SHAPING YOUNG MINDS
St. Thomas High School is a well-established college preparatory that provides a caring, intellectually challenging learning atmosphere in which young men develop the tools necessary to become successful in their future studies and careers. Our students are well prepared for an ever demanding and diverse world. Young alumni often tell us that the course content and workload in college is very manageable for them because they trained for academic rigor at St. Thomas.
To view our full course catalogue with all academic courses offered please click here.
Fine Arts Department
The St. Thomas Fine Arts Department serves as a catalyst for students to realize their creative potential by providing a personalized and rigorous learning environment and contributing to the cultural enrichment of the St. Thomas campus and community. Our classes will develop critical and creative thinking skills and nurture performance skills through training, practice and performances in choir, drama, music and the visual arts. Student performances and exhibitions are events attended by students, the community and extending to state and national competitions.
Music
Concert Band
Beginning Band
Jazz Ensemble
String Ensemble
Vocal Ensemble
Music History
AP Music Theory
Drama
Film Studies
Theater I
Theater II
Theater III
Tech Theater
Tech Theater II
Tech Theater III
Visual Arts
Ceramics I, II, III
Digital Graphics/Animation I, II
Drawing I, II
Fundamentals of Art (Freshmen only)
Independent Study
Printmaking I, II
Two semesters of Fine Arts courses are required for graduation and can be taken at any time.
Freshmen often take Fundamentals of Art which prepares them well for additional courses in the Visual Arts.
Daniel Green (B.A., Spring Hill College; M.Ed., Educational Leadership, Lamar University) has been teaching at St. Thomas since 2002. He teaches Theater I and II and Technical Theater I. Dan is the Drama Guild moderator and his drama program is consistently recognized as one of the premiere theater programs in the Archdiocese.
Chau Nguyen (B.F.A., University of Notre Dame; M.A.T., Rhode Island School of Design) began teaching at St. Thomas in 2013. She teaches Drawing I, II and III, Printmaking I and II and Computer Graphics I and II. She previously worked for five years at Klein High School teaching art and digital graphics. Her artwork has been published as text illustrations for The Catholic Catalogues: A Field Guide to the Daily Acts that Make up a Catholic Life.
Donald Thoede (B.M.E., Sam Houston State University; M.M., Michigan State University; M.Ed., Grand Canyon University) has taught at St. Thomas in 1999. He teaches Band, Jazz Band. Orchestra, Music Theory and Beginning Band. Until 1997, he held the professorship of saxophone at Sam Houston State University. He performs regularly throughout Texas and Louisiana.
Joshua Wilson (B.M., Houston Baptist University; M.Ed. Grand Canyon University) began teaching in 2003. He serves as the choral director and also teaches beginning band and AP Music Theory. He is the textbook coordinator for St. Thomas. He is also a cantor and choir member at Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral in downtown Houston and a member of the Houston Chamber Choir.
Theater, band, and athletics at St. Thomas have a tradition of excellence and play a key role in the students’ high school experience.
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