Rebecca Simons, religion teacher at Notre Dame Academy, took her students across the street to St. Martin of Tours Church, so Father Bill Quinlivan could explain the meaning of the liturgy through a teaching Mass. Father Quinlivan, pastor of the Catholic Family of South Buffalo, took the kids through each element of the Mass, explaining […]
Two Catholic elementary schools brought a food fight to a whole new level. Notre Dame Academy in South Buffalo challenged St. Amelia School in Tonawanda to a friendly food drive competition, with the winning school receiving an ice cream party and a dress down day. The food collected at Notre Dame Academy went to the Bishop […]
Notre Dame Academy hosted a Sock-tober, collecting and delivering over 600 pairs of differently sized socks to the Response to Love Center. This schoolwide service project was designed to help the students learn about the October virtue of courage, and was tied into the corporal work of mercy to clothe the naked. The NDA Saints discovered […]
Over 75 people packed Classic Lanes in Tonawanda on Saturday, Oct. 29, for the first Diocesan Bowling Championships. After six weeks of intramural bowling competition, schools were asked to send their best bowler in four divisions: 5th-6th grade boys, 5th-6th grade girls, 7th-8th grade boys, and 7th-8th grade girls. Each of the 28 students then […]
The Viddy Awards announced early deadline winners for the 2022 international awards competition recognizing outstanding achievement in video and digital production skills. There are expected to be over 2,500 entries from throughout the United States, Canada and many other countries in the 2022 competition. Notre Dame Academy, a Catholic Elementary school in South Buffalo, is […]
The students of Miss Elminowski’s fifth-grade class at Notre Dame Academy in South Buffalo have written a prayer to mark Earth Day. You can check out resources here to help make every day Earth Day.
The second-grade students at Notre Dame Academy wish to share their Easter prayer. May all our readers have a joyous Easter this year.
Notre Dame Academy has found a way to mix Christian service with the more secular side of Easter, coloring eggs. The pre-K 3 students of the South Buffalo regional school colored 10 dozen eggs to donate to the Our Lady of Charity food program. Our Lady of Charity Parish started a dinner program five years […]
Students at Notre Dame Academy in South Buffalo thanked the medical staff of nearby Mercy Hospital through the school’s Card Ministry. A short video produced by the school shows the passion the students put into the project.
When a request went out asking for help supporting a local food pantry, students of Notre Dame Academy answered. After reading about the Bishop Kmiec Food Pantry running a bit low on inventory in the Our Lady of Charity Parish bulletin, students began to collect canned goods and box mixes for the local storeroom. The […]