Students in Mr. Ryan Reuter’s 8th and 9th Grades Physical Science classes took a “field trip” to the Music Room to learn more about sound waves where Band and Choir Director Ms. Brenda Castillo demonstrated several music principles such as pitch, resonance, frequency, and interference. The students also learned about the acoustics of the band… Read More
Juniors Marian Boyd and Julia Cazabon are recipients of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 2018 Achievement Award in Writing. They are the only students from Louisiana that were honored nationally for their academic achievements in writing. The NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing is a school-based writing program established in 1957 to encourage… Read More
Photo Gallery In science teacher Ms. Anjel Guitroz’s classroom, junior and seniors had two surprises today. Instead of reviewing upcoming exams in the human anatomy class, their teacher instructed them to put on surgical gloves, masks and caps. A “patient” needed emergency surgery and they were going to learn how to do a surgeon’s knot… Read More
Four St. Mary’s Dominican High School students have been recognized by Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for the Southwest Art Region-At-Large. Catherine Elvir earned an Honorable Mention for her photograph, New Orleans; Madison Manale received a Silver Key Award for her drawing, Gap; Sabrina Nguyen received an Honorable Mention for her drawing, Bleeding Orange; and… Read More
When World War II broke out, Pinchas Gutter was seven years old. His family fled to Warsaw and were incarcerated in the Warsaw Ghetto for three and a half years until April 1943. Their bunker was discovered and they were deported to the death camp, Majdanke. When they arrived at the camp, Mr. Gutter was… Read More
From Chemistry classes to the Carol-Off, St. Mary’s Dominican High School students showed their Christmas spirit before the end of the year. Students in Theresa Maquar’s chemistry classes channeled their Christmas spirit and created Periodic Table Christmas ornaments for the Chemis-Tree. Each student designed an ornament representing an element from the Periodic Table. Classes sang… Read More
On December 2, over 100 French high school students competed in an oratory competition at Ecole Bilingue. Fifteen Dominican students chose excerpts from French literary works and songs to recite from memory or sing before a panel of francophone judges. Following their performance, the judges posed several questions to the participant regarding the chosen literary… Read More
Congratulations to the following band and choir students for making the District Honor Band or District Honor Choir. District Youth Honor Choir Emily Anding, Julia Costa, Mia DiGiovanni, and Samantha White District Senior High Honor Choir Madison Adams, Elise Bourg, Lili Cerise, Pelarr Edwards, Molly Gaffney, Kamryn Gervais, Logan Jackson, Elise Karcher, Olivia Olson, Lindsey… Read More