St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic high school located in northern

Austin Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...

, Texas, United States. The school, a part of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin The Diocese of Austin ( la, Dioecesis Austiniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church comprising 25 counties of Central Texas in the United States. The diocese includes 123 parishes and missions and six ...

, opened in August 2009. It is administered by the diocese.

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 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 Dominic Savio ( it, Domenico Savio; 2 April 1842 – 9 March 1857) was an Italian student of John Bosco. He was studying to be a priest when he became ill and died at the age of 14, possibly from pleurisy. He was noted for his piety and devotio ...

, 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. The 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. Over 40 PreAP, AP, and dual-enrollment courses are offered.

Athletics

St. Dominic Savio competes in the

Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools The Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, or TAPPS, is an organization headquartered in the Lone Star Tower at Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas. It was formerly headquartered at the Salado Civic Center in Salado, Texas. Foun ...

, fielding varsity teams in the following sports: *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. It also competes in the

in Music and Art. In 2011, 2012, and 2013 Dominic Savio won the TAPPS 3A State Music championship. All of their large instrumental ensembles and four of their five choirs qualified for the state competition: * 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.

References

External links

Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin

St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School
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