Due to reenrollment for the 2025-2026 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 11-24. 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 24 will increase to $460. On January 11, current families will receive an email with reenrollment details.
Thank you to our Annual Fund donors! With your generous gifts, we have raised $68,466 toward our computer application class lab renovation.
There's still time to consider a financial gift that will benefit our students and faculty. There are several 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!
Do you have a child entering school next year? Do you know a family looking for a school? Applications for new students are open at stmbr.org/apply. We have limited availability for qualified candidates. Please note: Applications are for new students only; current students will reenroll January 11-24 for 2025-2026.
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Catholic School Week is January 26 to February 1, 2025. Among the week’s events is the Distinguished Graduates Awards program, hosted by the Catholic Schools Office of the Diocese of Baton Rouge. The dinner and awards banquet will be held on Monday, January 27, at The Renaissance Baton Rouge Hotel.
STM's honoree this year is Dr. Stephen Sanches, STM Class of 1997. Dr. Sanches is Chair of the Pediatric Department, Baton Rouge Clinic; Chief of Pediatrics, Woman's Hospital; and Medical Director, Department of Child and Family Services - East Baton Rouge.
Several STM faculty and staff members will be honored for milestone years of service to Catholic education during our Catholic Schools Week Mass: Mrs. Gretchen Thibodeaux, 30 years; Mrs. Rochelle Bowman, 25 years; Mrs. Ashley McDaniel, 25 years; Mrs. Brenda Denison, 20 years; Mrs. Laurie Clark, 20 years; Mrs. Susan Kottemann, 15 years; Mrs. Ruth Linder, 15 years; and Mrs. Tifani Broussard, 10 years.
Throughout the week, our daily themes will be: Monday, Celebrating Community; Tuesday, Celebrating Students; Wednesday, Celebrating the Nation; Thursday, Celebrating Vocations; and Friday, Celebrating Faculty, Staff and Volunteers.
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Join us for STM Family Movie Night at Celebrity Theatres on Monday, January 20, 2025. Our featured movie is Sing. 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 will begin at 5:30 p.m. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets must be purchased in advance.
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Reserve your child's copy of the STM 2024-2025 Utopia yearbook today! Go to stmbr.org/yearbook to purchase. Recognition ads and personalization are available.
Get your STM spirit shirts now! The online store is the only place to buy spirit shirts. It's only open through January 13, so click here to order yours today! Youth and adult cotton and performance tees available in short and long sleeve. Students are encouraged to wear the STM spirit shirt on Wonderful Wednesdays (the first Wednesday of each month), Mission Day, grade-level retreats, field trips, and other special days designated by the administration.
As students return to school on January 6, we want to remind you of these guidelines for haircuts. STM recognizes that there are different types of hair and that no single set of descriptions will perfectly capture the school’s expectations about haircuts, but the following guidelines will keep a student in compliance with the school’s expectations. These guidelines allow for some individual preferences regarding haircuts, while ensuring that hair is neat in appearance and not a distraction. Hair must be clean and styled in a conventional manner.
Girls:
Boys:
Girls and Boys:
The above are examples and not a complete list of what may or may not be considered conventional.
In an effort to highlight our liturgical seasons, all students are invited to wear gold socks, and girls are invited to wear gold or white bows on Monday, January 6. To mark the beginning of Ordinary Time, all students are invited to wear green socks, and girls are invited to wear green bows on Monday, January 13.
Please note: These are not accessory days. Only socks and bows, please.
Click here to view the January lunch menu.
A big thank you to all the class parents who organized class Christmas parties! The students thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and the teachers were sent off to Christmas break with cheerful celebration! You all did an amazing job!
Community Coffee Cash for Schools: Please clip and collect Proofs of Purchase from all your Community Coffee products. This is how we give our STM teachers their classroom startup money each school year, and we need your help! Send Proofs of Purchase to your child’s homeroom teacher or the front office any time of the school year.
Girls Volleyball and Track & Field registrations are open through January 21.
All student-athletes in grades 3-8 must have a completed athletic packet. Click here to download the athletic packet.
If you have any questions about STM Athletics, please contact Athletic Director Ali Buchart at bucharta@stmbr.org.
STM sports and event photography: Look for an email from your child's coach when sports photos are ready to view and purchase as digital images at Shutterly Happy Photography. Buttons with your child's sport image also will be available for purchase. This page does not close or expire; you may order pictures and/or buttons all year long.
Click here for the STM Athletics calendar to see all game schedules.
Join Rain Will Bring Flowers Foundation, LSU Athletics, The LCLUB, Our Lady of the Lake Health, and The Joe Burrow Foundation for the second annual "Planting Seeds of Hope" 2025 community event — an evening committed to increasing mental health awareness and fostering open dialogue. February 12, 2025, 6 to 7 p.m. at the LSU PMAC, N Stadium Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70802. There is no charge for this event.
This event addresses a critical need in our community. According to the CDC, suicide is the leading cause of death in adolescents and young adults. It’s a topic that often hides in the shadows and by normalizing conversations we can put a spotlight on the stigma. With an ALL-STAR lineup, you will learn how active listening and asking for help can save the lives of your family, friends, and teammates and even strangers
EPIPHANY HOUSE BLESSING: Bless your house in the new year by chalking your door on Epiphany Sunday, January 5. 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 20 + C + M + B + 25 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.
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STM MEN'S CLUB: Dads, grandfathers, godfathers, uncles ... you’re invited to join the Men’s Club and support the STM community. For more details visit the website or email stmbrmensclub@gmail.com.
Men of STM are invited to the annual Men's Club meeting and gumbo cookoff. Please click here to RSVP if you plan to attend, and register your pot if you plan to compete in the cookoff. Please come to the meeting with your gumbo cooked and ready to serve. The Men's Club will provide the rice. Who will win the COVETED GOLDEN LADLE? Join us to find out!
JANUARY 6: White and Gold Socks and Bows Day
JANUARY 8:
• Q2 report cards posted
• Wonderful Wednesday
JANUARY 9: School Mass (K-8)
JANUARY 11-24: Reenrollment for current students
JANUARY 13: Green Socks and Bows Day
JANUARY 16: School Mass (K-4)
JANUARY 18: STM Men's Club Annual Meeting and Gumbo Cookoff
JANUARY 20:
• Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday
• STM Family Movie Night
JANUARY 23: School Mass (5-8)
FEBRUARY 8: K-8 Dad & Daughter Dance
MARCH 29: Parents Bingo
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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 loanprograms, athletic, and other school administered programs.
