- St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School
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St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School Address 9300 Neenah Avenue
Austin, Texas, (Williamson County), 78717
United StatesCoordinates 30°29′19″N 97°45′37″W / 30.48861°N 97.76028°WCoordinates: 30°29′19″N 97°45′37″W / 30.48861°N 97.76028°W Information Motto Faith. Scholarship. Witness. Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic Patron saint(s) Dominic Savio Opened Fall 2009 Principal Kevin J. Calkins Grades 9–12 Enrollment 281 (September 2011) Color(s) Blue and Gold Athletics conference TAPPS Team name Eagles Tuition $8,460 Website http://www.saviochs.org St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic high school located in northern Austin, Texas, United States. The school, a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin, opened in August 2009. It is administered by the diocese.[1]
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History
After the closure of Austin's only diocesan Catholic high school in 1972, a private Catholic high school, Saint Michael's Catholic Academy, was built in 1984. In 2002 a second Catholic High School, San Juan Diego Catholic High School, was established by the diocese to serve low income students in Austin. With both located in southern Austin, and no Catholic high school to serve the fast growing northern part of the metropolitan area, pressure had grown to start a new high school. Groundbreaking was April 20th, 2008 [2] with construction to occur in three phases. The first phase has capacity for 350 students, but when fully built out Dominic Savio High School will be one of the largest private schools in the area. The high school is named after Saint Dominic Savio, the youngest non-martyr ever canonized.
Background
Dominic Savio High School, which is named for the Catholic saint, opened to incoming 9th and 10th graders on August 31st, 2009.[3] The 45-acre (180,000 m2) campus is located in north Austin and is the first Catholic high school, and one of the few private high schools, in rapidly growing Williamson County.
Curriculum
Dominic Savio is a college preparatory diocesan high school[4] [5] with an emphasis on the STEM fields (Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics).
Athletics
Dominic Savio competes in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, fielding varsity teams in the following sports:
- Football
- Cheerleading
- Baseball
- Softball
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Soccer
- Track
- Volleyball
Fine Arts
Dominic Savio has an active fine arts program which includes annual performances of plays and musicals[6]. In addition it also competes in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools in Music and Art. In 2011, Dominic Savio won the TAPPS 3A State Music championship [7]. All of their large instrumental ensembles and four of their five choirs qualified for the state competition[8] :
- Savio Symphony Orchestra
- Savio Concert Band
- Savio Strings
- Savio Jazz Ensemble
- Savio Madrigal Singers
- Savio Faith Choir
- Savio Mixed Choir
- Savio Show Choir
References
- ^ "Contact Information." St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School. Retrieved on March 25, 2009.
- ^ "Groundbreaking of new Catholic high school". http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=206332.
- ^ "Plans progress for new Catholic high school". http://www.austindiocese.org/newsletter_article_view.php?id=2588.
- ^ "Official St. Dominic Savio High School web site". http://www.saviochs.org.
- ^ "Austin Diocese St. Dominic Savio High School campaign site". http://www.austindiocese.org/stdominicsaviohighschool.php.
- ^ "Savio Fine Arts". http://saviochs.org/school-life/fine-performing-arts/.
- ^ "TAPPS State Music Results". http://tapps.net/PastChampions_Records.html.
- ^ "Savio Music Ensembles Advance to State". http://saviochs.org/2011/03/music-department-advances-to-state/.
External links
Categories:- Texas school stubs
- High schools in Austin, Texas
- Roman Catholic secondary schools in Texas
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