About Dominican High School
Our MissionDominican High School provides young adults with a co-educational Catholic college-preparatory experience based on the teachings of Jesus. Our faith-driven school community fosters spirituality and creativity, respects uniqueness and diversity, and encourages intellectual, social, physical and artistic development. We commission our students to develop a heightened sense of social responsibility and respect for human dignity based on the values articulated by the Sinsinawa Dominicans: Truth, Compassion, Justice, Community and Partnership.
Our Teachers
Dominican High School teachers are committed to helping our students achieve academic excellence, personal integrity, and lifelong learning. Our teachers are dedicated to using their professional expertise to design creative, meaningful learning experiences that open each student's eyes to the greater community and model Catholic values.
"We seek to lead by example, forming ethical and effective relationships with educational colleagues. The ideal of our chosen vocation, to "teach as Jesus did," is united with our desire to advance the field of education with professionals from other learning institutions.
Our service to each individual student is an investment in our local and global community -
And an affirmation of our faith in the Kingdom of God."
- Adopted by the Dominican High School Faculty, January 2004
Our service to each individual student is an investment in our local and global community -
And an affirmation of our faith in the Kingdom of God."
- Adopted by the Dominican High School Faculty, January 2004
Our Students
Dominican's diverse student body comes from over fifty grade schools and pulls from four counties in southeastern Wisconsin. With an enrollment of just under 300 students, Dominican is able to offer students personalized attention and a student to teacher ratio of just 13:1. Over 98% of students that graduate from Dominican High School pursue higher education. The Class of 2011 surpassed all previous Dominican records for scholarship offers, earning a collective $7.4 million from colleges and universities nationwide. Recent Dominican graduates have continued their education at prestigious schools such as: United State Air Force Academy, Boston College, University of Chicago, Case Western Reserve University, Fordham University, Marquette University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, MIT, United States Naval Academy, Northwestern University, Notre Dame University, Purdue University, Stanford University, West Point, Xavier University, and Yale University.
Our Shield
The Dominican High School shield is depicted in four separate angular shapes. The void areas that intersect represent a cross. The center portion of the cross extends upward, supporting the flame. The exterior shape and the line splitting the shield vertically represent an open book. It is said that St. Dominic, the youngest of three boys, was to follows his father's footsteps as a soldier. Instead, his mother the Blessed Jane of Aza put a book in his hands. This symbol of knowledge inspired his desire for the priesthood. The arch on the inner top area of the shield reflects the architecture on the front exterior of Dominican High School, and the circular white area beyond the arch's border represents the world in which we serve our brothers and sisters in Christ.
