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.

Co-Sponsored Middle Schools

Mother Seton Academy
- A middle school for low-income boys and girls in Baltimore, MD - https://mothersetonacademy.org/
Sisters Academy of Baltimore
- A middle school for low-income girls in Baltimore, MD - https://www.sistersacademy.org/

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

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.

Academy of the Holy Angels

Red Carpet Events - AHA History Class

Two invitation-only red carpet events enticed notable personalities, including Billie Holiday, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Katherine Hepburn, to the Academy of the Holy Angels on February 9 and 10. Their host: AHA Social Studies Department Chair Gail Fair.

AHA Footwear Drive Nets 466 Pairs of Shoes

While volunteering at the Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, Texas, students from the Academy of the Holy Angels noticed the scarcity of shoes available to people in need. Soon after their 2022 experience, the volunteers advised the AHA community, which responded by donating 466 pairs of...

AHA Open House for Catholic Schools Week

Local families started Catholic Schools Week (January 29-February 4) at Holy Angels, filling every available seat at the AHA Middle School Open House. Prospective sixth graders and their families learned about the benefits of a Holy Angels education, and took personalized campus tours guided by...

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.