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|name=New Orleans Charter Science & Math High School
|image=       File:New Orleans Charter Science & Math High School, October 2021 03.jpg
|image_size= 150px
|motto=Catalyst to Your Future
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|streetaddress=2011 Bienville Street
|city=[[New Orleans]]
|state=[[Louisiana]]
|zipcode=70112
|country= United States
|url=[http://www.noscihigh.org www.noscihigh.org]
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|schoolboard=[[New Orleans Public Schools|Orleans Parish School District]] (charter school).
|affiliation=
|superintendent=
|trustee=
|principal= Monique Cola
|administrator=
|schooltype= Open enrollment public charter
|grades=9-12
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|colors= Royal blue and white<br>{{color box|blue}} {{color box|white}}
|team_name= [[Nautilus]]
|founded=1993
|ratio= 14.50<ref name=NCES/>
|teaching_staff = 39.94 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/>
|enrollment= 579 (2022–2023)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=220028100234&ID=220028100234|title=New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics HS|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
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'''New Orleans Charter Science & Math High School''' is an open enrollment [[charter school]] in [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], USA.  Students commonly refer to the school as "SciHigh", "Science & Math", or vice versa, "Math and Science".
The organization, Advocates for Science and Mathematics Education, governs the school, which is located in [[Uptown New Orleans|Uptown]], in the former Allen Elementary School campus.<ref name="About">"[http://www.noscihigh.org/about-sci-high.html The Sci High Story] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814120506/http://www.noscihigh.org/about-sci-high.html |date=2012-08-14 }}." New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School. Retrieved on August 3, 2012.</ref> The school is supported in part by the Foundation for Science and Mathematics Education, a [[501(c)(3)]] [[nonprofit organization]] that advocates for "an open-admissions, rigorous, hands-on educational model paired with the belief that any student can succeed when provided with a safe and supportive environment."<ref name="AboutFSME">"[http://www.nolascienceandmath.org/get-involved.html The Foundation for Science and Mathematics - Get Involved]." Foundation for Science and Mathematics Education. Retrieved on January 18, 2015.</ref>
==History==
The school was founded in 1993 by Barbara MacPhee as a half day school focused on the rigorous instruction of [[mathematics]] and [[science]].  Students from any [[New Orleans Public Schools|New Orleans Public School]] were able to enroll part-time at NOCSMHS and part-time at their "home" school.  From its inception until [[Hurricane Katrina]], the school was housed on the campus of [[Delgado Community College]].
[[File:SolarCarNashvilleAveNOLA1.jpg|thumb|Students view solar powered car at the high school campus at the time on Nashville Avenue, Uptown New Orleans, in 2009]]
After Katrina, the school was chartered under the auspices of the [[Orleans Parish School Board]] as a full-day, grades 9-12 high school, offering instruction in all subjects, including [[English studies|English]], [[social studies]], and [[foreign language]].  Due to the damage Delgado received from Katrina, NOCSMHS moved to the building which housed the former Henry W. Allen Elementary School in the [[uptown New Orleans]] neighborhood.
In October 2010, the school met its performance growth goal by attaining a School Performance Score over 80.0, giving it a two-star rating.
The following year, in October 2011, the school far surpassed its growth goal and earned a "B+" grade—the highest grade given to any open-enrollment school in the New Orleans area.
In April 2018 the board for Sci High selected former [[Delgado Community College]] employee Monique Cola as the school's headmaster; she has a PhD from [[Tulane University]].<ref name=Morrispreparenewprincipal>{{cite web|author=Morris, Robert|url=https://uptownmessenger.com/2018/07/sci-high-prepares-for-new-school-year-with-new-principal/|title=Sci High prepares for new school year with new principal|newspaper=[[Uptown Messenger]]|date=2018-07-23|accessdate=2020-05-25}}</ref>
The groundbreaking for the [[Mid-City New Orleans|Mid-City]] campus was scheduled for fall 2018.  The school relocated there in 2020. It has a 400-seat gymnasium on the second floor.<ref>{{cite web|author=Morris, Robert|url=https://uptownmessenger.com/2018/03/sci-high-aims-for-fall-groundbreaking-on-new-mid-city-campus/|title=Sci High aims for fall groundbreaking on new Mid-City campus|newspaper=[[Uptown Messenger]]|date=2018-03-16|accessdate=2020-05-25}}</ref> Katherine Hart of the ''[[Mid-City Messenger]]'' described it as "the only New Orleans public school built specifically for STEM education."<ref>{{cite web|last=Hart|first=Katherine|url=https://midcitymessenger.com:443/2021/01/08/new-sci-high-building-is-ready-for-state-of-the-art-instruction-in-the-biomedical-corridor-only-its-students-are-missing/|title=New Sci High building is ready for state-of-the-art instruction in the biomedical corridor. Only its students are missing.|newspaper=[[Mid-City Messenger]]|place=[[New Orleans]]|date=2021-01-08|access-date=2024-01-09}}</ref>
==Faculty==
In 2018 the school retained 68% of its faculty members, with 13 members starting work and 28 continuing to work from the previous year.<ref name=Morrispreparenewprincipal/>
==School building format==
* The first floor is primarily [[science]] classes. It also holds the [[cafeteria]], Phys. Ed. room, [[Art]] class, and counselors office
* The second floor is primarily [[language arts]] and [[social studies]] classes.  It also holds the Computer Lab, [[Auditorium]], and Main Office
* The third floor is primarily the [[math]] and [[English language|English]] classes.  It also holds the [[Library]] and [[Special Education]] classes
==Athletics==
New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High athletics competes in the [[Louisiana High School Athletic Association|LHSAA]].
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.noscihigh.org/ New Orleans Charter Science & Math High School Official Website.]
*[http://educatenow.net EducateNow! website]
*[http://www.nolascienceandmath.org/ Foundation for Science and Mathematics Education Official Website.]
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