There were hugs aplenty Saturday at Gilbert’s Lodge in Saint Clair Shores as more than 20 former members of Harper Woods Notre Dame’s faculty and staff got together to reminisce about 20254 Kelly Road and the students and teachers who used to populate the hallways of the school, which was closed in 2005 by the Archdiocese of Detroit.
Jim Hassett, left, who taught Spanish at Notre Dame, is with Sr. Alice Kotwick, OSM, who taught religion.
Like Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, Harper Woods Notre Dame was operated by the Marist Fathers and Brothers, but as an all-boys school. It occupied the Harper Woods campus for more than 50 years.
The school building eventually reopened in 2007 as Chandler Park Academy, a school operating with a charter through Saginaw Valley State University.
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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.