Thank you for considering Notre Dame Marist Academy for the next step in your education. The Notre Dame community is excited about the start of another great year and looks forward to speaking with you about becoming part of the Fighting Irish tradition.

Great things are happening on campus. We hope you stop by to see things for yourself!

In 2008, Notre Dame Preparatory and Marist Academy continued to build one of the premier programs in Michigan.

• Notre Dame Marist Academy was 1^st Place in the Midwest in MathFax for the fourth straight year.
• Notre Dame Marist Academy has a composite IOWA score above the 80^th percentile nationally.
• NDP was named to the National Top 50 by the Catholic High School Honor Roll
• The Class of 2008 was awarded $9.6 million in college scholarships.
• NDP and Marist Fighting Irish teams won more than 30 division, Catholic League, district, and regional titles.
• The average ACT score for our junior class was 25.89 (25+ for three straight years)
• Notre Dame Prep became the first Catholic School in Michigan to be granted “World School” status by adding the International Baccalaureate Programme.
• Notre Dame Marist Academy, lower and middle divisions, are currently "Candidate Schools" for the Primary Years and Middle Years Programmes of the International Baccalaureate.

With this goal in mind, we would like to cordially invite you to attend an event and experience first hand the special atmosphere here at Notre Dame Marist Academy. We encourage students, for example, to take part in the “Irish for a Day” program for students interested in spending a day at ND. For families, call us for a Family Tour of campus.

Notre Dame Marist Academy and Notre Dame Preparatory have also just begun the winter season for athletics. The schedules for fall athletic events here on campus are available on the Athletic Calendar at www.ndpma.org. Students and their families are always welcome and are encouraged to “Shake Down the Thunder” with the rest of our fans. Go Irish.

                                                Sincerely,

                                                Gregory P. Simon

                                                Notre Dame Marist Academy

                                                Dean of Admissions and Diversity