DNA Day at Lowell Catholic High School
by Hannah Espinola, SNHS Vice President, Grade 12
Here at Lowell Catholic, we love celebrating DNA day. Since DNA Day 2025 fell during our spring break, we've decided to celebrate a little early this year! Our SNHS chapter met and decided that we not only wanted to host a school-wide nucleotide craft activity, but also create a life-sized DNA molecule!
In years past, we’ve celebrated DNA Day with a craft activity, and this year, a few of our members were eager to bring that tradition back. We wanted this year’s nucleotide craft activity to involve everyone at our school — not just the high schoolers.
To kick things off, each SNHS member was assigned to a classroom or advisory group, where they led a fun and creative session. Every student colored and personalized their own nucleotide. Afterward, the SNHS members collected the finished nucleotides, took them home to cut and assemble, and then returned with long strands ready to build our giant DNA model.
Later that week, a few members stayed after school to decorate our science building with these gorgeous creations. We hung the strands on our Christmas trees and wrapped them around the pillars in our lobby. Just as DNA is made up of many essential pieces, so too is our LC family — each student an important part of the whole. It was a wonderful way to show that our school wouldn’t be the same without every single one of us. Plus, it was so much fun to have our entire community, even the elementary students, take part in the DNA Day celebration!
But we didn’t stop there. Our SNHS team decided to take it a step further and launch a second project for DNA Day. Inspired to create something even bigger and more memorable than our nucleotide garlands, we dreamed up a bold new idea: a life-sized DNA molecule!
Several SNHS members, who also run our engineering club, volunteered to lead the charge. They met after school to brainstorm and design the project, coming up with a plan that involved using pool noodles, wooden dowels, and a coat rack to bring their vision to life. After weeks of careful planning and teamwork, the result was a colorful, six-foot-tall DNA sculpture — a true masterpiece and a vibrant expression of our love for DNA at Lowell Catholic!