SOUTHPORT, N.Y. (WENY) — Notre Dame High School is celebrating 70 years as an educational institution in the greater Elmira community. To celebrate, the school is throwing two days of events on September 6 and 7.
Saturday was the school's Legends and Legacies Festival that included live music, vendors, and inflatables. Current and former students came to the campus on Maple Avenue to celebrate the anniversary weekend.
Notre Dame serves students in 7th through 12th grades in both the Southern Tier of New York and the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania. Event organizers noted that the school has had a lasting impact on the community since its founding in 1955.
"Thousands and thousands of students have gone through and been educated here," said Bernadette McClelland, the Head of School. "We'r