Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy

Private, coeducational school in Pontiac, Michigan, United States

SloganA World of EducationSongNotre Dame Our MotherFight songNotre Dame Victory MarchAthletics conferenceIndependentNicknameFighting IrishAccreditationIndependent Schools Association of the Central States, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools^[2]Tuition$13,000 (pre-K–5), $16,700 (6–8), $18,700 (9–12)^[1]AffiliationSociety of MaryWebsitewww.ndpma.org

Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private Catholic K-12 school in Pontiac, Michigan in Metro Detroit. Founded by Marist Fathers and Brothers in 1994. It is a coed, college-preparatory school.

History

Originally the school was the Pontiac Catholic High School, and it was later known as the Oakland Catholic School. It closed at the end of the 1993–1994 school year and immediately reopened as Notre Dame Prep. The Marists supported Notre Dame after its rebranding.^[3]

A 100-acre (40 ha) campus in an outlying area in Pontiac houses Notre Dame Prep and Marist Academy.^[4]

The school opened on August 28, 1994. The first class graduated in 1995. The middle school opened in August 1996 with an initial enrollment of 162. The lower (elementary) school opened in 2003 and was initially in the former St. Benedict School in Waterford Township; this occurred in a time when other Catholic elementary schools in the area closed. The lower school moved to the common Pontiac campus in 2013. The Notre Dame Prep board acquired the school from the archdiocese in July 2014.^[5]

Pontiac Catholic High School

Pontiac Catholic High School was a Catholic high school in Pontiac, Michigan, United States. Pontiac Catholic was established in 1967 when St. Michael High School (St. Mikes) and St. Frederick High School merged.^[6]^[7]

Pontiac Catholic High School changed its name to Oakland Catholic High School in 1988. Oakland Catholic High School became Pontiac Notre Dame Prep in 1994, a high school run by the Marist Fathers and Brothers.^[8]

Notable alumni

Notre Dame High School

Curtis Hertel Jr. (1996) – State Senator, Democrat – Michigan
Doug Weight (1989) – Olympic silver medalist and former NHL player for the New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Carolina Hurricanes, Anaheim Ducks, St. Louis Blues, and New York Islanders.^[9]
Mark Cendrowski (1977) - American film and television director, best known as the director of most episodes of The Big Bang Theory
John Blum (1977) – former NHL player for the Edmonton Oilers, Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals, and Detroit Red Wings
Dave Debol (1974) – former NHL player for the Hartford Whalers^[10]
David Bonior (1963) – U.S. Congressman, Democrat – Michigan; House Minority Whip^[11]

Pontiac Catholic High School

Anne Rexford (1979)– Former University of Detroit Mercy Women's Basketball Head Coach.^[12]
Colleen O'Brien (1974) – Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals

References

Bunting & Lyon, Peter Bunting. Private Independent Schools. J. E. Bunting., 2007.

External links

NDPMA Official Website

Notes

^ "Tuition, Financial Aid, & Scholarships". Retrieved 2021-04-23.
^ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
^ Enrollment, programs grow at Notre Dame Prep." The Detroit News. November 3, 2002. Retrieved on November 2, 2013. ID: det13086917.
^ Bunting, p. 198.
^ "History". Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
^ "Archdiocese of Detroit - The Roman Catholic Church in Detroit, MI". aod.org. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
^ "Historical Michigan High School Football/Basketball Conference Records Since 1950-51". michigan-football.com. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
^ "Historical Michigan High School Football and Basketball Conference Records".
^ LeBourdais, Dyan (May 26, 2011). "Weight retires after historic career". National Hockey League. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
^ [1]; URL accessed August 4, 2017.
^ "BONIOR, David Edward" at Congress.gov; URL accessed May 8, 2006.
^ "2001-02 Detroit Mercy Titans Women's Basketball rosters, game schedules, photos, articles, and videos | Fanbase". Archived from the original on 2010-05-16. Retrieved 2015-11-12.

Pontiac, Michigan

Education: primary
and secondary schools

SD of Pontiac
- Pontiac HS
- Pontiac Central HS (defunct)
- Pontiac Northern HS (defunct)
Notre Dame Prep & Marist Acad
Pontiac Academy for Excellence

Landmarks

Transportation

High schools in Oakland County, Michigan

Public high schools

Regular public schools

Closed or merged	Andover Dondero Harrison Clarence M. Kimball Lahser Pontiac Central Pontiac Northern Southfield-Lathrup Waterford

Alternative public schools

International Academy
Niles Community High School
Southfield University High School Academy
Waterford Durant

Charter schools

Independent schools
Secular private schools	Cranbrook Schools Detroit Country Day School Roeper School
Religious schools	Academy of the Sacred Heart Bishop Foley Catholic Brother Rice Detroit Catholic Central Everest Collegiate High School and Academy Farber Hebrew Day School – Yeshivat Akiva The Jean and Samuel Frankel Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit Marian Mercy Notre Dame Prep Novi Christian Academy Oakland Christian School Our Lady of the Lakes Shrine St. Catherine of Siena Academy St. Mary's Preparatory Southfield Christian School Yeshiva Beth Yehuda

This list is incomplete.
Clarenceville High School and Northville High School serve portions of Oakland County but are in Wayne County.
Fenton High School and Grand Blanc High School serve portions of Oakland County but are in Genesee County.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit

v t e Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Detroit
Bishops	Frederick Rese Caspar Borgess John Samuel Foley Michael Gallagher
Coadjutor bishop	Peter Paul Lefevere
Archbishops	Edward Aloysius Mooney John Francis Dearden Edmund Szoka Adam Maida Allen Henry Vigneron
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Churches in the Archdiocese of Detroit

Cathedral

Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Parishes

Detroit	Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church Most Holy Redeemer Church Our Lady of the Rosary Church Sacred Heart Church St. Albertus Church Ste. Anne de Detroit Church St. Catherine of Siena Church St. Charles Borromeo Church St. Josaphat's Church St. Joseph Church St. Mary Church St. Patrick Church Saints Peter and Paul Church St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Church Sweetest Heart of Mary Church
Monroe County	St. Mary's Church, Monroe St. Michael's Church, Monroe
Wayne County	St. Paul Church, Grosse Pointe Farms St. Florian Church, Hamtramck Our Lady of the Scapular Parish, Wyandotte
Former	St. Boniface Church, Detroit St. Theresa of Avila Church, Detroit St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Detroit

Shrine

National Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak

Education in the Archdiocese of Detroit

Higher education

Seminaries

High schools

Macomb County	De La Salle Collegiate High School, Warren Regina High School, Warren Austin Catholic High School, Ray Township
Monroe County	St. Mary Catholic Central High School, Monroe
Oakland County	Academy of the Sacred Heart High School, Bloomfield Hills Bishop Foley Catholic High School, Madison Heights Brother Rice High School, Bloomfield Hills Detroit Catholic Central High School, Novi Everest Collegiate High School and Academy, Independence Township Marian High School, Bloomfield Hills Mercy High School, Farmington Hills Notre Dame Preparatory, Pontiac Our Lady of the Lakes High School, Waterford Shrine Catholic High School, Royal Oak St. Mary's Preparatory, Orchard Lake Village St. Catherine of Siena Academy, Wixom
St. Clair County	Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School, Marine City
Wayne County	Cabrini High School, Allen Park Detroit Cristo Rey High School, Detroit Divine Child High School, Dearborn Gabriel Richard Catholic High School, Riverview Ladywood High School, Livonia Loyola High School, Detroit University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy, Detroit

Former

Higher education	Duns Scotus College Maryglade College
High schools	Girls Catholic Central High School, Detroit Holy Redeemer High School, Detroit Notre Dame High School, Harper Woods Sacred Heart High School, Roseville Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School, Wyandotte

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Priests	Alexander Joseph Brunett Solanus Casey Charles Coughlin Francis Kelley Camillus Paul Maes Jeffrey Marc Monforton William Murphy John A. Trese Kenneth Edward Untener