Notre Dame Preparatory School

Notre Dame Preparatory School is one of Baltimore's oldest Catholic, college preparatory school for young women. The school was founded by the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1873.

Scholarship Breakfast at Notre Dame Prep

Notre Dame Preparatory hosted a breakfast to bring together its scholarship recipients and the donors who are supporting them. Sister Patty thanked the donors and the students for their living of the values and mission of Notre Dame Preparatory School.

Members of the Class of 2025 enter the ranks of NDP upperclasswomen on Junior Ring Day.

News from NDP - Week of November 6th 2023

Keep up with news from Notre Dame Prep! This week news on the annual Ring Day, and Stuff a Bus!

At NDP - Service Faith and Habitat for Humanity

Over the weekend, NDP juniors and seniors participated in two builds for Habitat for Humanity, one in Havre de Grace, Maryland, the other in Aberdeen, Maryland. As they were pouring concrete and varnishing a deck, the girls helped transform houses that will soon become homes.

NDP Foundation Day Celebration 2023

On Tuesday, October 24, students, faculty, and staff came together for a special Foundation Day liturgy marking the 190th anniversary of the founding the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND). This celebration was especially meaningful, as it was held during NDP’s 150th Anniversary year.

Happy Birthday Notre Dame Prep

NDP Celebrates 150 Years of Educating Women to Transform the World with a Weekend’s Worth of Activities!

Celebrating 150 Years of NDP

Enjoy this focus piece on WBALTV on the upcoming 150th Anniversary of Notre Dame Prep, as well as coverage by the Baltimore Sun!

NDP Marine Biology Students in Key Largo

Earlier this month, marine biology students from NDP headed to Key Largo to five days of scientific study and aquatic exploration. During the trip, the students studied seagrass beds, mangroves, and coral reefs to take water-quality samples and research the area’s biodiversity.

NDP Pink and Orange Class of 2023 Graduates

Notre Dame Preparatory School’s beloved Class of Pink and Orange—the Class of 2023—graduated on Wednesday, May 24.

NDP Musicians Sweep National Music Competition

This year the Festival of Music in Nashville, Tennessee, more than 800 musicians from six schools in Maryland, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Ontario, Canada, competed. The 107 NDP student musicians won the Esprit de Corps Award for demonstrating the best offstage behavior, and exhibiting kindness, poise, and appreciation of the other groups. All performing groups received first place and excellent or superior rankings in their individual performance categories. In addition, At this year’s Nashville competition,

Lights - Camera - Sustainable Fashion

CW Project Greenway and Middle Made give Notre Dame Prep Upper and Middle Level students the opportunity to explore haute couture in a creative, artistic and environmentally friendly way by creating fashion designs out of recycled materials.

NDP - Gym Meet 2023

NDP Students competed in the decades long tradition of Gym Meet over the weekend of March 3-4. Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors marched, sang, danced, and aerobicized their way through two nights of competition and performance for parents and loved ones.

NDP Alumna Sees Confidence as Her Game Changer

With Women’s History Month underway, the Catholic Review has done a series of articles on women change-makers, including NDP alumna Annette Walter ’95.

NDP students visit Stella Maris for Valentine's Day

On Valentine’s Day, Tuesday February 14, the Sisters at Stella Maris were delighted with a visit from the NDP Middle Level student campus ministers. The students shared Valentine cards with the Sisters made by the Middle Level students as well as a 5-foot long Rosary created by the NDP Kind Club.

NDP Student Honored in National Juried Exhibition

Artwork by Notre Dame Preparatory School senior Katie McKinney has been selected for the eighth annual National Art Honor Society/National Junior Art Honor Society (NAHS/NJAHS) Juried Exhibition! Of the the 127 artists highlighted, only five students hail from Maryland.

NPD Builds Tiny Houses for the Homeless

Notre Dame Preparatory School’s Engineering Design classes held a Tiny Open House showcasing scale models of tiny houses designed and built for real clients experiencing homelessness in the U.S.

Notre Dame Prep Annual Dance Assembly

Notre Dame Preparatory School’s auditorium was alive with Christmas Spirit during the school’s annual Dance Assembly.

NDP Receives Two Readers’ Choice Awards

Sister Patricia McCarron shares that “The award for best private middle school affirms our belief that Notre Dame provides the best middle school experience for young girls on all levels, academically, spiritually, socially, and emotionally.”

NDP Marks Accreditation Success at Colloquium

On November 11, NDP faculty, staff, students, families, friends, and representatives of the Middle States Association (MSA) on Elementary and Secondary Education Commissions attended NDP’s Sustaining Excellence Colloquium, which represents the mid-point in the school’s seven-year MSA reaccreditation process.

A Special Foundation Day Message from Sister Patricia

Today, students, faculty, and staff gathered for the Foundation Day liturgy at Notre Dame Prep! Marking the 189th anniversary of the founding of the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND). Joining us as special guests were sisters from the SSND community including Sister Charmaine Krohe, the provincial leader, and members of the Provincial Council.

Help NDP win the Baltimore Style Readers’ Choice Awards

Notre Dame Prep is proud to announce that the school is featured as a finalist in THREE categories for the 2022 Baltimore Style Readers’ Choice Awards! Vote for them!

15 Notre Dame Prep Students Receive 23 Regional Art, Writing Awards

Sister Patricia McCarron, SSND, Ph.D., headmistress of Notre Dame Preparatory School, announced on February 2 that 15 NDP students have earned regional recognition for this year’s Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, some taking home multiple honors. All told, NDP students earned a total of 23 awards in creative writing and fine arts categories.

Beginning the SSND Journey Together

Seventeen leaders from seven sponsored ministries and province departments gathered virtually from all parts of the Atlantic-Midwest Province for the New Employee Orientation (NEO), offered on Tuesday morning, November 9th and Wednesday afternoon, November 10th.

NDP Dedicates New Academic Services & Enrichment Center

Notre Dame Preparatory School officially dedicated and blessed the Batza & Simon Academic Services and Enrichment Center at NDP on June 8. Headmistress Sister Patricia McCarron and several students were on hand to thank the families that made this space possible.

NDP Welcomes Sr Carolyn Anyega - SSND General Councilor

The Notre Dame Preparatory School community was thrilled to welcome General Council member Sister Carolyn Anyega, SSND, to the school on Monday, April 11.

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