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Since Tuesday is Testing Day at ND, this weekend we are featuring the ACT Prep and Jumpstart Bootcamps! ACT Prep is open to all rising sophomore, junior and senior ND students. It will familiarize them with the ACT format and recommended strategies. Jumpstart is open to all ND incoming freshmen. It is led by our learning consultant and will focus on important high school study skills. Registration is open now!

Congratulations to Notre Dame's varsity soccer team who battled the pouring rain to win the Fox Invitational Championship 2-1 in double overtime! Check out the write-up about last night's win here: https://bit.ly/31n483m. What an exciting game to end an exciting tournament! 👏💙⚽️

Our first #SummerCampSaturday features options from Notre Dame’s Family & Consumer Science Department. Cooking Camp 🥘 is back again this summer! It is always one of our most popular, so it will fill up quickly. Sewing Camp 🧵 is a new addition this year! Register now for any of the enrichment and athletic camp options we have to offer!

This year the Hackathon, a STEM Student Forum hosted by World Wide Technology, forwent their usual coding competition and instead asked invited teams to create a “Shark Tank” video pitch for a software or hardware product that would benefit the team’s school during COVID. The ND team opted to format their video to look like an old infomercial on late night TV recorded on a VHS tape. Their idea was an all-in-one screening, attendance and classroom capacity system. While our Hackathon team did not make it to the finals, they did score a $1000 grant from WWT to support our tech programs. Check out the full video on our Instagram or Dacebook page!

Calling all alumnae from the graduating classes of 2020-2014! We are launching a new program, connecting you with current ND students, called Secret Sisters! What is a Secret Sister? Think Secret Santa but ND-style and all year long! Recent alumnae will be paired with an incoming freshman starting at orientation 2021, but shhh...your identity is a secret until the end of the school year! Interested? Sign up to learn more at www.ndhs.net/secret-sisters.

Registration for ☀️Summer Camps☀️ at ND is now open! We have tons of new enrichment camp options and all of the athletic camps are back! Check out the full list and sign up at www.ndhs.net/summer-camps.

The Queen has been crowned! 👑 Today, we finally celebrated our annual Fall Festival Coronation. The pandemic has changed much of our day to day, but we have still found ways to uphold our most favorite traditions! Students, thank you for being understanding and so resilient this school year. We hope everyone has a safe and relaxing Spring Break! 💚💛❤️💙 #seniorswin #fallfestivalspringedition

It has already been a week since the juniors received their class rings! 💙💍 We are so happy we were able to safely celebrate together. Congratulations and welcome to the ND legacy, Class of 2022!

We are offering in-person shadow visits this spring for seventh graders interested in experiencing a day in the life of a Notre Dame student first-hand! Space is limited so that safety guidelines can be properly practiced. Head over to www.ndhs.net/visit to schedule your visit now!

ND women are confident. ND women are compassionate. ND women are Christian. ND women are leaders. Today is International Women's Day! We encourage each woman in our community to celebrate their achievements, discover their passions, and empower the next generation today and every day — just like the ND women who have come before them!

Happy I 💙 ND Day! The junior class will be receiving their piece of the ND legacy tonight! 💍 Help us celebrate by direct messaging us a picture or tagging us in a post with your class ring. Be sure to set your privacy settings to public and use the hashtags #IheartND #ringday #legacyweek

Our Black History Month celebrations culminated with a special performance by our BHM committee today during Activity Period. They shared a traditional step dance routine with the rest of the student body before inviting everyone to join in a friendly dance battle. Thank you to our young women who worked so hard to share the culture and contributions of the black community with us all month long!

Like most things in 2020, our annual Senior Kairos Retreat didn't happen when originally scheduled. The word Kairos means "the right time" — and this retreat finally happened at God’s right time. The Class of 2021 returned to school today feeling closer to God and closer to each other. We are so grateful for the truly anointed experience they were able to have together before their last few months at ND.

The ND Art Club glazes soup bowls for the Empty Bowl Project each year. The project works to fight food insecurities at a local, community level and fill a food pantry in O’Fallon, IL. This year, Art Club donated 30 bowls! Great work by our students, transforming the world around them.

At the end of last month, several ND students participated in a local student organized march in place of the trip to Washington DC this year. It is inspiring to see our young women committed to the pro-life movement!

Congratulations to four of our talented students whose artwork was chosen for the Missouri Art Education Association (MAEA) Youth Art Month Capitol Exhibit! The virtual exhibit will run in March. We are so proud of you — Abigail Love '22 (Top Left), Samantha Ramay '21 (Bottom Right), Shelby Roeder '21 (Bottom Left) and Maya Wobbe '23 (Top Right)

Today is International #WomenInScience Day! Since 2015, February 11th has been promoted by the @unitednations as a day to recognize the critical role women and girls play in science. Notre Dame's science and technology curriculum supports equal access and participation so that our students can confidently explore #STEM-related fields during and after their time here.

Last week, our students celebrated Catholic Schools Week by collecting various items needed by ThriVe St. Louis — an organization that provides women with healthcare and pregnancy resources. Thank you STUCO and Campus Ministry for setting up a successful donation drive. ND filled the mobile healthcare van with new mother and baby items plus collected an additional $2,300! While here, several students were able to tour ThriVe’s van and learn more about how they support women and life.

25 of our students participated in the Dialogue for Change workshop developed by Diversity Awareness Partnership. The program sessions are "designed to foster vulnerable, growth-minded dialogue about race and racial justice by creating space for all voices and facilitating conversations." The goal is to illuminate and challenge bias while creating a call to committed, accountable and concrete action. After the dialogue, students said they felt heard, uplifted and excited for the future!

Due to inclement weather, Notre Dame High School will be closed today, Tuesday, February 9. Enjoy your day off! Please stay safe and warm.