Reflection by Celeste Schonberg ’20 Waiting. We wait on popcorn shrimp days, in lines at Disney World, for our favorite band to come in town, and we wait for Christ in Advent. All of these have an exciting outcome after the delay. You get to eat your delicious lunch, experience an adrenaline rush on your favorite… Read More
Over the Thanksgiving break, Dominican hosted the First Lego League (FLL) Robotics competition. It marked the fifth time Dominican has been a host for the event that draws students from grammar schools in the Greater New Orleans areas. At this year’s event, 130 students who represented 13 schools competed. A Toast of Praise to the… Read More
It was “An Evening in Paris” when 200 members of the Heritage Club gathered at St. Mary’s Dominican High School for their annual dinner. School President Dr. Cynthia A. Thomas addressed the 25-year-old club whose members include grandparents of current students, parents of former students, alumnae, and benefactors. Enjoying the annual Heritage Club dinner at… Read More
A Toast of Praise to Dominican’s Academic Games club members who brought home wins at recent tournaments held by the New Orleans Academic Games League. In the Equations Tournament, 41 students competed in the Middle Division and 42 students competed in the Junior Division. The Propaganda Tournament drew 44 students in the Middle Division and… Read More
Twenty-three St. Mary’s Dominican High School students received scholarships to Dominican during the St. Martin de Porres Scholarship Awards Ceremony, which honored recipients and benefactors. St. Martin de Porres is the patron saint of social justice. Recipients were: Isabelle Bailey – Sr. Angeline Magro, O.P. Scholarship; Abigail Callhover – Julie Waltzer Flick ’69 Endowed Scholarship and Dorothy D…. Read More
A Toast of Praise to Dominican’s six Public Forum debate teams that competed at the November 8-9 Mount Carmel Speech and Debate Tournament. “Team members Mia Signorelli and Shania Raimer made it past preliminary rounds and advanced to quarters in Public Forum. This is Shania’s second year on the team and Mia’s second tournament. We… Read More
In St. Mary’s Dominican High School teacher Mrs. Claudia Vallejo’s Spanish III class, pairs of students gather around laptops to view artwork by women and men in concentration camps, ghettos, or while in hiding. The class is connected via Skype with Ms. Laurie Garcia, Associate Director of Education – Outreach at Holocaust Museum Houston. Holocaust… Read More
St. Mary’s Dominican High School students inducted into the Student Council and clubs for the 2019-2020 school year are: Student Council – 8th Grade, Front/Row 1: Katherine Patron, Meredith Kononchek, Blaire Power, Bryce Couvillon, Chloe Toye, Lauren Santos, Anaya Yunusah, Molly Glas, Isabella Totorico, Linzy “Zee” Bates, Lauren Guilbault, Jalyn Douglas, Taylor Christian, Jasmine Moncada,… Read More