Notre Dame's honors

All 489 students, their parents and the hundreds of alumni already know Notre Dame Regional High School is a great school. If anybody else was wondering, for the second year in a row Notre Dame has been named one of the top 50 Catholic high schools in the nation.

Gateway Academy in Chesterfield is the only other Catholic high school in Missouri to make the list. Approximately 1,300 Catholic high schools in the United States were invited to compete for the honor.

The Catholic High School Honor Roll is a project of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty in Grand Rapids, Mich. The institute is an international research and educational institution.

Brother David Migliorino, the school's principal, says Notre Dame was recognized for its high ACT scores -- 4 points higher than the national average -- along with its principles of service and solid curriculum.

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