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
Congratulations to the Dominican Debs who competed at the Universal Dance Association National Dance Team Championship, held February 1-3 in Orlando. The Debs competed in the Small Varsity Jazz division with 88 teams, Small Varsity Hip Hop division with 70 teams, and Large Game Day division with 22 teams. The Debs Game Day team earned… Read More
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
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
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
A Toast of Praise to the Dominican Debs who took home several wins at the American All-Star Louisiana State Dance Competition January 19-20 in Lafayette. They competed in Division 3 that included Archbishop Chapelle, Jesuit, Mount Carmel Academy, and Ouachita High School. The Debs brought home the following wins: JAZZ — First place in their division;… Read More
In the Gayle and Tom Benson Science and Technology Complex, students in Mrs. Claudia Vallejo’s Spanish IV AP class were discussing in English and Spanish the book, Turning Pages: My Life Story about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and the impact of books on her from childhood to today. The first Latina Supreme Court Justice… Read More