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Saint Thomas More High School (Milwaukee)

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Type
  
Private, Coeducational

Established
  
1890 (as Pio Nono)

President
  
Dr. Mark Joerres

Founded
  
1972

Religious affiliation(s)
  
Roman Catholic

Opened
  
1972

Phone
  
+1 414-481-8370

Colors
  
Grey, Columbia blue

Motto
  
Inspired by Christ, driven by Innovation.

Address
  
2601 E Morgan Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53207, USA

School district
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee

Similar
  
Pius XI High School, Marquette University High Sch, Ronald Reagan High Sch, Dominican High School, Messmer High School

Profiles

Saint Thomas More High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

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Background

Saint Thomas More High School was established in 1972 by the merger of Don Bosco and Pio Nono High Schools. 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.

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

    Saint Thomas More High School (Milwaukee) Wikipedia