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VOLUNTEER requirements

St. Thomas More must provide a safe environment for children and youth. We hold ALL adults who work with minors to a code of conduct that is Christ-centered and professional. The Safe Environment Program implemented by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge requires us to evaluate the background of all paid personnel and volunteers whose duties include ongoing, unsupervised contact with minors.

The Diocese of Baton Rouge has adopted Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. Any one who wants to volunteer at St. Thomas More must be in compliance with this policy. ALL requirements must be met in order to volunteer.

The Diocese is still transitioning to a new system for volunteers to apply for Child Protection Certification. In the meantime, you may still follow these steps to become certified to volunteer at STM:

school MEAL program

Monthly Lunch Menu

March

Please click here for a letter from Lynda Carville, Child Nutrition Program Director.

My School Bucks
Starting August 1, 2023, you can add funds to your child's school meal account. To add funds to an existing account or to create a new student account, please visit www.myschoolbucks.com. If you are setting up your child's My School Bucks account for the first time, please make sure to select Diocese of Baton Rouge Child Nutrition Program for the school district.

Insufficient Account Balances
Students who do not have sufficient funds in their school meal accounts to purchase school meals must bring a lunch from home and will not be served breakfast or lunch from the cafeteria.
Please click here for the price guide chart for monthly pre-payment options.

Meal Pricing
Please click here for 2023-2024 school year meal prices.

Meal Payment Options
This year, the Child Nutrition Program (CNP) will no longer accept cash payments.
We are encouraging all parents to sign up with www.myschoolbucks.com or send a check or money order in lieu of cash payment. Please click here for the price guide chart for monthly pre-payment options.

Free Meals
Every student must fill out a meal application each school year at www.myschoolapps.com. After September 8, 2023, if you have not completed a meal application, your child's lunch status reverts to his or her lunch status from the 2022-2023 school year. When completing the online meal application, please make sure to select Diocese of Baton Rouge Child Nutrition Program for the school district. Visit www.myschoolapps.com to apply for free meals.

Extra Sales
Starting September 1, 2023, the cafeteria will return to selling extra items, which are only offered to 3rd graders and up. Students in K-2nd can only purchase extra water, juice or milk. Pricing will be available on the CNP website at www.cnpbr.org

Lunch Choices
Choices will be available beginning September 1, 2023. Choices will be offered to 3rd graders and up.

Allergies Form
If your child has a food allergy, please have your child's physician complete the diet prescription form and return to STM cafeteria manager Kimberly Bell or Nurse Rochelle as soon as possible. Please note that your child's previous allergy form expires on September 8, 2023. All allergy forms must be signed by a licensed physician and renewed each school year. Please click here for the diet prescription form. If your child has a milk allergy, apple juice will be given to substitute milk.If your child has a dairy allergy, he or she will NOT receive milk, cheese, or pizza.

Preschool Carpool

For both morning and afternoon carpool, vehicles will line up on Sylvan Drive heading North (toward Sherbrook) and will turn into the carpool line through the gate between the preschool building and kindergarten building. To exit carpool, vehicles leave the drive by turning right onto Sherbrook.

Preschool Carpool Map

KINDERGARTEN - 3RD GRADE: GYM Carpool

For both morning and afternoon carpool, vehicles will line up on Parkwood Drive heading West (toward Sherwood Forest Blvd.) and will curve south onto Dartmoor Drive.

At the intersection of Dartmoor and Sherbrook, vehicles will proceed straight across Sherbrook and will immediately turn left into the school parking lot. Vehicles will form a line in front of the library and school office. Students will be called by a member of our team and will be assisted into the vehicles. To exit carpool, vehicles leave the parking lot in front of the gym turning right onto Sherbrook.

K-3 Carpool Map

4TH - 8TH GRADE: Church Carpool

Vehicles will approach the school on Goodwood Blvd. heading toward Sherwood Forest. Vehicles should form a line down Goodwood in the bike lane to allow non-carpool traffic to pass. Vehicles will proceed past the athletic field/playground and will turn right into the church parking lot. With the field to your right, drive toward the 5th and 6th grade building to drop off or pick up. To exit carpool, drive through the parking lot toward Goodwood Blvd. with the church on your right. While still in the parking lot, turn right and drive past the church before turning left to exit the parking lot onto Goodwood Blvd. going west.

4-8 Carpool Map

STM Parent-Student Handbook 2023-2024

The STM Parent-Student Handbook serves as an official source of school policies and procedures. It provides parents of current students with information to assist and support the efforts and activities of their children. It provides parents of prospective students with information to guide them in the process of selecting a school for their children.

Parent-Student Handbook 2023-2024

Extended care

Extended Care is available for all students before school in the mornings and after the school day has ended.

2023-2024 Extended Care Registration Form

Morning Extended Care

  • 6:45 - 7:20 a.m. in the Preschool building for Preschool - 1st grade and the cafeteria for 2nd - 8th grade.
  • Students should be dropped off in the church parking lot between the cafeteria and the Activity Center for 2nd - 8th grade.
  • Breakfast is available for purchase.

Afternoon Extended Care

  • 2:50 - 5:30 p.m. in the Preschool building for Preschool - 1st grade and 5th and 6th grade building for 2nd - 8th grade.
  • Snacks are available to students. 
  • For Preschool - 1st grade pickup, please park in front of the Preschool building.
  • For 2nd - 8th grade pickup, please park in the lot in front of the school office, and check out your child in the office lobby.

STM Counselors are Committed to Student Success

Our guidance counselors are Ms. Erin Jewell, who works with students in grades K-3, and Mrs. Ann DeJean, who works with students in grades 4-8. Our counselors are responsible for scheduling all conferences.  Please feel free to contact the appropriate counselor if a conference with a teacher is desired. You can contact our Counselors by calling the Guidance Office at (225) 275-2820 or at jewelle@stmbr.org or annd@stmbr.org.

Library

Offering So Much More Than Just Books

Our child-centered library is for all students to enjoy. The library is open all day to the students to check out books, use the sixteen computers for classwork, look up a book, take Accelerated Reader tests and more. With thirty computers in the lab and over 11,000 books in our library, we have so much to offer. You can contact our Librarian, Sara Wisdom (wisdoms@stmbr.org).
Book Fair link: www.scholastic.com/bf/stmbr

Library Wish Lists
Online Catalogue

Accelerated Reader (AR)

The Accelerated Reader program allows students in grades 3rd-6th the opportunity to practice and enhance their reading skills including comprehension and speed. Students will be expected to earn points by reading books and taking a computerized test each nine weeks. Students meeting their required point goal for the nine-week period will earn alternate dress and admission to “spend” their points in our AR store. Students earning 500 points or more will become members of the 500 point club and receive a medal and recognition at a ceremony.
Home Connect   Renaissance ID: STMS-50XS
AR Book Find

STAR Testing

STAR testing is part of the Accelerated Reading program used in many schools/districts across the United States to provide information about students’ reading abilities. The STAR test indicates the reading range in which the student has optimal comprehension without excessive frustration. The test will be administered five times per year (at the beginning of the year and at the end of each nine-week period), so we can track student progress.

STM TEXTBOOKS - Kindergarten to 8th grade

Please click here to view textbooks used in each grade level.

Important Medical Information and More

At STM, we’re blessed to have a full-time nurse, Mrs. Rochelle Bowman, RN. Students are allowed to visit her when they are not feeling well, to take doctor-prescribed medication, or if they hurt themselves on campus. She can be reached at rochelle@stmbr.org.

Attention 5th Grade Parents:  Louisiana requires booster shots after the 11th birthday. EVERY student will be required to provide an updated shot record to attend school in 6th Grade. Shots that are now REQUIRED for entry into 6th Grade are the following: Tdap, Varicella (second dose) and Meningococcal Vaccine (MCV-4). Tdap and MCV4 can not be given until AFTER the 11th birthday. The Varicella vaccine is not required if your child has had the chicken pox disease, but history of the disease must be noted on the shot record. Please make an appointment to get these vaccinations this school year. Shot records will be due July 1. Once your child has been vaccinated, please bring an updated shot record to First Aid.

Downloadable Medical Forms

STM Medication Policy
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State Medication Order Form
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Consent for Medication Administration
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INC Form: required for any diagnosis
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Cafeteria Form
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Epipen Emergency Care Plan
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Home and School Association

A Chance for Parents to Make an Impact

Home and School is dedicated to assisting the faculty and staff of Saint Thomas More Catholic School through volunteerism and major projects including: Mission Day, Grandparents Day, Open House, teacher-resource committee and grade level parent coordinators. Click here for more information on how to jump in and get involved!

Home and School Officers

Enhanced Learning Team

There are opportunities for you to interact with your children helping them learn through hands-on experiments and lessons. Please consider joining us while we help your child learn through experience.

Forms & Links

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