Arts

The arts have always been an important element of the Saint Thomas’ Episcopal School experience. From Kindergarten onwards, creative skills are nurtured and explored through arts that extend from our Scottish Arts program to visual art, our theatre program to choir, orchestra and private music lessons.
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Chapel

Chapel is an integral part of daily instruction at Saint Thomas’ Episcopal School, to who we are and to whom we ascribe the greatest power.

Although we celebrate a religiously diverse student body, we are a Christian school, and require that all students, regardless of their personal faith, listen respectfully and participate during Chapel.

Chapel allows students, teachers, staff—and even parents, who are always welcome— a time to gather together as one to study the Word of God, sing psalms and praise, and self-reflect.

Whatever a student’s personal faith, Chapel is fundamental to moral and spiritual growth and maturity, and a reminder to all students to uphold our virtues of honor, faith, love, self-discipline, excellence, and respect for themselves and others.

Saint Thomas’ Episcopal School incorporates several of our own traditions into our daily chapel.

READINGS

MEMORY VERSE

SCHOOL SONG

The student body joins together weekly in singing our school song. Our school song is both a prayer and proclamation of our faith.

All:
O God, help us all day to learn more of thy world,
To find thee in parents and teachers and friends.
Help us know the right ways and follow them truly;
Let us see the light on which wisdom depends.

Chorus:
O come let us sing to the Author of Wisdom,
O come let us sing to the Father above,
And then let us thank thee for thy loving kindness;
O keep us, thy students, in knowledge and love.

Boys:
O make us thy heroes, thy young men, thy brave ones,
And let all our strength in our kindliness stay.

Girls:
O give us the beauty of true hearts and gentle;
Keep us as thy daughters, our Father, we pray.

Chorus:
O come let us sing to the Author of Wisdom,
O come let us sing to the Father above,
And then let us thank thee for thy loving kindness;
O keep us, thy students, in knowledge and love.

BIRTHDAYS

We say the prayer below for students, faculty, and staff members on their birthdays or half-birthdays (for those with birthdays during the summer).

Watch over thy children as their days increase; bless and guide them wherever they may be, keeping them unspotted from the world. Strengthen them when they stand; comfort them when discouraged or sorrowful; raise them up if they fall; and in their hearts may thy peace which passeth understanding abide all the days of their lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ACADEMIC HONORS

Quarterly, we invite parents to join us as the Dean’s List and Honor Roll is read. Students in grades 4-12 are eligible to qualify for these academic honors. To qualify for Honor Roll, a student's weighted grades must be 79.5 or greater and the number of A's must be equal to or greater than the number of B's. To qualify for Dean's List, a student's weighted grades must be 89.5 or greater.

School Crest

Another important part of our Christian identity is our crest. The shield of Saint Thomas reminds us that a Christian’s life is ever one of praise and steadfast service to our Lord and God. The configuration of the shield is an upright spear overlaid by a carpenter’s square.

The spear, as the symbol of this apostle’s martyrdom, proclaims his resolute faith in our Lord. The square—a reminder that Thomas, too, was a carpenter—demands that each of us build our life upon the foundation of the Gospel. Additionally, the story holds that Saint Thomas built a church in India with his own hands.

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