St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School

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St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School
Address
St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School
9300 Neenah Avenue

Austin
,
Williamson County
,
Texas
78717

United States
Coordinates 30°29′19″N97°45′37″W / 30.48861°N 97.76028°W / 30.48861; -97.76028
Information
School type Private, Coeducational Catholic
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s) Dominic Savio
Established2009
PresidentTimothy Cullen
Grades 9–12
Enrollment412 (September 2019)
Classes offeredAcademic, Pre-AP, and AP
Hours in school day8
Color(s) Navy and gold   
Athletics conference TAPPS
MascotEagle
Team nameEagles
RivalSt. Michael’s Catholic Academy
Tuition$12,100/$13,200
Website 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 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]

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]

Saint Dominic Savio was TAPPS 5A overall Academic and Speech champions in 2017, 2018 and 2023. [10] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Contact and Directions". St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School. Retrieved on October 31st, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Groundbreaking of new Catholic high school".
  3. ↑ "Plans progress for new Catholic high school".
  4. ↑ "Official St. Dominic Savio High School web site".
  5. ↑ "St. Dominic Savio Academics".
  6. ↑ "St. Dominic Savio Athletics".
  7. ↑ "Savio Fine Arts".
  8. ↑ "TAPPS State Music Results".
  9. ↑ "Savio Music Ensembles Advance to State".
  10. ↑ "TAPPS Academics Speech results 2018".
  11. ↑ "TAPPS Academics Speech results 2023".
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