3466
(John McDonogh Senior High School)
First day: Aug. 19
Contact: (504) 373-6211
(KIPP Believe College Prep, KIPP Believe Primary, KIPP McDonogh #15 Middle and Primary, KIPP N.O. Leadership Academy and Primary, KIPP Renaissance, KIPP Central City Academy and KIPP Central City Primary)
First day: Aug. 6; Aug. 12 for KIPP Believe College Prep
Contact: Leadership – (504) 373-6256
Believe Primary – (504) 266-2050
Believe College Prep – (504) 304-8857
McDonogh #15 Primary – (504) 592-8520
McDonogh #15 Middle – (504) 609-2280
Central City Primary – (504) 373-6290
Central City Academy – (504) 609-2283
Renaissance – (504) 373-6255
First day: Aug. 12
Contact:: (504) 373-6215
First day: Aug. 9
Contact: (504) 267 9060
Sophie B. Wright Institute of Academic Excellence
First day: Aug. 26 for high school; Aug. 27 for middle school
Contact: (504) 304-3916
First day: Aug. 15; Aug. 8 for K
Contact: (504) 909-6275
New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy
First day: Aug. 15
Contact: (504) 227-3810
Louisiana Virtual Charter Academy (online only)
First day: Aug. 7
Contact: (504) 322-7543
Lagniappe Academies of New Orleans
First day: July 29
Contact: (504) 355-0953
*Correction: This story misstated the starting date for some of Audubon’s Pre-K programs. (Aug. 14, 2013)