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FRESHMAN APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
TRANSFER APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Please Note: St. Thomas High School’s open admissions and financial aid policies do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnic origin, disability, or similar factors.
The application is a two-part process. Fill out the demographic portion of the application, pay the application fee, and submit the application. Next, your admissions portal will generate an admissions checklist for you to keep track of all the items you must submit before your son’s application is complete. The checklist must be completed by January 31, 2025.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2024
- Freshman & Transfer Applications are open
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2024
- Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE) Testing
- St. Thomas School Code is #571055
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2024
- Open House
SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2025
- Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE) Testing
- St. Thomas School Code is #571055
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2025
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2025
- Complete Blackbaud Financial Aid Management Application and be in the “Verified Status.”
- Most recent tax return information and supporting documentation must be received by Blackbaud Financial Aid Management (do not send any information directly to STH)
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2025
- All supporting documents must be submitted
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2025
- Admissions Decision Day
MID-MARCH 2025
- Financial Aid and Scholarship Award notifications will be sent to admitted families
FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2025
- New Eagle Welcome
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2025
- Common Reply Day
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2025
- Freshman Registration Night
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2025
- Freshman Placement Testing
MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2025
- Complete Application (Freshman and Transfer) Deadline for the 2025-2026 Academic School Year
TRANSCRIPTS & RECOMMENDATIONS
To access the required recommendations and transcript request forms, please download copies from the following links and submit them to your school’s registrar after December 1, 2024. You may also send the recommendations directly to your teachers via your application portal.
- Transcript Release Request (PDF)
- Math Teacher Recommendation (PDF)
- English Teacher Recommendation (PDF)
Please do not request transcripts until after the fall semester has ended. It is very important that your current grade’s transcript reflect a complete semester. We must receive these completed documents directly from your current school by the January 31, 2025 deadline.
St. Thomas High School has chosen to provide the Houston Association of Independent Schools (HAIS) Recommendation forms; however, St. Thomas High School will accept the HAIS recommendation forms or the Catholic High School Recommendation forms that other high schools provide.
ENTRANCE EXAM
St. Thomas High School requires all freshman and sophomore applicants to take the Independent Schools Entrance Exam (ISEE) and submit their score as part of the application process.
ISEE REGISTRATION
- The Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) will be offered at St. Thomas High School on Saturday, November 16, 2024 and Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 8:00 am. Pre-registration is required to take the test at St. Thomas High School, please register at ISEE REGISTRATION (iseeonline.erblearn.org).
- If you are interested in taking the exam here at St. Thomas High School on either date, please use our school code #571055 for easy registration. As the date gets closer, St. Thomas High School will provide more information.
- If not taking the ISEE at St. Thomas High School, please be sure to include St. Thomas High School as a score recipient. Our school code is #571055.
RESOURCE BLOG
High school selection is a significant step in a student’s academic journey. It involves choosing the right school that aligns with their educational aspirations, interests, and personal growth goals. These resources serve as a comprehensive guide that explores the high school admissions process, provides strategies for evaluating high schools, suggests questions to ask on campus tours, and more. The articles below provide prospective students and families with a wealth of knowledge to assist them in the high school selection process.
Establishing Brotherhood: Key to Success in the Initial Weeks at St. Thomas
Starting high school is a significant milestone for every student. It involves navigating a new environment with many unknowns, including teachers, classmates, classrooms, and lunch lines. When students confidently enter a new environment and feel a sense of belonging, they have a better chance [...]
Starting the High School Journey: Tips and Insights
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” — Lao Tzu When should you start thinking about High School for your son?.....The simple answer is anytime during middle school. There is a level of attention you should apply when looking at a [...]
Take Us Higher: ISEE Test Prep Class 2024
Houston-area Catholic and private high schools require entrance exams as a part of the admissions process. The administration of the tests begins in November 2024. St. Thomas High School is once again offering classes for current eighth grade students in preparation for the Independent School [...]
The Benefits of a Fine Arts Program in All-Boys Schools: Why Fine Arts Education Matters
Fine arts are important for a holistic education in today's educational environment. A strong fine arts program can bring many benefits, especially in an all-boys school. A comprehensive fine arts program can help students academically, support their emotional development, and create a strong community. [...]
The Benefits of a High School Retreat Program: A Path to Faith Development
A strong retreat program provides significant benefits for high school students. Retreats emphasize spiritual growth and personal development, preparing students to become good, moral, and ethical individuals. When exploring educational options, you may come across schools that offer retreat programs. These programs provide added benefits [...]
Extracurriculars Enrich the High School Experience
Benefits Beyond Academics When choosing a private high school, prospective students and their families should take a good look at extracurricular offerings – including sports, clubs, activities, performing arts and more – that both complement the academic experience and contribute to students' personal growth and [...]
Service and Scholarship
Students Should Focus on Both During their crucial high school years, students should prioritize community service alongside their studies, extracurricular activities, and leadership roles within the school. Service to others offers a wide array of benefits for high schoolers, from personal growth to academic [...]
College Planning Starts in Ninth Grade
A Systematic Approach to Academic Goal-Setting Today, students and their families are realizing the importance of individual academic planning throughout the high school years when charting a course toward a preferred college. Academic planning not only helps students navigate their educational journey, but also allows [...]
How to Prep for College Prep
Get Started on Good Habits Now The jump from the expectations in 8th grade to the expectations and workload in 9th grade is a significant transition in a student’s life, especially if they’re attending a college prep institution. Suddenly, proactive life skills like time [...]
Navigating the Private School Admissions Process
It’s Time to Make A Strong Impression After careful research and deliberation, you’ve decided to apply to private school – congratulations on this important decision. Private schools typically have limited seats and a competitive application process, so it’s essential to make a compelling case for [...]
The Benefits of a Catholic Education
Parents who want the best for their students have many educational options. You may have already decided that private school is your preference; but within that group, you’ll find religiously affiliated schools that do an excellent job at creating tomorrow’s leaders. For many Catholic [...]
Are Private School Students Successful?
It’s only natural that families want the best for their students navigating those all-so-important high school years. These years have the power to determine the direction of a person’s life, so the potential educational, social, spiritual and career outcomes of enrollment in a particular [...]
Can I afford a Private College Preparatory High School?
You want the best education for your child, and to find a school that will successfully prepare him or her for college, life, family, service and beyond. Based on everything you’ve researched and learned, private school has become an important option to consider. Now [...]
Get to Know A School in Seven Smart Steps
Where a student decides to attend high school – four of the most formative years of his life – is a major decision for him and his family. This is when gathering information, doing thorough research and asking the right questions come into play [...]
Why Consider Single Gender Education?
When considering school options for your son, maybe you’ve wondered about the benefits of an all-boys option. This is a fine educational tradition that goes back generations, and for good reason: Single-gender education makes sense for a lot of students, and the positive aspects [...]
Which Private School is Best For My Child?
Ok, you’ve considered your options, looked at the data, and made an informed decision: you are sending your child to private school. For many families, rankings, facts and figures are only part of the equation: the deciding factors in choosing a specific school often [...]
Why Should I Consider Sending My Child to Private School?
This is a time for deciding what means the most to you and your student as you plan for their academic growth, spiritual development and a lifetime of faith, achievement, service and personal success. Let’s face it: when it comes to secondary education, those four [...]
Establishing Brotherhood: Key to Success in the Initial Weeks at St. Thomas
Starting high school is a significant milestone for every student. It involves navigating a new environment with many unknowns, including teachers, classmates, classrooms, and lunch lines. When students confidently enter a new environment and feel a sense of belonging, they have a better chance [...]
Starting the High School Journey: Tips and Insights
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” — Lao Tzu When should you start thinking about High School for your son?.....The simple answer is anytime during middle school. There is a level of attention you should apply when looking at a [...]
Take Us Higher: ISEE Test Prep Class 2024
Houston-area Catholic and private high schools require entrance exams as a part of the admissions process. The administration of the tests begins in November 2024. St. Thomas High School is once again offering classes for current eighth grade students in preparation for the Independent School [...]
The Benefits of a Fine Arts Program in All-Boys Schools: Why Fine Arts Education Matters
Fine arts are important for a holistic education in today's educational environment. A strong fine arts program can bring many benefits, especially in an all-boys school. A comprehensive fine arts program can help students academically, support their emotional development, and create a strong community. [...]
The Benefits of a High School Retreat Program: A Path to Faith Development
A strong retreat program provides significant benefits for high school students. Retreats emphasize spiritual growth and personal development, preparing students to become good, moral, and ethical individuals. When exploring educational options, you may come across schools that offer retreat programs. These programs provide added benefits [...]
Extracurriculars Enrich the High School Experience
Benefits Beyond Academics When choosing a private high school, prospective students and their families should take a good look at extracurricular offerings – including sports, clubs, activities, performing arts and more – that both complement the academic experience and contribute to students' personal growth and [...]
Service and Scholarship
Students Should Focus on Both During their crucial high school years, students should prioritize community service alongside their studies, extracurricular activities, and leadership roles within the school. Service to others offers a wide array of benefits for high schoolers, from personal growth to academic [...]
College Planning Starts in Ninth Grade
A Systematic Approach to Academic Goal-Setting Today, students and their families are realizing the importance of individual academic planning throughout the high school years when charting a course toward a preferred college. Academic planning not only helps students navigate their educational journey, but also allows [...]
How to Prep for College Prep
Get Started on Good Habits Now The jump from the expectations in 8th grade to the expectations and workload in 9th grade is a significant transition in a student’s life, especially if they’re attending a college prep institution. Suddenly, proactive life skills like time [...]
Navigating the Private School Admissions Process
It’s Time to Make A Strong Impression After careful research and deliberation, you’ve decided to apply to private school – congratulations on this important decision. Private schools typically have limited seats and a competitive application process, so it’s essential to make a compelling case for [...]
The Benefits of a Catholic Education
Parents who want the best for their students have many educational options. You may have already decided that private school is your preference; but within that group, you’ll find religiously affiliated schools that do an excellent job at creating tomorrow’s leaders. For many Catholic [...]
Are Private School Students Successful?
It’s only natural that families want the best for their students navigating those all-so-important high school years. These years have the power to determine the direction of a person’s life, so the potential educational, social, spiritual and career outcomes of enrollment in a particular [...]
Can I afford a Private College Preparatory High School?
You want the best education for your child, and to find a school that will successfully prepare him or her for college, life, family, service and beyond. Based on everything you’ve researched and learned, private school has become an important option to consider. Now [...]
Get to Know A School in Seven Smart Steps
Where a student decides to attend high school – four of the most formative years of his life – is a major decision for him and his family. This is when gathering information, doing thorough research and asking the right questions come into play [...]
Why Consider Single Gender Education?
When considering school options for your son, maybe you’ve wondered about the benefits of an all-boys option. This is a fine educational tradition that goes back generations, and for good reason: Single-gender education makes sense for a lot of students, and the positive aspects [...]
Which Private School is Best For My Child?
Ok, you’ve considered your options, looked at the data, and made an informed decision: you are sending your child to private school. For many families, rankings, facts and figures are only part of the equation: the deciding factors in choosing a specific school often [...]
Why Should I Consider Sending My Child to Private School?
This is a time for deciding what means the most to you and your student as you plan for their academic growth, spiritual development and a lifetime of faith, achievement, service and personal success. Let’s face it: when it comes to secondary education, those four [...]
LEARNING ENRICHMENT CENTER
The LEC is a free resource for all students and is open daily during school hours and for extended lunches for students to seek assistance, conduct independent research, study, and work collaboratively. Full-time LEC specialists provide tutoring in math, science, writing, and world languages as well as support for the development of executive functioning skills.
The St. Thomas High School Learning Enrichment Center facilitates the following classroom accommodations for students who meet the required criteria set forth by St. Thomas High School.
- Preferential seating
- Note-taking assistance
- Extended time on quizzes and tests (up to 50% additional time)
- Learning Ally use for audiobooks
- Computer use for essay portions of tests
For more information about the documentation required upon enrollment to secure accommodations, please click here. If you have further questions, please visit our FAQ Page (Academic Support) or contact the LEC Director, Caroline McRoberts, at Caroline.McRoberts@sths.org or 713-864-6348 Ext. 161.
Please Note: St. Thomas High School’s open admissions and financial aid policies do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnic origin, disability, or similar factors.
CONTACT ADMISSIONS
Dr. Maxwell M. Holmes, Director of Admissions
Maxwell.Holmes@sths.org | 713-864-6348 Ext. 337
Claudia Walker, Assistant Director of Admissions
Claudia.Walker@sths.org | 713-864-6348 Ext. 175
Jaren Murphy, Assistant Director of Recruiting
Jaren.Murphy@sths.org | 713-864-6348 Ext. 146
If you have any questions, you can visit our FAQ section or reach the Admissions Office at 713-864-6348 ext. 175 or Admissions@sths.org.
