Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy announced today that it has raised a record $550,000 in gifts for its 2015 Notre Dame Fund campaign, which began July 1, 2014, and wrapped up last week on June 30. Nada Mukhtar and her husband, Mark, have two children enrolled in Notre Dame’s upper division. She said they donate to the school to help further promote its students collectively and individually.
The fund total, which is comprised of gifts from nearly 1,000 alumni, parents, faculty and other friends of the school, represents a 17% increase over 2014 and is the highest amount in school history.
Head of school Fr. Leon Olszamowski, s.m., said he was very pleased with the results. “Our annual fundraising team, led by Gregory Simon and Andy Guest, has done a great job surpassing the goal we set by more than $50,000. Hooray for all of us at the Prep and Academy! We’re on a roll, so it's ‘onward to victory!’”
Simon noted that the total number of gifts from alumni set a record with a 17% increase over last year's number, which itself was substantially higher than during any previous annual fund at NDPMA.
Nada and Mark Mukhtar, who are current school parents, said giving to The Notre Dame Fund is a great way to help NDPMA prepare their own children and others for successful careers and for life.
“The school has given our children a chance to nurture their talents and grow into young, confident adults,” Nada Mukhtar said. “We truly feel comfortable that Notre Dame is preparing them for the next phase of their lives. We love Notre Dame not only because it is rooted in our Christian faith, but also because it celebrates all student accomplishments, whether they be academic, athletic or a particular special talent.”
Mukhtar, who has a son in the 10th grade and another in 12th, added that she and her husband donate to Notre Dame “to help further promote its students collectively and individually."
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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.