Villa Duchesne offers a wide variety of co-curricular opportunities designed to develop leadership skills, the ability to understand complex social issues and strengthen a sense of community. These opportunities also provide outlets for interests and talents not always covered in course work.

Grades 9-12

Grades 7 & 8

• Campus Ministry
• COCA Theatre
• Intramural Sports
• Show Choir
• Speech Team
• Student Council

Highlights

• Villa’s Show Choir, “A Touch of Class,” has been nationally recognized at the Heritage Music Festival, winning awards for Outstanding Show Choir as well as Outstanding Choral Program.

• 74% of Villa students in grades 7-12 are enrolled in creative and performing arts classes. The Thespian Society currently has 25 actively involved members who attend the Missouri State Thespian Conference.

• Villa’s Diversity Club sponsored its sixth annual Diversity Night last February. Students gathered to celebrate our differences. Tables overflowed with a variety of international foods provided by Villa students and faculty. Dinner was followed by international entertainment.

• The seventh and eighth grade speech team participated in the Bellarmine Speech League Meet several times a year. Their outstanding performances have received consistently high marks and enthusiastic responses from the judges.