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Eagle News -January 15, 2020
Important Information
Academic Achievements
Congratulations to the following students on their academic achievements
for the second nine weeks. Keep up the great work!
Principal's List
4th Grade
Adele Aucoin
Edrick Caraballo-Miro'
Emerson Cramer
Brenton Crow
Elaina Ewen
Noah Fontenot
Amelia Hartdegen
Hayden Istre
Katie-Lynn Junca
Emma Labauve
Angelina Nguyen
Sophia Rao
Emily Rawls            
5th Grade
Elyse Bailey
Abigail Broussard
Brian Bui
Lily Drefahl
Weslee George
Anh Nguyen
Cheri Nguyen
Paulina Nguyen           

6th Grade
Riley Deaton
Ava Doucet
Sydney Gomez
Tyler Griffin
Madeline Holder
Angela Le
Sophia Le
Annie Phan
Elle Vuong
Cameron Wilkinson  
7th Grade
Julia Burns
Elise Holder
Sophia Jean
Callista Labauve
Christian Mai
Grant Mathes
Jessica Ross
Rachel Saunders
Hayes Stuart            

8th Grade
Mackenzie Baer
Hadley Ewen
Adeline Fields
Hannah Mai
Madeline Mccoy
Isabelle Mcdermott
Angeline Thai
Isabel Tram
Claire Tran
Macy Wascom        
First Honors
4th Grade
Vincent Broussard
Ethan Bui
Xavier Bui
Shelby Chenevert
Stella Corey
Robert David
Madeline Falcon
Aiden Ferrand
Brayden Gomez
Cooper Hurst
Hana Huynh
Elena Jean
Emery Jones
Oscar Liu
Evan Naquin
Anne Nguyen
Hattie Olivier
Leigha O'reilly
Ian Phan
Sofia Phillips
Kayden Quintana
Andrew Stafford
Abigail Thomas
Natalie To
Emily Toler
Ethan Tran
Reis Wascom
Benjamin Wilkinson
Joseph Junior Yacoub   
5th Grade
Caroline Bradley
Gabriel Braun
Charli Causey
Noella Fields
Edward George
Clayton Lieu
Manny Llaneza
Andrew Magherini
Jacob Mefford
Ashton Nguyen
Christopher Kho Nguyen
Frankie Phan
Jezabelle Roman
Mason Romig        


6th Grade
Blaine Bradford
Hayden Fontenot
Seth Hatfield
Asher Higgins
Jacob Jean
Joshua Jones
Caroline Lucas
Christian Moody
Maryellen Moore
Ava Marie Ordonio
Carolyn Robinson
Cade Saurage
Michael Schittone
Caroline Thomas
William Uffman       
7th Grade
Ella Adcock
Cameron Bourgeois
Madison Calandro
Connor Campbell
Thomas Denny
Hannah Deshotel
Baylee Fontenot
Claire Kaiser
Carter Mashon
Samee Mcdaniel
Owen Naquin
Lana Nguyen
Logan Nguyen
Mary Nguyen
Sophia Nguyen
Grace Olinde
Victoria Seeling
Kelly Tran
Evelyn White
Hannah-Grace Zimmerman 

8th Grade
Ryan Baker
Sarah Broussard
Ryan Corey
Jackson Cummings
Camille Curry
Avery Deaton
Sayla Fogos
Angela Huynh
Harper Anne Miller
Trieu Hai Nguyen
Isabella Ortiz
Lucy Parker
Jolie Primeaux
Alexandra Redden
Henry Ross
Araceli Sturiale
Alexander Vidaurre
Abby Watts        
Second Honors
4th Grade
Samantha Aguillard
Jose Camberos, II
Dexter Geter
Anne Marie Lemoine
Myolie Nguyen
Celia Shivor
Liam Utz
Jaxon Wilkinson     

     
5th Grade
Brent Bailey
Katherine Broussard
Victoria Burger
Madison Dauzat
Taylor Dibenedetto
Marlei Franklin
Lee Hebert
Sadie Hugenroth
Sam Huynh
Luke Kisner
Benjamin Kleinpeter
Brianna Leblanc
Taylor Luong
Owen Mills
Taylor Nguyen
Lucy Ann Samaha
Bryce Sims
Kevin Vu     


  
6th Grade
Hope Gray
Lucy Kyle
Ava Mcanally
Tai Nguyen
Ethan Pham         

7th Grade
Natalie Bauder
Gabriella Ducharme
Riley Harshbarger
Sydney Ieyoub
Brianna Rackley
Averi Truitt
Hailey Weysham   

8th Grade
Isabella Berry
Brooks Domenick
Andrew Dugas
Lilyruth Mury
Christian Tran
Katherine Vu       
Open House

STM Open House will be held on
Thursday, January 16 from 5:00-8:00 pm.

Please join us and invite your family and friends!

RSVP: admissions@stmbr.org
Re-Registration for 2020-2021 School Year

CLICK HERE for re-registration information.

Re-registration ends January 31. Please note that fees will increase after January 31.
School Mass Uniform Reminder

Out of respect for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist, girls must wear their jumpers, skirts, skorts, or long pants and boys must wear long pants ( no shorts, no sweatpants ) with the uniform shirt tucked in. Boys are required to wear long pants to Mass from October 1- April 30.
Mother Seton Nomination

STM Home & School Association is accepting nominations for this year’s Mother Seton. Nominees for this outstanding volunteer award must be, per diocesan requirements, a Catholic, non-employee parent, grandparent or guardian who has been involved with STM school for at least three years.

Email your nominations to  stmhands@gmail.com  
January Service Project

The January service project for the Diocese of Baton Rouge is a collection of "New Kitchen Items" for Catholic Charities. Suggested items include: measuring cups, baking pans, kitchen utensils, etc.

If you would like to contribute, you may send items to our school office by Monday, January 27. Thank you in advance for your support!
STM Spirit Shop

The STM Spirit Shop is now open. Purchase spirit shirts (long-sleeve and short-sleeve, dry-fit and cotton),sweatshirts, and sweatpants at the following link,  SPIRIT SHOP . Use the access code: STMSWEAT4

The Spirit Shop will close on Wednesday night, January 15.

Please contact Mrs. Erin in the school office if you need assistance. 
STM Distinguished Graduate

We would like to congratulate our St. Thomas More Distinguished Graduate, Jude Palombo, a 1975 graduate of St. Thomas More. Jude is married to Cindy Messenger Palombo, who was also a 1975 graduate of STM, as well as a prior recipient of the Distinguished Graduate Award.

Jude stated, "My experience as a student of St. Thomas More in the 1970’s was influential in my Catholic formation where I had my first Communion, Confirmation and met numerous friends which I still have today. I further married an alumni from St. Thomas More school and all five of our children attended STM as well. Catholic education positively influenced our entire family in their Catholic development. With the Catholic schools close connection with the parish at large, children can receive sacraments and begin with their family participating is parish life. On a very basic level the daily prayer at the beginning of school is such a spiritual positive thing that any Catholic parent would jump on a Catholic school chance."

CONGRATULATIONS JUDE!
Annual Fund Update

We are pleased to announce that our current total of gifts and pledges for this year’s Annual Fund is $132,380. Thanks to all members of the STM Community for contributing such a wonderful amount to benefit the students of St. Thomas More.

Since our last update, we received gifts from Bella and Ben Rawls, Suzanne Terrell, Stephanie and Ricky Falcon, Keith Comeaux, Amy and Mike Kisner, Amanda and David Bordelon, Nancy and Steven Davis, Tami and Mike Moran, and Karen and Mike Saurage . Thank you!

We will continue to provide updates as we acquire additional technological resources for our school.
 
If you have any questions about the Annual Fund, please contact Dr. Greg Brandao ( greg@stmchurch.org ). Many thanks!
Event Details
2020 Annual Meeting & Gumbo Cookoff January 18

The Men's Club would like to welcome all men of the parish and school to attend our 2020 Annual Meeting and Gumbo Cookoff. The meeting will be held on Saturday, January 18th at 6:00 pm in the Church Activity Center.

We will be accepting nominations to be elected to the Board of Directors at the meeting. Please plan to join us to see what exciting events the Men's Club has planned for 2020.

We continue to accept entries fro the GUMBO competition. If you think you have the best gumbo, this is your shot to dethrone last years Men's Club Champ of the Year, Mr. Chad Chenevert. The gumbo will need to be Chicken/Turkey and Sausage/Andouille. The Men's Club will be providing the rice.

Please let us know that you will be entering a gumbo by sending an email to the Men's Club at  stmenclub@gmail.com .

Thank you and hope to see you there for fun and fellowship with other men of our STM Community.
La Marathon - January 17-19

The Louisiana Marathon takes place January 17-18. Festivities start at the Raising Cane River Center on Friday, January 17 and wrap up on Sunday, January 19.

Schedule of Events :

Saturday, January 18
8:00 am start: 5K (3.1 miles) and the quarter marathon (6.55 miles)
10:30 am start: Kids 1 mile

Sunday, January 19
6:00 am: Join Fr. Michael for a special 26.2 minute Mass at St. Joseph Cathedral
7:00 am start: marathon (26.1 miles) and half marathon (13.1 miles).
These two courses are different.

Father Michael is running the marathon and Mrs. Mertz is running the half marathon. Come out and cheer them on!

If you are interested in participating in the marathon, visit https://thelouisianamarathon.com/ for more information.
No School - Monday, January 20
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Catholic Schools Week
Nation Appreciation Day - January 31

On Friday, January 31 of Catholic Schools Week,
we invite all Emergency Response, Active Duty Military, and all Veterans
to join us at morning assembly.
Save the Date

Dad & Daughter Dance for K-8 students
February 8th 

Registration information will be coming soon.
Save the Date

Upcoming Grandparent's Day

3rd Grade - February 13
8th Grade - March 5
5th Grade - March 26
Kindergarten - April 23
Athletics
Wednesday, January 15


Tuesday, January 21


Wednesday, January 22

Calendar
Important Dates for January

January 16 - Open House 5:00 pm
January 18 - Men's Club Meeting and Gumbo Cookoff 6:00 pm
January 18-19 - La Marathon
January 20 - No School (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
January 21 - Club Pictures and Make-up Pictures
January 23 - School Mass (5-8) / 6th Grade Retreat
 January 23-26 - Boys Basketball Tournament
January 27-31 - Catholic Schools Week
January 29 - 5th Grade American History Day / STM Parishioner Eucharist Parent Meetings at 12:00 and 7:00 pm
January 30 - School Mass (all school)
January 31 - Preschool Pajama Day / K-8 Red, White, and Blue Accessory Day / Nation Appreciation Day at Morning Assembly
Contact Us
11400 Sherbrook Drive / Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70815 / (225) 275-2820