EIGHTH GRADER WINS NJHS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

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May 21, 2025

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Notre Dame Prep's middle school and the National Junior Honor Society recognize Alexis Bigelow as one of only 500 nationwide to be named an NJHS Outstanding Achievement Award recipient.

Alexis Bigelow, an eighth grader at Notre Dame Prep, has been selected as a National Junior Honor Society Outstanding Achievement Award recipient. As a result, Bigelow receives $500 in a 529 college savings account to be applied toward her higher education. 

Recipients are chosen based on their demonstrated work to support the five pillars of NJHS: scholarship, service, leadership, character and citizenship. 

Thousands of applications were received and judged on the five pillars as well as on their qualifications for service, citizenship and leadership. Students also were required to each get a letter of recommendation attesting to their character and submit their grades to cover the scholarship portion. In addition, they each wrote a required essay.

"Alexis is one of the strongest leaders we've had in the middle school," said Kelly Simon, middle school language and literature chair and NJHS co-advisor (with Sydni Oliver). "She exemplifies not only our Marist mission, but also demonstrates the NJHS five pillars in all she does: in the classroom, the hallways or on any field or court. So proud that a national organization as prestigious as NJHS sees what we see in her!"

The year 2025 marks the 10th year that 500 NJHS students from across the country were selected to receive $500 awards in the form of the education savings account. To date, $2.5 million has been awarded to 5,000 middle school students nationwide.

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About Notre Dame Preparatory School
"At Notre Dame Prep, we inspire our students to become the best versions of themselves. We challenge them through an experience of academic excellence, focused on active, project-based learning. We invite them to explore a world of opportunities beyond the classroom. We guide them as they grow in spirituality within a community strong in its Catholic and Marist identity."

Notre Dame Preparatory School is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. Notre Dame Preparatory School's upper school enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame Prep's middle and lower schools enroll students in pre-kindergarten through grade eight. All three schools are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDP is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the National Association of Independent Schools. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School, visit the school’s home page at www.ndpma.org.