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

NDP Innovation Lab Opening
Notre Dame Preparatory School began Catholic Schools Week on a historic high—they opened a beautiful new Innovation Wing to Sisters and students with personalized tours, treats, and fun activities to mark this momentous occasion!
Congratulations to NDP, who were highlighted in this recent article in The Baltimore Sun!  Excerpt: "A Loch Raven Operation Clean Stream event had a tremendous turnout of student helpers from Notre Dame Preparatory School and Calvert Hall College High School."
The Art Capstone project was created years ago by middle-level art teacher Christian Leitch, who asks students “what gifts/talents/spirit do you bring to the table of life/society/your world?”

Academy of the Holy Angels

Georgette “Gigi” Ochs and Natalie Yoo are the Academy of the Holy Angels' candidates for the 2023 New Jersey Scholars Program. NJSP is a highly-selective, five-week summer program for rising high school seniors. AHA’s nominees will now begin the rigorous statewide application process.
Chapter 2150 of the Modern Music Masters National Honor Society has accepted 22 top-flight musicians from the Academy of the Holy Angels. The Tri-M induction, which was held December 2, recognized each new member’s musical accomplishments, scholarship, character, leadership, and service to others.
AHA Team Hunger Summit
During the holiday season, when many people focus on abundant feasts, students from the Academy of the Holy Angels in Demarest attended The Community FoodBank of New Jersey’s Teen Hunger Summit. The virtual event (held December 6) inspired many attendees to take action to ameliorate food insecurity...

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.