Super Raffle Grand Prize Winner Picks Up $50,000 Check

The NDPMA Super Raffle $50,000 grand-prize winner Keith Burke, left, is with sons and Notre Dame students Casey, a second grader, and Kellen, a sixth grader. NDPMA Vice President for Advancement Andy Guest is at right.

The Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy's 2013 Super Raffle culminated October 5 in the drawing of four prize winners: $50,000, $10,000, $5,000 and $1,000. On Friday, October 11, grand-prize winner Keith Burke, a current NDPMA parent and Rochester Hills resident, picked up his check for $50,000 at the school's Pontiac campus.

The following winning ticket numbers were called October 5 at NDPMA's Oktoberfest celebration:

1st prize: $50,000: Ticket no. 004381

2nd prize: $10,000: Ticket no. 010771

3rd prize: $5,000: Ticket no. 041347

4th prize: $1,000: Ticket no. 006443

Notre Dame parents Diane and Jay Flaherty won the Super Raffle’s second prize of $10,000. In the photo, Diane Flaherty is shown with daughter Erin, a junior at NDP, and son Ryan, a ninth-grader. School Vice President Andy Guest is at left.

Notre Dame's Vice President for Advancement Andy Guest says the annual Super Raffle is a big fundraiser for the school. "More than $350,000 was raised this year for Notre Dame," he says, "And the proceeds will go toward financial aid, technology upgrades and other classroom enhancements."

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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.