Summer For Notre Dame Preparatory School

The middle school area is in the midst of construction.

Here we are near the end of July and looking forward to entering August. Generally parents, along with their children who attend school, start planning for the new school year. After all, it's only a few more weeks to the start of the school year.

Let's take a little bit of time to check on one of our local Catholic schools, NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY SCHOOL. Located in Towson, the school serves girls in grades 6 through 12. Today is the last day of the Blazer Summer Sports Camps. These camps were designed to help enrollees improve skills in their particular sports and also have fun with their peers. On this last day, the programs for the soccer, tennis, and volleyball camps are coming to an end. Other camps for basketball, field hockey, and lacrosse were held soon after the close of the school year.



Middle level school sports begin on Sept. 6 in field hockey, cross country, soccer, and volleyball. Students have to have a current and up to date medical profile with the school nurse in order to try out for these sports and all students in the middle grades are eligible.

Music fills the air at Notre Dame Prep and that includes the summer. There are several ways students can participate. The Liturgy Band has an all-day retreat (9 AM to 3 PM) on August 18 in the Choir Room. The Chamber Choir meets for rehearsals August 22, 23, and 24 at 4 to 6 PM in the Choir Room for back-to-school programming. Then the Concert Band is rehearsing August 22, 23, and 24 at 7 to 9 PM in the Band Room, also for back-to-school programming. And the Orchestra rehearses on the same dates for the same programming from 7 to 9 PM in the Orchestra Room.

Some 6th graders are already purchasing school shoes.

Like many schools, Notre Dame Prep has had a summer reading program for upper level (high school students), some of which is still running. The reading program provides an online menu with selected books placed in blocks, which can be selected. Each book has a specific book discussion date and time. Some are online; some are face-to-face, with students responsible for their own transportation. Each student has to select one book and its accompanying discussion session, with students required to read the entire book. No cheating with the Cliff Notes version, either. This is certainly an interesting way for students to complete their summer reading assignment and is much more interactive than the book reports of old.

A group of students, in collaboration with Calvert Hall students, working for Habitat for Humanity, VA, this month.

Thanks for information from this article on the summer sports camps from Notre Dame Prep: https://www.notredameprep.com/calendars/events.aspx?action=ShowEventRegistrationForm&EventId=1ec523f9-cd23-497c-b8d0-64629e3ba0c4&CurrentModuleId=335&CurrentParentModuleId=265; this article on middle level sports on the same site: http://www.notredameprep.com/news/item/index.aspx?pageaction=ViewSinglePublic&LinkID=11683&ModuleID=306&NEWSPID=1; this article on music at Notre Dame Prep: http://www.notredameprep.com/news/item/index.aspx?pageaction=ViewSinglePublic&LinkID=11693&ModuleID=306&NEWSPID=1; and this article on summer reading from Notre Dame Prep: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4da8ae29a3f94-summer.

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