A timeline of the Institute of Notre Dame, Maryland’s oldest Catholic college prep school for girls

Baltimore Sun

May 06, 2020 12:24 PM

The Institute of Notre Dame, Maryland’s oldest Catholic college preparatory school for girls, announced Tuesday that it would close its doors June 30. The school served girls in grades 9-12 for 173 years and spent its entirety on Aisquith Street in East Baltimore. Here are key dates in the school’s history.

1847: IND is founded by Mother Theresa Gerhardinger and the School Sisters of Notre Dame

1852: Oldest remaining building is constructed

1864: First class graduates

1892: Current chapel is built

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1923: Class of 1923 is the first to complete a four-year standardized high school course

1924: IND is placed on the Maryland State Department of Education list of approved nonpublic secondary schools

1954: Barbara Mikulski, former United States senator from Maryland, graduates

1958: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi graduates

1992: IND receives $600,000 gift from the Marion I. and Henry J. Knott Foundation to build a gymnasium, its first major addition in 66 years

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2005: Science department named in honor of late alum Dr. Rita Sloan Berndt, former neurology professor at the University of Maryland Medical School

2013: Faculty endowment fund established by Dr. Berndt and husband Rick Berndt receives last pledge payment toward $2 million goal