CINCINNATI – From April 27 – 29, six area all-girls Catholic high schools – Mercy McAuley, Mount Notre Dame, Notre Dame Academy, Saint Ursula Academy, Seton, and Ursuline Academy – are teaming up for the 7th annual city-wide campaign called Girls’ Schools Unite. The fundraising campaign aims to raise awareness and financial support for all-girls Catholic education in Greater Cincinnati. The campaign calls on alumnae from each school to make a gift to their high school alma mater; all donations will support the schools’ annual funds, which provide financial assistance, scholarships and campus improvements for current and future students. The high school with the highest percentage of alumnae participation will be “crowned” the winner on Friday, May 1, 2026.
Since the campaign’s first year in 2020, the high schools have raised a combined $2,643,607 in support of all-girls Catholic education in Greater Cincinnati. For the 2026 campaign the schools are calling on their collective alumnae bases to reach a shared goal of 5,000 donors across all six schools.
Alumnae can make a gift online at the website of their alma mater anytime from April 27 – 29, or they can mail a check dated between April 27 – 29 to their school. The schools’ websites are:
- Mercy McAuley – mercymcauley.org
- Mount Notre Dame – mndhs.org
- Notre Dame Academy – www.ndapandas.org
- Saint Ursula Academy – saintursula.org
- Seton – setoncincinnati.org
- Ursuline Academy – ursulineacademy.org
Members of the media may contact any of the following representatives at the participating schools for more information:
Mercy McAuley
Patty Thelen, Director of Marketing
thelenp@mercymccauley.org
513-681-1800 x2270
Mount Notre Dame
Elaine Skeldon, Director of Marketing
eskeldon@mndhs.org
513-821-3044 x169
ndapandas.org
Notre Dame Academy
Jane Kleier, Chief Communications Officer
kleierj@ndapandas.org
859-292-1853
Saint Ursula Academy
Jill Cahill, VP of Communications
jcahill@saintursula.org
513-961-3410 x 138
Seton
Christy Schutte, Director of Marketing/Public Relations
schuttec@setoncincinnati.org
513-471-2600 x2421
Ursuline
Laura Kammerer, Director of Communications
lkammerer@ursulineacademy.org
513-791-5791 x2200
