Eva Schmidt ’15 was guest speaker for Ms. Anjel Guitroz’s Bio II class. She holds a degree in Biological Engineering from Louisiana State University where she found a passion for biomedical research with a background in oxidative stress and diabetic kidney disease research. At AxoSim, located in the New Orleans Bio District, she assists in… Read More
Students in Mrs. Crissy Giacona’s 8th grade science classes used their engineering skills to build a rubber band car. The car is a great example of information they learned in class in regards to friction and Newton’s laws of motion. As a part of the project, students presented in front of the class and described… Read More
Students in Mrs. Crissy Gicona’s 8th grade science class welcomed guest speaker Sylvia Mullen ’18 a senior honors student at the University of New Orleans who shared findings from her research project for the past two years in Honors Biology. The topic was, “Evaluating Methods To Determine the Maximum Oxygen Consumption by the Gulf Killifish,… Read More
Sr. Dominic Savio, OP and Spanish teacher Mrs. Claudia Vallejo listened to Sr. Ana González, O.P., with Albertus Magnus College Admissions in New Haven, CT, as the first guest speaker for interview sessions with Mrs. Vallejo’s Spanish AP students. Students asked her questions that were related to Sr. Ana’s life in the Dominican congregation, her culture, and… Read More
Checking macroinvertebrates under the roots of an invasive water hyacinth, building multiple lines of defense for protection from hurricanes and storm surge – these were among the lessons about the importance of coastal restoration when Dinah Maygarden, MA, Research Associate and Science Education Program Director at the University of New Orleans (UNO) Pontchartrain Institute for… Read More
Students in Mr. Kenneth Lannes Engineering Class welcomed guest speaker Emma Hensley Taylor ’12 who touched on a range of civil engineering career tracks. The 2017 graduate of the University of New Orleans, where she earned a degree in civil engineering degree, also holds a Professional Engineering License. In order to have the PE seal,… Read More
St. Mary’s Dominican High School senior Elizabeth Rivas Mobley has been selected as a winner of a National Merit© $2500 Scholarship. Winners are named in every state, in numbers based on the state’s percentage of the nation’s graduating high school seniors. In addition, a number of recipients are chosen in the District of Columbia, schools… Read More
Held by the Louisiana High School Rally Association, St. Mary’s Dominican High School had 13 state literary rally finalist placements in the 2022 State Literary Rally. Freshman Gabriela Munoz was the Overall Winner out of 145 students in the Spanish II category. Students compete at District Rally to qualify for State Rally, hosted by Louisiana… Read More
Dominican alumnae, Nancy Thomas ’12 and Rachel Hensley ’15, were guest speakers for the Biotechnology Club (moderated by Mrs. Janine Koenig) and Mrs. Koenig’s Biology II Honors class. Hensley is a Crime Lab DNA Analyst II at Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory, part of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Among the topics… Read More