Notre Dame’s vice president for advancement Andy Guest, lower-school principal Diana Atkins, maintenance man Greg Kaiser and Br. Louis Plourde, s.m., join third graders in a luncheon May 28 after they and their classmates raised funds for Marist schools around the world.On May 28, the two third-grade classes in Notre Dame's lower school celebrated the successful completion of a drive to raise much-needed funds for schools around the world managed by the Marists. The students hosted a luncheon in one of the lower school's classrooms.
Known collectively as the Marists, or the Society of Mary, the Marist family includes the Marist Brothers of the Schools, Marist Sisters, Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary, the Society of Mary (Fathers and Brothers), and lay Marists: Marist Laity, Marist Associates and the Third Order of Mary. They operate ministries or schools located in Africa, Asia, Australia, South America, North America, Europe and Oceania.
Bob Patterson, a third-grade teacher at Notre Dame, which also is operated by the Marists, said the students raised more than $300 that will go to the more impoverished schools in the Marist ministry. "We celebrated the successful campaign by offering a three-course lunch to six students chosen by a random drawing of participants," he said.
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About Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy
Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. The school's upper division enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower divisions enroll students in jr. kindergarten through grade eight. All three divisions are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org.