Our Mission
Notre Dame Elementary, an independent Catholic school, is committed to developing the whole child in the tradition of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.  NDE is a caring, compassionate community, striving to provide a quality Catholic education by imparting Christian values and promoting community service as well as an awareness of the needs of others.  At NDE, we seek to help our students master skills needed to succeed and discover within themselves a love of learning and a love for the spiritual life.

Our Philosophy
Our school is a Christian community in all that the term implies: Love of God, love of country, love and respect for one another as children of God and good citizens.  Since each child is the sum of what (s)he has absorbed and been taught since infancy, combined with his or her own unique set of inborn characteristics, our "community" must include parents as well as children and teachers if we are to achieve the goal of providing the best possible learning environment for our students.  This is an environment where students feel they are loved and respected as valuable persons and children of God, where they can try and fail, and try again, with the certain knowledge that their efforts are appreciated and that help is there when they need it.  In this way self-esteem is maintained and confidence acquired.  Students become learners, willing to try new things and not afraid of failure.  This attitude is helpful in the world of today, but an absolute necessity in the world of tomorrow.