St. Thomas More School (Louisiana)

For other schools named after Thomas More, see St. Thomas More School (disambiguation).

Saint Thomas More Catholic High School
Address
450 East Farrel Road Lafayette, Louisiana, (Lafayette Parish) 70508 United States
Coordinates	26°16′25″N 11°20′16″W / 26.27361°N 11.33778°W / 26.27361; -11.33778Coordinates: 26°16′25″N 11°20′16″W / 26.27361°N 11.33778°W / 26.27361; -11.33778
Information
Type	Private
Motto	God's Servants First
Principal	Kellie Leger
Grades	9 - 12
Color(s)	Navy, maroon, and grey
Mascot	Cougar
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Website	http://www.STMCougars.com/

Saint Thomas More Catholic High School (STM) is a co-educational, Roman Catholic high school located in Lafayette, Louisiana. It opened its doors in 1982 and is named after the 16th-century saint Thomas More. It is owned and operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette.

Description

STM has approximately 1,100 students,^[1] the majority of whom come from its four feeder schools:

Cathedral Carmel
Our Lady of Fatima
Saint Cecilia
St. Pius

The STM mascot is the cougar. The school offers sports including football, cross country, swimming, basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, tennis, wrestling, lacrosse, golf, dancing, bowling, and soccer. It has a Beta Club, French club, speech and debate team, and numerous other groups.

Notable alumni

Mackenzie Bourg - contestant on season 3 of The Voice and season 15 of American Idol
Fr. Corey Campeaux - priest in the diocese of Lafayette
Fr. Brian Harrington - priest in the diocese of Lafayette
Mikie Mahtook - professional baseball outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball
Lyle Mouton - Major League Baseball player, most notably for the Chicago White Sox
Javon Walker - played football for the Cougars and currently plays for the NFL

References

↑ Private Schools Report

External links

Official school website

Lafayette Parish, Louisiana Schools

Lafayette Parish School System

High schools	Acadiana High School Carencro High School Ovey Comeaux High School Lafayette High School Northside High School Southside High School Early College Academy David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy

Private schools

High schools and K-12 schools	Ascension Episcopal School Episcopal School of Acadiana St. Thomas More School Teurlings Catholic High School

Primary schools	Westminster Christian Academy

This list is incomplete. Westminster Christian has a primary campus in Lafayette while it has an elementary through high school campus in Opelousas

Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana

Ordinaries	Bishops Jules Benjamin Jeanmard Maurice Schexnayder Gerard Louis Frey Harry Joseph Flynn Edward Joseph O'Donnell Charles Michael Jarrell J. Douglas Deshotel Priests who became bishops Glen Provost

Churches	Cathedral St. John's Cathedral, Lafayette Parish churches: Monastery Monastery of Mary, Mother of Grace, Lafayette

Education	Academy of the Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau Catholic High School, New Iberia Hanson Memorial High School, Franklin Notre Dame High School, Crowley Opelousas Catholic School, Opelousas Sacred Heart High School, Ville Platte St. Edmund High School, Eunice St. Thomas More School, Lafayette Teurlings Catholic High School, Lafayette Vermilion Catholic High School, Abbeville

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