Faith
Our Catholic faith is at the core of our identity at St. Dominic High School. In addition to our four-year religion curriculum and seven faith-based student organizations, the student body regularly participates in Masses, Eucharistic Adoration, Reconciliation services and retreats.
“I love the community that is built upon friendships and faith.”
Conner ’18
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“With all those guys, there was something he left in each one of them,” Rich Schmersahl '62 said of former coach, teacher and athletic director Ed Crenshaw. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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In this time that our country and community are experiencing civil unrest, we are called to serve one another as people of faith.
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Faculty and staff celebrated the Class of 2020 in style with a special Senior Send-Off parade. A delayed graduation will take place July 8. View Facebook Album
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“It’s been an easy transition,” said Rachel Riechers '10, who is in her first year teaching at St. Dominic. “I can post assignments and video lessons, and they answer questions within the video.” She’s set up virtual office hours via Zoom video conferencing so she can interact with students face-to-face. St. Louis Review
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St. Dominic High School senior Ryan Monahan ’20 received Honorable Mention for the Missouri Scholars 100, a statewide program that honors Missouri’s top academic students in the graduating class of 2020.
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Due to the spread of the coronavirus, students and teachers are taking on the challenge of distance learning in the most creative ways possible. Crusader Nation News
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A house system: it may sound like Harry Potter fiction, but for St. Dominic High School, it's an exciting reality.
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“I want them to be confident in sharing the faith,” St. Dominic religion teacher Denise Bossert said, “and when they hit something they don’t know, to be comfortable enough to say, ‘I don’t know the answer to that, but I know where I can find it.’” St. Louis Review
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Nearly 200 St. Dominic students participated in the 2020 March for Life in Washington, DC. Crusader Nation News
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“Even though someone might be different from you or dealing with hard circumstances, service can give you a way to show love to them,” said senior Alyssa Buchheit, St. Dominic’s 2020 Martin Luther King, Jr. Model of Justice Award recipient. St. Louis Review
