When your child will be absent or tardy, please email attendance@stmbr.org. Please provide the following: student name, grade, teacher, reason for absenteeism or tardiness. This email may come any time prior to 7:30 a.m. You also may email your child's teachers to request homework.
In honor of Veterans Day on Monday, November 11, students may wear red, white, and blue t-shirts in place of the uniform shirt or over the jumper, colored socks, ties, turtlenecks, bows, jewelry, beads, hats (not worn inside), scarves and sweatshirts. No light-up accessories, please.
Our Open House for new prospective families is Tuesday, November 19, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. If you know a family looking for a new school home for their child, please invite them to come and share this link to RSVP: stmbr.org/openhouse.
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 for 2025-2026 in January.
Wonderful Wednesday Volunteer Opportunity - December 4: On the first Wednesday of each month, we celebrate our Eagle Spirit on Wonderful Wednesday by wearing our spirit shirts and enjoying a special treat. Volunteers are needed to pop popcorn, fill bags, and distribute to students on December 4. Please consider signing up for a popcorn shift! Click here to volunteer. Remember, to volunteer on campus, you must complete Child Protection Certification. Click here to view the Child Protection requirements.
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.
FALL SPORTS AWARDS CONVOCATION - December 2: We will use this special night to honor our girls basketball, football, cross country, swimming and tennis athletes and coaches. We will be passing out participation certificates, letterman awards and pins to those athletes who have earned them for a fall sport this year.
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.
St. Joseph's Academy is offering two new Thanksgiving holiday camps. Click here if you are interested in registering your daughter. Please note that for the Sewing Camp, your daughter must have previously attended SJA's Sizzling Summer Sewing Session and already be familiar with the sewing machine. There is a new registration system for camps this year. If your daughter has attended an LSU summer camp, you already may have an account set up with them. *Limited spots available*
Catholic High School’s Open House is November 14. Students and their parents are invited to tour the campus and meet CHS faculty and students.
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 6th grade receive booster shots after turning 11. These vaccines include: Tdap and Meningococcal. Please make an appointment with your health care provider after your child’s 11th birthday. Shot records can be faxed, emailed, or sent in an envelope to school. Our fax number is 225-275-0376; Nurse Rochelle's email address is rochelle@stmbr.org. Shot records for entering 6th graders are due by JULY 15, 2025. If your child will not be 11-years-old before starting 6th grade, please email Nurse Rochelle, and make an appointment for shots the week following his/her birthday.
IMMUNIZATION EXEMPTIONS: A Louisiana state waiver form is available for parents that wish to exclude their children from required immunizations for personal, philosophical, or religious reasons. Medically required exemption letters are provided by physicians.
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VETERANS DAY: STM Parish will celebrate Veterans Day by honoring and remembering veterans and active military personnel at all Masses this weekend, November 9 - 10. Veterans are encouraged to wear something symbolic of their service to Mass. Fellowship Sunday hosted by the Décor Committee will follow the 10 a.m. Mass on the 10th in the activity center. Please join us.
Born to Run: BORN TO RUN: Calling all runners and walkers!! Let's come together as a parish family in support of LIFE. Join us in running/walking the Woman’s New Life Clinic’s Born to Run 5K/Fun Run on November 16. This festive event will be a fun day for the whole family, including a post-event “Birth”day party featuring food and live music! Visit stmbr.org/news/run for additional details and to register.
Born to Run: ANGEL TREE GIVING: Christmas is around the corner, and the STM Women’s Ministry Angel Tree is getting ready to help those in need of assistance during the holiday season. This program may be just the opportunity you and your family or friends are looking for to bring holiday joy to those less fortunate. Choose an angel off the tree after Masses the weekends of November 16 - 17, November 23 - 24, and November 30 - Dec. 1. Bring angel gifts back to the church, wrapped with angel attached to the outside of the package, by December 8. Thank you for your generosity!
Born to Run: THANKSGIVING MASS: The parish will celebrate Thanksgiving with a vigil Mass on Wednesday, November 27, at 6 p.m. Parishioners are invited to bring one item from their Thanksgiving meal for a special blessing.
Born to Run: FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT: The STM Knights of Columbus is once again hosting a holiday movie night on Friday, December 6, at 7 p.m. on the field. Join us in watching Home Alone while enjoying hot dogs, popcorn, lemonade and hot chocolate. This is a FREE event, but we do ask that you consider bringing donations of blankets and toiletries for the Bishop Ott homeless shelters when you come to the movie.
Born to Run: PARISH E-NEWSLETTER: Stay in the loop with all the latest church events and news by signing up for STM’s weekly e-newsletter HERE.
NOVEMBER 14: School Mass (5-8)
NOVEMBER 19: STM Open House for new families
NOVEMBER 21:
• School Mass (K-8)
• Spotlight performance, 6 p.m.
NOVEMBER 25-29: Thanksgiving break
DECEMBER 5:
• School Mass (K-4)
• STM Choir Christmas Concert, 6:30 p.m.
DECEMBER 12: School Mass (K-12)
DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 3: Christmas break
JANUARY 20: Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday
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.
