April 2011

Dear NDPMA families and friends,

The NDPMA Parents Club would like to thank you for all of the time and effort you volunteered during the 2010/2011 school year to make our school a success. Without you, the families and friends of NDPMA, the Parents Club would not be able to conduct the nearly 50 events at all three divisions of our school. These events are very important to our children and contribute to the overall mission of the school. Through your commitment of time, talent and resource, the Parents Club is able to offer programs in the arts, welcome new families to our community, hold festivals, host dances, hold graduation activities and provide other opportunities for our students to take a break from their rigorous studies and have a little fun. Through our fundraising efforts, we can provide significant financial contributions to the school.

The Parents Club formula of consolidated fundraising (Super Raffle) and a volunteer commitment of 10 hours per family has proven very successful at supporting our children, the school and our mission of “With God … we form Christian People, Upright Citizens, and Academic Scholars”. These programs are essential and they will remain in place for the upcoming 2011-2012 school year. There will be some minor changes with respect to the Super Raffle, so please read the material which will be included with your family’s commitment tickets. I am looking forward to next year, because I see even greater success. The reason for this optimism is due to the trio of Time, Talent, and Treasure that we as parents and the Parents Club contributes to our school:

Time – the precious and scarce resource that we commit to making the school the best opportunity possible for our children.

Talent – the God-given and personally honed capabilities that each of us possess and can bring forth to accomplish our mission.

Treasure – the financial contributions that are above and beyond tuition and fees

It is through teamwork and a partnership between the NDPMA administrators, NDPMA faculty, parents and students that we are able to provide such an excellent opportunity for our children.  On behalf of NDPMA Parents Club, thank you for your tireless efforts.  Let’s continue our enthusiastic commitment for the benefit our school … “for the children”. 

Sincerely,

Timothy P. Philippart

NDPMA Parents Club President