They went “Around the World in 80 Days.” There were “99 Luftballoons.” One might be the loneliest number, but three IS a crowd. “What’s YOUR number?” the investment company asks about retirement savings. “On a scale of 1 to 10…” It is human nature to measure experiences numerically. Test scores, grades, rankings, ratings. It is […]
Read More 100 Blogs and CountingThe Baltimore Farmers’ Market should be open any day now. A drive up Charles Street is dotted with beautiful white blossoms on the median trees. And there’s just enough pollen on my car to change its “blackberry pearl” hue to a shade of dark Chartreuse. It must be spring in Baltimore! Here at NDP, spring […]
Read More You Know It’s Spring at NDP When…By Jill Bateman ‘15 Members of the General Council of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, based in Rome, Italy, visited NDP Tuesday, April 21. As part of the sisters’ visit, NDP hosted a special assembly featuring student speakers and musicians. Senior Jill Bateman opened up the ceremony with these remarks. One of the first […]
Read More The Parable of the Blue DressBy Catherine Barthelme Miller ’06 I have no shame in admitting that I get butterflies every time I turn into the Notre Dame Prep driveway. Nine years later, the “Happy Birthday” signs, Gym Meet class color adorning cars, and the beautiful campus still hold a very special place in my heart. All NDP girls love […]
Read More How Pain Becomes HopeEarlier this week, NDP sent a service delegation to Costa Rica’s National Sloth Sanctuary. The students and teachers on this trip have been faithfully blogging for the love of sloths! Here is a link to this fun blog, “Sloths Rock!”, which you may follow during the week-long trip. (Besides, aren’t these sloth are the cutest critters ever?)
Read More Sloths Rock!By Catherine Sullivan, Middle Level Campus Minister It usually happens on a Wednesday. The rush of Middle Level students heading downstairs for lunch, followed by a brief calm. Then slowly, one by one, a girl in a blue dress and saddle shoes pops her head into my classroom. Each asks the same question, politely and […]
Read More A Team EffortBy Mary Lorenz, ’19 Now that Gym Meet is over, focus is shifting towards what for many is the highlight of their NDP Middle Level career, the eighth grade synchronized swim show. This year’s theme is Time of the Season. All selected songs tie back into the theme. For this year, songs such as “This […]
Read More The Synchronized Swim Show is in Unison Once AgainEveryone, rich or poor, deserves a shelter for the soul…architects should lead in procuring social and environmental change. […] If architecture is going to nudge, cajole, and inspire a community to challenge the status quo into making responsible changes, it will take the subversive leadership of academics and practitioners who keep reminding students of the […]
Read More Architecture as Social Art: NDP Students Design “Tiny Houses” to Affect Social Changeby Kara Lipinski, NDP Science teacher Ms. Lipinski’s reflects on one of NDP’s most cherished traditions, Gym Meet. She is not a Notre Dame Prep alumna. I attended Catholic schools for twelve years and I have been teaching in private schools for 15 years. When I first started teaching at NDP, all I heard about […]
Read More Always Impressedby Anne Walker, Art Department Chairperson and acclaimed painter in her own right It’s that time of year for NDP’s BEST ASSEMBLY OF THE YEAR: Project Greenway, to be held Wednesday, February 11! Get excited to experience the National Art Honor Society’s environmentally conscious haute couture runway show replete with high-stepping models, trending music, up […]
Read More Move over Tim Gunn–NDP’s Rolling out the Green Carpet