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Notre
Dame High School
Changing Lives One Student at a Time
Tom Duggan
09/01/06
LAWRENCE
- Notre Dame High School in Lawrence will hold an open
house for prospective students on Sunday, October 15,
2006 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Notre Dame High School is located at the corner of
Hampshire and Haverhill Streets in Lawrence (the old
Saint Mary’s High School), where students attend
classes four days per week with an extensive after school
tutoring program. Students at Notre Dame work for local
companies on the fifth day of the week as part of their
internship program to help defray the cost of tuition.
Notre Dame provides education to low income students from
around the Merrimack Valley and is a college preparatory
school. The school has an average of 18 students per
class and provides ample one-on-one instruction to
students who need it.
Nearly all the funding for student tuition at Notre Dame
comes directly from donations from the business
community. Financial assistance is available to
interested students considering next year’s freshman
class.
“Sadly, most Catholic schools service middle to
upper income students who are from families that can
afford the tuition. The sisters of Notre Dame wanted to
make that same quality of education available for
low-income families,” said Jane Shawcross.
“Many of these kids will be the first in their
families to even graduate high school, so it is very
exciting to see them getting prepared for college. Notre
Dame will give them the education and confidence they
need to get there,” she added.
The school opened in 2004 with its first class of
freshmen. With a new freshman class coming in each year
since, by next year the school is expected to be at full
capacity. The school transports students to and from work
each day.
Tuition for students is mainly funded by corporate
contributions and through the Corporate Internship
Program. Tuition for a team of four students is $21,500,
with the majority of that paid for by the corporate
sponsor.
The average family contribution to a child’s tuition
is approximately $1,000, with financial assistance and
corporate sponsorship available to pay the rest. The
salaries earned by the students cover 70% of the cost of
tuition at the coeducational, Catholic, college
preparatory school.
All those interested in applying to NDHS are encouraged
to attend the open house. Current NDHS students will lead
tours, refreshments will be served, and admissions
information - including application packets and
registration for the High School Placement Test - will be
available.
Notre Dame High School admits students of all races,
creeds and religions.
For further information, contact Delia Duran, Director of
Admissions, at 978-689-8222, ext.16, or dduran@ndhslaw.org, or Elizabeth Delgado at
978-689-8222, ext. 17.
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The October, 2006
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