Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private Catholic K-12 school in

Pontiac, Michigan Pontiac ( ') is a city in and the county seat of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 61,606. A northern suburb of Metro Detroit, Pontiac is about northwest of Detroit. Founde ...

in Metro Detroit. Founded by Marist Fathers and Brothers in 1994. It is a coed, college-preparatory school.

History

Originally the school was the Pontiac Catholic High School, and it was later known as the Oakland Catholic School. It closed at the end of the 1993–1994 school year and immediately reopened as Notre Dame Prep. The Marists supported Notre Dame after its rebranding. A campus in an outlying area in Pontiac houses Notre Dame Prep and Marist Academy. The school opened on August 28, 1994. The first class graduated in 1995. The middle school opened in August 1996 with an initial enrollment of 162. The lower (elementary) school opened in 2003 and was initially in the former St. Benedict School in Waterford Township; this occurred in a time when other Catholic elementary schools in the area closed. The lower school moved to the common Pontiac campus in 2013. The Notre Dame Prep board acquired the school from the archdiocese in July 2014.

Pontiac Catholic High School

Pontiac Catholic High School was a Catholic high school in

, United States. Pontiac Catholic was established in 1967 when St. Michael High School (''St. Mikes'') and St. Frederick High School merged. Pontiac Catholic High School changed its name to Oakland Catholic High School in 1988. Oakland Catholic High School became Pontiac Notre Dame Prep in 1994, a high school run by the Marist Fathers and Brothers.

Notable alumni

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* Curtis Hertel Jr. (1996) – State Senator, Democrat – Michigan * Doug Weight (1989) – Olympic silver medalist and former NHL player for the New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Carolina Hurricanes,

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. * Mark Cendrowski (1977) - American film and television director, best known as the director of most episodes of The Big Bang Theory *

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(1974) – former NHL player for the Hartford Whalers * David Bonior (1963) – U.S. Congressman, Democrat – Michigan; House Minority Whip

Pontiac Catholic High School

*Anne Rexford (1979)– Former University of Detroit Mercy Women's Basketball Head Coach. * Colleen O'Brien (1974) – Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals

References

* Bunting & Lyon, Peter Bunting. ''Private Independent Schools''. J. E. Bunting., 2007.

External links

NDPMA Official Website

Notes

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