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Notre Dame High School is a private, Catholic, college preparatory high school for girls founded in 1851 by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and operates within the Diocese of San Jose, California, USA. The school is located in San Jose, California. The school's mission is driven by the teachings of Saint Julie Billiart, the foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur: "Teach them what they need to know for life." ==School history== Notre Dame is an all-girls Catholic high school situated in downtown San Jose. The school was founded as the College of Notre Dame by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and opened on August 4, 1851 on Santa Clara Street. In 1868, it became California’s first chartered women’s college.〔http://sjdowntown.com/go-play/attractions/downtown-history-walk San Jose Historic Walk〕 Since the founding, the College of Notre Dame, high school and elementary school moved: to the Ralston estate, located in Belmont on the San Francisco Peninsula while part of the high school (Santa Clara Street Academy)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Early History | Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur )〕 moved to the O’Connor Mansion at Second and Reed Street in San Jose. The O’Connor Mansion, was donated in 1898 to the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur by Judge Myles P. O'Connor and his wife, Amanda.〔http://www.ndsj.org/s/970/RtCol.aspx?pgid=299&gid=1 Honorable and Mrs. Myles P. O'Connor donate their home to the school.〕 In 1903 US President McKinley visited the school and was presented rosebuds by the students. Since the moving of the school, many additional buildings were built in order to accommodate the growing number of students. In 1958, the construction of two buildings began. Julie Billiart Hall served the purpose of a gathering place for school functions, a gym, and a cafeteria. Madonna Hall, later renamed Donnelly Hall in honor of Sister Mary Emmanuel Donnelly, is a two-story building that contains classrooms, teacher offices, and now a fully functional computer lab. Later, the O’Connor Mansion had to be torn down due to its deterioration and Manley Hall was built in its stead. The first time Manley Hall was opened and made available for students’ use was September 9, 2002. Manley Hall is a three-story building, designed by Anderson-Brulé Architects. The building, though modern in design and use, still gives off an air of age and history, as was the intent of the architects. To add to this feeling was the inclusion of the fireplaces and artifacts saved from the O’Connor Mansion, the more noticeable being the fireplace located in the library and the glass doors (though one is a replica) of the Alumnae Room. All of the floors of this building are decorated with the class photos from the school, the earliest dating before the 1890s. As of 2012, it is 161 years old. ''Information paraphrased from ndsj.org'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Notre Dame High School (San Jose, California)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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