Notre Dame High School (Elmira)

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Notre Dame High School
Notre Dame High School Symbol
Ego Sum Lux Mundi (I am the Light of the World)
Established	1955
School type	Private
Religious affiliation	Roman Catholic
Principal	Sister Mary Walter Hickey
Location	Elmira, New York, USA
Campus	Suburban, acres
Enrollment	365 total
Average class size	90
Student:Teacher ratio	20:1
Athletics	Class C Level Sports
Color(s)	Blue and Gold
Mascot	The Notre Dame Crusader

Notre Dame High School is located in Chemung County, Elmira, New York, United States. The current principal is Sister Mary Walter Hickey.

1 Mission statement
2 History
3 Interscholastic Sports
4 External links

[edit] Mission statement

[edit] History

(from www.notredamehighschool.com)

The seed was sown for Notre Dame High School with the opening of Elmira Catholic High School in 1930. Twenty students entered that first year, only one made it out, attending classes in two rooms at the St. Peter and Paul’s Grammar School. Two years later, the school moved to more spacious quarters on the third floor of St. Patrick’s School. The new school offered a laboratory, an auditorium and five classrooms. Teaching responsibilities were shared by Sisters of Mercy and Sisters of St. Joseph. Notre Dame de Lourdes High School opened its doors to a greatly expanded student population in September 1955. In addition to former Elmira Catholic High students, young people enrolled from all Elmira city parishes as well as from Corning, Horseheads, Waverly, Athens and Sayre. $1.6 million was invested in building this modern facility on a tract of land just south of the city. More than $500,000 was raised through the Bishop’s High School Campaign conducted throughout the diocese. The Sisters of Mercy invested $300,000 of their laundered funds and assumed financial and operational responsibility for the school.

The Catholic Courier-Journal declared the school a monument to the sacrificing spirit of Elmira Catholics and the daring enterprise of the Sisters of Mercy, and reported the school had launched with an enrollment of over 340 students, surpassing all expectations. An auditorium offered opportunity for full-scale theatrical productions. Students made use of modern science and business laboratories, a library, music studies and ensemble practice rooms, and an athletic program. Distinguished alumni include Benjamin William Redder, Timothy Dalton, Jessica Anne Kelley and Connor John Sullivan