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The lives of St. Thomas graduates are uniquely fortified by their four years of Basilian college preparatory. But rarely in the 120-year history of the institution has a graduating group been changed in unanticipated ways as the Class of 2020 - those who rallied with the resilience, determination, and adaptability throughout the continuing threat of [...]
Colin ‘83 and Harry Hageney ‘22 house St. Thomas in their souls. Kirk and Michael Douglas had their films ... George and George W. Bush their presidential politics ... Rupert and James Murdoch their mega-media millions ... Woody and Arlo Guthrie their guitars ... Archie, Peyton, and Eli Manning their spirals. And Colin and Harry [...]
The resilient St. Thomas Class of 2021 united for exactly this seismic moment: The record. The joys. The triumph amid on-going national uncertainty. They remained relentlessly committed to finish in the same monumental manner as they had started. The seniors began their Round Up careers learning the essential lessons from those students who preceded them, [...]
Acclaimed St. Thomas scholars Gus Boettcher ‘21 and Patrick Pham ‘21 have earned the National Speech & Debate Association's Academic All American distinction. The coveted award recognizes academic rigor, champion speech and debate success, and personal excellence. Fewer than 1% of the more than 141,000 members of the National Speech & Debate Association share such [...]
As the pandemic bore down in March 2020, educators responded with heroic efforts to haul the profession’s use of technology into the future. The result was a coerced experiment in distance learning and pedagogical improvisation. Virtual classrooms may have left much to be desired, as a screenful of boxes oftentimes offered only a dimmed sense [...]
By every metric, their lives and careers were outrageous St. Thomas successes. They crafted renowned academic acclaim with signature style and resounding selfless leadership. They flashed an exhaustive effervescence with a mature command and composure well beyond their years. The phenomenal threesome from St. Cecilia Catholic School arrived independently together as freshmen and remained perched [...]
Pablo Tager ‘21, the soccer player, possessed a wickedly creative, ball-striking skill set that separated him even from the pack of polished, promising players. Growing up in Texas, however, the football player in Pablo Tager was perhaps always percolating to perform. The pinnacle of Tager’s soccer career came as an acclaimed performer for St. Thomas, [...]
Passion. Purpose. Priorities. Raymond Bourgeois ‘70 has embraced and exemplified those defining qualities for a lifetime of leadership and achievement, invaluable contributions to his beloved Houston Third Ward community and to St. Thomas. Earlier in 2021, Bourgeois accepted the school’s highest alumni distinction, membership into the St. Thomas Hall of Honor. COVID-19 concerns prevented him [...]
The 117th St. Thomas Commencement Ceremony provided one sense of finality while flashing vast potential to drive optimism for the future. One hundred and seventy-two graduates who were awarded $8.5 million in merit-based scholarships to colleges and universities assembled in a stream of Red and White, embodying the value of a formative college preparatory education rooted [...]
Their parallel journeys brought them to similar, unintentional destinations. Like pathways through frontier and space, they encountered obstacles both obvious and unforeseen. Their tightly tuned talent, endless ambition, and deep-dive due diligence forged signature identities through exercises enlightening, tedious, rewarding. Peyton Woodlief ‘22 arrived at St. Thomas as a freshman from St. Elizabeth Ann Catholic [...]
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