St. Dominic's Catholic School for Girls, Boksburg

At St Dominic's we strive to provide our pupils with a special education embracing not only excellent academic instruction but also sound Christian values and principles, which we believe form the basis of mature and responsible adulthood. Before you consider committing your daughter to our care, We would like to share with you the ethos of St Dominic's.

As a Catholic School, St Dominic's is dedicated to the development of the whole person since all human values find their fulfillment and unity in Christ. These values must pervade the whole atmosphere and ethos of the school. This transmission takes place through formal lessons but we always bear in mind that "values are caught, and not taught".

As a school, we have the responsibility of highlighting the skills our learners are going to need to be employable in the modern 4th to 5th Industrial Revolution. St Dominic's has unpacked and introduced new concepts and skills that will prepare your children for the future work environment. Our focus is on collaboration, presentation, coding, robotics, being more human, ethics and critical thinking.

Children have a natural thirst for learning and our excellent staff team is committed and dedicated to ensuring that each and every child achieves. We have high standards and we expect the best.

The philosophy of St Dominic’s is to create an ethos of learning where the growth and development of the whole person is a priority. We believe that the potential of each pupil is realised in an environment where space is provided for the creative expression of the individual.

St Dominic’s strives to provide a community environment where we witness to Gospel Values, especially the values of justice, love, truth and respect for the dignity of each person.

We recognise that parents are the first and foremost educators of their children and that each girl in our school has been and will continue to be socialised and educated into the family’s culture and ways of living. We deeply respect this and appeal to parents to work with us, not against us. We encourage parents to give us their trust and co-operation, to support the various activities of school life including the expression of our lived faith in our liturgies, in our outreach to the poor and the weak, and in collaboration with us as part of the school community.

All teachers are expected to embody our philosophy in their lives and in their professional relationships. They are expected to participate in all the aspects of our school life: religious, social and academic, and to view teaching as a Christian ministry.

In respect of learners, we are committed to providing opportunities for them to experience God in the wonders of Creation, in the learning situation and in the service of others. We undertake to prepare them through creative academic training towards a vocational view of life. Moreover we endeavour to develop a critical sense and a courageous ardour which will enable them to challenge injustice and forces which threaten human life.

As a school community we celebrate the sacredness of all life and endeavour to develop fully the potential of what it means to be a person. We try to do all this within the framework of the Incarnation.

The benefits of an all-girls school are evident in the fact that girls are always at centre stage. Of necessity they participate, take charge and get involved. Girls have to be independent at an all-girls school. They are critical thinkers, self-starters, able learners and contributing team players.
Your daughters will be entering a world of work where the jobs they will be doing have not yet been invented and solving problems we cannot imagine.

Confident young women are more likely to embrace the skills needed for this unknown world. Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and author of 'Lean In', believes that women fundamentally lack confidence in themselves.

How does an all-girls school develop confidence in young women?
The National Coalition of Girls’ Schools which has this to say:

“In Girls' schoools, time in the classroom is spent learning. They teach girls that there is enormous potential and power in being a girl. At a girls’ school, a girl occupies every role: every part in the play and every position on every team and is asked to answer every question. Not only does she have a wealth of avenues for self-exploration and development: she also has a wealth of peer role models.”

At St Dominic’s we work hard at developing self-confidence in our young women: spiritually and morally, academically, on the sports field, in cultural activities and in our leadership programmes.

We adore our learners, but we are also mindful of the road they must travel. We strive to equip your daughters with the skills that will be essential to 21 Century learning.

In nurturing our young women, we encourage a growth mindset – a “you can do this” attitude.

No dream is too big, and no ceiling is too high. This is our wish for your daughters.