Notre Dame High School (Easton, Pennsylvania)

Notre Dame High School, also known as Notre Dame Green Pond, is a private, Catholic high school in Easton, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown.

Notre Dame High School
Notre Dame High School in Easton, Pennsylvania in November 2009
Location
3417 Church Road Easton , Northampton County , Pennsylvania 18045 United States
Coordinates	40°40′8″N 75°18′11″W
Information
Type	Private, coeducational
Motto	Ipsam sequens non devias. (If you follow Her, you will never go astray.)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1957
School district	Allentown Diocese Schools
Oversight	Notre Dame High School, Inc. Board of Directors
Superintendent	Phil Fromuth
CEEB code	391133
NCES School ID	01189005[1]
Dean	Philip Stambaugh
Administrator	Dena Farrell
Principal	Jaclyn Friel
Chaplain	Rev. Dan Kravatz
Faculty	37.9 (on an FTE basis)
Grades	9th–12th
Enrollment	481 (as of 2023-24) (2023-24)
Student to teacher ratio	12.7
Campus type	Suburb: Large
Color(s)	Blue and Gold
Slogan	It's A Great Day To Be A Crusader!
Athletics	PIAA
Athletics conference	Colonial League
Sports	Baseball, Basketball (Boys and Girls), Football, Soccer (Girls), Softball, Tennis (Boys and Girls), Track and field, and Wrestling
Nickname	Notre Dame Green Pond
Team name	Crusaders
Rival	Wilson Area High School
Accreditation	Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[2]
Newspaper	The Crusader
Yearbook	MEMORARE
Tuition	$10,000
Admissions Director	Mandy Kopp
Athletic Director	Amy Rogers
Website	ndcrusaders.org

As of the 2023-24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 481 students, according to National Center for Education Statistics data.^[3]

Background

The school serves students from four surrounding Pennsylvania counties, two counties in New Jersey, and several foreign countries. The school's students have a broad socioeconomic background, varying from urban to suburban. The community is mostly residential with several commercial and light industrial areas. Notre Dame offers an education program to children with learning disabilities, known as the Aquinas Program.

Activities and athletics

See also: Colonial League

Notre Dame competes within the Colonial League and District XI. They are noted for their strong athletics programs. They are rivals with neighboring Wilson Area High School. They field the following varsity sports in the boys' category: football, soccer, cross country, volleyball, golf, basketball, wrestling, tennis, track, baseball, and have an agreement with Moravian Academy that permits Notre Dame students play lacrosse and field hockey for them. They also have an agreement with Bethlehem Catholic High School which allows them to play ice hockey with them in the LVSHL.^[4] Notre Dame also fields girls' volleyball, cross country, tennis basketball, soccer, track, and softball teams.

Notable staff

• Father Bernard T. Pagano, American Roman Catholic priest and school teacher who became nationally known in 1979 when he was falsely accused in a string of armed robberies in Delaware and Pennsylvania, known as the "Gentleman Bandit" case, in which an otherwise polite man held store clerks at gunpoint, demanding money. He was cleared of the charges when the real culprit Ronald W. Clouser turned himself in. Pagano's story was dramatized in the 1981 film The Gentleman Bandit, directed by Jonathan Kaplan, in which Pagano served as technical advisor. Pagano taught theology at Notre Dame in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He also served as an airman in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.

Notable alumni

• Marco Andretti, professional race car driver
• Michael Flynn, science fiction author
• Kristen McMenamy, supermodel
• Niki and Gabi, singers and actresses^[5]
• Alfred A. Schlert, Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown bishop