It has been proven time and again that experiential, hands-on learning deepens understanding, broadens existing perceptions, and fosters confidence in exploring new questions. This approach to learning is on full display at Notre Dame Preparatory School’s Annual Egg Drop Challenge. Started in 2008 by NDP’s Science National Honor Society (SNHS), the challenge of protecting an […]
Read More 15 Years of Dropping Eggs at NDPAdolescence is the time when students develop the lifelong habits which transform them from girls to young women, and habits established at this age can become behaviors in adulthood. One of the most transformative habits is to cultivate a service mindset, something students at Notre Dame Preparatory School are encouraged to develop from their earliest years […]
Read More Service Learning Evolves into Service LivingNotre Dame Preparatory School understands each student offers a unique combination of strengths, passions, challenges, and style. To reach her best personal potential, she may need assistance at different times during the middle and high school years, and The Batza & Simon Academic Service and Enrichment Center was built to offer such personalized academic support. […]
Read More NDP Offers Learning Support When and Where It’s NeededNotre Dame Prep expands academic and financial offering to Middle Level girls.
Read More Expanded Opportunities for Middle School Students at NDPIt’s Music Appreciation Week at Notre Dame Prep, and by the looks (and sounds!) of it, music is in the air! More than 300 girls participate in NDP’s music program, which runs from grades 6 through 12. Whether it’s band, orchestra, chorus, jazz band, chamber choir, or AP music theory, NDP’s music program cultivates not […]
Read More 10 Fun Facts about MusicIt’s hard to explain, amazing to see, and unforgettable to all. Yes, we’re talking about NDP’s beloved tradition Gym Meet! Alumnae from all decades point to this 80-plus year-old competition and its many components—Calisthenics, then aerobics, marching, dance, and song! Larger-than-life props! Costumes made from trash bags! Left-left-left-right-left!—among their dearest recollections of NDP. The Silver […]
Read More Carrots, Camels, Salads, and Silver Cups: Gym Meet MemoriesIf Mark Zuckerbeg, co-founder and CEO of Facebook, makes a recommendation, then you know it’s probably pretty good advice. So girls of the world…heed Mr. Zuckerberg and embrace your inner “nerd”! As Education Week reported, in response to one grandma’s Facebook post about the advice she gives to her granddaughters – “date the nerd in […]
Read More Embrace Your Inner Geekby 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 […]
Read More All the world, and then some, is a stage…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 NDPPope 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.