HOUSE SYSTEM

The purpose of the House System is to further enhance the mission of St. Thomas High School by fostering leadership skills and increasing service participation, all while building a stronger Eagle community.

The House System will make the transition to high school easier by providing a sense of belonging in a small community across all levels, interests, and activities.

Mission Statement

The House System at St. Thomas high school seeks to enrich school culture, enhance school spirit, provide opportunities for student leadership, promote fellowship, and facilitate pastoral care of all students by drawing upon the history and traditions of the Basilians, leveraging the strong bonds of brotherhood, and building intentional, authentic communities between students of different class levels and among faculty and staff.

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CAMP AQUINAS

St. Thomas High School has created an immersive outdoor leadership camp for all incoming freshmen that will take place during the first week of school at Camp Cho-Yeh near Livingston, Texas. Camp Aquinas supports the Basilian tradition to teach Goodness, Discipline, and Knowledge and of the school’s vision to form strong Catholic young men in service to the Church and the world.

SCHOOL RETREAT

Retreats are an essential part of the St. Thomas experience. Every freshman, sophomore, junior and senior is required to partake in a mandatory overnight retreat provided by STH during the school year.

WALK-A-THON

Walk-a-thon is the annual student fundraiser for student activities and is a long-standing tradition for over 50 years. Students walk around the Buffalo Bayou near the school and conclude with an afternoon of food and games. Houses that have the highest participation earn points for their house.

SCHOOL MASSES

St. Thomas celebrates Holy Days of Obligation, as well as several other all-school masses throughout the academic year.

FALL OLYMPICS

Fall Olympics is the annual mid semester fall break in which students take a break from class to engage in a day-long series of competitions ranging from sports to chess to video games; the entire campus transforms into an Olympic stadium. Houses compete for points in these various events and earn money to the charity of their choice.

CHRISTMAS TOY DRIVE

St. Thomas, with the help of faculty members, hosts a toy drive at Christmas time in support of DePelchin Children’s Center. In an effort to promote these efforts, St. Thomas has worked it out to be a competition, to see who can bring in the most items, among the Houses.

ROUND UP

Round Up is an annual event hosted by the St. Thomas community that raises funds, in which all proceeds go the St. Thomas tuition assistance. All students are required to participate by selling a certain number of quotas.

Within the overall structure of the House System, the Communio Program works to support the physical, academic, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of all students by providing opportunities for genuine mentorship and authentic community, establishing adult-to-student and student-to-student bonds to ensure the successful matriculation of the young men of St. Thomas to college, and aiding them in reaching their God-given potential inside and outside the classroom.

Grover Green
Director of Houses

Jennifer Pearson
Assistant Director of Houses

Roy Dubose
House Allnoch

Casey Johnson ’05
House Belisch

Darrell Yarbrough
House Cooper

Danny Baker
House Magee

Jennifer Pearson
House O’Rourke

Dr. Pete Nordloh, Ph.D.
House Roche

Danny Hernandez ’08
House Schwenzer

Nathan Labus
House Wilson

HOUSE OF ALLNOCH

Sean Donovan

Samuel Pratt III

Charles Boettcher

Danny Baker

Matthew Villafranca

Alejandro Saenz Valle

Patrick Bourg

Dominic Considine

HOUSE OF BELISCH

Jake Pike

Luka Salcedo

Eldon De Anda

Matthew Marsh

Caleb Davis

Perri Soper

Braydan Salinas

James Rodriguez

Brandt Peterson

James Dickinson

Charles Guscott

Tyler Langin

HOUSE OF COOPER

Arjun Chahal

Leo Lin

Ethan Vinson

John Williamson

Max Dagley

Jorge Morfin

John Heyburn

Luke Shivers

Casey Salvatierra

Colin Dixon

Steven Prusak

Cam Stefan

HOUSE OF MAGEE

Ben Madden

Thomas Pham

Nicholas Ferruzzo

Daniel Sudduth

Aidan Nget-Garcia

Trey Robinson

Grayson Haight

Logan DuPlantis

Vincent Le

Jonathan Saracho

Eduardo Pena

Jackson Fazande

HOUSE OF O’ROURKE

Ryan McGuire

Cole Kelly

Austin Deshotel

Eduardo Carstensen

Vincent Iandoli

John Keeler

Luke Martin

Oni Mouton

Alex Lynn

HOUSE OF ROCHE

Luka Ljuboja

Josiah Howard

Jackson Guyre

Nathan Hunt

Evan De Anda

Caleb McClure

Ryan Shirley/b>

Matthew Fote

Anthony Equale

Seth Levy

Austin Burke

Logan Mahoney

HOUSE OF SCHWENZER

Daniel Hernandez

Preston Bowman

Joshua Caldwell

Evan McCarthy

Samuel Cornell

Aric Weeks

Aidan Nanquil

Damian Wilson

Rocco Hill

Blake Keller

Jacob Castillo

HOUSE OF WILSON

Ryan Nguyen

Jack Clinton

Isaac Cabello

Trey Schaider

Luke Anigbogu

Brian Zakarevicz

John Griffiths

Ted Naeher

Thomas Erb

Garner Kelling

Jonathan Jackson

Christopher Mendoza

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HOUSE POINTS

Points are rewarded based on a ranking system. The first place House in any event is awarded 30% of the possible points while second 25% and third and fourth are 15% and 10%, respectively; fifth through eight places earn 5%. This allows no single event to determine the outcome of the House Tournament and keeps the competition close. Points are awarded for House events but also for Goodness measured by attendance at sporting or academic events. Discipline points looks at total infractions per House per quarter and Knowledge points includes GPA average for each House.

House Tournament Winners

2018 – 2019

2019 – 2020

2020-2021

2021 – 2022