Due to reenrollment for the 2024-2025 school year, as a courtesy to our families on 10-month tuition payment plans, there is no tuition payment drafted in January. Reenrollment for current families is January 15-31. The reenrollment fee of $360 per returning student will be drafted at the time of reenrollment. The fee for returning students who reenroll after January 31 will increase to $460. You will receive a separate email with reenrollment details on January 15.
Get your NEW GEAR for the NEW YEAR! Now through January 15, go to stmbr.org/spiritshop for long-sleeved performance and cotton tees, full-zip smooth fleece vests, quarter-zip smooth fleece pullovers, and ladies microterry and interlock cardigans.
Join us for STM Family Movie Night at Celebrity Theatres on Monday, January 15, 2024. For $20 per person, everyone will receive a box of popcorn, a small drink, and children will receive a 30-minute arcade card. Arcade cards are valid the night of the event and start as soon as they are swiped. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and the movie, Toy Story, will begin at 5:30 p.m. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Please click here to purchase your tickets.
THANK YOU to all of the donors who have supported this year's Annual Fund with a financial gift! Please click here to view the list of donors.
There's still time to give! In the Catholic tradition of stewardship, we invite you to prayerfully consider supporting the St. Thomas More Catholic School 2023-2024 Annual Fund. This year, our goal is to raise funds to support six areas:
WAYS TO GIVE
Please call the school office at 225-275-2820 if you need assistance. Your annual contribution is more than a gift; it is an investment in our students that will have a lasting impact. Thank you for your support!
We're halfway through the school year! If your child's school shoes are worn out or outgrown, and you're shopping for new ones, please remember the shoe policy in the STM Parent-Student Handbook:
Tennis Shoes: Must be traditional low quarter (low cut) style with shoe laces. The shoe color must be navy blue, black, grey, white or any combination of those colors. The laces must be in the same color scheme (navy blue, black, gray, or white), solid, and traditionally tied. Characters, plaid, checkerboard patterns, lights, Velcro*, zipper, skateboard style, slip-ons, and wheels are not allowed. *Preschool students may wear Velcro shoes.
Leather Shoes: Solid navy blue, solid brown or solid black; no boots. (on P.E. days, tennis shoes should be worn.)
Click below to view the January lunch menu.
For the STM Athletics full calendar of events, go to stmbr.org/school/athletics.
BOYS BASKETBALL
TRACK AND FIELD: Registration for grades 5-8 is open January 6 through January 24. Click here to register beginning January 6.
VOLLEYBALL: Registration for grades 5-8 is open January 6 through January 24. Registration for Intramural Volleyball for grades 2-4 begins on January 24.
DISEASES OF THE WEEK: Flu and Covid. Symptoms are similar to other upper respiratory viruses and include: fever, chills, body aches, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, fatigue, headache, congestion or runny nose, nausea/vomiting, and diarrhea. Please follow your doctor’s recommendations for returning to school. Please keep students home until contagious symptoms have subsided for 24 hours. Siblings that do not have symptoms/test negative do not have to be quarantined.
ATTENTION PRESCHOOL PARENTS: After the 4th birthday, your child is eligible to receive shots required for kindergarten entry. If your child receives immunizations, please send a copy of the updated immunization record to school. You will be notified if your child’s immunizations are overdue in the state database. We are required to keep up to date immunization records on file at the school.
ATTENTION 5th GRADE PARENTS: State law requires that students entering 6th grade receive booster shots after turning 11-years-old. These vaccines include: Tdap and Meningococcal. Please make an appointment with your health care provider after your child’s 11th birthday. Shot records can be faxed, emailed, or sent in an envelope to school. Our fax number is 225-275-0376. Nurse Rochelle's email address is rochelle@stmbr.org. Shot records for entering 6th graders are due by JULY 15, 2024. If your child will not be 11-years-old before starting 6th grade, they are allowed a grace period to get the vaccines after their birthday.
A big thank you to all the Class Parents who organized the class Christmas parties! The students thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and the teachers were sent off to Christmas break with ample celebration! You all did an amazing job!
Community Coffee Cash for Schools: Please continue collecting Proofs of Purchase from all your Community Coffee products. Funds collected go directly to STM teachers for their classrooms! Save your own Proofs of Purchase, plus consider posting this easy ask flyer at you or your family’s places of work or your STM family-owned local places of business. Send Proofs of Purchase to your child’s homeroom teacher or the front office – whichever is easier! For questions about Community Coffee Cash for Schools, contact chairs Colleen Bryant and/or Beth Morgan.
Home & School is a home-school partnership involving collaborative working relationships between families and schools and we look forward to working with you! Go to stmbr.org/hsa23 for information about STM Home and School events and committees, and to sign up as a volunteer. Please note that to take advantage of these volunteer opportunities you must be Child Protection Certified.
EPIPHANY HOUSE BLESSING: Bless your house in the new year by chalking your door on Epiphany Sunday, January 7. Click here for the Epiphany house blessing prayers. The chalking of the doors of a home encourages Christians to dedicate their life at home to God and to others. Seeing the symbols over our doors can help to remind us, while passing in and out on our daily routines, that our homes and all those who dwell there belong to Christ. 20 + C + M + B + 24
PARISH MISSION: Fr. Mark Mossa will present a three day parish mission, Living the Epiphany, Showing Up, Showing Down, and Showing Off, January 8-10 in the church at 6:30 p.m. A reception will be held in the activity center after the final night’s presentation.
FELLOWSHIP SUNDAY: The STM Knights of Columbus will host coffee and donuts after the 8 and 10 a.m. Masses on Sunday, January 14. Please drop in after Masses for food and fellowship.
HOLY LAND PRESENTATION: Join us for a presentation on the Holy Land by Fr. Michael’s Israel guide, Hani Awaad, January 17-18, in the church at 6:30 p.m. He’ll share his insights and stories from the Holy Land.
NOODLE BOWL FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER: The very popular festival kick off noodle bowl dinners are scheduled for Sunday, January 21. Treat yourself and your family to delicious grilled pork and rice bowls for $12 – carry out from the activity center from 9 a.m. – 12 noon.
RETIREMENT CELEBRATION: Mark your calendar and plan to join us in thanking Sr. Janelle Sevier for her dedication to STM and wishing her a happy retirement on Sunday, January 28, at 11 a.m. in the activity center.
JANUARY 9: Q2 report cards posted
JANUARY 10: Wonderful Wednesday
JANUARY 11: School Mass for K-8th, 8:45 a.m.
JANUARY 15:
• STM Family Movie Night at Celebrity Theatres - Baton Rouge 10
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No school on this day
JANUARY 18: School Mass for 5th-8th, 8:45 a.m.
JANUARY 25: School Mass for K-8th, 8:45 a.m.
JANUARY 28 - FEBRUARY 3: Catholic Schools Week
FEBRUARY 2: Preschool, Kindergarten, and 1st grade Parent-Teacher Conference Day (There is no school for these grades on this day.)
MARCH 9: Dad & Daughter Dance - Grades K-8
St. Thomas More Catholic School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at its schools. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic, and other school administered programs.
