March, 2021
Dear Notre Dame,
In the middle of Women’s History Month, I thought it fitting to share with you some quick facts about the benefit of Notre Dame being an all-girls’ school. Anne de Xainctonge may not have had the advantage of research studies back in 1606, but her realization that establishing schools for girls was essential for their personal, academic and spiritual growth was as pertinent then as it is today.
The facts below are taken from the website of the National Coalition of Girls' Schools, NCGS, and are based on research. Notre Dame is a member of the NCGS.
1. Girls do better academically in single-sex schools across a variety of cultures.
2. Sixty percent of girls' school graduates report higher self-confidence over their co-ed peers.
3. Ninety three percent of girls’ school graduates say they were offered greater leadership opportunities than peers at coed schools.
4. Eighty percent of girls have held leadership positions since graduating from high school.
5. Students at all girls’ schools have higher expectations and greater motivation than their female peers at coed independent and public schools.
6. Ninety nine percent of students at all girls schools expect to earn a four-year degree. More than two thirds expect to earn a graduate or professional degree.
7. Graduates of girls’ schools count their desire to understand others
with different beliefs as a strength compared to their coeducated peers.
8.Girls’ school students are more likely than their female peers at
coed schools to experience an environment that welcomes an open and safe exchange of ideas.
9. Estimated less than one percent of girls in the United States attended girls’ schools, yet an impressive one out of every nine women currently serving in the US Congress graduated from a girls’ school.
10. Girls’ schools’ alumnae are more likely to deem it essential to participate in community social action programs compared to their co-educated peers.
Perhaps we could consider the above as ten great reasons to participate in the Notre Dame Benefit this coming Saturday, March 20th at noon. Click the link HERE to register for free and please consider sharing it with family and friends. During the Benefit you will have an opportunity to meet several of our seniors and see for yourself how ND students benefit from our all-girls school.
Meanwhile, enjoy this this edition of Chez News. You will be able to meet some of our student athletes such as Brigid McCabe, Michele Jorba, Lucy Berquist, and Kate Segalla. Additionally, you can check out some interesting Social Studies projects completed by Mr. Stordeur’s students.
I look forward to “seeing you” at our virtual Benefit this Saturday.
Warm regards,
