Notre Dame High School (Easton, Pennsylvania)

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Notre Dame High School
Address
3417 Church Road
Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania, (Northampton County) 18045
United States
Coordinates 40°40′8″N 75°18′11″W / 40.66889°N 75.30306°W / 40.66889; -75.30306Coordinates: 40°40′8″N 75°18′11″W / 40.66889°N 75.30306°W / 40.66889; -75.30306
Information
Type Private, coeducational
Motto Ipsam sequens non devias.
(If you follow Her, you will never go astray.)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
School district Allentown Diocese Schools
Oversight Notre Dame High School, Inc. Board of Directors
CEEB code 391133
Principal Mario A. Lucrezzi
Chaplain Rev. Bob George
Faculty 40
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 591 (2015)
Color(s) Navy blue and old gold         
Slogan It's A Great Day To Be A Crusader!
Athletics conference Colonial League
Team name Crusaders
Rival Wilson Area High School
Accreditation Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[1]
Average SAT scores 1607 (2400 system)
School roll 575
Newspaper The Crusader
Yearbook MEMORARE
Tuition $7,275
Disciplinarian Charles Muller
Advancement Director Cheryl Fenton
Athletic Director Amy Rogers
Website

Notre Dame High School, also known as Notre Dame Green Pond, is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Bethlehem Township, near Easton, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown.

Background

The school has students from four surrounding Pennsylvania counties and two counties in New Jersey. It has a broad socioeconomic background and varies in character from urban to suburban. The community is mostly residential with several commercial and light industrial areas. Notre Dame offers the Aquinas Program, which offers education to children with learning disabilities.

The school also has several international students.

Activities and athletics

Notre Dame competes within the Colonial League and District XI. They are noted for their basketball program. They are rivals with neighboring Wilson Area High School. They field the following varsity sports in the boys' category: football, soccer, cross country, golf, basketball, wrestling, tennis, track, baseball, and have an agreement with local Moravian Academy to let Notre Dame students play lacrosse and field hockey for them. Notre Dame also fields girls' volleyball, cross country, tennis basketball, soccer, track and softball.

Notre Dame is also known for its student theatre program. It is a long-time participant in the Freddy Awards program, which recognizes excellence in high school musical theatre in the Lehigh Valley and western New Jersey, and has earned numerous nominations and wins for individual performances and overall productions. Shows staged in recent years include The Wedding Singer, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Little Women, The Music Man, Twelve Angry Jurors, Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and A Tale of Two Cities (the last of which earned praise by author/composer Jill Santoriello).

Notes and references

  1. MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Retrieved 2009-05-26.

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