Richly Rewarding: Eagle Football Head Coach Leaves Winning Legacy

Written by Keith Calkins The flip into 2025 and the St. Thomas spring semester brought immediate, unexpected changes for acclaimed Eagle Football head coach Rich McGuire and the St. Thomas program he had called home for more than a decade. In a move that was perhaps curious and caused a flinch inside and outside the [...]

By |2025-01-21T14:37:58-06:00January 21st, 2025|Athletics, Football, Campus News|0 Comments

Eagle Sports Update – Winter 2024-25 Season

Photo Credits: Max Demarest ('26) Basketball The Eagles have a 13-9 record so far this season. Their standing secures them as the top team in District 4 of the TAPPS Varsity 6A division. Senior point guard Evan Levy holds the highest assists per game average with 3.5 and second leading scorer on the [...]

St. Thomas Announces Father James Murphy as Vice President of Mission and John Rynd (’75) Interim President

Effective January 1, Father James Murphy will be assuming a new role at St. Thomas High School as Vice President of Mission. In this new position, Fr. Murphy will be responsible for the faith formation of the entire St. Thomas community and will serve as the primary source of sacramental support. His new role will [...]

By |2024-12-18T08:02:16-06:00December 17th, 2024|Campus News|0 Comments

National Signing Day: Caleb Kimble to University of Houston and Trace Langin to Johns Hopkins

On December 4, Caleb Kimble and Trace Langin (both ’25) committed to play their respective sports at the collegiate level. Langin will take his talents to the Johns Hopkins University football team while Kimble will remain close to home, playing Division I baseball at the University of Houston. The future Blue Jay and Cougar sat [...]

By |2024-12-05T14:00:26-06:00December 5th, 2024|Campus News|0 Comments

Servant Leaders of St. Thomas Spread Thanksgiving Cheer

On November 19, St. Thomas students served over 405 members of Houston’s unhoused community a Thanksgiving meal, complete with turkey, green beans, mashed potatoes, and dinner rolls. The students shopped for, prepared, and eventually served the food, learning food prep skills and enacting spiritual service along the way. The preparation for the feast began the [...]

By |2024-11-22T07:56:59-06:00November 22nd, 2024|Student Life, Campus News|0 Comments

Eagle Alumnus Makes Impact as Educator: Casey Johnson, Director of Liturgy

Shaped by his time spent as a St. Thomas student himself, Casey Johnson (‘05) leads current students through their own high school experiences in Theology class, with the Ad Altare Dei Society, and in Eagles for Life club meetings as Director of Liturgy. “Mr. Johnson stands out to me as a teacher because of his dedication [...]

By |2024-10-29T13:23:09-05:00October 29th, 2024|Student Life, Campus News, Academics|0 Comments

On Bridging Catholic Faith and Modern Science: Becky Dowdy, Dean of Science

“We have a great respect for the intellect and belief that an education in the truth leads to both great scholarship and great spirituality. We believe that the teaching of truth reveals God’s creation. Some of the truths are intellectual, and others are spiritual. These truths complement one another, and neither contradict nor conflict with [...]

By |2024-10-21T08:13:53-05:00October 21st, 2024|Campus News, Faculty Profiles, Academics|0 Comments

Eagle Football Celebrates Homecoming with a District Win

As the student section cheered and prospective students’ families watched from the sidelines, the St. Thomas High School Eagles recorded a 48-23 victory over the Central Catholic Buttons. The October 4 win carried the students into the annual Homecoming Dance the following night. The week prior to the homecoming matchup, the Eagles earned a decisive [...]

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