St. Thomas is proud to celebrate the latest champion scholars earning membership in its prestigious chapter of the National Honor Society. Commemorating more than 100 years of saluting the nation’s most acclaimed students, the NHS is recognized as the nation's premier organization rewarding high school students who demonstrate excellence in scholarship, service, leadership, and character [...]
The beginning 122 years ago was meager, the ascension without fanfare. A steady process that preached purpose, culture, and service rooted in the Basilian credo of Teach Me Goodness, Discipline, and Knowledge. Now well into the second century after its genesis, St. Thomas celebrated its legacy as a premier college preparatory experience with its annual [...]
Austin Burke ‘23 and Damian Wilson ‘23 have earned semifinal acclaim in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The two exemplary scholars represented among the top one percent of scores taken from the PSAT Qualifying Test and joined 39 previous St. Thomas students since 2010 who have reached at least that phase in the [...]
The award-winning Eagles’ Nest celebrates and connects the St. Thomas Family. Through compelling narratives and striking visuals, we explore the institution, from the change and growth on campus to how St. Thomas is leaving its Catholic Basilian imprint on Houston and nationally. Enjoy the latest profiles and highlights of diverse alumni, captivating student life, and [...]
A fresh academic year renewed essential Basilian tenants as faith in action and increasingly relevant in turbulent times. And the high-impact St. Thomas stakeholders again fostered the dynamic relationship between spirituality and society. The Eagle House System was in full force for the latest Camp Aquinas, named for the institution’s patron St. Thomas Aquinas, the [...]
Throughout 2022, Basilian Fathers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Colombia are relishing the 200th anniversary of their order - celebrations capped with a commemorative Mass at St. Basil’s Church on the campus of the University of St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto November 21. Two hundred years guided by faith and [...]
St. Thomas is proud to partner with designer KH Studio in accepting multiple elite recognitions from the prestigious National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) for the Eagles’ Nest Fall 2021 publication. For the second consecutive year, St. Thomas earned an Excellence award in the Magazine category, one of only two individual schools displaying distinction among [...]
The swan song more resembled a grand slam crescendo than a heart-tugging stroll through career appreciation. The last call of precocious practitioners were bent on a #BestIsStandard ethic embedded before them. A ceramic arts lab that had annually nurtured and produced a conga line of regional and national acclaim wasn’t interested in a nostalgic [...]
The 122nd St. Thomas Commencement provided one sense of finality while flashing vast potential to drive optimism for the future. The Class of 2022 assembled in a stream of Red and White at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart for a celebration that included the Baccalaureate Mass. The festive evening embodied the value of a [...]
Their parallel journeys brought them to similar, unintentional destinations. Like pathways through frontier and space, they encountered obstacles both obvious and unforeseen. Their tightly tuned talent, endless ambition, and deep-dive due diligence forged signature identities through exercises enlightening, tedious, rewarding. Peyton Woodlief ‘22 arrived at St. Thomas as a freshman from St. Elizabeth Ann Catholic [...]
