Notre Dame is a wonderful school--and yes, the focus is on faith--because that is why one chooses a Catholic education. Nobody is forced to believe anything--The teachers are great!
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Posted by a other on 08/18/09
Notre Dame is a fantastic private catholic school. The children are respectful, the teachers are wonderful and the faculty as a whole are attentive, which makes our children's experience a very healthy and pleasurable start to their early education. Everything starts at home so religon is no exception.
... Read more We send our three children to Notre Dame because we believe faith plays an important part in a person's life and want religion to be reinforced in school as it is at home. Otherwise, we would have sent our children to public school, as per the last parent whose quoted concern was about religonless 'Self-discovery'. It is simply a matter of preference and for some people, a monteray sacrifice. I would give up driving nice cars to continue sending my kids to Notre Dame. No one is forced to believe or do anything - the choice is yours. Read less
Posted by a parent on 04/01/09
This school is terrible. It forces children to believe in a religion at such a young age. Why don't they just let children follow a path to self-discovery? Let them figure out who they are.
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Posted by a other on 01/18/09
It is is honor to have my child part of the Notre Dame community. We are a middle class family. It is by far worth the sacrafices we make to send her there. The school is really one big family. She is entering first grade and her teachers and friends have brought her beyond the expectations I had. We
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Posted by a parent on 09/04/08
As soon as you walk through the door you feel a sense of home. It is money well invested in my child's education. The life lessons that are learned could never take place in a public school where the children and parents run the school. Here at Notre Dame there is respect and honest caring for one another.
... Read more It's a wonderful school. The best of the best. Read less
Posted by a parent on 05/10/08
Both of our children attend Notre Dame School. The school has been just wonderful with our children. The teachers are caring and the principal and vice principal are just a class act. There are not many schools where a principal knows every child by name and really truly cares. The children learn a lot
... Read more and the discipline is second to no other. They learn about what is really important in life. Read less
Posted by a parent on 11/07/07
Transferring from the public school to Notre Dame was the best thing I've done for my child. The quality of the education is like 'night and day.' My child's understanding level of what is being taught is overwhelming as compared to previous years of just being taught to take State tests. There is
... Read more also a genuine caring of teachers towards the children. Also, the parents are very involved in a wonderful and respectful way and they do not try to strong-arm the principal or teachers, they let them do their jobs!! Notre Dame offers a very professional and safe environment, which is what we were looking for!! Read less
The price you pay to go to catholic school is not worth it the public schools get more funding and are able to pay the teachers better than catholic schools
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Posted by a parent on 07/24/05
This school is a great choice if your child is an A type student with no academic problems. However, if your child has some academic problem areas and needs extra help or is really advanced, he or she will not be adequately served by this school. Basically, this school best serves the slightly above
... Read more to above average student best. Any 'C' or lower student or outstanding/gifted student's particular needs will be largely ignored. The quality of academic programs is adequate for the kind of student described above, and the extracurricular activities are slightly above average. The level of parental involvement is good. The quality of the faculty is mixed, with some outstanding teachers as well as some wholly incompetent ones as well. You should take into consideration the tuition in determining if this school makes sense for you and your child. Read less
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Gdn City Park schools — Notre Dame School is located at 25 Mayfair Rd, Gdn City Park NY 11040. 25 Mayfair Rd is in the 11040 ZIP code in Gdn City Park, NY The school district for Notre Dame School is the Diocese Rockville Centre Education Off. Notre Dame School is a Catholic school that serves grade levels PK - 8.
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