Blaze Brighter
Trailblazers
Fulbright scholar. U.S. senator. Chief diversity officer for GE. U.S. Army colonel. National Merit scholar. State basketball champs (twice in three years).
Ursuline girls blaze their own trails.
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Adelaide
Kindergarten
- Loves making her own books and illustrations. Puts her own spin on Little Red Riding Hood.
Sara
Kindergarten
- Wants to be a kind, honest person—and a rock star.
Khue
11th grade
- Robotics, math and music virtuoso.
- Training to become the grand prize winner in Ursuline's citywide Bach Piano Concert.
- Loves how Ursuline's Rally spirit competition brings people together.
Maggie
5th grade
- Future chemist.
- Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh.
- Built a prosthetic prototype for children with cerebral palsy.
Julia
Kindergarten
- Wants to be a nurse. But likes writing stories about witches and ghosts.
Nicole
9th grade
- Basketball state champ and pianist.
- Turned her short story into a chapter book: 89 pages and counting.
- Loves being part of a big, unique sisterhood.
Maci
Pre-K
- Wants to be a veterinarian.
- Or open a hair salon with her best friend.
Cecelia
7th grade
- Starred as the comic relief in the spring musical Mary Poppins.
- Led team in state robotics competition for automating a VEX V5 robot.
- Loves helping other girls conquer math.
Theresa
5th grade
- Future doctor.
- Envisioned her build-a-city project as a nacho building dripping with cheese.
- Built a Valentine's Day website for her parents with a QR-coded card that streamed "love."
Carmela
4th grade
- Loves drawing and painting because it "lets her mind run wild."
- Designed a "100 things in space" shirt as her art project.
- Codes games and short stories—one featuring a lost dog, wizard and dragon—with Hopscotch, Scratch and ScratchJr.
Maria
9th grade
- Plays viola in Ursuline's orchestra.
- Can program a traffic light to change on command.
- Volunteers as a patient escort at Ochsner Health Center.
Laine
3rd grade
- Co-founded Ursuline's book-writing club with her friend.
- Loves research—and unearthing facts most people don't know.
- Finding her voice by writing a children's book on how emojis ruined phones.
Amelia
12th grade
- State trigonometry competitor.
- Performed in NOCCA's musicals—starting in middle school.
- Starred as Ruby in the National WWII Museum's production of "Dames at Sea."
Mariabella
3rd grade
- Delivered class speech on the Civil Rights Act.
- Conducts experiments tracking changes in weather.
- Mastering her violin bow technique for orchestra concerts.
Isabel
12th Grade
- Speaks three languages.
- Archdiocesan Student of the Year.
- National Merit Finalist.
- Bound for Williams College.
Kaiya
7th grade
- Researching neuro diseases in sheep.
- Nurtures her love for animals working at Audubon Zoo.
- Created a business plan for a non-palm oil candy shop to curb the clear-cutting of elephants' natural habitats.
Sophie
3rd grade
- Believes math drives everything.
- Training to ace multiplication so that her brain works faster across all subjects.
- Draws people wearing her own fashion designs.
Next Steps
Adelaide
Kindergarten
- Loves making her own books and illustrations. Puts her own spin on Little Red Riding Hood.
Sara
Kindergarten
- Wants to be a kind, honest person—and a rock star.
Khue
11th grade
- Robotics, math and music virtuoso.
- Training to become the grand prize winner in Ursuline's citywide Bach Piano Concert.
- Loves how Ursuline's Rally spirit competition brings people together.
Maggie
5th grade
- Future chemist.
- Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh.
- Built a prosthetic prototype for children with cerebral palsy.
Julia
Kindergarten
- Wants to be a nurse. But likes writing stories about witches and ghosts.
Nicole
9th grade
- Basketball state champ and pianist.
- Turned her short story into a chapter book: 89 pages and counting.
- Loves being part of a big, unique sisterhood.
Maci
Pre-K
- Wants to be a veterinarian.
- Or open a hair salon with her best friend.
Cecelia
7th grade
- Starred as the comic relief in the spring musical Mary Poppins.
- Led team in state robotics competition for automating a VEX V5 robot.
- Loves helping other girls conquer math.
Theresa
5th grade
- Future doctor.
- Envisioned her build-a-city project as a nacho building dripping with cheese.
- Built a Valentine's Day website for her parents with a QR-coded card that streamed "love."
Carmela
4th grade
- Loves drawing and painting because it "lets her mind run wild."
- Designed a "100 things in space" shirt as her art project.
- Codes games and short stories—one featuring a lost dog, wizard and dragon—with Hopscotch, Scratch and ScratchJr.
Maria
9th grade
- Plays viola in Ursuline's orchestra.
- Can program a traffic light to change on command.
- Volunteers as a patient escort at Ochsner Health Center.
Laine
3rd grade
- Co-founded Ursuline's book-writing club with her friend.
- Loves research—and unearthing facts most people don't know.
- Finding her voice by writing a children's book on how emojis ruined phones.
Amelia
12th grade
- State trigonometry competitor.
- Performed in NOCCA's musicals—starting in middle school.
- Starred as Ruby in the National WWII Museum's production of "Dames at Sea."
Mariabella
3rd grade
- Delivered class speech on the Civil Rights Act.
- Conducts experiments tracking changes in weather.
- Mastering her violin bow technique for orchestra concerts.
Isabel
12th Grade
- Speaks three languages.
- Archdiocesan Student of the Year.
- National Merit Finalist.
- Bound for Williams College.
Kaiya
7th grade
- Researching neuro diseases in sheep.
- Nurtures her love for animals working at Audubon Zoo.
- Created a business plan for a non-palm oil candy shop to curb the clear-cutting of elephants' natural habitats.
Sophie
3rd grade
- Believes math drives everything.
- Training to ace multiplication so that her brain works faster across all subjects.
- Draws people wearing her own fashion designs.