St. Thomas High School (Houston, Texas)
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4500 Memorial Drive Houston, Texas U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 29°45′44″N 95°24′29″W / 29.76222°N 95.40806°WCoordinates: 29°45′44″N 95°24′29″W / 29.76222°N 95.40806°W |
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| Type | Private, All-Male |
| Motto | Teach me Goodness, Discipline and Knowledge |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Catholic |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic, (Basilian) |
| Patron saint(s) | St. Thomas Aquinas |
| Founded | 1900 |
| Founders | Basillian Fathers |
| School number | (713) 864-6348 |
| President | Rev. Kevin Storey, C.S.B. |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Male |
| Enrollment | 685 (2016) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14:1 |
| Language | English, Spanish, Latin, French |
| Hours in school day | 7 hours (8 periods) |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Red and White |
| Song | St. Thomas Alma Mater |
| Fight song | Eagle Fight Song |
| Athletics conference | TAPPS 5A |
| Sports | Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Lacrosse, Rugby, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track, and Wrestling |
| Mascot | Tom Eagle |
| Team name | Eagles |
| Rivals |
Strake Jesuit, St. Pius X |
| Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Average SAT scores | 1150-1350 (mid 50%) (New SAT) |
| Average ACT scores | 23-29 (mid 50%) |
| Newspaper | The Eagle |
| Yearbook | Aquin |
| Tuition | $16,500 |
| Director of Admissions | Taffy Daussin |
| Athletic Director | Mike Netzel |
| Website | sths.org |
St. Thomas High School is a Roman Catholic college preparatory school for young men in Houston, Texas, United States. Founded in 1900, St. Thomas is the second oldest continuously operating private high school in Houston behind Incarnate Word Academy, which was founded in 1873. The school is operated by the Basilian Fathers in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
Teaching goodness, discipline and knowledge is the tradition of the Basilian Fathers and the sacred mission of St. Thomas, a Catholic college preparatory high school.
St. Thomas High School was established in 1900 as St. Thomas College and housed that year at Franklin Avenue and Caroline Street. The founders were the Rev. Nicholas Roche, C.S.B. and two other Basilian Fathers. (Their order originated in France in 1822 and expanded into Canada in 1850, the Basilians in Houston) When the original school suffered hurricane damage, the Fathers relocated to Capitol and Main. In 1903, permanency was assured when Father Roche bought a block of land at Austin and Hadley and constructed Houston's first College Preparatory School for boys. Thanks to the foresight of a native Texan, The Rev. T.P. O'Rourke, C.S.B., educator and author, St. Thomas High School in 1940 moved to the current site on the bank of Buffalo Bayou. The college section later became the University of St. Thomas. Father A.L. Higgins directed the building of the new facility, which has expanded in later years. During Houston's 20th century growth into a focus of world culture, St. Thomas High School has trained men of vision and responsibility, winners of national and international fame; statesmen, churchmen, artists, historians, athletes, civic and business leaders, industrial pioneers, and citizens of many talents.
The school was named after St. Thomas Aquinas, the patron saint of students and education. St. Thomas has occupied its current (as of 2010) site since 1940. The school's location in central Houston on the north bank of the Buffalo Bayou at Memorial and Shepherd which places it 3 miles from Downtown Houston. The campus is self-contained with a fine arts center, computer lab, library, competition gymnasium, baseball field, chapel, and stadium, most housed in distinguished Texas Cordova Shell Stone buildings.
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