Mission Day is on the way! St. Thomas More’s annual Mission Day is one of the special long-standing traditions of our parish school. This one-day fall festival on Thursday, October 15 for students in Kindergarten through 8th grade generates funds for a mission in need of support.
This year, our 8th graders have selected Catholic Extension Society’s Native American Catholic Ministry as the recipient of Mission Day donations. About 20 percent of Native Americans in the United States are Catholic. Catholic Extension supports Catholic communities in Native American reservations and communities across the United States, helping these faith communities build and sustain the Catholic Church. In the past 10 years, Catholic Extension has supported ministry in 40 Native American communities, providing funding for parish operations, priest and religious sister salaries, religious education, youth ministry, adult faith formation, and church repairs. Click here to learn more about the Native American Catholic Ministry.
In this issue of the Diocese of Baton Rouge Safe Environment Newsletter, we learn about how photos taken on smartphones can reveal a child's location through hidden metadata and AI technology, and how to protect the young people in our communities. To learn more, view the full newsletter:
Click here for the October lunch menu.
If you need to make a change to your child’s dismissal plans for the end of the school day, please notify the school office by 2:30 p.m. Changes may be made by email or phone call to the office. This allows us enough time to communicate the change to your child’s teacher and ensure a smooth and safe dismissal.
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Calling all STM 5th–8th graders! Join us in the Activity Center on Friday, October 23, 2026, for an afternoon of fun, friendship, and faith!
The afternoon will begin at 3:15 p.m. and end at 4:25 p.m. Pick-up begins at 4:30 p.m. Guardians should park and come inside the Activity Center to pick up their child.
Snacks will be provided!
Extended Care Students: STM students who will return to Extended Care should check in with Mrs. Candyce before coming to the Activity Center. At the end of the afternoon, students will be escorted back to Extended Care. Students who will be picked up from the Activity Center do not need to check in with Extended Care.
Waiver Required: A waiver must be on file for your child to participate. If you submitted a waiver last year, you do not need to submit another one.
Entrance Fee: Please bring one canned or dry good to donate to the St. Paul donation box.
Registration is required to attend. Registration closes Thursday, October 22, at 8:00 a.m. Click here to register.
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If you have any questions about the STM Athletics Program, please contact Athletic Director Ali B. Pierson at piersona@stmbr.org
6th-8th graders are invited to attend area Catholic high school Open House events. To RSVP, click on the links below:
ATTENTION PRESCHOOL PARENTS: if your child goes to the doctor to get immunizations, please send a copy of the updated immunization record to school. You will be notified if your child’s immunization record will be expiring soon or has recently expired. We are required to keep up to date immunization records on file at the school.
ATTENTION FIFTH GRADE PARENTS: State law requires that students entering sixth grade receive booster shots after turning eleven. These vaccines include: Tdap and Meningococcal. Shot records can be faxed, emailed, or sent in an envelope to school. Our fax number is (225) 275-0376, my email address is rochelle@stmbr.org. Shot records for entering sixth graders are due by JULY 15, 2027. If your child will not be eleven years old before starting sixth grade, please email me and make an appointment for shots the week following their birthday.
HEARING AND VISION SCREENING INFORMATION: A copy of your child’s vision screening results will be sent home the first week of October. You do not need to sign and return anything for vision screening. Please sign and return hearing referral letters! If your child(ren) did not pass their hearing screenings, you should receive a referral letter the first week of October. Please sign and return the bottom portion of the letter to Nurse Rochelle. We must have a parent signature on file to show that a parent was notified of a referral. If your child(ren) passed the hearing screening, no notifications will be made. Please email Nurse Rochelle if you have any questions at rochelle@stmbr.org.
SCHOOL MASS: Thursdays at 8:45 a.m. when school is in session. Exceptions: December 8 is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a Holy Day of Obligation, therefore Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, December 8 rather than Thursday, December 10. There is no Mass on October 8 or February 4.
OCTOBER 7:
• Wonderful Wednesday
• STM Night at Raising Cane's - 3-7 p.m.
OCTOBER 9: Parent-Teacher Conferences for Preschool and Kindergarten. There is no school on this day for these grade levels.
OCTOBER 9: End of Q1
OCTOBER 9, 12, and 13: No EBR bus transportation
OCTOBER 14: 1st-8th grade report cards posted after 3 p.m.
OCTOBER 15: K-8th Mission Day
OCTOBER 16-19: Fall Break - no school
OCTOBER 30: Black & Orange Accessory Day
NOVEMBER 3: No EBR bus transportation
NOVEMBER 4: Wonderful Wednesday
NOVEMBER 13-20: Scholastic Book Fair
NOVEMBER 20: Grandparents Day and 11:30 a.m. dismissal
NOVEMBER 23-27: Thanksgiving Holiday
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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.
