Notre Dame Academy High School of Staten Island

"Best group of four years of my life."

"NDA"s Elementary School has a stalwart and principled principal at its helm currently. Principal Signorelli , a former student, embraces the mission of the school and is a graduate of this fine institution that epitomizes the best of what Staten Island has to offer. The school is a nurturing place and a safe haven with a very structured curriculum. My children are delighted to go to school there and are learning important life lessons along with the curriculum, even though we are not Catholics. As a parent, like every other parent who wants the best education for their child, I enthrusted the teachers with the job of providing the rigorous, just, and disciplined environment that my daughters need to thrive . I am a working mother and want the stability of sound routines and instruction grounded in a faith-based setting that will teach, what is often not taught in public schools, good citizenship and a moral education. NDA is doing that. However, as this institution moves forward, my only wish is that they will reflect and embrace the global perspectives and lens necessary to teach students and staff how to embrace the diversity that is all around us. Preparing students to be global citizens will require the N.D.A. community to examine their employment and hiring practices to insure that they continue to attract not only the brightest students but teachers who are themselves models of a belief in life-long learning. Housed on a small and beautiful island, it is very easy to become insular in thinking. So, as they seek to educate young women who are the future and to fulfill their mission to help each young woman "become an agent of her own transformation and of the transformation of society" N.D.A. must diversify in some ways. It may be a challenge, but diversity is needed."