St. Joseph Academy was an all-girls
private high school
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in
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Louisiana
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, sponsored by the
Sisters of St. Joseph
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.
History
The Sisters of Saint Joseph (CSJ) ran St. Joseph Academy High School and had their main convent on the 2100 block of Ursuline Avenue in New Orleans. The site also included a boarding school for girls. In the late 1950s, the Ursuline Street building was in need of major upgrading to comply with building codes for schools and student housing. Rather than renovate the building, the sisters sold the Ursuline Street building to
New Orleans Public Schools
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and it became an annex of Andrew J. Bell Junior High School. The sisters purchased land at 1453 Crescent Street and opened a new St. Joseph Academy.
After St. Joseph Academy was closed, the property was turned over to another institution for use as another Catholic high school. The new
Redeemer High School opened at the 1453 Crescent Street location.
References
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Girls' schools in Louisiana
Defunct Catholic secondary schools in New Orleans
Educational institutions established in 1826
1826 establishments in Louisiana
1980 disestablishments in Louisiana