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

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...

NPD annual Christmas Liturgy.

Watch an interview with Stacey Bilenki, director of vocal music at Notre Dame Prep, who explains how this year's event was done and then listen and watch the signing of "O Holy Night".

Notre Dame Preparatory School Named National Blue Ribbon School

Today the U.S. Department of Education named Notre Dame Preparatory School a 2020-2021 National Blue Ribbon School status based on its overall academic excellence.

Academy of the Holy Angels

Teen Volunteer Answers the Call to Help the Most Vulnerable

Caterina Cardamone is always there for those in need. This Academy of the Holy Angels senior supplies fresh produce (grown at AHA) to local food banks; serves as a Catholic Youth Organization Council Member; is a teen retreat leader, lector, and Eucharistic Minister; and also volunteers as a junior...

AHA’s Senior Scientists Mentor Sixth Grade Health Class

Senior scientists from the Academy of the Holy Angels Upper School exhibited scholarship and mentorship as they hosted an impromptu mini-health fair for the sixth grade.

AHA Alumni Help Students Understand Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide came into sharper focus this month, as Academy of the Holy Angels alumna Talin Baghdadlian (’09) and her husband Armen Sahakyan addressed Jennifer Cucchisi’s Advanced Placement History class. They are descendants of Armenian Genocide survivors, and now live and work in Armenia.

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.