Welcome
Thank you for your interest in Dowling Catholic High School. With a history dating back more than 100 years, we are committed to serving the Greater Des Moines Catholic community and families of all faiths.
Dowling Catholic High School is committed to providing our students with an excellent college prep curriculum, in a safe, welcoming and faith-filled environment. Our students are surrounded by faculty and staff who are invested in their academic, social, and spiritual growth. DCHS provides students with the opportunity to become involved in a variety of extracurricular activities, ranging from the arts and athletics to leisure and service clubs. We hope you will explore all that we have to offer at Dowling Catholic.
Dowling Catholic High School is committed to providing our students with an excellent college prep curriculum, in a safe, welcoming and faith-filled environment. Our students are surrounded by faculty and staff who are invested in their academic, social, and spiritual growth. DCHS provides students with the opportunity to become involved in a variety of extracurricular activities, ranging from the arts and athletics to leisure and service clubs. We hope you will explore all that we have to offer at Dowling Catholic.
The application process for the 2025 - 2026 school year is open!
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Application Process for Transfer Students
The Des Moines Region Catholic School Corporation’s (the “Region”), Catholic schools, under the aegis of the Bishop, state that all of the Region’s Catholic schools admit students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the schools. These schools do not discriminate on the basis of race, age, disability, color, and national or ethnic origin in the administration of their educational policies, employment practices, scholarship and loan programs, athletic or other school-administered programs. The employment relationship between the Region and its employees is governed by canon law as well as civil law. As religious institutions, nothing in the Iowa Code and this policy shall be construed as prohibiting the Region’s Catholic schools from imposing qualifications based on religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity when such qualifications are related to a bona fide religious purpose. In addition, schools shall comply with the anti-bullying/anti-harassment laws of the state of Iowa, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act as such may apply to the Region’s Catholic schools.
