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This artist’s rendering shows the completed Center for the Sciences at St. Dominic High School.
St. Dominic High School began construction on its 42,000-sq.ft. Center for the Sciences addition in a groundbreaking ceremony on Oct. 27. Extending from the school’s current main entrance, the Center for the Sciences will provide a state-of-the-art learning environment and accommodate projected student enrollment growth.
“We are blessed that St. Dominic High School is in a position of strength,” said St. Dominic President Mr. Jim Welby. “We see the Center for the Sciences as a beacon of light for Catholic secondary education in St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren Counties, as well as the Archdiocese of St. Louis.”
St. Dominic High School is home to 840 students, the largest enrollment in the school’s 91-year history. With facilities currently at capacity, the physical growth of the school will enable St. Dominic to welcome up to 1,000 students in the future.
Scheduled to open in early 2022, the Center for the Sciences features nine laboratories for biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, computer science, forensics and biomedical sciences, including a zSpace virtual and augmented reality lab. These laboratories will support St. Dominic’s STEM curriculum, which includes all three strands of Project Lead the Way: computer science, engineering and biomedical sciences.
“The Center for the Sciences will directly benefit every student at St. Dominic High School,” said St. Dominic Principal Stacy Stewart. “From standard college-prep courses through advanced STEM studies, these state-of-the-art facilities will support each student’s career exploration and academic growth.”
In addition to these STEM labs, the Center for the Sciences includes a broadcast journalism studio and new campus ministry center. A new entry atrium and student collaboration space will welcome students, faculty and guests to St. Dominic High School.
This $6 million addition is the centerpiece of Called to Lead: The Campaign for St. Dominic High School. An earlier phase of the campaign funded an expansion of St. Dominic’s campus to provide a private entry drive and visibility from Interstate 70.
“Called to Lead is about much more than bricks and mortar,” Welby said. “It’s about strengthening our commitment to educating with a higher purpose. With the addition of the Center for the Sciences, St. Dominic High School will continue to provide exceptional spiritual, academic, athletic, artistic and social opportunities to the young men and women who enter our building as freshmen and leave as well-prepared and well-formed graduates.”
