In honor of Mother’s Day, we threw it back to when the girls were five and had simple questions to answer. Here are some of the responses that we got from the girls!

Last week in celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week, we asked the girls to write about one of their teachers that they were thankful for here at NDP. These were just a few of the responses we received.

Guest contributor–Maggie Ward, NDP Drama Teacher The Ellen Norton Cullen Library Week has been around for as long as I can remember, and since I have been teaching here at NDP for more than 30 years, that’s a very long time!!  Years ago Library Week featured prom makeovers, raffles, and guest speakers. More recently, one […]

Every year on April 10th social media explodes with images of siblings in celebration of National Siblings Day. To mark this special day, we asked seven sets of Notre Dame Prep siblings to describe what it is like to have their sisters with them in the same building every day. Battaglia Sisters—Katherine, a senior, and […]

   Girls between the ages of 15 to 19 spend at least three hours a day on social media, and most can’t go a couple of hours without checking their Instagram or Snapchat. This near-constant use of social media have inspired researcher to delve into the addictive nature of social media and the emotional damage it […]

by Rus VanWestervelt Rus VanWestervelt is a career educator, guest Bluenote blogger, and NDP parent. In his latest blog, he writes about a topic that is both personally and professionally important to him—parents “staying smart” during springtime celebrations. For those of us blessed to work with, live with, or have teens in our lives, the […]

The newly coordinated NDP G.I.V.E.S. student club recently coordinated sending Valentine’s Day postcards “sending love” to our donors! The girls’ notes were so meaningful and insightful. We wanted to share a few with you. It is clear that our students love NDP and their teachers!     I love NDP because….. “I love the small […]

By Haley Metzger ‘18 February is the month of cancer prevention. In 2017, an estimated 1.7 million people will be diagnosed with cancer, and in the US there will be about 600,000 deaths from cancer. The American Institute for Cancer Research estimates that approximately one-third of the cases of the most common cancers in the […]