St. Mary’s Dominican High School seniors Kate Baker, Kelsey Major, Madison Trauth, Lauren Sekinger, and Sydney Sherman have signed athletic scholarships for the fall 2022-2023 school year. Kate Baker signed with Louisiana State University to play beach volleyball. The five-year member of the Dominican’s volleyball team was on the 2020 State Championship Volleyball Team, the… Read More
Our Lady Queen of the Rosary Chapel on the second floor of Aquinas Hall at St. Mary’s Dominican High School is a place for celebrating Mass, quiet reflection, and recitation of the Rosary. This fall school term, it has become a starting place for Rosary Walks. Vice President of Dominican Catholic Identity Maureen Wright, OP,… Read More
St. Mary’s Dominican High School held induction of Student Council and Club officers for the 2021-2022 school year. Guest speaker was Erin Sequeira, Class of 2020. At Dominican, Erin was a member of the Student Council for five years, serving as Homeroom Vice Representative and Representative, Grade Level Coordinator, and eventually Executive Board President. A… Read More
Since March 2001, when she started working at St. Mary’s Dominican High School, Joy Robinson has seen the ebb and flow of students over more than 20 years. Her interactions with them have been close-up as a cashier for the school’s dining services. And she has offered the same advice to them from the start…. Read More
Junior Classical League (JCL) members, JCL moderator Dr. Wayne Rupp, and Fine Arts Department Chair Brenda Castillo visited the New Orleans Opera and saw the first act of Wagner’s Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) as a part of the New Orleans Opera’s Student Night Out. The Student Night Out performance is free to students and their chaperones in… Read More
At the Propaganda Tournament, St. Mary’s Dominican High School’s Academic Games Team competed against other high schools in the New Orleans League. Senior Elizabeth Mobley placed first as an individual. Dominican’s Senior Team, which included one Jesuit player, placed third. Dominican’s Junior Team (A) tied for third place. Sophomores Camille Truxillo and Isabelle Anderson placed… Read More
An anonymous donor’s gift of 100 backpacks in 2020 to Dominican’s Robotics team extended its community reach a year later. The donor requested the backpacks be given to students who would benefit from them. August 2020, 25 backpacks were given to The Peace Center, the Dominican Sisters of Peace neighborhood outreach organization for people of… Read More
St. Mary’s Dominican High School Junior Shania Raimer placed second in the October Lincoln Douglas Debate and second in Original Oratory at the Southside Shark Showdown Speech and Debate Tournament. The Lincoln Douglas Debate is a one-on-one style debate that focuses on the philosophy of the resolution being argued. Ten high schools competed virtually… Read More