Spotting the Princess

by Maggie Ward, Theatre Director It’s theater time at NDP and I am reminded why I choose to spend my career with theater kids! For nearly 40 years it has been my privilege to help them find their voices and explore their passion for performing. This year we are doing the Once Upon a Mattress and […]

Learning from the Master

Last Friday was the 280th anniversary of John Adams’ birth. In honor of this esteemed Founding Father, we share an essay from Mike Ellis, NDP Social Studies teacher, whose fascination with Adams (and Lincoln and American history, for that matter!) borders on the fanatic. Ellis had the opportunity this past summer to study with Pulitzer […]

Thanks (NDP) for the Memories!

Gateway Weekend is upon us. Class banners are strewn from the ceiling, chrysanthemums decorate the foyer, and the NDP community is poised, with open arms, to welcome back reunioning alumnae! This year, more than 400 NDP grads are expected to return to celebrate their milestone anniversaries. Classes ending in ‘0s and ‘5s will be specially […]

All the world, and then some, is a stage…

by Meredith Egan ’16, Humanities student, STEAM aficionado, theatre rat, and all-around great NDP girl My vision of what high school would be for me had included field hockey for a long time. However, breaking my ankle at a field hockey goalie camp two weeks before team tryouts changed all that. With seemingly nothing to […]

The 7 Best Things about Attending NDP

The number seven is pretty special at Notre Dame Prep, from our seven grades—sixth through twelfth—to the seven columns marking the front entrance to the school. So in that spirit of seven, here are the seven best reasons to attend NDP, as identified by those individuals who can develop such a list…NDP students! The uniform—Briana […]

Stop the Presses!

Next week marks the 75th Anniversary of National Newspaper Week (October 4-10), a celebration of freedom of the press. In honor of this week, Meg Zink ’16, Gateway editor, reflects on her time as a student journalist…a “career” which began her freshman year. About three years ago, I was a terrified freshman walking into school at […]

The Top Five Things NDP Students Are Doing to Celebrate Pope Francis’ Arrival in the U.S.

Pope Francis’ visit to the United States this week is a big deal. News outlets from coast to coast are covering the event. Nation-wide service efforts have been launched. Countless Pope tchotchkes—from bobble heads to life-size cut-outs to commemorative pens—have been created so anyone who wants a piece of Pope history can have it. Here […]

Your Official Blazer Dash Song List

The NDP Blazer Dash is a little over a week away and that means you are probably starting to think about putting together that all-important playlist to get you through the run. This year we thought we would help you out with some suggestion that get to the heart of what the Blazer Dash is […]

My Summer Service Adventure

Our inaugural Bluenote Blog for the 2015-2016 school year is written by Haley Dick ’16, one of The Gateway co-editors. Here she reflects on how an unexpected change of plans transformed her. by Haley Dick, NDP Senior Being a sophomore at NDP, and not really knowing much about the different service camps that NDP had […]

Remembering Chas

By Diana Healy ’06 About thirteen years ago, I met a very special person. Well, let me backtrack for a moment… This person was not a complete stranger when I officially met her in the fall of 2002 during freshman orientation at NDP. About two-year prior, I played basketball against her and was highly intimidated […]