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
A recent campus tour of Loyola University New Orleans included a visit to two psychology labs where our students met Kate Autin Yurgil, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences and a 2001 Dominican graduate. Dr. Yurgil discussed with the students her work and participation in a research study. Dr. Yurgil does multi-disciplinary research that… Read More
On October 17, we opened our doors and welcomed hundreds of families to ‘Experience Dominican’ at the annual Open House. The tours started in the Gayle and Tom Benson Science and Technology Complex. Visitors toured the campus, led by our wonderful student guides. Our guests experienced Dominican, and all it has to offer, by interacting with… Read More
Joining the Dominican community for the 2019-2020 school year are Marie “Nikki” Bouverie – Mathematics (Masters Catholic School Leadership, BS Chemistry Major and Business Minor); Anna Brannin – Library (MA and BA Library and Information Science); Lt Col Jerry Brunfield – Social Studies (MS, Military Operational Arts and Science, MS Management, BS Finance; Janis Dabney –… Read More
Testing and Measurements Coordinator Sina Baldwin is an ACT® Certified Educator. This summer she attended courses and training in New York and Nashville. A member of Dominican’s faculty for 25 years, Baldwin is certified in Basics, Reading, Math, and Science. Currently, she is one of more than 300 educators globally that has the certification. “Obtaining… Read More
Check out the local coverage of the Dominican Varsity Volleyball team: October 15 NOLA.com – Dominican beats Mount Carmel for first time in seven years VSN Louisiana – Dominican storms back to take down Mt. Carmel, 3-2, for the first time since 2012 October 9 NOLA.com – Volleyball Top 10: No. 4 Dominican led… Read More