Our Lady of Grace Chapel
Please come walk through our main hallway to see our beautiful, new glass chapel doors donated by The Hofmann Family -- Harriet, '59, Suzanne, '94 and Julie 98; and, Dona Clark Whitaker, '57.
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NDA Drama Department Impressed the Judges
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The 70th Annual Fall Drama festival featured 80 schools and fierce competition. Enjoy watching our 1st place victory in the Comedy Category. Begin watching the above video around 2:30 minutes to see NDA receive 1st place. An encore performance follows.
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Congratulations to Ms. Liberotti
Ms. Liberotti, Notre Dame Academy's Director of Guidance, has been selected to be trained as an external application reader, in the holistic review process, for the University of California Berkeley. Beginning on December 5th, she will enter into the training, some of which are on campus, many are Webinars. Exposure to the rigors of how UC Berkeley evaluates students and learning the nuance of the review process, will enhance our approach to the college application process in general, and greatly benefit our student body.
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Way to go Mock Trial!
Our Mock Trial students participated in their first competition on Wednesday, November 2nd. They won their very first case in court!
Judge Fewer, a criminal court judge, gave many compliments to our young ladies. He told them, "You would make a good prosecutor- right now." NDA is very proud!
Mock Trial moderators are faculty member Cheryl Faris and Mr. Lee Cotugno, Board of Trustees member, both attorneys.
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Volleyball
 The Varsity Volleyball team posted an impressive 9th place finish at the Redondo Union Tournament October 29 - 30. The Regal Gryphons pushed Redondo hard in the opening round before losing 23 - 25. Advancing to the Gold round on the 30th, the team crushed #6 ranked Valencia and #7 ranked El Dorado before losing to #1 ranked St. Lucy's in three games. The team finished regular season play with a resounding three game victory over a highly ranked La Salle team and headed to the upcoming play-offs with an overall record of 20 - 11. The Junior Varsity complete its season with a sound victory over La Salle and finished the season 11 - 2 which included a stunning victory over rival Marymount. The Frosh/Soph team followed in the footsteps of the Junior Varsity with a victory over La Salle and completed their season 11 - 2. |
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Cross Country
The Notre Dame Academy Cross Country team wrapped up its regular season of competition in impressive fashion. At the prestigious Mt. Sac Cross Country Invitational, Varsity finished 4th out of 44 schools. Freshman Madison Evans finished 9th overall and senior Mallory Rawson took 11th. The freshman team, led by Anne Fitz, finished an incredible 6th out of 58 schools. Sunshine League championships took place on Tuesday, November 1st. The JV team won the league championship for the second year in a row. Sophomore Delaney Smith covered the Griffith Park course in an impressive 20:31 to win the individual championship. Senior Mary Kate Reid finished third to help the team to a first place finish. The Varsity team placed three runners in the top 12. Freshman Madison Allen, along with seniors Mallory Rawson and Carolyn Harding placed 3rd, 5th and 12th respectively. The team finished 2nd in league and will advance to the CIF prelims on November 12th. |
