St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Fort Lauderdale)
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St. Thomas Aquinas High School (also known as STA) is a private, Roman Catholic, college-preparatory
high school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
, USA, that educates young men and women in the Catholic tradition of youth formation. The school was founded in 1936 as part of St. Anthony School
. In 1952, the high school separated and moved to its current location under the name Central Catholic High School. Finally, in 1961, the school was named in honor of Thomas Aquinas
, the patron saint of Catholic education. Sponsored by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami
and accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
, the school currently enrolls 2,191 students on its 25 acres (101,171.5 m²) campus in southwest Fort Lauderdale.
presented St. Thomas Aquinas High School with the Department of Education
Blue Ribbon Award
for excellence in education. The Blue Ribbon Award, the Department of Education's most prestigious honor, recognizes schools for excellence in leadership, vision, teaching curriculum, student achievement, parental involvement and community support.
It was the second time in two decades that St. Thomas Aquinas had received recognition by the U.S. Department of Education. The school was first recognized as a "School of Excellence" during the 1984-1985 school year.
St. Thomas Aquinas High School has been named to the Catholic High School Honor Roll five times (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010). It is the only Catholic high school in the Archdiocese of Miami to have been listed as one of the Top 50 Catholic high schools in the United States for five years.
The Forensics Speech & Debate Team Duo of William Monzon and Ines Del Toro became the first, Harvard National Champions in 2003.
The Forensics Speech & Debate Member Michael Manzella became Florida Forensic League Disctrict 5 Champion in 2002.
The St. Thomas Aquinas Choir traveled to Rome, Italy in the spring of 2007 to sing for Pope Benedict XVI.
St. Thomas's drama students performed George Orwell's Animal Farm in March 2009. Two students received Cappie Awards
for their achievements in the play.
Several band and orchestra players have become members of the Florida Youth Orchestra,nd one student was accepted by the All-State orchestra for the 2008-2009 school year.
as the third best high school athletic program in the nation. Of the more than 38,000 high schools in the U.S., fewer than one in a thousand made Sports Illustrated's list honoring schools with the nation's top athletic programs. The criteria emphasized all-around excellence during the last 10 years and included state championships won and the number of college athletes produced.
In 2011, St. Thomas Aquinas was named the nation's top athletic program by Maxpreps.
The Raiders have won 82 FHSAA state championships and have produced such athletes as tennis
great Chris Evert
, NFL star Michael Irvin
and U.S. Olympian Sanya Richards
. The school has been awarded the Broward County
all-sports trophy by the Sun-Sentinel
for 30 consecutive years. The athletic department has also won the FHSAA's Dodge Sunshine Cup every year since the awards inception in 1995.
University-preparatory school
A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school is a secondary school, usually private, designed to prepare students for a college or university education...
high school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...
, USA, that educates young men and women in the Catholic tradition of youth formation. The school was founded in 1936 as part of St. Anthony School
St. Anthony School (Florida)
The St. Anthony School is a historic school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is located at 820 Northeast 3rd Street. On September 26, 1997, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.-References and external links:* at...
. In 1952, the high school separated and moved to its current location under the name Central Catholic High School. Finally, in 1961, the school was named in honor of Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas, O.P. , also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, or Doctor Universalis...
, the patron saint of Catholic education. Sponsored by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami
The Archdiocese of Miami is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States of America. Its ecclesiastic territory includes Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties in the U.S. state of Florida. The archdiocese is the metropolitan see for the Ecclesiastical Province of Miami,...
and accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is one of the six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation...
, the school currently enrolls 2,191 students on its 25 acres (101,171.5 m²) campus in southwest Fort Lauderdale.
Academics
On May 29, 1996, President Bill ClintonBill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
presented St. Thomas Aquinas High School with the Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
Blue Ribbon Award
Blue Ribbon Schools Program
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
for excellence in education. The Blue Ribbon Award, the Department of Education's most prestigious honor, recognizes schools for excellence in leadership, vision, teaching curriculum, student achievement, parental involvement and community support.
It was the second time in two decades that St. Thomas Aquinas had received recognition by the U.S. Department of Education. The school was first recognized as a "School of Excellence" during the 1984-1985 school year.
St. Thomas Aquinas High School has been named to the Catholic High School Honor Roll five times (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010). It is the only Catholic high school in the Archdiocese of Miami to have been listed as one of the Top 50 Catholic high schools in the United States for five years.
Admissions
St. Thomas Aquinas accepts students from 102 feeder schools, 59 Catholic parishes, and three counties. An Entrance Exam is required for all incoming Freshmen. Prospective students must also submit their first semester 8th grade report card and two letters of recommendation from their current school. Final acceptance and enrollment is contingent upon successful completion of 8th grade. Prospective transfer students must submit an application along with a copy of their current high school transcript. Two academic letters of recommendation from current school officials must also be submitted to complete the application requirements.Faculty and curriculum
The St. Thomas Aquinas faculty consists of three religious and 120 laypersons, with 71 teachers holding advanced degrees. The ratio of students to teaching faculty stands at 18 to 1. The faculty averages 19 years of teaching experience and 12 years of experience at the school.National Merit achievements
| Class Year | Finalists | Commended | National Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 54 | 17 | |
| 2010 | 23 | 25 | |
| 2009 | 16 | 32 | |
| 2008 | 33 | 30 | |
| 2007 | 22 | 34 | |
| 2005 | 16 | 23 | |
| 2004 | 27 | 29 | |
| 2003 | 36 | 13th | |
| 2002 | 21 | 35 | |
| 2001 | 25 | ||
| 2000 | 16 | ||
| 1999 | 21 |
Arts achievements
The Forensics Speech & Debate Team Duo of Kevin Allocca and William Monzon became Florida Forensic League State Champions in 2002.The Forensics Speech & Debate Team Duo of William Monzon and Ines Del Toro became the first, Harvard National Champions in 2003.
The Forensics Speech & Debate Member Michael Manzella became Florida Forensic League Disctrict 5 Champion in 2002.
The St. Thomas Aquinas Choir traveled to Rome, Italy in the spring of 2007 to sing for Pope Benedict XVI.
St. Thomas's drama students performed George Orwell's Animal Farm in March 2009. Two students received Cappie Awards
Critics and Awards Program for High School Students
The Cappies ' is an international program for recognizing, celebrating, and providing learning experiences for high school theater and journalism students and teenage playwrights....
for their achievements in the play.
Several band and orchestra players have become members of the Florida Youth Orchestra,nd one student was accepted by the All-State orchestra for the 2008-2009 school year.
Athletics
In 2005, St. Thomas Aquinas was recognized by Sports IllustratedSports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
as the third best high school athletic program in the nation. Of the more than 38,000 high schools in the U.S., fewer than one in a thousand made Sports Illustrated's list honoring schools with the nation's top athletic programs. The criteria emphasized all-around excellence during the last 10 years and included state championships won and the number of college athletes produced.
In 2011, St. Thomas Aquinas was named the nation's top athletic program by Maxpreps.
The Raiders have won 82 FHSAA state championships and have produced such athletes as tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
great Chris Evert
Chris Evert
Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...
, NFL star Michael Irvin
Michael Irvin
Michael Jerome Irvin is a former American football player for the Dallas Cowboys, and actor. He is also a former broadcaster for ESPN's NFL Countdown and currently an analyst for NFL Network. Irvin was self-nicknamed "The Playmaker" due to his penchant for making big plays in big games during his...
and U.S. Olympian Sanya Richards
Sanya Richards
Sanya Richards-Ross is a track and field athlete who competes internationally for the United States. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 4×400 meters relay at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, an individual bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics for the 400 m, and a gold medal in the 2009...
. The school has been awarded the Broward County
Broward County, Florida
-2000 Census:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,623,018 people, 654,445 households, and 411,645 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,346 people per square mile . There were 741,043 housing units at an average density of 615 per square mile...
all-sports trophy by the Sun-Sentinel
Sun-Sentinel
The Sun Sentinel, owned by the Tribune Company, is the main daily newspaper of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S., and all of Broward County, but circulates throughout all of South Florida.-Overview:...
for 30 consecutive years. The athletic department has also won the FHSAA's Dodge Sunshine Cup every year since the awards inception in 1995.
Men
- FootballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
- 1992, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2010 - BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
- 1995, 2003 - BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- 2001 - Soccer - 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2011
- SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
- 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 - TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- 1989, 1994, 2009 - Track and FieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
- 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 - WrestlingWrestlingWrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
- 1985
Women
- GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2001 - Soccer - 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2011
- SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- 1986, 1993, 2002, 2003 - SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
- 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 - TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- 1972, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 - Track and FieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
- 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 - VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- 1995, 2004
Athletics
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- professional football player - Arman HallArman HallArman Hall is a American sprinter. He currently attends St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Hall was an All-USA high school track and field team selection by USA Today in 2011....
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- professional baseball player - Twan RussellTwan RussellTwan Sanchez Russell is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, the Miami Dolphins, and the Atlanta Falcons. He played college football at the University of Miami.-High school:Russell attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School, where he...
- former professional football player - Nate SalleyNate SalleyNate Salley is an American football safety for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League. He was originally drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State.-Early years:He was a two sport star at St.Thomas Aquinas High...
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- U.S. Olympian who placed 10th in the Discus at 2000 Summer Olympics2000 Summer OlympicsThe Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia... - Major WrightMajor WrightMajor Wright is an American football free safety for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Bears in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida.-Early years:...
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- collegiate football player at the University of Wisconsin - Sam Young - professional football player
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- Award-winning American poet and author and the recipient of a 2009 Fellowship from the National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the ArtsThe National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
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- former U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of FloridaUnited States District Court for the Southern District of FloridaThe United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida is the federal United States district court with jurisdiction over the southern part of the state of Florida....