French QuarTour Kids

07/31/2025

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Thomas Dresser

Drop a comment to welcome them to our community, . Thanks Dad for being French QuarTour Kids Top Fan!!!! You’re the best!!! (Joycie gets Top Fam credit too bc she borrows
Your fb account) and she gave great advice with Bar Harbor Kids!! She taught me about the plight of whaling wives back in the day… Here’s a pic of that conversation in action!!

07/29/2025

Danielle, our newest guide, actually brought her students on a field trip with us - when I first started the company!! These pix are fromway back (before my hair turned gray!!), maybe 2012. We used to bring students to the Hermann-Grima + Gallier Historic Houses as part of the field trip. It’s an incredible place to learn history. I’d love to collaborate on student groups in the future!!

07/29/2025

We’ve got a new guide!! Welcome to French Quartour Kids, Danielle!! Danielle is a local and a veteran teacher. (We both taught at Langston Hughes Academy!!) I am so grateful to find an experienced, licensed teacher available during the week! That means we can continue to offer field trips throughout the year, as well as tours during the week 😅 And the results of her first tour are in!!👇🏼

07/08/2025

Happy Quock Walker Day! This is not a federal holiday (yet); I just learned about it last year. In 1754, Quock Walker was born in Massachusetts to Mingo and Dinah- an enslaved couple thought to be from the Akan lineage in Ghana / Ivory Coast / Togo. They were purchased by James Caldwell, a member of a prominent Irish immigrant family in Massachusetts. James promised manumission to Quock when he turned 25, in 1778. However, 15 years before then, Mr. Caldwell was killed by a tree falling during a storm. Quock became the property of Mrs Caldwell, who soon became Mrs Jennison, upon marrying Nathaniel Jennison. She promised to free Quock at 21 years of age, in 1774- but she died in 1773! He then became the property of Nathaniel Jennison... Mr. Jennison had made no such promise and did not keep either. So in April of 1781, at 27 years of age, Quock self-emancipated. He left the Jennison farm and moved to the nearby Caldwell farm (brothers of his former enslaver) where he intended to work as a free man. Mr. Jennison did not think this was right. He went to the Jennison farm- along with 2 other White farmhands- and assaulted Quock, whipping him and locking him in a barn. This is where the story gets confusing... He managed to get out of the barn and get 2 well known, powerful lawyers to take on his case. How they knew about it and how they were paid is unknown. Perhaps they were interested in finding a case such as this to test the brand new Massachusetts Constitution. My Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather Levi Lincoln Sr was one of those lawyers!! (How am I just learning all of this?? I'm sure my history-loving family told me the story...) Lincoln and the other lawyer, Caleb Strong, argued that Nathaniel Jennison had no legal right to Quock Walker because the Massachusetts Constitution said "All men are born free and equal..." Perhaps this was the case Abolitionists had been waiting for? It went all the way to the MA Supreme Court where the judge and jury agreed! Quock received 50 pounds for the assault- as well as being the catalyst case for ending slavery in America, the first state to do so!! 82 years before NOLA!!

07/07/2025

FREE Rocket building activity for kids!!! My fifth graders did something similar at Starbase Camp and LOVED it!! If you have a kid, this coming Saturday, they can build and launch a rocket for free! (And if they love it, they can possibly work at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, for real!) I wish we'd had opportunities like this when I was a kid!

Chemistry

07/02/2025

🚨🚨We are reducing our schedule to just weekends and school breaks bc I'll be heading back into the classroom- next week!!! My summer is abruptly ending but we hope to see you on the weekend or a school break!!
We do have booking available through Hotel Concierges and Visitors Centers throughout the French Quarter! 🎉
👉941 Decatur St.

06/25/2025

I LOVE this idea! Cheers to New Orleans Secrets Tours for boldly going in this direction!! If anyone can make healthy vegan food taste great, it's this culinary capital!! I can't wait to take this tour!!

Experience the vibrant flavors of New Orleans like never before with the Vegan French Quarter Food Tour from New Orleans Secrets Tours. As a locally owned company with over a decade of experience showcasing the best of the city, we’re proud to offer this intimate, small-group experience—limited ...

06/24/2025

Attention all history loving kids!! Courtyard Camp at the Hermann Grima is super fun- and guess who will be there helping out?!? Me!!

Programming Designed for Families and Youth

04/25/2025

These camps look incredible!!! Summer is coming. Prevent that summer brain drain by keeping young minds active!

𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐳 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

The STEAM Department at Nunez will offer more than 10 multi-day camps this summer for students in grades one through twelve.

Visit Nunez.edu/STEAM and submit a Steam Inquiry Form to begin the process of registering your student.

STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. As such, each camp Nunez offers incorporates several of those fields in its curriculum, along with the social aspects of summer camp.

“Our summer camp program for students K-12 is designed to help students build their skills in STEAM related fields while having fun,” said Dr. Julie Rexford, Director of STEAM. “At the foundation of these skills, students learn to collaborate with their peers, critically think to solve various problems and communicate their findings.”

Camps will include, in order:

Digital Art: Introduction to Adobe Photoshop – June 2-6, Grades 9-12

Intro to 3D Printing Workshop – June 5, Grades 4-8

Robotics Camp – June 9-13, Grades 1-3

Digital Art: Introduction to Adobe Illustrator – June 9-13, Grades 9-12

Digital Art: Introduction to Adobe – June 16-20, Grades 6-8

Digital Art: Introduction to Adobe Illustrator – June 23-27, Grades 6-8

Astro Camp – July 7-11, Grades 3-6

Introduction to Printmaking – July 7-11, Grades 9-12

Robotics Camp – July 14-18, Grades 4-8

Introduction to Printmaking – July 14-18, Grades 6-8

Culinary Camp – July 28-31, Grades 4-8

All camps will take place on the Nunez campus and most will meet from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the designated dates.

04/20/2025

Great opportunity for history loving teens!!

04/09/2025

343 years ago TODAY, Robert LaSalle arrived at the mouth of the Mississippi and claimed for France all lands that drain into this large river system. He then returned home to share the good news. What happened next will be featured in our new video series: Louisiana History- Bloopers Edition 🫣

--> If you have a suggestion for a Louisiana history blooper, please message me! I'd like to do them chronologically if possible.

04/06/2025

This weekend is French Quarter Fest!!! The BEST free festival in the world!! Our tour schedule will be a bit adjusted but I HIGHLY recommend y'all come visit! You can sample the best food and the best music the city has to offer in the beautiful French Quarter!! Starts Thursday :)
HIGHLY recommend Lost Bayou Ramblers & Irma Thomas!!
More info here:

Music VIP Fest App Merch Donate French Quarter Festival April 10-13, 2025 Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Celebrate the Spirit of New Orleans At French Quarter Festivals, Inc. (FQFI), we proudly bring the heart and soul of New Orleans to life through three signature events: French Quarter F...