Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin School

Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin is a coeducational, Catholic high school in Chardon, Ohio, sponsored by the Sisters of Notre Dame. It is a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland.

Background

This school began as Notre Dame Academy, an all-girls' school founded in 1878. The school moved from Ansel Road in Cleveland, where it had been located for fifty years, to the rolling countryside of Chardon, Ohio in 1963. The school gained a reputation for academic excellence in the Catholic tradition. The students were a tightly knit community, and most will remember tradition being an important part of their time at NDA.

Cathedral Latin School was established in 1916 by the Cleveland Diocese and Brothers of the Society of Mary (Marianists). By the late 1960s, Latin joined University Circle Inc. This college preparatory school for boys became renowned for its own scholastic excellence along with a storied sports history right up until its closing in 1979.

The name was changed to Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin in 1988 when the school invited the Cathedral Latin Alumni Association to join in creating a new, coed school community on the NDA campus.

The current campus has added lights to the football fields, and the first game under the lights was played in 2008 against Chagrin Falls.

Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin is in the North Coast League.

New Tennis courts have been added to the campus in Chardon.

On December 03, 2011 two people were arrested after a disturbance broke out after the Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin versus Lakeside boys basketball game at NDCL in Munson Township.

Mission Statement

Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin is a Catholic co-educational, college preparatory school sponsored by the Sisters of Notre Dame. Like Mary, who gave Christ to the world, NDCL educates leaders who transform the world, as Jesus did, by living the truth in love.

Core Values

As a community of faith and learning rooted in the enduring values of Notre Dame Academy and Cathedral Latin School, NDCL seeks:

• Justice
• Respect
• Integrity
• Community
• Excellence

Vision

Empowered by the Spirit of Jesus Christ, Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin School will be recognized for its Christian impact in our increasingly diverse world. We guide and challenge our students as they discover and develop their God-given talents so that they can faithfully respond to Jesus' call throughout their lives. As they live the truth in love, our graduates will be distinguished by leadership and service. Their lives will transform the world by promoting justice, pursuing peace, caring for creation, building unity, and engendering hope in the hearts of all.

Alma mater

The mem'ries of our high school days

bring joy for years to come.

The faith and friendship that we share

will always make us one.

In Mary's spirit we will wear

with pride our gold and blue.

Hail Notre Dame Cathedral Latin school,

we'll be true to you.

Fight song

Discipline and dignity,

sportsmanship, integrity,

efforts crowned with victory

make our team #1!

Here come the Lions bursting with pride.

Beware, opponents! Now step aside!

We've got courage, we've got skill.

We've got strength, we've got the will.

Challenge calls forth the best in our game.

NDCL - we're proud of that name.

Victory is our destiny,

So Fight, Fight, Fight!'

Charity Game

On November 23, 1946, Cathedral Latin High School competed in the annual Charity Game, the Cleveland high school championship game, at Cleveland Municipal Stadium against Holy Name High School. The attendance of the game was local record crowd of 70,955 fans. It is the second-largest attendance for an American high school football game in history. Cathedral Latin defeated Holy Name, 35-6.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

• Baseball - 2001, 2009 ^[3][4]
• Boys Golf – 2000 ^[4]
• Girls Golf – 2009 ^[4]
• Boys Basketball - 1977 ^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". http://www.cdab.org/members.asp?SCHOOL_ID=1180. Retrieved 2010-02-17. 
2. ^ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/?. Retrieved 2009-06-23. 
3. ^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Baseball". http://www.yappi.com/baseball/StateChamps.html. Retrieved 2007-02-12. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d} OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". http://www.ohsaa.org/. Retrieved 2009-06-07. 

External links

• Notre-Dame Cathedral Latin website