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

Academy of the Holy Angels

Holy Angels junior Czarina Alfonso
Everyone at Holy Angels knew Czarina Alfonso would receive a silver medal when she became New Jersey’s top high school youth volunteer in the 2019 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program...

Young women who excel in science and mathematics have been inducted into the Academy of the Holy Angels’ chapters of the Science National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta.

Three Angels were inducted into both honor societies. This trio includes Hyerin “Sally” Chung of Closter, Chaiyon “...

Luke the border collie was a master at herding geese off the fields at the Academy of the Holy Angels. Now readers can hear about Luke’s avian adventures in his own words in “Luke the Border Collie: My Working Years.”

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.