Our mission is to prepare young people for extraordinary lives, and Christ is the example of the extraordinary life. Under the patronage of Our Lady – Notre Dame – a Notre Dame Catholic School education integrates the faith into teaching and learning everyday. In addition to classroom prayer to start and end each day and formal religion classes, students participate in Mass each week, the Holy Rosary (October and May), Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament (First Fridays), the Burning of Palms (before Ash Wednesday), Pack the Pews Sunday Masses, and other observances throughout the year.

Notre Dame Catholic School offers a broad, rigorous, and challenging 21st Century faith-based curriculum that supports student engagement and the development of a life-long love of learning. Connecting the art and the science of teaching, Notre Dame fosters learning in students of all ability levels through our Learn(+) Programming. Notre Dame uses the Academic Standards of the State of Indiana as a guide and is transitioning to the Common Core State Standards as we support students in engaging with content more deeply.

Notre Dame Catholic School Students consistently post some of the area’s highest standardized test scores in all subject areas! Click here to see our results.

We also use NWEA MAP assessments to support student growth. NWEA provides longitudinal individualized growth information, allowing us to tailor our curriculum to meet the learning needs of each student. NWEA data also shows that Notre Dame Catholic School students consistently out-perform their peers across the nation.

Notre Dame Catholic School is committed to providing a 21st Century educational experience that will prepare young people for tomorrow’s world. Integrating cutting-edge instructional technologies into the classroom, Notre Dame’s faculty help students engage with content in the presence of technology everyday, and Notre Dame is expanding its technological infrastructure, having added over $30,000 in new learning technologies in the past 18 months and planning to add significantly more before the 2012-2013 academic year.

Notre Dame extraordinarily dedicated team of professional educators hold a variety of professional licenses and undergraduate and graduate degrees and are committed to meeting your child’s learning needs. Notre Dame faculty and staff engage in ongoing professional development and use data and technology to connect the art and the science of teaching in every classroom everyday.

Notre Dame Catholic School has a uniform policy to help support students in focusing on academics, creating a professional learning environment. Click here to see approved clothing.

At Notre Dame, we believe that athletics are an essential component of a faith-based education. Notre Dame offers a broad array of no-cut athletics.

At Notre Dame, we believe that learning extends beyond the classroom and are pleased to offer a wide and growing variety of special activities for students at all age levels. From STEM programming to Scouts and Glee Club to Mandarin Chinese, Notre Dame has a special program to that will be of interest to every child.