48 The Queens Courier • CATHOLIC SCHOL • january 15, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com Notre Dame School Notre Dame School For more than sixty years, Notre Dame School has been educating For more than hearts sixty years,and Notre forming Dame School minds has been in New educating Hyde hearts Park. and forming minds in New Hyde Park. Education must always be more than academics. While academic achievement is a fundamental goal of our school, it is not the only one. We follow the NYS Common Core curriculum and standards, but we also provide our children with memorable life experiences. Education is about the formation of persons, not merely providing them with information. Our moral obligation as Catholic educators is to encourage children to apply knowledge in ways that will make the world a better place. We commit ourselves to developing our students’ intellectual gifts and fostering their spiritual growth. We promote the importance of putting the needs of others before our own immediate wants. Our faith-filled environment offers us the ability to put all of this together. We begin each morning by praying as a school community. Classes host monthly school liturgies at First Friday masses, as well as other prayer services in which the students are active participants. They can be readers, leaders of song, altar servers, or present the gifts at the altar. Special prayer services include our Thanksgiving service, Advent, Christmas pageant, Stations of the Cross in shadows, the Feast of the Epiphany and Lent. Our students come to us from a diverse range of cultures, beliefs and abilities. Those cultures and beliefs are respected and abilities supported or enriched. Our goal is to provide our students with the skills needed to succeed in a highly literate society, and then, as responsible faith-filled members of that society, to use those skills to create communities that actively promote social justice. Children of other faiths have the opportunity to share their beliefs as well. Our days are filled with many exciting activities and learning events. Learning does not just take place in one classroom. Our children enjoy a variety of “special” classes. We have a full time Art teacher, Technology teacher, Physical Education/Health teacher and Librarian. We also offer Italian, Spanish and Music classes. Our hallways are beautifully decorated with students’ artwork representing various artists and cultures. Our Physical Education teacher plays a variety of games, teaches important teambuilding skills and stresses good sportsmanship. Our Music teacher provides opportunities for children to freely express themselves through rhythm and movement which are incorporated in school-wide performances. Our stage lighting new sound system will certainly enhance our school productions! If students would like to continue their education and love of music, we offer band lessons through Paul Effman for grades three to eight. Our smallest students have a special playground just for them. Our students in Pre-K through grade 3 also have a special playground. We have an indoor play space for use in inclement weather. Thanks to the generosity of our school families, we are able to broadcast our morning announcements throughout the school! We have our very own closed circuit TV system—IPTV! Our videoconferencing room has also been very busy! Students in all grades enjoy the experience of interacting with people all over the world. Lessons are enhanced through visits to museums, science labs and zoos. All parents are welcome to join us whenever their child’s class has a conference scheduled. Each classroom has two new desktop computers. Our lab has been updated and we have a Mac station with laptops and iPod Touch players. We have 42 iPads available for small group or individual work. All classrooms, kindergarten to eight, are equipped with integrated SmartBoards. Early Childhood classes also have access to a SmartBoard in the video-conferencing room. Our building has wireless connectivity. We have many wonderful events and programs which we would like to share with you. We would love for you to see us “in action.” Please feel free to call the school to schedule a tour. Caryn Flores Durkin Kara McCarthy Principal Assistant Principal 25 Mayfair Road 516.354.5618 www.ndsnet.org
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