Notre Dame High School (Easton, Pennsylvania)

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

Notre Dame High School
Address
3417 Church Road Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, (Northampton County) 18045 United States
Coordinates	40°40′8″N 75°18′11″W / 40.66889°N 75.30306°W / 40.66889; -75.30306Coordinates: 40°40′8″N 75°18′11″W / 40.66889°N 75.30306°W / 40.66889; -75.30306
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational
Motto	Ipsam sequens non devias. (If you follow Her, you will never go astray.)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
School district	Allentown Diocese Schools
Oversight	Notre Dame High School, Inc. Board Of Directors
CEEB Code	391133
Principal	Mario A. Lucrezzi
Chaplain	Rev. Bob George
Faculty	40
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	591 (2015)
Color(s)	Navy Blue and Old Gold
Slogan	It's A Great Day To Be A Crusader!
Athletics conference	Colonial League
Team name	Crusaders
Rival	Wilson Area High School
Accreditation	Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools^[1]
Average SAT scores	1607 (2400 system)
School roll	575
Newspaper	The Crusader
Yearbook	MEMORARE
Tuition	$7,275
Disciplinarian	Charles Muller
Advancement Director	Cheryl Fenton
Athletic Director	Amy Rogers
Website

Notre Dame High School also known as Notre Dame Green Pond, is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Bethlehem Township, near Easton, Pennsylvania. It is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown.

Background

The school has students from four surrounding Pennsylvania counties and two counties in New Jersey. It has a broad socioeconomic background and varies in character from urban to suburban. The community is mostly residential with several commercial and light industrial areas. Notre Dame offers the Aquinas Program, which offers education to children with learning disabilities. The school also has several international students.

Activities and athletics

Notre Dame participates and is competitive within the Colonial League and District XI. They are noted for their basketball program. They are rivals with neighboring Wilson Area High School. They field the following sports varsity sports in the boy's category: football, soccer, cross country, golf, basketball, wrestling, tennis, track, baseball and have an agreement with local Moravian Academy to let Notre Dame students play lacrosse and field hockey for them. Notre Dame also fields girl's volleyball, cross country, tennis basketball, soccer, track and softball.

In addition to athletics, Notre Dame is well known for its student theatre program. It is a long-time participant in the Freddy Awards program, which recognizes excellence in high school musical theatre in the Lehigh Valley and western New Jersey, and has earned numerous nominations and wins for individual performances and overall productions. Shows staged in recent years include The Wedding Singer (musical), You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Little Women (musical), The Music Man, Twelve Angry Jurors, Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and A Tale of Two Cities (musical) (which last earned praise by author/composer Jill Santoriello).

Notable Alumni

Joseph Wasilewski, Frankfurter

Quynh Le, Oscar-winning filmmaker

Notes and references

↑ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Retrieved 2009-05-26.

External links

Notre Dame High School Official Web Site.

Diocese of Allentown

Ordinaries	Bishops Joseph Mark McShea Thomas Jerome Welsh Edward Peter Cullen John Oliver Barres Diocesan priests who became bishops Ronald William Gainer Joseph Edward Kurtz David B. Thompson

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena, Allentown Parishes Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Pottsville St. John the Baptist Church, Pottsville

Education	High schools Allentown Central Catholic High School, Allentown Bethlehem Catholic High School, Bethlehem Berks Catholic High School, Reading Marian Catholic High School, Tamaqua Nativity BVM High School, Pottsville Notre Dame High School, Easton Pius X High School, Bangor Seminary (closed) Mary Immaculate Seminary, Northampton

Catholicism portal

Colonial League

Bangor Area Catasauqua Moravian Academy Northern Lehigh Northwestern Lehigh Notre Dame-Green Pond Palisades Palmerton Area Pen Argyl Area Salisbury Township Saucon Valley Southern Lehigh Wilson Area

High schools in the Lehigh Valley

Northampton County, Pennsylvania Schools

Main School Districts

Bangor Area	Bangor Area High School

Easton Area	Easton Area High School

Nazareth Area	Nazareth Area High School

Northampton Area	Northampton Area High School

Pen Argyl Area	Pen Argyl Area High School

Saucon Valley	Saucon Valley High School

Wilson Area	Wilson Area High School Philip F. Lauer Middle School Wilson Borough Elementary School

Other Schools

Bethlehem Area (partially located in Lehigh County)	Freedom High School Liberty High School Bethlehem Area School District Stadium Broughal Middle School East Hills Middle School Nitschman Middle School Northeast Middle School (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)

Catasauqua Area (partially located in Lehigh County)	Catasauqua High School

Charter schools	Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts

Northern Lehigh (partially located in Lehigh County)	Northern Lehigh High School Northern Lehigh Middle School

Private schools	Good Shepherd Catholic School Moravian Academy

Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown	Bethlehem Catholic High School Notre Dame High School Pius X High School

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