Notre Dame Academy (Los Angeles, California)

For other schools of the same name, see Notre Dame High School (disambiguation).

Notre Dame Academy
Address
2851 Overland Avenue Los Angeles, California, (Los Angeles County), 90064 United States
Coordinates	34°2′4″N 118°25′10″W / 34.03444°N 118.41944°W / 34.03444; -118.41944Coordinates: 34°2′4″N 118°25′10″W / 34.03444°N 118.41944°W / 34.03444; -118.41944
Information
Type	Private, All-Female
Motto	Educating young women to make a difference.
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1949
Oversight	Archdiocese of Los Angeles
President	Nancy Coonis
Principal	Lilliam Paetzold
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	379 (2012)
Color(s)	Crimson and Gold
Mascot	Regal Gryphon
Team name	Regal Gryphons
Accreditation	Western Association of Schools and Colleges^[1]
Newspaper	"The Queen's Press"
Yearbook	"Royale"
Tuition	$12,500 for all grades (excluding registration and class fees)
Dean of Students	Brianna Berlin
Director of Academics	Brad Fuller
Admissions Director	Kristin Callaghan
Website	http://www.ndala.com

Notre Dame Academy is a private, all-girls Catholic High School located in West Los Angeles, California. Part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, it was founded in 1949 by the Sisters of Notre Dame. The school's mission is to form women of faith, promote academic excellence, inspire a life of learning, and develop Christian leaders committed to service.

Academics

The school offers 16 advanced placement classes and 12 honors classes. 100% of its graduates attend college with 96% attending four-year institutions and with the other 4% attending two-year colleges.

Athletics

Notre Dame Academy provides 10 sports, including:

Volleyball
Track and Field
Basketball
Swimming
Soccer
Softball
Cross Country
Tennis
Equestrian
Beach Volleyball

Performing and Visual Art

Performing Art programs include:

Drama

The school's drama department was invited to the Edinburgh Fringe Theater Festival in the summer of 2006, where they gave four outstanding performances of Bob Carlton's Return to the Forbidden Planet, a parody of William Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Choir
Dance

Visual Art programs include:

Drawing
Painting
2-D Design
Film
Photography

Notable alumni

Lana Condor, actress in the upcoming film, X-Men: Apocalypse

Notes and references

↑ WASC-ACS. "WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools". Retrieved 2009-06-05.

External links

Notre Dame Academy

Single-gender schools in California

Private boys' schools

Los Angeles area	Cathedral High School (Los Angeles) Crespi Carmelite High School (Los Angeles) Damien High School (La Verne) DBTI (Rosemead) Loyola High School (Los Angeles) Salesian High School (Los Angeles) Saint Francis High School (La Cañada Flintridge) Servite High School (Anaheim) St. John Bosco High School (Bellflower) St. Michael's Preparatory School (Silverado) Verbum Dei High School (Los Angeles) YULA Boys High School (Los Angeles)

San Francisco area	Bellarmine College Preparatory (San Jose) De La Salle High School (Concord) Junípero Serra High School (San Mateo) Archbishop Riordan High School (San Francisco) Stuart Hall for Boys (San Francisco) Stuart Hall High School (San Francisco)

San Diego area	St. Augustine High School (San Diego)

Merged	Harvard School for Boys (Los Angeles)

Private girls' schools

Los Angeles area	Alverno High School (Sierra Madre) Bishop Conaty-Our Lady of Loretto High School (Los Angeles) Cornelia Connelly High School (Anaheim) Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy (La Cañada Flintridge) Holy Family High School (Glendale) Immaculate Heart High School (Los Angeles) Louisville High School (Los Angeles) Marlborough School (Los Angeles) Marymount High School (Los Angeles) Mayfield Senior School (Pasadena) Notre Dame Academy (Los Angeles) Pomona Catholic High School (Pomona) Ramona Convent Secondary School (Alhambra) Rosary High School (Fullerton) Sacred Heart High School (Los Angeles) St. Joseph High School (Lakewood) St. Lucy's Priory High School (Glendora) St. Mary's Academy (Inglewood) San Gabriel Mission High School (San Gabriel) Westridge School (Pasadena) YULA Girls High School (Los Angeles)

San Francisco area	Katherine Delmar Burke School (San Francisco) Carondelet High School (Concord) Castilleja School (Palo Alto) Convent of the Sacred Heart High School (San Francisco) The Hamlin School (San Francisco) Holy Names High School (Oakland) Immaculate Conception Academy (San Francisco) Mercy High School (Burlingame) Mercy High School (San Francisco) Julia Morgan School for Girls (Oakland) Notre Dame High School (Belmont) Notre Dame High School (San Jose) Presentation High School (San Jose)

San Diego area	The Academy of Our Lady of Peace (San Diego) Torah High Schools of San Diego (San Diego)

Sacramento area	St. Francis High School (Sacramento)

Merged	Westlake School for Girls (Los Angeles)

Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Bishop of Two Californias	Francisco García Diego y Moreno

Bishop of Monterey	Joseph Sadoc Alemany

Bishops of Monterey-Los Angeles	Thaddeus Amat y Brusi Francisco Mora y Borrell George Thomas Montgomery Thomas James Conaty John Joseph Cantwell

Bishop of Los Angeles-San Diego	John Joseph Cantwell

Archbishops of Los Angeles	John Joseph Cantwell James Francis Cardinal McIntyre Timothy Cardinal Manning Roger Cardinal Mahony José Horacio Gómez

Auxiliary bishops, current	Thomas John Curry Gerald Eugene Wilkerson Edward W. Clark Oscar Azarcon Solis Alexander Salazar Joseph Brennan David O'Connell Robert Barron

Auxiliary bishops, former	Juan Alfredo Arzube Alden John Bell Stephen Blaire Joseph Patrick Dougherty Carl Anthony Fisher William Robert Johnson William Levada Joseph Thomas McGucken Donald William Montrose Manuel Duran Moreno Armando Xavier Ochoa Sylvester Donovan Ryan Joseph Martin Sartoris Thaddeus Anthony Shubsda John J. Ward Gabino Zavala George Patrick Ziemann

Priests who became bishops	Justin F. Rigali

Churches in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Archdiocese	Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral, former Cathedral of Saint Vibiana

Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region	Deanery 13 (Westside) Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Pacific Palisades St. Monica Catholic Church, Santa Monica St. Augustine Catholic Church, Culver City St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, Brentwood St. Timothy Catholic Church, Los Angeles Church of the Good Shepherd, Beverly Hills St. Ambrose Church, West Hollywood Saint Victor Catholic Church, West Hollywood Deanery 14 (Central LA/Hollywood) Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Hollywood Cathedral Chapel, Los Angeles Christ the King Catholic Church, Los Angeles St. Basil Catholic Church, Wilshire St. Brendan Catholic Church, Los Angeles Deanery 15 (Downtown/South) Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles Precious Blood Catholic Church,Los Angeles St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Los Angeles St. Patrick Catholic Church, Los Angeles St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Los Angeles St. Vincent de Paul Church, Los Angeles Deanery 16 (South LA/Inglewood): St. John Chrysostom Church, Inglewood St. Odilia Church, Los Angeles Ascension Catholic Church, Los Angeles Spanish Mission La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles Note: This is not a Spanish Mission, but rather, a parish church.

San Fernando Pastoral Region	Deanery 5 (West San Fernando Valley) St. Cyril of Jerusalem Church and School, Encino Deanery 6 (Crescenta Valley, Glendale and Eagle Rock) Holy Family Catholic Church, Glendale Incarnation Catholic Church and School, Glendale Deanery 7 (Central San Fernando Valley and Burbank) Cathedral of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, Sherman Oaks St. Charles Borromeo Church, North Hollywood St. Finbar Catholic Church and School, Burbank St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church, Burbank Deanery 8 (Santa Clarita Valley and Lancaster/Palmdale): Blessed Junipero Serra Catholic Church, Lancaster

San Gabriel Pastoral Region	Deanery 9 (East LA, Boyle Heights, City Terrace): All Saints Catholic Church, Los Angeles Assumption Catholic Church, Los Angeles Deanery 10 (Pasadena, Altadena, San Gabriel, Monterey Park, Montebello, Alhambra) All Souls Catholic Church, Alhambra Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Pasadena St. Andrew's Catholic Church, Pasadena Mission San Gabriel Parish, San Gabriel Deanery 11 (Arcadia, Covina, Glendora, Monrovia, La Puente): Annunciation Catholic Church, Arcadia Deanery 12 (San Dimas, Claremont, Pomona, Diamond Bar, La Puente, Valinda, Walnut):

San Pedro Pastoral Region	Deanery 17 (Downey, Compton, Huntington Park, Lynwood): Deanery 18 (Whittier, La Mirada, Pico Rivera, Norwalk): Beatitudes of Our Lord Catholic Church, La Mirada Deanery 19 (South Bay and San Pedro) American Martyrs Catholic Church, Manhattan Beach SS. Peter and Paul's Church, Wilmington Deanery 20 (Long Beach):

Santa Barbara Pastoral Region	Deanery 1 (Lompoc, Solvang, Santa Maria) La Purisima Mission, Lompoc Mission Santa Inés, Solvang Deanery 2 (Santa Barbara) Santa Barbara Mission, Santa Barbara Deanery 3 (Oxnard, Ventura, Ojai, Fillmore, Santa Paula) Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura Deanery 4 (Simi Valley, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Moorpark, Camarillo): Blessed Junipero Serra Catholic Church, Camarillo

Education in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Archdiocese	Seminaries St. John's Seminary

Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region	Universities and Colleges Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles High schools Bishop Conaty-Our Lady of Loretto High School, Harvard Heights Cathedral High School, Los Angeles (Boys) Immaculate Heart High School, Los Feliz (Girls) Loyola High School, Harvard Heights (Boys) Marymount High School, Bel Air (Girls) Notre Dame Academy, Los Angeles (Girls) St. Bernard High School, Playa del Rey St. Mary's Academy, Inglewood (Girls) St. Monica Catholic High School, Santa Monica Verbum Dei High School, Watts (Boys) High schools, closed Daniel Murphy High School, Los Angeles

San Fernando Pastoral Region	Universities and Colleges: High schools Bellarmine-Jefferson High School, Burbank Bishop Alemany High School, Mission Hills Chaminade High School, West Hills Crespi Carmelite High School, Encino Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, La Cañada Flintridge Holy Family High School, Glendale Louisville High School, Woodland Hills Notre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks Paraclete High School, Lancaster Providence High School, Burbank St. Francis High School, La Cañada Flintridge St. Genevieve High School, Panorama City

San Gabriel Pastoral Region	Universities and Colleges: High schools Ramona Convent Secondary School, Alhambra St. Lucy's Priory High School, Glendora Bishop Amat Memorial High School, La Puente Damien High School, La Verne Salesian High School, Los Angeles Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary High School, Montebello La Salle High School, Pasadena Mayfield Senior School, Pasadena St. Monica Academy, Pasadena Pomona Catholic High School, Pomona San Gabriel Mission High School, San Gabriel Alverno High School, Sierra Madre

San Pedro Pastoral Region	Universities and Colleges Marymount College, Palos Verdes High schools St. John Bosco High School, Bellflower Queen of Angels Academy, Compton St. Pius X / St. Matthias Academy, Downey Junipero Serra High School, Gardena St. Joseph High School, Lakewood St. Anthony High School, Long Beach Don Bosco High School, Rosemead Mary Star of the Sea High School, San Pedro St. Paul High School, Santa Fe Springs Bishop Montgomery High School, Torrance

Santa Barbara Pastoral Region	Universities and Colleges St. John's Seminary, Camarillo Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula High schools Bishop Garcia Diego High School, Santa Barbara La Reina High School, Thousand Oaks St. Bonaventure High School, Ventura St. Joseph High School, Santa Maria Santa Clara High School, Oxnard Villanova Preparatory School, Ojai

Hospitals and Cemeteries in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region	Hospitals Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica Cemeteries Crypt Mausoleum of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City

San Fernando Pastoral Region	Hospitals Northridge Hospital Medical Center, Northridge Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills Cemeteries San Fernando Mission Cemetery, San Fernando

San Gabriel Pastoral Region	Hospitals: Cemeteries Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles

San Pedro Pastoral Region	Hospitals: Cemeteries:

Santa Barbara Pastoral Region	Hospitals: Cemeteries:

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