Saint Thomas More High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
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.
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
Thomas More High School has won 18 state titles from 1973 to the present:
1973 Boys' cross country1974 Boys' cross country1974 Boys' Wrestling1975 Boys' Wrestling1976 Football1976 Boys' cross country1977 Football1978 Boys' cross country1980 Boys' cross country1981 Boys' cross country1981 Football1981 Boys' track & field1981 Boys' baseball1988 Boys' basketball1996 Boys' baseball1999 Girls' volleyball2000 Girls' volleyball2006 SoccerPN 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 OperaDave Cieslewicz – mayor of Madison, WisconsinPedro Colón – first Latino elected to the Wisconsin legislatureAnthony Crivello – Tony Award-winning actor in 1993 for Kiss of the Spider WomanJonathan Dekker – professional football playerJim Haluska – Rose Bowl quarterback and NFL player, coached and taught at Thomas MoreChris Larson – member of the Wisconsin State SenateDick Miller – Played for Indiana Pacers and Utah Jazz during 1980–81 seasonJerry Panek – professional soccer player and coach, former coach at St. Thomas MoreJohn R. Plewa – member of the Wisconsin State SenateEdward J. Zore – Former CEO of Northwestern MutualTJ Otzelberger - assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Washington Washington Huskies men's basketballJim Jodat - former NFL football player with the Rams, Seahawks, and Chargers