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

Earlier this month, marine biology students from NDP headed to Key Largo to five days of scientific study and aquatic exploration. During the trip, the students studied seagrass beds, mangroves, and coral reefs to take water-quality samples and research the area’s biodiversity.
Notre Dame Preparatory School’s beloved Class of Pink and Orange—the Class of 2023—graduated on Wednesday, May 24. 
NDP Students
This year the Festival of Music in Nashville, Tennessee, more than 800 musicians from six schools in Maryland, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Ontario, Canada, competed. The 107 NDP student musicians won the Esprit de Corps Award for demonstrating the best offstage behavior, and exhibiting kindness, poise...

Academy of the Holy Angels

First-year handbell ringers from the Academy of the Holy Angels Middle School are receiving expert tips and hands-on assistance from experienced eighth graders. The sixth graders clearly enjoy getting one-to-one assistance from the older Angels as they learn to play the bells and chimes.
The Academy of the Holy Angels just welcomed several new faculty and staff members. Please enjoy reading more about these dedicated professionals.
In just five days at the Academy of the Holy Angels, an enthusiastic group of Summer Experience participants learned to use binary code to decipher messages, explore color theory, write their own myths, and more!

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.