Notre Dame School (Bandipur, Nepal) Explained

Notre Dame Secondary School
Motto:	Virtue Wisdom
Streetaddress:	Bandipur-04, Balabazar
Type:	Not for Profit Primary and Secondary school
Established:	1985 A.D.
Principal:	Sister Merium
Staff:	40+
Grades:	Nursery -12
Gender:	Co-Educational
Enrollment:	800+
Nickname:	Notre Damer

Notre Dame School (NDS) is a school Catholic school located in Bandipur, Nepal The school was founded by the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND), a congregation of Roman Catholic sisters founded in Bavaria in 1833 and devoted to educating students at all levels around the world.NDS was opened in Bandipur in 1985 as a kindergarten school by School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) sisters from Japan and was soon developed into a primary school.^[1] The first batch of students completed the 10th grade (which is considered the end of high school and beginning of college education in Nepal) in 1996. In 1997, NDS started offering higher secondary education (dubbed the 10-plus-2 program) in Science under the Higher Secondary Education Board of Nepal.

Administration

The institution is controlled administratively by Christian Catholic Missionary and its a convent school. The founder principal was Sister Evenjala.

Past principals

Sister Evenjala
Sister Janet Tanaka
Sister Merium
Fr. Silas Bogati
Fr. Denis D'Suza

Alumni Association

Ex-Students (Old NDs) of the institution had their first ever meet on 7 th Magh 2079 B.S . (21 January 2023) and formed themselves Alumni Association for further activities .

Ad hoc Committee

Madan Krishna Adhikari (Co-ordinator)
Tara Bhattarai (Member)
Sachin Raj Piya (Member)
Rasmina Pradhan (Member)
Sulove Piya (Member)
Bishow Prakash Sulpe (Member)
Rabindu Shrestha (Member)

Official notice by the school.

Membership

Eligibility for Association membership extends to students who have completed a minimum of two academic years at Notre Dame School, with the exception of those who solely undertook tenth or twelfth-grade studies, appearing only for the final examination.

Notes and References

News: 25th Anniversary of Bandipur Notre Dame School. SSND Japan Region. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129035924/http://www.ssnd.jp/JaHPage/25th%20anniversary.htm. 2014-11-29.