Notre Dame Preparatory School’s 150th: Where a Gateway Opens
Notre Dame Preparatory School original Gateway Arch on the North Charles Street campus.
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Expanded Opportunities for Middle School Students at NDP
Notre Dame Prep expands academic and financial offering to Middle Level girls.
Read More Expanded Opportunities for Middle School Students at NDPThe 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 […]
Read More The 7 Best Things about Attending NDPThe 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 […]
Read More The Top Five Things NDP Students Are Doing to Celebrate Pope Francis’ Arrival in the U.S.A Team Effort
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 EffortAlways Impressed
by 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 ImpressedShe’s There for Everyone
This year, 2015, marks Sister Patricia McCarron’s “trifecta”: her 10th year as Notre Dame Preparatory School Headmistress, her 25th as a School Sister of Notre Dame, and her 30th as an educator (in fact, her very first teaching job right out of college was here at NDP!). Baltimore’s Daily Record, which included Sister Patricia in its 2013 “Circle of Excellence,” […]
Read More She’s There for EveryoneCome as You Are
Back in June, a group of educators came together to plan what many individuals who work in places other than Catholic schools may not understand—a retreat. Not the typical corporate retreat where folks put on casual clothes and talk about goals and objectives, but rather a retreat to serve as an open-armed invitation to the […]
Read More Come as You AreThe Second Annual Crabs for Chas: Saturday, July 19th at NDP
Below is a re-print with updates of a post about the annual Crabs for Chas event at NDP in honor of 2006 alum and White Blazer girl, Chastity Dunnaville: The Person She Was, The People We Are In 2006 I had the distinct honor of delivering the commencement speech at Notre Dame. In preparation for […]
Read More The Second Annual Crabs for Chas: Saturday, July 19th at NDPDivine Mystery Revealed?
There are certain questions one expects to hear bandied about in an academic environment. “What is the square root of 125? Why is the sky blue? How many lines in a sonnet?… Where’s your homework? …Will this be on the test?” As a student progresses through school the questions get harder and the answers more […]
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