St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School

St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School
St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School
	St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School building
Address
	5116 Magazine Street; New Orleans, Louisiana 70115; United States
Coordinates	29°55′13″N 90°6′37″W / 29.92028°N 90.11028°W
Information
School type	Private, All-Girls
Motto	Prepped for Life
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s)	St. Katharine Drexel, S.B.S.
Established	2013
School district	Orleans
President	Sister Margaret Mary Friesenhahn, S.S.N.D.
Principal	Jacob J. Owens
Grades	8–12
Gender	Female
Color(s)	Gold, White and Black;
Slogan	Once a Prepper, Always a Prepper
Mascot	Ellen the Jacket
Nickname	Yellow Jackets
Rival	St. Mary's Cougars
Accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Alumni	XPAA
Website	www.drexelprep.com

St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School (also known as Drexel Prep or SKDP) is a private Catholic high school in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The school is named for the late Saint Katharine Drexel. She is the first saint who was born a U.S. citizen.

History

It was established in 2013 by six alumni of Xavier University Preparatory School, who purchased the building after the previous school was closed.^[2]

Location

The campus is in Uptown New Orleans.^[2]

It has no affiliation with the St Katharine Drexel Catholic Church in the Garden District, which instead had a parish school, Holy Ghost School, that closed in 2015.^[3]