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 Ukeladies
Stella Maris Sisters recently enjoyed a fun holiday performance and reunion with the Notre Dame Prep Ukeladies. Read more!
Notre Dame Preparatory hosted a breakfast to bring together its scholarship recipients and the donors who are supporting them. Sister Patty thanked the donors and the students for their living of the values and mission of Notre Dame Preparatory School.
Members of the Class of 2025 enter the ranks of NDP upperclasswomen on Junior Ring Day.
Keep up with news from Notre Dame Prep! This week news on the annual Ring Day, and Stuff a Bus!

Academy of the Holy Angels

Demitria “Demi” Poulos thought a career in engineering was out of reach, until she experienced the nationally-acclaimed STREAM curriculum (STEM plus religion and art) and supportive faculty at the Academy of the Holy Angels. Today, Poulos (AHA ’17) is the only female Ph.D. candidate in the...
Student leaders from the Academy of the Holy Angels' Solidarity with Haiti organization came together to make a significant donation of $1,500 to our AMSSND Haiti Fund.
Rho Kappa Inductees AHA

The Alice Paul Chapter of Rho Kappa convened on November 15 for the organization’s twelfth annual induction ceremony. Inductees include 47 Academy of the Holy Angels seniors who have successfully completed the equivalent of four years of social studies courses and demonstrate the organization’s...

Notre Dame of Maryland

We are each on our own spiritual journey, but we have a shared spirit that goes beyond our faith. At an Associate gathering this year, Baltimore Associate Carla Hobson shared the following reflection.
NDMU Students
As part of MAP (SSND Mission Awareness Process) Notre Dame of Maryland University students, Allison, Johnitta, Bria, along with Sister Linda Stilling, traveled to Connecticut for a week of Service Learning at the Caroline House!
Sister Arlene Flaherty speaking at NDMU
As part of the celebration, Sister Arlene Flaherty, OP, our director of the Justice and Peace Department spoke about cultivating fields of compassion and making peace in the 21st century

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.