St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School
Private, coeducational school in Austin, Williamson County, Texas, United States
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]
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 20, 2008 [2] with construction to occur in three phases. The first phase has capacity for 350 students, but when fully built out St. 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
St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School, which is named for the Catholic saint, opened to incoming 9th and 10th graders on August 31, 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
St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School is a college preparatory diocesan high school.[4] Over 40 PreAP, AP, and dual-enrollment courses are offered.[5]
Athletics
St. Dominic Savio competes in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, fielding varsity teams in the following sports:[6]
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cheerleading
- Cross Country
- Football
- Golf
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track
- Volleyball
Academics and Fine arts
Saint Dominic Savio has an active fine arts program which includes annual performances of plays and musicals.[7] It also competes in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools in Music and Art. In 2011, 2012, and 2013 Dominic Savio won the TAPPS 3A State Music championship.[8] All of their large instrumental ensembles and four of their five choirs qualified for the state competition:[9]
- Savio Symphony Orchestra
- Savio Concert Band
- Savio Strings
- Savio Jazz Ensemble
- Savio Faith Choir
- Savio Show Choir
Saint Dominic Savio was TAPPS 5A overall Academic and Speech champions in 2017, 2018 and 2023.[10][11]
References
- ^ "Contact and Directions". St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School. Retrieved on October 31st, 2019.
- ^ "Groundbreaking of new Catholic high school".
- ^ "Plans progress for new Catholic high school".
- ^ "Official St. Dominic Savio High School web site".
- ^ "St. Dominic Savio Academics".
- ^ "St. Dominic Savio Athletics".
- ^ "Savio Fine Arts".
- ^ "TAPPS State Music Results".
- ^ "Savio Music Ensembles Advance to State".
- ^ "TAPPS Academics Speech results 2018".
- ^ "TAPPS Academics Speech results 2023".
External links
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin
- St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School
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Education in Williamson County, Texas
Public high schools
- Florence High
- East View
- Georgetown High
- Granger Junior-Senior High
- Hutto High
- Jarrell High
- Cedar Park
- Glenn
- Leander
- Rouse
- Vista Ridge
- Other schools are in Travis County
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- Taylor High
Independent schools
high schools
- Hill Country Christian School
- Round Rock Christian Academy
- St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School
- Summit Christian Academy (part)
Tertiary
colleges
- Austin Community College District (most areas)
- Central Texas College (for Florence ISD)
- Temple Junior College District (for Granger, Hutto, Taylor, and Thrall ISDs)
- Blinn Junior College District (for Lexington ISD)
Coupland ISD does not operate any high schools.
Some school districts have boundaries extending into other counties.
Bartlett ISD, Burnet CISD, Lexington ISD, Pflugerville ISD, and Thorndale ISD serve sections of Williamson County but operate no schools there.
Some school districts have boundaries extending into other counties.
Bartlett ISD, Burnet CISD, Lexington ISD, Pflugerville ISD, and Thorndale ISD serve sections of Williamson County but operate no schools there.
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