Justice Awareness Mass – Student Reflection
Justice Awareness By Elise Bourg ’20 Most people and I have found that talking can get you in trouble. In elementary school, teachers constantly wrote me up for talking, and in third grade, I even got a conduct notice for using sarcasm with a teacher. If you know me at all or are in any… Read More
Debate Team Shines
A Toast of Praise to freshmen Haneen Awadallah and Ysabella Porche who placed 3rd in Public Forum debate and junior Alyssa Ordoyne who competed in Senior Impromptu at the February 1- 2 tournament, hosted at Ben Franklin High School in New Orleans. Dominican was among 14 schools that competed at the tournament, with 14 teams in… Read More
Everyone CAN Be a Hero – Annual Canned Food Drive Kick-Off
Following the celebration of the Justice Awareness Mass, Dominican’s annual one-week canned food drive kicked off with a spirited “Everyone CAN Be a Hero … By Fighting Hunger!” video, featuring faculty and staff in Superhero attire. Class teams were inspired to bring in canned food and meet the goal of 20,000 cans of food. 8th… Read More
Dominican Participates in Gulf Coast Faith Formation Conference
At the 38th annual Gulf Coast Faith Formation Conference in January, Jill Cabes, MA, Vice President of Dominican Catholic Identity and Matthew Foss, MS, Science Department Chair at Dominican, were panelists in the parallel implementation workshop sessions on Science and the Catholic Faith: Overcoming the Myth of Conflict. The three-day conference was hosted and sponsored… Read More
Extended Black and White Shop Hours: Feb 18-22
February 18th through February 22nd The Black and White Shop will have extended hours the week of Monday, February 18 through Friday, February 22. The shop will be open from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm or by appointment. Contact Jessica Dupepe, Black and White Shop Manager, at jdupepe@stmarysdominican.org or 504-518-5052, to set up an appointment time. Read More
Dominican Engineering Class Tackles Bridge Building
Using glue and Popsicle sticks, Kenny Lannes’ engineering class at St. Mary’s Dominican High School applied their knowledge of the basic physics (shear loads and bending moments) of bridges. Teams experimented with shapes to determine which ones were the strongest structurally, and collaborated on design and construction. The final test of their completed bridges was… Read More
Lessons in the Law
Students in Ms. Anne Comiskey’s Law Studies class received real world experience from guest lecturers Dean Mary Garvey Algero and John Sudderth. Algero, a 1982 Dominican graduate, is the Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Academic Affairs and Warren E. Mouledoux Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola University. She directs the Legal Research and Writing… Read More