New vice principal steps up to bat

September 7, 2011 • By Amy Medeiros  
Filed under Top Stories

Long before her days behind a principal’s desk, NDP’s new assistant principal Jane Tompkins was at home behind the catcher’s plate, playing on the first ever intramural softball team at the University of Iowa. She played softball from the age of 8 all the way through college as a catcher, and... Read more »

Newspaper staff wins second General Excellence award

September 15, 2011  
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Notre Dame Prep’s student newspaper, The Seraphim, has won first place for General Excellence for its online edition in the Arizona Interscholastic Press Association’s Fall Newspaper Contest for the second year in a row. The staff also was honored with 13 individual awards at the 2011 fall convention... Read more »

Uniform skirt could make comeback

September 26, 2011 • By Amy Medeiros  
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The question of skirts versus skorts has been a contentious issue at Notre Dame since the skorts were introduced three years ago; however, as soon as next year, the skirt could make a comeback. The skorts were originally introduced three years ago as a solution to girls’ uniform infractions. Principal... Read more »

The unofficial NDP Parking Lot Survival Guide

September 26, 2011 • By Tyler Daswick  
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NDP freshmen are lucky. Seriously, when compared to Horizon High School’s “Freshmen Rodeo” (use your imagination) and Desert Mountain High School’s “Freshmen Friday,” NDP frosh are practically floating in and out of school on little clouds. What freshmen do not realize is that these exhaust... Read more »

True believers: How the Desert Mountain game unified NDP

September 28, 2011 • By Tyler Daswick  
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It was perfect, was it not? A clear night, perfect for football. A homecoming game that was ours to spoil. A rival school that had been heaping piles of trash talk on us all week long. Notre Dame had never seen anything like what it saw the evening of Sept. 23. The stage was set for something incredible,... Read more »

‘Saints Night Live’: 6th annual NDP Talent Show

September 28, 2011 • By Maddie Stevens  
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The Saturday Night Live theme of NDP’s 6th annual Talent Show was a real crowd-pleaser when the Drama Department hosted the event on Sept. 10 in Andrew L. Eldridge Auditorium. The show this year was called “Saints Night Live,” a spinoff of the popular NBC late night show. Drama teacher Mrs. Bonnie... Read more »