Long Island to Lone Star || Kevin Silva ’21 Rewarded for Blind Faith Investment in St. Thomas

Kevin Silva ‘21 never should have entertained a senior-only quicksilver stay at St. Thomas. He never should have left his family and friends and life as he knew it for a great unknown 1,700 miles across 10 states away from his home. He never should have dropped absurdly out of nearly nowhere (well, actually, Long [...]

Renaissance Man || Acclaimed Scholar-Athlete Roman Ochoa ’21 Accepted to West Point

Roman Ochoa ‘21 epitomizes the power of and. His profound academic excellence encompasses membership in the National Honor Society and the prestigious St. Thomas Club - elite students with a minimum 4.0-grade point average for seven consecutive semesters He rose as a National Merit Commended and National Merit Hispanic Scholar. And a TAPPS state wrestling [...]

Polished Diamond || 2021 Salutatorian Sets Sterling Standard for Success

The St. Thomas Class of 2021 proved to be a pipeline pumping streams of superlative high-octane performance as if West Texas Intermediate was bursting at $70 per barrel and the eyes of the energy sector were in perpetual spin cycle. The salutatorian, officially second to but one, not only met but exceeded his own outsized [...]

By |2021-06-07T15:47:43-05:00June 3rd, 2021|Academics, Alumni, Campus News|0 Comments

Vision, Action, Resolve || First-Person Insight into COVID-19 Academic Year

As the pandemic bore down in March 2020, educators responded with heroic efforts to haul the profession’s use of technology into the future. The result was a coerced experiment in distance learning and pedagogical improvisation. Virtual classrooms may have left much to be desired, as a screenful of boxes oftentimes offered only a dimmed sense [...]

All Systems Go || St. Thomas Rocketeers Again Qualify for TARC National Final

Some of the best and the brightest among Eagle scholars again proved to have the right stuff in aiming for the stars and outdistancing elite students. For the third time in five years, St. Thomas occupies an exclusive orbit - advancing one of its four teams to compete in the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) [...]

By |2021-05-21T14:57:53-05:00May 21st, 2021|Student Life, Campus News|0 Comments

Gus Boettcher ‘21 and Patrick Pham ’21 Earn National Speech & Debate Association’s Academic All American

Acclaimed St. Thomas scholars Gus Boettcher ‘21 and Patrick Pham ‘21 have earned the National Speech & Debate Association's Academic All American distinction. The coveted award recognizes academic rigor, champion speech and debate success, and personal excellence. Fewer than 1% of the more than 141,000 members of the National Speech & Debate Association share such [...]

By |2021-04-20T11:11:56-05:00April 20th, 2021|Academics, Campus News|0 Comments

Best In Class || Annual Academic Awards Assembly Celebrates Superior Scholarship

The St. Thomas Catholic Basilian intellectual tradition is the cornerstone of an academic community that develops critical thinkers, strong communicators, and ethical leaders. Students discover passion, path, and purpose supported by renowned faculty in a personalized learning environment. The Academic Awards Assembly is an annual celebration of not only emphatic scholastic performance and fervent mentorship [...]

By |2021-04-27T11:21:20-05:00April 15th, 2021|Alumni, Academics, Campus News|0 Comments

Summer@STH || Launching Promising Scholars to Elite Success

St. Thomas is excited to offer a summer discovery for exceptional scholars which sparks curiosity and ignites passion through its Summer@STH program. Academic enrichment, course credit, and athletic camps, all engaging and rewarding, are designed to captivate and stimulate students and led by expert educators. The centerpiece is a highly specialized curriculum created specifically for [...]

By |2021-04-09T11:24:47-05:00April 9th, 2021|Campus News, Academics, Athletics|0 Comments

Soaring Eagles || Zachary Bryant ‘21, Dylan Michaels ‘21, and Zachary Voltz ‘21 National Merit Finalists

Zachary Bryant ‘21, Dylan Michaels ‘21, and Zachary Voltz ‘21 have earned finalist acclaim in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The three exemplary scholars represented among the top one percent of scores taken nationally from the PSAT. “The success of our students in this year’s National Merit program is remarkable, particularly when taking [...]

By |2021-03-30T14:38:53-05:00March 30th, 2021|Campus News|0 Comments
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