Our Lady of Lourdes Elementary School
Our Lady of Lourdes School has educated the children of Harlem and North Manhattan since opening its doors in 1912 and is dedicated to providing a foundation for each child to develop into a successful leader. Our Lady of Lourdes School affirms the uniqueness of each child and concentrates on the spiritual, intellectual, moral, social and physical growth of every student. The school provides an atmosphere in which students feel safe, and mature into thinking, faith-filled, ethical individuals sensitive to the needs of others. Our Lady of Lourdes School is the recipient of the 2019 Blackboard Award Honoree as an Outstanding School.
Offering Private Pre-K3 and Pre-K4, and Kindergarten through grade 8 classes; Early drop off at 7:15 AM; Free breakfast and lunch programs, After-school programs from 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM; AdvancEd Accredited; Sacramental Preparation Programs with Our Lady of Lourdes Church; Fully-equipped Science lab (partnerships with the BioBus and for The Love of Science); STEM Instruction; Library and media center; Coding classes, Chromebooks in all classes (wireless internet access); Italian language instruction (grades Pre K 3 – 8); Arts Programming (Guitar, Choir, Drama with Stages on the Sound, Dancing Classrooms, MyPlate! The Food Guide Musical Program, Alvin Ailey Dance Company); Visual Arts program (painting, drawing, sculpting, printmaking); Music with the New York Philharmonic School and Very Young Composers programs and Choir; and Physical Education; Basketball, Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball; Writing, Science, and Yearbook clubs, Math and ELA tutoring, Student Council.