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In fulfillment of Christian Outreach’s mission to serve others in the community, its class of Savio students embarked on a weekend mission trip to Rockport, Texas. Hosted by the Hands of Hope organization, the group spent three nights by the coast working hard to aid those affected by the recent hurricanes and natural disasters.

The class split into groups and traveled from site to site throughout the city, acting as the faithful hands of God. Each day consisted of various physical activities that brought the Christian Outreach students into encounters with new people, faiths, and stories. Among their many activities, they worked at construction sites, loaded trailers with debris and trash from condemned homes, carried drywall off flooded property, and restored an overgrown plot of land.

Every work site presented new challenges that were met with conviction and eagerness by the hard-working students, who refused to take no for an answer. While the student volunteers wielded sledgehammers, shears, and their own hands, the recipients of their work responded with abundant gratitude. Despite the efforts that have already taken place in the area, many properties remain filled with piles of trash and building material.

Many of those piles are now removed and owners are able to continue in their hard process of rebuilding their lives after the terrible storms. Hands of Hope and other organizations hosting volunteers are making strides in aiding those that can receive no help from others. The Savio students returned home with greater respect for relief services and a passion to act as Christ’s hands in their community.

"Traveling with a team of people eager to explore and serve was an incredible atmosphere to be immersed in. Even greater were the encounters with new faces that welcomed us to our various tasks. After helping a woman and her husband remove a pile of drywall from their yard, we were introduced to their story of hardship. Despite the terrible difficulties they continue to struggle through, the woman embraced each of us and thanked us for the ways in which we were improving her relationship with God. She told us that initially, they viewed their challenges shallowly and with much frustration, however after meeting the stream of people who volunteered their time to help her, she was filled with so much thanksgiving for the tragedy that resulted in the people God was sending them. This beautiful understanding of the mystery in which our faith works was an enormous inspiration to how I desire to serve," said Trinity Garcia, a Junior in the Christian Outreach class. 

St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School is located in northwest Austin, Texas, in an active and thriving community. Savio is a college preparatory school, to prepare young men and women to become faith-filled, visionary and inspirational leaders in service to the Church and the world. St. Dominic Savio offers a faith experience that encourages students to reach their full potential as caring, conscientious, and moral servant leaders. The vision is "Forming Servant Leaders in the Image of Christ." For any questions, please contact the Director of Communications, Cristina Almanza, by email: calmanza@saviochs.org.

Savio Receives 2nd place Overall at 6A TAPPS Academic State Championship Meet

In our first year of competing as a 6A school, St Dominic Savio captured 2nd place overall in the TAPPS Academic State Championship.  Savio won a total of 21 medals across 11 different events, with 12 different Savio students earning an award. Students earned school points by placing in the top 8 of an event.  There are no grade divisions and all 6A schools in the state can send 3 entries per event.  In addition to our overall 2nd place, Savio also won the award for earning the most Academic event points.

Individuals placing at the State meet are shown below:

Current Events: Brendan Miles – 1st, Matthew Reysa – 4th

Number Sense: Jonathan Shoemaker – 1st, Jessica Shoemaker – 5th, Ben Hoang – 6th

Calculator: Jonathan Shoemaker – 1st, Ben Hoang – 4th, Jessica Shoemaker – 5th

Advanced Math: Jonathan Shoemaker – 1st, Matthew Meskill – 5th

TAPPS Math: Jessica Shoemaker – 1st, Johnny Miri – 8th

Spanish: Diego Yanez – 2nd, Isabella Serrano-Ayala – 7th

Prose Interpretation: Caitlin McCauslin – 3rd

Ready Writing:  Katie Miri – 5th, Johnny Miri – 8th

Science: Jonathan Shoemaker – 5th

Social Studies: Alexander Lacayo – 6th(t), Johnny Miri – 6th(t)

Spelling: Katie Miri – 6th

Poetry:  Lily Hallum and Micah Santos – Semifinalists

Original Oratory: Caitlin McCauslin – Semifinalist

Jonathan Shoemaker was awarded a plaque for being the top overall individual scorer in the tournament.

Congratulations to all participants!

St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School is located in northwest Austin, Texas, in an active and thriving community. Savio is a college preparatory school, to prepare young men and women to become faith-filled, visionary and inspirational leaders in service to the Church and the world. St. Dominic Savio offers a faith experience that encourages students to reach their full potential as caring, conscientious, and moral servant leaders. The vision is "Forming Servant Leaders in the Image of Christ." For any questions, please contact the Director of Communications, Cristina Almanza, by email: calmanza@saviochs.org.

The Savio Speech and Academic Team recently traveled to Temple to compete against 15 schools from across the state at The Third Annual Shamrock Tournament at Holy Trinity Catholic High School.  Students placed in a variety of Speech and Academic Events.  Way to go Eagles!

Academic Events

Number Sense: Jessica Shoemaker - 1st, Ben Hoang - 2nd

Calculator: Ben Hoang - 1st, Jessica Shoemaker - 2nd

TAPPS Math: Jessica Shoemaker - 1st

Advanced Math: Ben Hoang - 3rd

Literary Criticism: Jessica Shoemaker - 7th

Speech Events

Original Oratory: Caitlin McCauslin - 2nd, Adrian Gonzales - 8th

Prose Interpretation: Caitlin McCauslin -2nd, Lily Halum - 5th, Tanya Brouse - Semifinalist

Poetry Interpretation: Micah Santos – 6th, Evangelina McCabe - Semifinalist

Duet Acting: Evangelina McCabe and Lily Hallum - 5th; Caitlin McCauslin and Michael Snyder - 6th

St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School is located in northwest Austin, Texas, in an active and thriving community. Savio is a college preparatory school, to prepare young men and women to become faith-filled, visionary and inspirational leaders in service to the Church and the world. St. Dominic Savio offers a faith experience that encourages students to reach their full potential as caring, conscientious, and moral servant leaders. The vision is "Forming Servant Leaders in the Image of Christ." For any questions, please contact the Director of Communications, Cristina Almanza, by email: calmanza@saviochs.org.

The St. Dominic Savio Eagles varsity baseball team began district play on Tuesday, April 2nd with a challenging victory 10-7 over St. Mary’s Hall! The Eagles fell behind initially but rallied with 10 runs in the 5th inning, taking the lead and ultimately winning the game.

The Eagle offense was led by Matthew Rabaey and Gabe Phipps, each collecting multiple hits. Thomas White took over pitching duties for the Eagles in relief in the first inning and threw 6 strong 2/3 innings before giving way to Josh Stewart who pitched a scoreless 7th inning to collect the save.

On Saturday, April 6th the baseball team went on the road to face the Barons of St. Mary's and got a win in game 1, and scored 10-8. Matthew Diteresa pitched a solid game going 6 1/3 innings. Josh Stewart got the save throwing 1 2/3 innings. The Eagles batted some tough outs, but made this series Savio's to have!

During the second game on Saturday, there were many great efforts made by Tucker Martinez keeping the score a close one.

The Eagles next home game will be Saturday, April 13th, when they host Central Catholic for a doubleheader.

St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School is located in northwest Austin, Texas, in an active and thriving community. Savio is a college preparatory school, to prepare young men and women to become faith-filled, visionary and inspirational leaders in service to the Church and the world. St. Dominic Savio offers a faith experience that encourages students to reach their full potential as caring, conscientious, and moral servant leaders. The vision is "Forming Servant Leaders in the Image of Christ." For any questions, please contact the Director of Communications, Cristina Almanza, by email: calmanza@saviochs.org.

On Friday, March 15th, Savio hosted their third blood drive with We Are Blood. We Are Blood is a non-profit organization that gives blood donations to many hospitals around Austin. This event was coordinated by Christian Outreach leadership member, Senior Catherine Burkhart. There were 37 potential blood donors and Savio was able to donate 31 pints of blood to assist We Are Blood. There were three people that were able to donate a double red blood cell count. This year, the Blood Drive was held in the gym to help with visibility and promote the event.

St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School is located in northwest Austin, Texas, in an active and thriving community. Savio is a college preparatory school, to prepare young men and women to become faith-filled, visionary and inspirational leaders in service to the Church and the world. St. Dominic Savio offers a faith experience that encourages students to reach their full potential as caring, conscientious, and moral servant leaders. The vision is "Forming Servant Leaders in the Image of Christ." For any questions, please contact the Director of Communications, Cristina Almanza, by email: calmanza@saviochs.org.

The Savio Softball team played at the Savio Home field on Tuesday, April 2nd. The Eagles won a close victory of 5-4 against St. Mary's Hall from San Antonio, Texas. 

Sophomore, Elle Brannam, pitched a strong game and played a solid defense in the Eagles victory.  There were many occasions for the Lady Eagles to have timely hitting and effective, offensive execution from sophomores Elle Brannam, Georgia Brown and Isabella Rivera. All Lady Eagles gave the game their all and carried the team to a walk-off seventh-inning rally to win the game! Go Lady Eagles!

St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School is located in northwest Austin, Texas, in an active and thriving community. Savio is a college preparatory school, to prepare young men and women to become faith-filled, visionary and inspirational leaders in service to the Church and the world. St. Dominic Savio offers a faith experience that encourages students to reach their full potential as caring, conscientious, and moral servant leaders. The vision is "Forming Servant Leaders in the Image of Christ." For any questions, please contact the Director of Communications, Cristina Almanza, by email: calmanza@saviochs.org.