Notre Dame Junior Senior High School (NDJSHS) is a

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. It is part of the

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. Notre Dame was established in 1959 by the Xaverian Brothers. The land that the school was built on was the former location of a military hospital. Initially, the school owned the land currently occupied by the Utica Business Park, but sold most of it to the city, creating its current boundaries. Originally just a high school, in 1994 both local Catholic junior high schools merged with Notre Dame and moved to the high school building. The school hosts a Navy

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Notable alumni

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, lawyer and politician; U.S. representative from New York from 2019 to 2021 *

Mark Lemke Mark Alan Lemke (born August 13, 1965) is a former Major League Baseball player and current broadcaster. Nicknamed "the Lemmer", he was a popular second baseman for the Atlanta Braves from to . He won the 1995 World Series with the Braves over ...

, former MLB player for the

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and

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champion *

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, former professional basketball player for the Nippon Express in

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Jim Wessinger James Michael Wessinger (born September 25, 1955, in Utica, New York, United States) is a former second baseman, pinch hitter and pinch runner for the Atlanta Braves in 1979. The right-handed Wessinger attended Notre Dame High School in Utica an ...

, former MLB player for the

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, opinion pollster, author, and public speaker; founder of

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References

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