Summer at Notre Dame

Day Trip to TopGolf
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Cost: $45
Meet fellow incoming students, no golf experience required! Up to 6 students will be designated a climate-controlled bay where they will be provided with the equipment necessary to play a game of their choosing. Aim at targets to score points or go for the distance! The fee includes the bus ride, TopGolf and lunch. Meet at Notre Dame at 9:30 AM and return by 2:30 PM.

Colonial Bowling & Entertainment
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Cost: $35
This fun-filled trip includes bowling, laser tag, pizza & soft drinks for lunch. Spend some time bowling with your new friends or having a game of laser tag. Bring extra money for the arcade if you want to play games. Meet at Colonial Bowling & Entertainment @ 11:45 AM and be picked up by 3:00 PM.

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Fee: $250
Students: 5th–9th Grade 
Open to the Public: Yes

At the camp, students grade 5-9 will work with Notre Dame service leaders to help plan micro-projects each day that serve different communities in the area. The students will work on
several different service projects that touch the lives of unique communities in need. Each student will also have the opportunity to fulfill their Parish specific service requirement. Students who attend will earn 15 hours of service while experiencing what a service learning program can be. The Notre Dame service camp is great for 7th and 8th grade students working toward their confirmation service hours.

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Fee: $35

Earn service hours on this Class of 2027 Service Trip –. Meet at Notre Dame High School and travel locally to perform community service at a location to be determined. Spend the day with members of the class of 2026, serving your community, embracing Pope Francis’s Laudato Si and meeting members of your Notre Dame Class. Students come dressed to work in their class of 2027 shirt with a bagged lunch.

Required Attendance:  30 in-person classroom hours per course
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Bring your own lunch (students are not permitted to leave ND and return)
Fee: $600 (second class $325)
Students: 9-12th Grade

Course Description: The Credit Enhancement program is designed with the goal of supporting academic success for students enrolled in College Preparatory academic courses, who earned a grade of 65 to 75 or students enrolled in Honors academic courses, who earned a 65-72. By completing a supplemental summer course in the same subject, students will be able to better master the academic material while also having the opportunity to improve the grade on the official transcript. Grades reflected on the official transcript will be calculated using the original course grade as 2/3 and the enhancement grade as 1/3. Students are not required to attend all scheduled hours; time off for vacation or other commitments can be accommodated. In our Summer Academic Enhancement program students will be registered for an Educere course, receive teacher supported study, and have their in-person exam scheduled. Time on task will be closely monitored.

Please Note: Students completing credit enhancement for honors level courses will receive the 3-point grade factor on the 2/3 course grade, not the 1/3 enhancement grade. The enhanced grade will be identified as College Prep on the transcript.

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Fee: Students enrolled through the McAuley program do not need to pay a fee, as this fee is included in your Notre Dame tuition.
Students:  9th Grade     
Pre-Requisites: By School Placement
Open to the Public: No
Please note: This course is only available for in-person classroom instruction

Math Foundations: This portion of the class is designed to further develop the computational skills and conceptual understanding needed to undertake and be successful in college preparatory high school math courses with confidence. The math curriculum that begins with Algebra 1 will develop the skills needed for academic success. Students will demonstrate success in applying knowledge of rational numbers, number relationships, computation and place value. Students will develop the skills needed for completing algebraic patterns, functions and measurements.

Pre-STEM: This portion of the class is designed to further develop the computational skills and conceptual understanding needed to undertake and be successful in college preparatory science curriculum with confidence. Students will gain a stronger understanding of mathematical concepts as they apply to the Notre Dame Science curriculum. Students will develop the skills needed for completing algebraic manipulation, solving for probability, data mapping, scientific graphing and trend analysis. The program will include hands on learning group projects.
 

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Fee: $720    Credits:  2.5
Students:  10th Grade     
Pre-Requisites: None
Open to the Public: Yes
Please note: This course is only available for in-person classroom instruction

Student Advantage: All students are required to take 15 credits of PE while attending Notre Dame High School. Students can take Drivers Education over the summer and earn 2.5 credits toward the PE requirement. Academic and scheduling flexibility is the key advantage to this summer offering.

Course Description: (Course 9250) 2.5 credits (60 hours) This course is designed to produce safe, efficient and defensive drivers. Students will be graded on written tests, projects, quizzes and completion of the required state driver examination.
 

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Scheduled Classroom First Aid Hours:  

Fee:  $720     
Credits:  2.5
Students:  11th Grade     
Pre-Requisites:  None
Open to the Public:  Yes
Fee:  $720
Please note: The PE portion of this course has a virtual option.

Student Advantage: Academic and scheduling flexibility is the key advantage to this summer offering.

Course Description: (Course 9310) 2.5 credits (60 hours total, divided into 40 hours of PE and 20 hours of classroom First Aid curriculum) The American Red Cross First Aid course is required for 20 classroom hours.  The course prepares students to recognize and appropriately respond to emergencies in the home and the community.  Students will be trained in adult, pediatric first aid, CPE, and AED and may attain American Red Cross certification.  Physical Education activities include: weight training, running, and team activities. This course offers valuable skills as students become safety conscious and more capable of handling emergency situations.  There are boys’ lift and girls’ lift classes scheduled 3 times a week.

Please Note:  Beginning with the Class of 2023, students who complete First Aid/Personal Fitness during the summer, will be required to complete their Junior Seminar during 12 Activity Period sessions. 

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Bring your own lunch (students are not permitted to leave ND and return)
Please note: This course is only available for in-person classroom instruction
Students: 9th Grade     
Pre-Requisites: By School Placement
Open to the Public: No
Fee: $395 
Please Note:  Students enrolled through the McAuley program do not need to pay a fee, as this fee is included in your Notre Dame tuition.
 

The program will provide the students a jump start to the academic expectations of the high school experience along with social and behavioral acclimation game plans for a successful high school transition.

Academically there is an emphasis on high school preparedness, STEM, Language, Algebra, Religion, English, History, as well as written and oral expression. Proven study skills and test taking strategies geared to each specific content area will be provided. For transition to high school students will be equipped with an understanding of transitional social skills, mindfulness, behavioral expectations, and taught appropriate high school classroom conduct. The program will be open to all interested incoming Notre Dame Freshman students. Homework and assessments will be given. This course will be taught by six members of the Notre Dame faculty.
 

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Scheduled Classroom Health Hours:
Fee: $720     
Credits: 2.5     
Students: 9th Grade     
Pre-Requisites: None
Open to the Public: Yes
Fee: $720
Please note: The PE portion of this course has a virtual option.

Student Advantage: All freshmen are required to take Physical Education and Health. Academic and scheduling flexibility is the key advantage to this summer offering.

Course Description: (Course 9150) 2.5 credits (60 hours total, divided into 40 hours of PE and 20 hours of classroom Health curriculum) Physical Education activities include: weight training, running, and team activities. Health provides information on health-related problems facing society with emphasis on those areas of immediate importance to the student. Students will be required to complete 60 hours on an individually tailored schedule. There are boys’ lift and girls’ lift classes scheduled 3 times a week.
 

Required Attendance:  30 in-person classroom hours per course
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Bring your own lunch (students are not permitted to leave ND and return)
Fee: $625 (second class $350)
Students:  9-12th Grade

Student Advantage: Notre Dame is requiring all students in need of credit recovery to complete the Teacher Assisted Credit Recovery program here at Notre Dame. In our summer recovery program students will be signed up for a Educere course, receive teacher supported study, and have their exam scheduled. Time on task will be closely monitored in the program.
Course Description: The program runs Monday to Thursday, June 20 – August 4 from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM and Wednesday evenings from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Students are required to complete 30 classroom hours per course. Grades reflected on the official transcript will be calculated using the original course grade as 2/3 and the credit recovery grade as 1/3.
 

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Credits: 2.5     
Fee: $720     
Students: 10-12th Grade
Pre-Requisites: None
Open to the Public: Yes
Please note: The PE course has a virtual option this year

Student Advantage: All upper class students are required to take this Physical Education course.  Academic and scheduling flexibility is the key advantage to this summer offering.

Course Description: (Course 9400) 2.5 credits (60 hours of PE). Physical Education activities include: weight training, running, and team activities. This course offers valuable skills as students become safety conscious and more capable of handling emergency situations. There are boys’ lift and girls’ lift classes scheduled 3 times a week.
 

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Fee: $265
Students: 9-12th Grade    
Pre-Requisites: None
Please note: This course is only available for in-person classroom instruction

Course Description: Freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors will have the opportunity to work on their summer English reading assignments in this program.  Teacher guided instruction will provide students help with their summer reading for English along with the accompanying summer packet assignments. Students are required to provide the required text and this information can be found on the Notre Dame website.
 

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Credits:  2.5
Fee: $720
Open to the Public:  No
Prerequisite: 70 average in both Algebra 2 and Geometry
Please note: This course is only available for in-person classroom instruction

Course Description: This course is open to all sophomores, juniors and seniors who wish to explore topics in Trigonometry. The course will study right triangle trigonometry, Laws of Sine and Cosine, trigonometric functions, analytic trigonometry and real world applications. This course in conjunction with Advanced Algebra offers an alternative route to Calculus. For students who are going to take Precalculus this upcoming school year, this course offers a preview of the Trigonometry topics that will be studied in Precalculus.  (NCAA, Applied Science Concentration)
 

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Fee: $250
Students: 5th - 9th Grade
Pre-Requisites:  None
Open to the Public: Yes 

With imagination, materials and guidance each camper’s art can come alive at the Notre Dame Summer art camp! Campers will explore a number of mediums using a variety of materials (all provided). Throughout the course, students will create their own unique pieces of 3D art such as ceramic pieces, basketry, jewelry making, tie dye techniques and more! Fun and free expression will be the focal point of camp.  Artists of all abilities are welcome, from the beginner to the advanced art student.

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Students:  5th - 12th Grade
Fee:  $145 for 1 week or $395 for all three weeks 
Open to the Public: Yes

Mr. Louis Gibilisco, Notre Dame’s performing arts and music director and his team invite students from all levels of training to join us this summer for theater camp. Notre Dame High School has an active and well-regarded Performing Arts department which is widely known throughout the area.   Each student will receive an hour of voice training, dance and acting daily.  This camp will also be working on the scenes, music and dances from next year’s musical.

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Fee: $170
Open to the public: Yes
Grades: 9 - 12

Attention brass, woodwind, string, percussion and keyboard players! The camp will be concentrating on individual technique, tone, pitch, and blending within the section. Band music for the Florida trip will be introduced to get a jump on the school year.

Dates: Monday, July 31 - Friday, August 4
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Fee: $250
Students: Rising 7th-9th Graders
Pre-Requisites:  None
Open to the Public: Yes

Learn how to make robots move, follow lines, make sound, stop, and react to the environment around them. Perfect for campers with no coding experience or those with some experience that are eager to learn more.  Campers will collaborate with each other under the guidance of a veteran computer science teacher.  Most importantly, students will have fun while exploring this 21st century skill!

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Fee: $125
Students: 1st - 4th Grade

Who said that Christmas can come only once a year? Join us for a week of wintery activities in the heat of the summer! Together we will have a snowball fight, create a winter snowstorm in a jar and decorate a gingerbread house. You’ll be feeling the Christmas spirit as we make ornaments, learn about how Christmas is celebrated around the world, and even sing some Christmas carols! Merry Christmas in July!
 

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Fee: $250
Students: Rising 7th-8th Graders 

Step into high school entrance assessment with the tools needed to show off academic strength. Campers will build test-taking skills in reading comprehension, vocabulary, and mathematics. In addition, students will develop a collection of strong writing techniques useful for both test-taking and application writing.

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Fee: $250
Students: 5th-9th Grade

One of the keys to the pathway to student success is confident communication! Through the exploration of improvisation, dramatic interpretation, and persuasion, campers will build confidence and poise in both verbal and nonverbal expression. Over the course of the week campers will engage in both spontaneous and planned speaking activities as well as craft and present a polished speaking showpiece.

Dates: Monday, July 31 - Friday, August 4
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Fee: $250
Students: Rising 7th-9th Graders 
Pre-Requisites:  None
Open to the Public: Yes 

Explore the exciting world of coding!  Campers will create images and animations using Carnegie Mellon University’s Python graphics package.  This camp is designed for students with no prior coding experience as well as those that have coded before and are interested in learning more.  With the guidance of a veteran computer science teacher, students will collaborate, create, and most importantly, have fun while learning a 21st century skill.