St. Dominic School

We chose St. Dominic School for its strong Christian & faith based program & outstanding academic history! We have been extremely pleased! Some of our children had speech issues & other special needs & each one has been accommodated without question! The class sizes are perfect & the children get to be involved in incredible public speaking occasions which I know they wouldn't get in the public system! There is excellent communication from both the teachers & administration! As a parent you never have to guess what is going on!
--Submitted by a parent

I am a parent of three alumni and current teacher at St. Dominic School. I admire the many parents who are dedicated to provide a Catholic education to their children. There is no better gift. The children who graduate from our school are consistently of high quality in academic achievement, respectfulness, maturity, and self-control. Beyond those important qualities, they also seem to have an understanding and dedication to their Catholic faith that I don't see in most of their Catholic peers who have not attended our school. Give St. Dominic School a try. My daughter who is in Graduate School still says it was the best educational experience she has had to date. My high school and middle school daughters agree.
--Submitted by a teacher

This school is growing! We are so excited about the future of St. Dominic's! Our children are early in their elementary grades and we are so happy that the school will be open for the youngest one to graduate from 5th grade and for many more families to follow us! I think the scare of Administration almost closing the school 2 years ago turned out to be a good thing for the school - it made us appreciate and invest in this great school in the Kingsport community. Maybe we will be lucky and they will expand to higher grade-levels by the time our children are ready for 6th grade??
--Submitted by a parent

This is the start of our third year at St. Dominic School. Our kids love it. They actually look forward to going to school. The teachers are outstanding and the low student to teacher ratio can't be beat. The national standardize test scores are consistently above the 90th percentile and we've really enjoyed the committment of the other families.
--Submitted by a parent

Our child attended St. Dominic for over a year. The teachers are very good and truly care about their students. Every morning starts with prayer, and the children attend Mass at least twice per week. The parents of the school are very involved and supportive. The biggest problem with the school is its principal, who is not a strong leader nor very receptive or insightful about constructive criticism. Not sure she truly understands child development. At times other staff members were not very responsive to parent concerns. The classes are very small, which is good for some children but challenging for others. Communication, especially with the principal, was a big problem. It was not a good match for our family. After transitioning to public school we have found that our child is more challenged academically in the public school system.
--Submitted by a parent

We chose St. Dominic for our children because reinforcing Christian values, particulary how we respect and treat ourselves and others, is important to us especially in the foundational elementary school years. This is a gift we are giving our children that will last a lifetime. The teachers are top notch, academics are excellent, and enrichment classes like gym, art, music are great and taught twice weekly I was worried that the small class size would limit my child'ren's social development, but they told me "Mommy, all the kids in the school are our friends!" and I knew that the kids at St. Dominic don't recognize the boundaries of class-grade. Regular interaction with kids of all grades in the school is a unique element of mature social development. We are thrilled with our school choice.
--Submitted by a parent

Our three children are recent graduates of this top notch school. Upon entering the public middle school, they were automatically placed in the advanced classes and asked to be part of the Natural Helpers Program. This is a credit to St. Dominic School's reputation in our community for its advanced curriculum and the importance it places on values, manners, and self-discipline.
--Submitted by a parent

We transferred our daughter to St. Dominic School this year from one of the public elementary schools in Kingsport. The smaller class size and more rigorous program is perfect for our daughter. The teachers and staff are wonderful. In addition, to the core academics, they have art, music, gym, health, choir, keyboarding, library, and religion classes.
--Submitted by a parent

If you want your children to go to a great school with a supportive, caring staff and small class to teacher ratio, check out St. Dominics. The proof is in the pudding, one glance at the older kids who attend there and their polite, attentive attitude toward the younger kids who go
--Submitted by a parent