Affordable, Sustainable Catholic Education

Parents are the primary educators of their children.  This means, among other things, that parents have the right to access high-quality Catholic schools.  The Notre Dame ACE Academies are committed to minimizing cost as an obstacle to families who wish to give their children the Catholic School Advantage.  The NDAA model is designed to ensure partner schools are able to take advantage of every opportunity to first gain access to resources and then use them effectively.

The Catholic identity of NDAA schools presents unique stewardship challenges.  NDAA schools and leaders are committed to responsible Christian stewardship to ensure the long-term success of the ministry of Catholic schooling.  To support strong stewardship practices, NDAA:

Supports the management of school finances.

The School Finance Committee of the NDAA Board works closely with the pastors, the principals, and any parish finance managers, and provides ongoing school finance support from ACE Consulting.

Provides dedicated advancement support .

Each NDAA region has an advancement director charged with:

• Increasing scholarship tax credit dollars for partner school students (with local scholarship providers).
• Coordinating public relations efforts for all partner schools.
• Implementing a marketing campaign to raise awareness of partner schools in local communities.
• Implementing the recommendations of the ND Latino Task Force to boost enrollment.
• Cultivating private scholarship, capital, and material support and coordinate school- and cluster-level fundraising efforts.
• Enhancing student recruitment efforts.

Supports the evaluation and selection of school leadership. 

The regional NDAA board hold the principal accountable for school improvement in the supervision, evaluation, and hiring of school leaders.