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Our Sister Schools

St. Joseph School

Estd.-1875

In 1875 Fr. Nieuwenhuis requested the Prioress of Voorschoten, Holland, to send some sisters to St. Maarten to help with Catholic education. This request was not granted. Fr. Onderwater repeated that request and finally the Prioress decided to send six sisters to St. Maarten.

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Sister Regina Primary School

Estd.-1890

Sister Regina was the first prioress of the Sisters of the Dominican Order on St. Maarten. Sister Regina arrived on the island in 1890. She was a pioneer of Catholic education on St. Maarten. In 1897, Sunday school was started in the then newly built church in Simpson Bay.

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Sister Borgia Elementary School

Estd.-1978

Ms. Charlotte Johanna Wilhelmina Linskens was born on November 1, 1912 in Holland. Her convent name was Sister Borgia. Sr. Borgia arrived on St. Maarten in August of 1964 and became principal of the St. Joseph School. Sr. Borgia became directress of the Pastoor Nieuwenhuis MAVO. She was known to be an excellent teacher.

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Sr. Magda Primary School

Estd.-1978

The Sister Magda Primary School was founded in August 1978. Mr. Wim Scheerder was the founding principal.  The school was named after Sister Magda, a Dominican nun who spends 9 years of her life teaching in the Windward Islands.

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St. Dominic Primary School

Estd.-1987

Taking the interest of the future of St. Maarten into consideration, Mr. Voges, superintendent of the Foundation of Catholic Education, proposed to establish a new school with English as the language of instruction in all groups of the school. This was accepted by the School board in their meeting of June 1987.

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Sr. Marie Laurence Primary School

Estd.-1988

The Sister Marie Laurence School was founded in 1988. Six groups of the St. Joseph school were designated as the new Sister Marie Laurence Primary School, named after the reverend sister who served Catholic Education on Sint Maarten for so many years.

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The school was a vision of the Foundation for Catholic Education and St. Dominic Primary School parents, to provide faith-based secondary education where the language of instruction was English.

School History

1994
1996
21st-century
1994

Catholic education started on the Island of St. Maarten
The school was a vision of the Foundation for Catholic Education and St. Dominic Primary School parents, to provide faith-based secondary education where the language of instruction was English. Under the name St. Dominic Secondary School, the first classes 7A and 7B began in August of 1994 with 32 students sharing space with the St. Dominic Primary School.
Eventually, with the dynamic efforts of parents and students and the “Buy a Block” campaign to assist in the construction of a separate building, four classrooms were built. The school’s first principal was Mrs. Judith Halley who was also the principal of the St. Dominic Primary School.

1996

In 1996, the school transitioned to the CXC-CSEC curriculum under the guidance of Mrs. Jacintha “Jane” Buncamper who became the second principal. At this time, the school’s name became what it is recognized as today – St. Dominic High School.Highlights of St. Dominic high School through the years include being first government subsidized IB Diploma Programme school in the Caribbean, creating the Emilio Wilson Teens group who cleaned and cultivated an area of the park, starting the Grow It, to Give It school farm in order to donate the sweet potatoes harvested to the White and Yellow Cross, implementing the Form 4 Annual Senior Citizen Christmas Lunch, having a 24-hour Lesson-thon, launching of the Student Government Organization.

21st-century

We are proud of the efforts of our parents, families and teachers who continue to sacrifice in difficult economic times, made worst by the Covid-19 pandemic, to ensure that our children are prepared to take their place in a global world as 21st-century learners. These efforts have resulted in our classrooms being equipped with interactive whiteboards, projectors, and desktop netbooks shared throughout the grades, and a computer lab and new library. In 2021, we have subscribed to an online library called JSTOR. These tools, coupled with the experience and expertise of our dedicated faculty, have enabled our children to earn many scholarships and awards – building a firm foundation high school and International Baccalaureate (IB) level.
The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) is an assessed programme for students aged 16 to 19. St. Dominic joined the IB programme since 07 April, 2010. IB is respected by leading universities across the globe. The aim of all IB programmes is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world. As IB learners, we strive to be: inquirers, knowledgeable, thinkers, communicators, principled, open-minded, caring, risk-takers, balanced and reflective.

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