Academy of Notre Dame (Tyngsboro, Massachusetts)
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The Academy of Notre Dame is a private
, Roman Catholic high school
in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts
. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
.
.
The high school girls are very well rounded in that they are given the opportunity to be involved in many exra-curricular activities. The school offers many programs including: Liturgy committee, liturgical dance, drama, glee club, blue and gold, campus ministry, soccer, volleyball, softball, basketball, Amnesty International
, breakfast and books, crafter's guild, math club, model UN, missions, S.A.D.D, recycling committee, newspaper and many more.
The current uniforms for K-5 consist of a blue polo and navy blue slacks for the boys and either a blue, white, or yellow blouse with a primarily navy blue and yellow jumper for the girls. Both genders have the option of wearing a navy sweater.
Grades six through eight
The middle school uniforms consist of navy blue or tan slacks and a white, navy blue, grey, or yellow polo for the boys.
Girls can wear a white, gray, yellow, or navy blue polo shirt. With a pleated kilt, navy blue, or khakis slaks. The girls wear knee highs with black or brown dress shoes or black or white sneakers.
K–8
All girls in grades K–8 wear navy blue knee-highs, with the option to substitute with navy tights. In cold weather they have the option to wear navy corduroy slacks.
Students in K–8 are required to have uniforms for physical education
. These consist of gold tee-shirts with the NDA logo in blue on them along with mesh shorts (the shorts must have the NDA logo on them). From November through April students are required to wear a combination of navy sweatpants and sweatshirt with the school logo in gold.
High School
The high school uniform is very different. Girls have the option of a white oxford or a polo, or a pink, navy or burgundy polos with a woolen plaid, pleated skirt or kilt that is primarily gray with accents of navy and burgundy. Sweaters are optional and are either navy or burgundy. Throughout the year, girls are allowed to wear khakis. Knee-highs are navy, burgundy, or gray, and can be substituted with tights of the same colors. The girls are to look neat and presentable at all times.
The high school students do not have gym uniforms.
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
, Roman Catholic high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts
Tyngsborough, Massachusetts
Tyngsborough is a town located in the northwest section of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Composed of of land and surface water, Tyngsborough borders the towns of Dunstable, Groton, Westford, Chelmsford, Dracut, and the City of Lowell, as well as the New Hampshire communities of Hudson,...
. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the New England region of the United States. It comprises several counties of the state of Massachusetts...
.
Student life
The Academy of Notre Dame is co-educational for students in grades pre-kindergarten through 8th grade, and is all girls in high schoolHigh school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
.
The high school girls are very well rounded in that they are given the opportunity to be involved in many exra-curricular activities. The school offers many programs including: Liturgy committee, liturgical dance, drama, glee club, blue and gold, campus ministry, soccer, volleyball, softball, basketball, Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
, breakfast and books, crafter's guild, math club, model UN, missions, S.A.D.D, recycling committee, newspaper and many more.
Uniforms
Pre-Kindergarten through Five (K-5)The current uniforms for K-5 consist of a blue polo and navy blue slacks for the boys and either a blue, white, or yellow blouse with a primarily navy blue and yellow jumper for the girls. Both genders have the option of wearing a navy sweater.
Grades six through eight
The middle school uniforms consist of navy blue or tan slacks and a white, navy blue, grey, or yellow polo for the boys.
Girls can wear a white, gray, yellow, or navy blue polo shirt. With a pleated kilt, navy blue, or khakis slaks. The girls wear knee highs with black or brown dress shoes or black or white sneakers.
K–8
All girls in grades K–8 wear navy blue knee-highs, with the option to substitute with navy tights. In cold weather they have the option to wear navy corduroy slacks.
Students in K–8 are required to have uniforms for physical education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
. These consist of gold tee-shirts with the NDA logo in blue on them along with mesh shorts (the shorts must have the NDA logo on them). From November through April students are required to wear a combination of navy sweatpants and sweatshirt with the school logo in gold.
High School
The high school uniform is very different. Girls have the option of a white oxford or a polo, or a pink, navy or burgundy polos with a woolen plaid, pleated skirt or kilt that is primarily gray with accents of navy and burgundy. Sweaters are optional and are either navy or burgundy. Throughout the year, girls are allowed to wear khakis. Knee-highs are navy, burgundy, or gray, and can be substituted with tights of the same colors. The girls are to look neat and presentable at all times.
The high school students do not have gym uniforms.