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We are excited that reenrollment for our current students for the 2023-2024 school year is open! Reenrollment will be completed via your FACTS Family Portal. If you have not already reenrolled your child(ren), please take time now to complete reenrollment for the 2023-2024 school year by January 31.
If you complete reenrollment by January 31, the enrollment fee is $360 per child. After January 31, the enrollment fee will increase to $460 per child.
To complete our online enrollment process, you will access Family Portal through your existing login:
Go to https://sttm-la.client.renweb.com/pwr/
Enter District Code STTM-LA.
Type in your username and password. If you have forgotten your username or password, please click on the link provided.
Select Parent and click Login.
After logging in, click on Apply/Enroll in the left menu.
Click on the Enrollment/Reenrollment link.
Our Online Enrollment system will open with a link to the reenrollment packet. The online process should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Your information will be saved if you need to quit and come back later. The Instructions and Enrollment Checklist page of the enrollment packet contains supplemental enrollment forms that also must be submitted. Further instructions on these forms are provided online. If you have any questions about the process or need assistance, please call the school office at 225-275-2820.
Help us spread the word! Applications are OPEN for new students for the 2023-2024 school year. Let your friends and family know we are accepting applications for new students going into PK3 through 8th grade at stmbr.org/apply. Applications are for new students only.
Yearbooks are memories from cover to cover! It's time to purchase your child's St. Thomas More 2022-2023 Utopia Yearbook. Options include recognition ads, personalization and accessories. Click here to order!
The theme for National Catholic Schools Week 2023 is "Catholic Schools: Faith. Excellence. Service." For our 2023 Catholic Schools Week Service Project at STM, we are collecting donations of laundry room supplies for the Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Charities. Please send gift cards, cleansers, laundry detergent, laundry baskets, flashlights, all size batteries and light bulbs to the STM School Office by Wednesday, January 25. Thank you for your generosity!
National Catholic Schools Week is an annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. At STM, we will celebrate each day of Catholic Schools Week in a special way. Details about each day's activities will be sent in a separate email.
The Catholic Schools Office of the Diocese of Baton Rouge will kick off Catholic Schools Week on January 30 with its annual awards dinner at the Renaissance Baton Rouge Hotel to honor Distinguished Graduates and Distinguished Catholic School Clergy.
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ROBBIE OLIVIER: ST. THOMAS MORE 2023 DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE
Robbie Olivier, STM Class of 1992, will be recognized as our Distinguished Graduate. We chose to honor Robbie because of his contribution to the Baton Rouge and St. Thomas More communities. He made the decision to continue to support STM by entrusting to us his most important thing in the world: his children! He is the president and CEO of Sigma Engineers & Constructors, Inc. Robbie is always willing to give of his time, talent, and treasure.
STM PASTOR FR. MICHAEL ALELLO: 2023 DISTINGUISHED CATHOLIC SCHOOL CLERGY
If you have been to our school Masses, you have seen how Fr. Michael engages the children through questions and storytelling to make Bible messages relevant to them. He spearheaded the 2021-2022 renovation of STM Church and the church office building. He guides STM office personnel in long- and short-term financial matters and demonstrates faithful stewardship of our internal and external resources.
STM PRINCIPAL ASHLEY MCDANIEL: ST. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY 2023 DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE
STM Principal Ashley McDaniel, a 1988 graduate of St. Joseph’s Academy, will be recognized as her alma mater’s Distinguished Graduate.
Mrs. McDaniel began her teaching career in 1996 at D.C. Reeves Elementary School in Ponchatoula, where she was a special education teacher. In 2000, she accepted a job teaching fourth grade at STM. Two years later, she joined the administrative team as vice principal and was named principal in 2021.
“Catholic education is a gift to all who receive it,” Mrs. McDaniel said. “In a Catholic school environment, you get superior academic rigor and co-curricular exposure as you develop your faith life.”
Several STM faculty and staff members will be honored for milestone years of service to Catholic education during our Catholic Schools Week Mass on February 2. To be honored for five years is Ashley Schade. Being recognized for 10 years are Brittney Chustz, Lauren Curry and Genny Gohn. Being honored for 15 years is Sherri Schiro. Recognized for 20 years will be Susan Frugé and Jennifer Guidry. Being honored for 25 years is Brian Quantrille. Thank you for your dedication to Catholic education, and congratulations!
Congratulations to our students in grades 4 through 8, who achieved Principal's List and Honor Roll for the second quarter! Click here for the list of honorees.
It is time to begin planning and organizing the Beta Club Talent Show. The show is is open to St. Thomas More students in grades 3-8 and is scheduled for Friday, March 17 at 1 p.m. Individual student acts or student group acts are all welcome. Acts should three minutes or less and be based on talents such as singing, comedy, dancing, gymnastics, juggling, bands, skits, karate, etc.
If your child is interested in trying out for the talent show, please click here to download the form to sign up for tryouts. Your child should return the form to his or her homeroom teacher by Wednesday, February 1. On the afternoon of Thursday, March 2, a special selection committee of judges will hold tryouts in the gym.
Parents, we are asking for your cooperation with morning carpool in order to make sure your children arrive at school on time every day. Morning carpool runs from 7:20 to 7:35 a.m. All students should be on campus no later than 7:35 a.m.
Parent/teacher conferences for Preschool, Kindergarten and 1st grade are on February 3. Please contact your child's teacher if you have not received information about signing up for a conference on this day. There is no school on this day for students in Preschool, Kindergarten or 1st grade.
UNIFORMS NEEDED: Gently used uniforms are kept in First Aid for emergencies. The following items are needed if you have donations: boys' uniform shirts size youth medium, boys' pants and shorts size 6, boys' shorts and pants size 18, men's shirts size XL, men's pants waist size 36 and up, sweatshirts (all sizes), sweatpants (all sizes). These can be sent to the office or First Aid labeled “First Aid donation.”
MEDICATION POLICY REMINDER: Students are not allowed to have any medications in their possession on campus. Nurse Rochelle cannot administer OTC medications sent to school by parents to students during the school day. Parents are allowed to come to school during the day to administer medication to their child in the office if needed. Please make arrangements outside of school to transfer medications between parents if students are changing households. Nurse Rochelle can administer medications to students with proper documentation completed by parents and physicians for chronic conditions (i.e. asthma, ADHD, epilepsy, diabetes, migraines, etc.). Please call or email Nurse Rochelle if you have any questions about medication for your child(ren) at school: First Aid office 225-272-3072 or rochelle@stmbr.org.
For the STM Athletics full calendar of events, go to stmbr.org/school/athletics.
BOYS BASKETBALL
TRACK AND FIELD
VOLLEYBALL - Registration is open through January 27.
Special thanks to Oak Point Fresh Market for donating King Cakes for our Preschool Three Kings Day celebration and to Mrs. Megan Campagna for baking and packaging the cakes and coming to decorate them with our students!
The Catholic High School Cheerleaders will be hosting cheerleader clinics on Sunday, March 5 and Sunday, March 12 from 1 to 3 p.m. The clinics are open to all girls in grades 1-5. The cost to attend a clinic is $25 per girl and includes a t-shirt and snack. Please register at mychs.catholichigh.org/cheer/clinic, or you may contact Jennifer Thibodeaux or Carey Lauret at chscheer@catholichigh.org. The registration deadline is February 8, 2023.
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