A Toast of Praise to Dominican’s six Public Forum debate teams that competed at the November 8-9 Mount Carmel Speech and Debate Tournament. “Team members Mia Signorelli and Shania Raimer made it past preliminary rounds and advanced to quarters in Public Forum. This is Shania’s second year on the team and Mia’s second tournament. We… Read More
Zimbabwe and Zambia are two neighboring states in South Africa. Despite the distance of more than 400 miles between them, two Dominican sisters are connected through their work in education. Next January, Sr. Hilda Chanyau, O.P. will become principal at Emerald School for the Deaf in Harare, Zimbabwe. In that role she will be responsible… Read More
In St. Mary’s Dominican High School teacher Mrs. Claudia Vallejo’s Spanish III class, pairs of students gather around laptops to view artwork by women and men in concentration camps, ghettos, or while in hiding. The class is connected via Skype with Ms. Laurie Garcia, Associate Director of Education – Outreach at Holocaust Museum Houston. Holocaust… Read More
St. Mary’s Dominican High School students inducted into the Student Council and clubs for the 2019-2020 school year are: Student Council – 8th Grade, Front/Row 1: Katherine Patron, Meredith Kononchek, Blaire Power, Bryce Couvillon, Chloe Toye, Lauren Santos, Anaya Yunusah, Molly Glas, Isabella Totorico, Linzy “Zee” Bates, Lauren Guilbault, Jalyn Douglas, Taylor Christian, Jasmine Moncada,… Read More
Ohio Dominican University in Columbus, OH, was the site of the Dominican Sisters of Peace 2019 Education Sponsorship Meeting on October 24 and 25. Representing St. Mary’s Dominican High School were President Dr. Cynthia A. Thomas, Robert Munch, Chair of the Board of Directors; Bill Chauvin, Executive Committee, Board of Directors; and Sr. Suzanne Brauer,… Read More
Despite the rain, St. Mary’s Dominican High School’s 10th Annual Tennis Tournament at City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center served up goodwill and drew the largest turnout of teams in the past ten years. The group had a great time off the tennis courts, enjoying friends, lunch, and entering a chance to win from the parade of… Read More
A recent campus tour of Loyola University New Orleans included a visit to two psychology labs where our students met Kate Autin Yurgil, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences and a 2001 Dominican graduate. Dr. Yurgil discussed with the students her work and participation in a research study. Dr. Yurgil does multi-disciplinary research that… Read More
On October 17, we opened our doors and welcomed hundreds of families to ‘Experience Dominican’ at the annual Open House. The tours started in the Gayle and Tom Benson Science and Technology Complex. Visitors toured the campus, led by our wonderful student guides. Our guests experienced Dominican, and all it has to offer, by interacting with… Read More