Which high school did Kate Spade attend?

Kate Spade attended St. Teresa’s Academy in Kansas City, Missouri.

St. Teresa’s Academy is an all-female Catholic high school in Kansas City. Kate Spade, born Katherine Noel Brosnahan, graduated from the school before beginning her college studies. The academy is one of the key institutions associated with her Kansas City upbringing and is listed among her educational milestones.

After high school, Spade attended the University of Kansas and later transferred to Arizona State University. She graduated from Arizona State in 1985 with a journalism degree. Her college background helps explain why university names can sometimes be mistaken for her high school in trivia questions.

Spade later worked at Mademoiselle magazine in New York, where she became a senior fashion editor and head of accessories. She and Andy Spade launched the Kate Spade handbag brand in 1993. Thus, St. Teresa’s Academy belongs to the early Kansas City chapter of her life, well before her career in fashion publishing and accessories design.