A photojournalist in Colombia, a Chilean gymnast, and an alumna in California were among the interviewees that students in Mrs. Claudia Vallejo’s Spanish AP class connected with via Skype. Conducting their interviews in Spanish, the students connected with Rita Kelly who is attending college in California. Rita also took Spanish AP classes when she was… Read More

Students in Ms. Charlene Ford’s Computer Science Elective learned about coding and applying skills using Micro:bits, a handheld, programmable micro-computer. For this project, students worked in pairs to design and construct board games. The Micro:bits had to be used for at least three tasks: simulate rolling dice, indicate which direction to move a game piece,… Read More

Dominican’s Engineering Team received the Rookie Team Award for their exceptional performance and placed 4th out of 24, beating several college teams in the Louisiana Collegiate Design Competition (LCDC) held at Louisiana State University. Dominican was one of three high schools that competed at the event that also drew college teams from around the state,… Read More

Eleven St. Mary’s Dominican High School students were recognized at the regional level for the 2019 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for the Southwest Art Region-At-Large. Students who received Gold Key awards will continue to the national competition. The recognized students are in Ms. Angelle Caffery’s Art II Honors and Art III AP classes. The Scholastic… Read More

Louisa May Alcott penned Little Women 150 years ago. The classic was inspired by the writer’s family and community. Generations later it has inspired many worldwide, including writers such as Simone de Beauvoir, J. K. Rowling, Cynthia Ozick, Jane Smiley, Margo Jefferson, and Ursula K. Le Guin. Dr. Anne Boyd Rioux also was impacted by… Read More

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

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