Saint Thomas More High School (Milwaukee)
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| Saint Thomas More High School formerly Thomas More | |
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2601 East Morgan Avenue , , 53207-3725 United States | |
| Coordinates | 42°58′47″N 87°52′35″W / 42.97972°N 87.87639°W |
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| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Motto | Inspired by Christ, driven by Innovation. |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1890 (as Pio Nono) |
| School district | Archdiocese of Milwaukee |
| President | Dr. Mark Joerres |
| Faculty | 29 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 445 (2007–2008) |
| Average class size | 22 |
| Color(s) | Cavalier Blue and Grey |
| Athletics | 18 varsity sports |
| Athletics conference | Metro Classic |
| Nickname | TM, STM, More |
| Team name | Cavaliers |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[1] |
| Newspaper | The Utopian |
| Yearbook | The Chancellor |
| Athletic Director | John Hoch |
| Website | http://www.tmore.org |
Saint Thomas More High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
Background
Saint Thomas More High School was established in 1972 by the merger of Don Bosco and Pio Nono High Schools.[citation needed] It was initially named Thomas More High School, but the "Saint" was added to the name in the summer of 2007 to re-emphasize the school's Catholic heritage.
Beginning in 2007 students are equipped with a laptop computer at the start of the school year.[2]
Athletics
Saint Thomas More High School is a member of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association and the Woodland Conference. The school offers the following sports:
Fall: football, boys' cross country, girls' cross country, boys' soccer, girls' volleyball, girls' swimming, girls' tennis, girls' golf, girls' pom pons
Winter: boys' basketball, girls' basketball, boys' bowling, girls' bowling, boys' swimming, girls' pom pons, wrestling
Spring: baseball, boys' track & field, girls' track & field, boys' tennis, boys' golf, girls' soccer, girls' softball
State titles
Thomas More High School has won 18 state titles from 1973 to the present:
- 1973 Boys' cross country
- 1974 Boys' cross country
- 1974 Boys' Wrestling
- 1975 Boys' Wrestling
- 1976 Football
- 1976 Boys' cross country
- 1977 Football
- 1978 Boys' cross country
- 1980 Boys' cross country
- 1981 Boys' cross country
- 1981 Football
- 1981 Boys' track & field
- 1981 Boys' baseball
- 1988 Boys' basketball
- 1996 Boys' baseball
- 1999 Girls' volleyball
- 2000 Girls' volleyball
- 2006 Soccer
Conference championships
PN denotes Pio Nono, DB denotes Don Bosco
- Boys' soccer (TM: 1998, 1999, 2012)
- Wrestling (DB: 1958, 1965, 1969, 1970; PN: 1972; TM: 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
- Boys' track & field (TM: 1976, 1981)
- Boys' golf (PN: 1931; DB: 1962; TM: 1986, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2012)
- Football (PN: 1927, 1935, 1936; DB: 1953, 1954, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970; TM: 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 2004)
- Boys' cross country (TM: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1998)
- Boys' basketball (PN: 1932, 1937; DB: 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1970; TM: 1977, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1998, 2001, 2002)
- Baseball (PN: 1931; DB: 1954, 1955; TM: 1975, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2009)
- Boys' tennis (TM: 2011, 2012)
- Girls' volleyball (TM: 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007)
- Softball (TM: 1995, 1996)
- Girls' basketball (TM: 1998, 2000)
- Girls' golf (TM: 2003)
- Girls' bowling (TM: 2009)
Thomas More's girls' Volleyball team had a winning streak from 1997 to 2005, during which it won 77 conference matches and 8 consecutive conference titles.
The school's mascot is the Cavaliers.
Notable alumni and faculty
- George Lee Andrews - Broadway actor and Guinness World Records holder for most performances in the same Broadway show, The Phantom of the Opera
- Dave Cieslewicz – mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
- Pedro Colón – first Latino elected to the Wisconsin legislature
- Anthony Crivello – Tony Award-winning actor in 1993 for Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Jonathan Dekker – professional football player
- Jim Haluska – Rose Bowl quarterback and NFL player, coached and taught at Thomas More
- Chris Larson – member of the Wisconsin State Senate
- Dick Miller – Played for Indiana Pacers and Utah Jazz during 1980–81 season
- Jerry Panek – professional soccer player and coach, former coach at St. Thomas More
- John R. Plewa – member of the Wisconsin State Senate
- Edward J. Zore – Former CEO of Northwestern Mutual
- TJ Otzelberger - assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Washington Washington Huskies men's basketball
- Jim Jodat - former NFL football player with the Rams, Seahawks, and Chargers
References
- ^ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ TMHS. "School History". Retrieved 2007-05-11.
