St Dominic's Chishawasha Secondary School was founded by the Dominican Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1898. The school is still currently run by the Dominican sisters.
The school was established as a sister school to St.Ignatius College Chishawasha which is run by the Catholic Jesuit Priests. It was instituted as a secondary school in 1967.
The school Motto is Veritas which is a Latin term for truth, and is the motto of the Dominican Sisters. The school badge has a black and white crest which has the cross and the school motto Veritas on the top.