SSND Founded Schools and Co-Sponsored Ministries

Sponsored ministries are organizations in which SSND is the sole sponsoring congregation. 

Co-Sponsored Ministries are one of the ways SSND fulfils its mission and implements its educational vision.

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Sponsored High Schools

Co-Sponsored Middle Schools

University of Notre Dame of Maryland

The SSNDs established College of Notre Dame of Maryland in 1895 as the first Catholic college for women in the United States to award the four-year baccalaureate degree. Learn more about Notre Dame of Maryland University's undergraduate and graduate programs for women (and men) in Baltimore, MD at https://www.ndm.edu

Notre Dame Preparatory School

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...
​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!
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...

Academy of the Holy Angels

Academy of Holy Angels - Awareness Day
The Holy Angels community recently participated in Awareness Day, a time to build knowledge of themselves and the global community. Students at AHA Middle School examined peace on a personal level, while upper school students focused on “Waging Peace in a Divided World.”
Elise Tao may be glad to be back home in Upper Saddle River, but the Academy of the Holy Angels junior already misses the friends she made at the 16th Annual Disney Dreamers Academy.
Theresa and Mario Spola
Angelic Evening is turning 25 this year, and the Academy of the Holy Angels is ready to pull out all the stops! This signature celebration of AHA’s steadfast supporters is set for May 11, and will be held at the Edgewood Country Club in River Vale, NJ.

Notre Dame of Maryland

Institute of Notre Dame Alumnae News

Founded in 1833 with the belief that education of girls is the foundation for a healthy society, the School Sisters of Notre Dame in the Atlantic Midwest Province continues
to sponsor young people's education.