The National Catholic Educational Association has announced that Sister Mary Ethel Parrott, SND, Notre Dame Academy Science Department Chair and longtime faculty member, has been selected to receive the NCEA Educational Excellence Award. Sister Mary Ethel is one of six educators in the nation to be honored with this award in 2012-13. According to the … Read more
NDA’s SWAT Team Attends Women in Technology Conference After an impressive showing at the Cincinnati INTERalliance’s “Women in Technology” conference in November, NDA SWAT (Students Working for the Advancement of Technology) team members decided we were ready to submit a proposal to present at the KYSTE (Kentucky Society for Technology conference in March of 2013). Conference coordinators … Read more
Congratulations to NDA Junior Abigail Martin whose essay honoring Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was selected as the best from the group of Diocesan students who participated. Abigail read her essay, titled “Change” at a special prayer service commemorating Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Cathedral on January 20, 2013.
Congratulations to Lindsey Hothaus, a current NDA senior, for winning the 2012 Study Programs International photo contest on Facebook. Lindsey received $100 for this winning photo of her zip lining over the Costa Rican Mountains while she was participating in the NDA summer immersion program in Monteverde, Costa Rica.
Congratulations to NDA junior, Katie Maurer, who was selected as 9 WCPO’s Student of the Week! Katie was recognized as an outstanding student of the community for her exemplary achievements in the classroom, on stage, in her extracurricular involvement, and in service to others. Channel 9’s Christian Hauser visited Notre Dame to interview Katie and NDA Theatre … Read more
Monica McFadden was one of two Kentucky semifinalists recognized in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search. The STS is considered the most prestigious pre-college science competition in the United States. Semifinalist alumni of the competition have proceeded as adults to win more than 100 of the world’s most coveted science and math awards including Nobel … Read more
Notre Dame Academy offered Academic Scholarships totaling $34,500 to 15 young women last night at NDA’s High School Placement Test Results meeting. The students, representing nine local grade schools, earned the scholarships based on their performance on the High School Placement Test (HSPT) in December 2012. Due to the generosity of the Sisters of Notre … Read more
Students in Notre Dame Academy’s Women in American History class are learning how they can make a difference in the world by looking to women from the past. The students recently held a luncheon honoring women from 1950 on who had a significant influence on American history. At the event, each student gave a brief presentation … Read more
Children of all ages will delight in our Christmas Children’s Theatre production of A Seussified Christmas Carol. It is the much loved tale of Scrooge and the Christmas Ghosts written in rhyme à la Dr. Seuss, with the village and characters resembling more of a “Who-ville” than the traditional Dicken’s English town. After the show, audience … Read more
Notre Dame Academy hosted an Athletic Signing for eight of their outstanding senior athletes Thursday, November 15, 2012. The NDA athletes made their college decisions final by signing letters of intent to continue their sports careers at college in front of their families, friends, former and future coaches and school staff. NDA volleyball players Taylor … Read more
