NDA Early Years

Our three-tiered Early Childhood Development program for boys and girls starts with Pre-Kindergarten at 3 years old by September 1st and moves through two levels of Kindergarten until age 6. The hands-on, developmental program delivers a values-based education incorporating technology, environmental responsibility, cultural appreciation, specials including world languages, art, and music and provides access to our new mini makerspace exploration center.

NDA Middle School

The Academy’s co-educational Middle School program for grades 6-8 provides challenging course work in language arts, science, math, and world languages and scheduling to meet individual needs based on learning readiness. The REACH program provides advanced work in math and English for those who qualify. The newly upgraded science lab and brand new STEAM Makerspace were specially designed to meet the needs of middle school students as they prepare for a future in the global economy.

NDA Upper School

The Academy of Notre Dame is the region's only all-girls high school with a rich history of empowering and educating young women since 1854. Our rigorous and supportive academic environment in small class settings provide real-life applications where young women are valued as individuals, challenged to achieve, encouraged to speak their minds, and empowered to lead. The outstanding STEAM- and humanities-focused academics have led our graduates to 100% college acceptance and more than $25 million in renewable merit scholarships since 2015.

NDA Book Club

This club uses literature as a vehicle for the exploration of a variety of issues that are of relevance to NDA’s student community. Selections, chosen by the group members, range from the classics to contemporary works, inclusive of both fiction and nonfiction genres. Meetings are held on a bi-monthly basis. Conversations are informal, but guides are sometimes used to focus discussion.

Past selections:

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins	The Fault in Our Stars John Green
Cinder Marissa Meyer	Diverent Veronica Roth
Things Change by Patrick Jones	Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher
The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman	A Great and Terrible Beauty Libba Bray
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd	Whirligig Paul Fleishman
Speak Laurie Halse Anderson	Red Glass Laura Resau
Enthusiasm Polly Shulman	Night Elie Wiesel
The Memory Keeper's Daugher Kim Edwards	Where the Heart Is Billie Letts
Marley & Me John Grogan	Beauty Shop for Rent Laura Bowers
The Autobiography of Santa Claus Jeff Guinn	Stardust Neil Gaiman
How Not to be Popular Jennifer Ziegler	The Help Kathryn Stockett
The Sweetness of Salt Cecilia Galante	13 Little Blue Envelopes Maureen Johnson
Touch of Frost Jennifer Estep	Graceling Kristin Chashore

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