March 27, 2020

Greetings from Notre Dame Belmont!

I sincerely hope that all of you are staying healthy and well during the Shelter in Place. Our commitment to you is to maintain the quality of education that you expect, and to look after our community. We have surveyed the students and the majority report that they are managing the new distance learning and are adapting to the new “normal.” 

Recently, we received letters from the San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools, as well as the San Francisco Archdiocese. Both parties have made the decision to maintain school closures through May 1 in order to slow the spread of COVID-19, and we have made the decision to follow their directive to remain closed for now and to resume classes on May 4. We will let you know if there’s a change in that tentative start date. The safety and well-being of the Notre Dame community is our greatest priority.

With our distance learning, we have another slight adjustment to the school calendar. April 8 will be the official beginning of our Easter break, so there will be no school business or faculty support meetings that day. In exchange, we will return to our distance learning on April 20, a day previously noted as a student holiday. April 20 will be an A Day. One more note regarding dates: enrollment contracts for 20-21 will be sent out on Monday, March 30.

I would also like to connect with all of you and will be inviting you to attend a virtual Head of School Coffee. We are still working out the details, and our tentative plan is to hold two gatherings in order to accommodate as many as is practical. Stay tuned for a Zoom invitation.

Our primary focus remains on our students - your daughters! Our teachers and staff are committed to doing whatever is necessary to continue their education and to ease the difficulty of this experience. Please reach out to us if there is a way that we can support your family during this uncertain time.

Working together will create our most successful outcome. To quote St. Julie, our Foundress, “we must have courage in the century in which we live.” Please know how much we miss seeing you and look forward to the time when we can plan a gathering to celebrate the strength of our community.



In Notre Dame,

Maryann Osmond

Notre Dame Belmont