SHAPING YOUNG MINDS

St. Thomas High School is a well-established college preparatory that provides a caring, intellectually challenging learning atmosphere in which young men develop the tools necessary to become successful in their future studies and careers. Our students are well prepared for an ever demanding and diverse world. Young alumni often tell us that the course content and workload in college is very manageable for them because they trained for academic rigor at St. Thomas.

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Mathematics Department

The goal of the Math Department is to provide a curriculum that enables each student to challenge himself to achieve to his fullest potential in math in high school and beyond. We prepare students for the highest levels of math and science courses at St. Thomas and for their mathematics courses at the university level. For many highly motivated students, this includes the challenge to earn college credit through the Advanced Placement program.

We endeavor to help students appreciate the beauty of mathematics, the richness of its language, the elegance of its logic, the power of its applications and the joy in discovering and understanding its ideas and results.

Grade 9: Algebra I, Accelerated Algebra I, Advanced Algebra I/ Adv. Geometry, Adv. Geometry

Grade 10: Geometry, Adv. Geometry, Adv. Algebra II/Trig, Algebra II/Trig

Grade 11: Algebra II, Alg II/Trig, Adv. Alg II/Trig, Precalculus, Adv. Pre-Calculus

Grade 12: AP Calculus BC, AP Calculus AB, Reg Calculus, Adv. Pre-Calculus, Pre-Calculus, Pre-College Algebra, AP Statistics

Mary Cassaro (B.S., Stephen F. Austin State University; M.Ed Counseling, Texas Christian University) is a graduate from Incarnate Word Academy who has taught at STH since 2012. Her 2021-2022 teach assignment includes Advanced Pre-Calculus and Regular Calculus. In May of 2021 she was named the Dean of the Mathematics department.

Joan McNatt (B.S. and M.S. Math, University of Houston-Clear Lake) teaches Advanced Algebra II/Trigonometry and AP Calculus BC and AB. She joined the faculty in 2010. She is calculus certified and has attended NMSI workshops.  Joan was awarded the John L. & Jean Joplin Master Teacher Chair in Mathematics and the  Reckling/Turner Master Teacher Chair in Mathematics in April, 2021.

Roland Melchor (B.A., University of Houston) joined the faculty in January 2011 with nine years of experience. He teaches Algebra I and Algebra II.

Jennifer Pearson (B.A., University of St. Thomas) teaches Advanced Algebra I/Geometry, Accelerated Alg I and Advanced Geometry. She joined the STH faculty in 2013.

Jonathan Kobylas (B.S. Education in Physical Education and minor in Mathematics, Central Michigan University). He was born and raised in Yale, Michigan and attended Central Michigan University. He has 10+ years of teaching subjects such as Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, ACT/SAT Prep, and Physical Education and is currently teaching 9th Grade Algebra I at St. Thomas High School. He has 5+ years of coaching sports such as Football, Basketball, and is currently the Varsity Track and Field Assistant Coach at Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart.

Jerome Llorens (M.S. Sports Administration, Southeastern Oklahoma State University; B.B.A Computer Systems Management, Houston Baptist University). Jerome has 23 years of experience teaching Math and is currently teaching Algebra 2 and Pre-College Algebra.