Notre Dame Preparatory School

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.

NDP Welcomes Sister 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.

Four NDP Students named Commended Scholars

At Notre Dame Prep, four members of the Class of 2022 received 2021 National Merit Scholarship Recognition as Commended Scholars!

Girls develop skills and strength in NDP tech program

“We’ve been kind of bootstrapping this program for a number of years,” said Neil Hrdlick, NDP’s computer science instructor and general technology champion. “We’ve been turning up the energy every year, and we’re getting the groundswell.”

FBI Recognizes NDP Students

The FBI Baltimore Field Office recognized Notre Dame Preparatory School seventh- and eighth- graders with the National FBI Safe Online Surfing (FBI-SOS) Award on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.

Every Day is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science for Two of Our Sponsored Ministries

Academy of the Holy Angels (AHA) in Demarest, NJ and Notre Dame Preparatory School (NDP) in Towson, MD are working to change the odds for young women who want careers in science.

Coach of the Decade - Terry Byrd

After Notre Dame Preparatory School earned the first three Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference swimming titles in its formative years, McDonogh School won the next eight championships. Terri Byrd, NDP’s coach since 2006, then found a way to stop the Eagles’ juggernaut by using the Blazers’ depth to take four out of the next five banners during the past decade.