Notre Dame Academy is a Catholic, all-girls, college-preparatory high school within the Diocese of Covington, sponsored by the Sisters of Notre Dame of Covington, Kentucky. Notre Dame Academy is the only all-girls single-gender high school for girls in

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. Notre Dame Academy is located in

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, United States.

History

Notre Dame Academy was first established in 1874 as a Catholic grade school with an initial class of seven students. The school offered kindergarten through eighth grade plus a two-year commercial school. A school building on Fifth Street was dedicated on July 26, 1876. The school expanded to include a high school program in 1906. In 1937, the elementary school program was discontinued due to growing enrollment in the high school. By the 1950s, the school had outgrown its downtown Covington location and Notre Dame Academy moved to nearby Park Hills. The new campus, on the grounds of the Sisters of Notre Dame provincial house, cost nearly $ to build (equivalent to $ in ). It opened in October 1963. In 1996, Notre Dame Academy completed a $ project (equivalent to $) to renovate and expand the school building, adding a gymnasium. The school began another renovation and expansion project in 2007, which added athletic fields and a theater. In 2019, Notre Dame Academy completed a $ capital campaign to renovate its 20th-century building.

Academics

The

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recognized Notre Dame Academy as a

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of Excellence in 1996, 2012 and 2019.

Athletics = Notre Dame is a member of the
Kentucky High School Athletic Association The Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) has been the governing body of the U.S. state of Kentucky's high school athletics since 1917. It is located in Lexington. Sports The organization sanctions competition in the following spo ...
(KHSAA) and has won 29 state championships and has 32 state runner-up titles. The majority of the school's students participate in one or more of 14 sports: archery, basketball, bass fishing, bowling, cheer, cross-country, golf, lacrosse (club), soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, and volleyball.

Notable people

Notable alumnae

Laura Cottingham Laura Cottingham (born 1959) is an American art critic, curator and visual artist. Her most recent book is ''Angst essen Seele auf'' on Rainer Werner Fassbinder published by the British Film Institute in 2005. Her work has been exhibited in gallerie ...

— art critic, curator, and visual artist *

Morgan Hentz Morgan Irene Hentz (born July 27, 1998) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as a libero for the United States women's national volleyball team and the Atlanta Vibe of the Pro Volleyball Federation. Early life Hentz was bo ...

— professional volleyball player, U.S. national team *

Amy McGrath Amy Melinda McGrath (born June 3, 1975) is an American former Marine fighter pilot and former political candidate from Kentucky. McGrath was the first woman to fly a combat mission for the Marine Corps, as well as the first to pilot the F/A-18 ...

— former fighter pilot, 2018 U.S. congressional candidate, and 2020 U.S. Senate candidate *

Roxanne Qualls Roxanne Qualls (born March 3, 1953) is an American politician who served as the 66th mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. She also served a two-year term on the Cincinnati City Council prior to her service as mayor, having been elected in 1993. On August ...

— mayor of

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* Marie Rose Messingschlager — ministry among Native American peoples

References

External links

* {{authority control Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington Educational institutions established in 1874 Catholic secondary schools in Kentucky Girls' schools in Kentucky Schools in Kenton County, Kentucky 1874 establishments in Kentucky