Notre Dame Preparatory (Pontiac)

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Notre Dame Preparatory School
Motto	"With God we form Christian people, upright citizens, and academic scholars."
Established	1994
Type	Private, Catholic School, Run by the Marist Fathers
President	Fr. Leon M. Olszamowski, sm
Principal	Fr. Joseph C. Hindelang, sm
Staff	~100
Students	~800
Location	Pontiac, Michigan, United States
Telephone	+1 (248) 373-5300
Colors	Green █ and Vegas Gold █
Nickname	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Mascot	Leprechaun
Affiliations	Catholic Church Archdiocese of Detroit Society of Mary
Website	http://www.ndpma.org/

Notre Dame Preparatory (Pontiac, MI) is a private Catholic high school. Founded by Marist Fathers and Brothers in 1994. It is a coed, college-preparatory school which puts special emphasis on faith-based character education and leadership development. Notre Dame Preparatory's mission statement "is to educate students within a highly identified Catholic and Marist-influenced, college preparatory high school environment; so as to become well-formed Christian people and upright citizens who actively contribute service to the community as academic scholars thinking and acting in tandem, according to the teachings and example of Jesus Christ."

[edit] Irish Week

Yearly during the week of St. Patrick's Day, students and staff celebrate "Irish Week," a week of fun and competition between the classes. This is the highlight of many of the students' school year and serves its purpose to increase school spirit and break up the scholastic aspect of the second semester. The tradition is believed to have originated at Notre Dame Harper Woods in the late 1950's.

[edit] External links

• [1] NDPMA Official Website