Remembering Chas

I never met Chastity Brione Dunnaville… Four years ago, as a freshman in the fall of 2014, I became a very appreciative recipient of the Chastity Brione Dunnaville Scholarship. It has been a blessing that has afforded me so many opportunities, has helped my family tremendously, and continues to be a blessing that grows and […]

A Wall of Conversation

At Notre Dame Prep, students can study French, Spanish, Latin, and Chinese languages. Yet these classes offer more than lessons in vocabulary, sentence structure, and grammar. Studying a new language removes barriers among people as they engage in conversation, ask questions, and learn from each other. And while a second language enables one to conduct […]

Chris Kaiser: Loving Tenderly

As many of you know, our beloved Dean of Students, Mrs. Chris Kaiser, will step down as dean at the end of the school year. We are thrilled to say she will remain at NDP as a math teacher, bringing her full circle in her 37-year Notre Dame career. Knowing Chris’ dedication to and love […]

Notre Dame Prep’s Queen of the Chesapeake

By Gabby K. ‘18 This summer, I became the 2017 Queen of the Chesapeake, an honor I earned because of my dedication to service and my public speaking ability. In this position, I have spent the year representing the entire Chesapeake Bay Area as a goodwill ambassador promoting the preservation of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, […]

The Angels of ’77

By NDP Alumna Rose Schmitz Marcin, Class of ’77 We are the class of Lime and Rose, the Class of ’77, and we have a strong bond of sisterhood. We always have felt our class is exceptional—though perhaps everyone feels that way about her class. Between reunions, we get together for happy hours, and some […]

Book Clubs, Founding Fathers, and NDP Dads

What better topic to discuss with our NDP dads than the Founding Fathers? On February 21st, one day shy of George Washington’s 286th birthday, I had the pleasure of hosting the inaugural meeting of the NDP Dads History Book Club. We discussed Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Joseph Ellis’s (no relation, but one can dream) biography of […]

Notre Dame’s “Sheroes”

There is no better place to celebrate Women’s History Month than at a girls school, and Notre Dame fits the bill! Committed to transformational education, NDP is home to faculty, staff, coaches, peers, and parents who work together to make real a mission of educating young women to transform the world. Inspiring us daily in […]

A Celebration of Art at NDP

This week, Notre Dame Prep was all about art and the color, design, and excitement it brings to our community. For the culmination of Art Week, the much-anticipated annual Middle Made and Project Greenway Fashion Shows, our girls worked tirelessly designing, making, and modeling dresses made entirely from repurposed materials. Art Week also affords the […]

Finding Love in Lent

Today marks the beginning of Lent, a time of reflection and meditation about ourselves, our relationships with others, and our work to answer God’s call “…to act justly, to love tenderly, and to walk humbly with God.” (Micah 6:8). This year, the first day of Lent, Ash Wednesday, falls on another day in which we […]

Serving Up Love

After spending a morning together, NDP students and their parents, who were on campus as part of our Catholic Schools Week Parent Visit Day—filed into the cafeteria to enjoy a special service tradition marking its 25th year: Pasta for the Philippines. Began in 1993, Pasta for the Philippines originated to fulfill the promise NDP teacher Mr. […]