Notre Dame High School (Lawrence, Massachusetts)

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Notre Dame High School
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A School That Works
Location
207 Hampshire Street Lawrence, MA 01841
Lawrence, MA, Flag of the United States United States
Information
Affiliations New England Association of Colleges and Schools
President Sister Mary Murphy
Principal Stephen Mook
Enrollment

231
Faculty 26 (2007-2008)
Type Catholic School (U.S.)
Tuition $2,200 (2007-2008)
Campus Urban
Team name Hurricanes
Color(s) Blue and White         
Established 2004
Alumni 51 (Post 08 Graduation)
Information (978) 689-8222
Homepage [1]

"Notre Dame High School' is a small, private, Roman Catholic high school in Lawrence, Massachusetts as part of the Cristo Rey Network of high schools. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.

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[edit] Background

Notre Dame High School is a collaboration effort between the Sisters of Notre Dame and the Cristo Rey Network. Both groups strive to bring more valuable education to the underprivileged. The coinciding mission lead the groups to the north of Boston, inner city area of Lawrence, MA which has a high population of first generation Hispanic-Americans. Upon its opening, it became the third high school in Lawrence along with Lawrence High School and Central Catholic High School


As a part of the Cristo Rey Network, all students are assigned an internship at a nearby business. Each class has a day between Tuesday and Friday wherein which they are taken to work by school vans. Mondays are rotated among classes each week. The school opened in 2004 with a freshmen class of about 80 students. Because of internship scheduling and premature building rennovation and faculty, freshman students were the only students admited and the school gradually increased to full capacity over the next four years. Each consecutive year following introduced a new set of freshmen while the inaugural class pushed forward as the school's first set of sophomores, juniors, and seniors. The school's first class of 51 seniors graduated June 7th of 2008 with a college acceptance rate of 100%. [1] [2] [3]

[edit] Building

The school is housed in the renovated building that held all girls St. Mary's High School for most of the 1900's. The school closed in 1996, sending students to the then all boys, neighboring Central Catholic High School. For a time after the building also held North Central Lawrence public elementary school and Notre Dame Education Center for adults.


The building in its entirety has three parts. Looking Directly at Notre Dame High School from its parking lot, the right side, including the gymnasium, is the long time home of St. Mary of the Assumption grade school. At the Center is the high school and to the left are school offices, converted from a nun monastery that existed during the time of St. Mary's High School. The building directly faces St. Mary of the Assumption church and has an under street tunnel that connects both buildings. Major renovation is scheduled for 2008 including new windows, heating/cooling system and elevator. [1]

[edit] Extracurricular

[edit] Sports Teams

Notre Dame High School is a member of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. It currently competes in basketball and baseball. Home courts for both sports are Lawrence Adelante Youth Center and West Field Park, respectively.

  • Basketball boys varsity
  • Basketball boys junior varsity
  • Basketball girls varsity
  • Baseball boys varsity
  • Baseball boys junior varsity
  • Baseball girls Varsity

[edit] Electives

Most of the school's extracurricular activities occur Mondays during a period called electives. At this time students participate in preselected electives that take place both in and out of school in various parts of the surrounding city and area. As all students are automatically enrolled in local YMCA membership, many of them take place there.

  • Tennis
  • Board Games
  • Weight Lifting
  • Improv
  • Outdoor sports
  • School Newspaper
  • Beginners Japanese Lessons

[edit] Clubs

With one or more faculty, students may start school clubs or groups of which include the following.

  • Cheerleading
  • Anime Club

[edit] Other Activities

The following are other, various activities that take place in the school.

  • School plays
  • Class Retreats
  • Honor Roll Student Lunches
  • Volunteering
  • Student Government (Class President/Vice President, Council, Campus Ministry and Student Ambassadors)

[edit] Book about the Cristo Rey Model

In January 2008, Loyola Press will release a book titled More than A Dream: How One School's Vision is Changing the World (More than a Dream official site). The book, authored by G.R. Kearney, a writer and former volunteer teacher at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, documents the unlikely development of the Cristo Rey model and its remarkable success throughout the United States.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Notre Dame High School website.
  2. ^ Eagle Tribune.
  3. ^ Cristo Rey Network website Notre Dame High School profile.


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