Spring 2013 Spirit magazine - Thomas More High School

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International Student Program at STMSaint Thomas Morehas embarked on anexciting new initiative.In partnership with theWisconsin InternationalAgency (WIA), we havebegun the process ofrecruiting Chinese studentsfor the fall of 2013. Thesestudents will join us in the9th, 10th or 11th grade andcomplete their high schoolexperience with Saint ThomasMore. Then, they will beapplying for college in theUnited States.As a first step in establishingthis program at STM,Admissions Director KrisPost and Academic AdvisorSara Vahl participated in a12-day recruitment trip toChina in late April. Whilethere, they participated inrecruiting visits, school events,student interviews, and mediastops across the country tohelp launch this internationalprogram. As they visited withparents, prospective students,agency representativesand school officials, it wasapparent that many Chinesestudents, with fine Englishskills, are interested instudying abroad.Posing for pictures with school officials.Visiting a middle school in Shenzhen, China.Great opportunity to represent STM in China!In the past, internationalstudents had two optionsfor living arrangements: homestaywith a host familyor boarding school. Ourpartnership with WIA hasopened up another avenue.The WIA model is called“Total Care.” Chinesestudents live together in adorm-like atmosphere. Theyare driven to school, attendclasses, have English (ESL)support during the schoolday, and return to the dormafter school or whenevertheir extra-curricular activitiesare completed. They havebreakfast and dinner together,along with supervised studyand leisure time. The abilityto live with other studentswho are experiencing thesame transition is extremelyappealing to these youngpeople.The goal is to recruit 20Chinese students for the fallsemester at Saint ThomasMore. We are working inconjunction with Dominican,Pius XI, Martin Luther, andCatholic Memorial whoare also partnering withWIA. Saint Thomas Morewill continue to provideupdates on the progress ofthis exciting initiative. Pleasefeel free to contact Kris Postin the Admissions Office withany questions at 414-481-8370 ext. 140 or via e-mail atkpost@tmore.org.8 Visit us @ www.tmore.org
World TravelersFor many years, Saint ThomasMore High School hasoffered students a variety ofopportunities to travel abroadduring Spring or Summer vacationson tours organized by differentcampus organizations andsupervised by members of thefaculty and staff.Each year, Campus Ministry offersjuniors the opportunity to make a10-day pilgrimage to Rome andAssisi, Italy. The pilgrimage is awonderful chance to embark on aspiritually enriching journey to theVatican and the home of St. Francis.Pilgrims typically visit St. Peter’sBasilica, the early Catacombs,the Basilica of St. John Lateran,and other landmarks of the earlyChurch while in Rome. They alsospend time walking in the footstepsof St. Francis while visiting Assisi,a small medieval Italian townknown for its wealth of peace andspiritual depth. This year, thirteenstudents and three faculty/staffmembers will depart for Italy onJune 7 and return to Milwaukee onJune 15. The pilgrimage is opento anyone during their junior year,and next year it will take placeover Christmas vacation in order toreduce costs to about $2,200. Formore information about future tours,please contact Campus MinisterPeter Burds at pburds@tmore.org.Similarly, the Department of ForeignLanguages regularly sponsors anannual trip overseas. The itinerary Spring vacation next year. Thefor these excursions varies. Last group will travel throughout theyear, the group visited Puerto Emerald Isle, stopping at Dublin,Rico. This year, 21 students and the Cliffs of Moher, Kerry’sthree faculty members will travel Ring, Galway, Cork, the Giant’sto France and Spain from May Causeway, and Belfast over a27 through June 4. After arriving period of 11 days. The cost isin Paris, they will enjoy visiting expected to be $3,050, and thethe city’s numerous landmarks, trip will be open to students whoincluding the Eifel Tower, Arc de are juniors or seniors during theTriomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral 2013-14 academic year. Forand the Louvre. Following an further information about the Irelandovernight train ride to Madrid, the tour, please contact Kevin Dineen atgroup will explore Spain’s modern kdineen@tmore.org.capital and take a day tripto Toledo. While pricesfor the trips offered by theDepartment of ForeignLanguages vary basedupon the itinerary, the costfor this year’s excursion is$3,500, much of it coveredby student fundraisingactivities. The trips areopen to sophomores,juniors, and seniors ingood standing. For furtherinformation about futureStudents experienced the rain forest in Puerto Rico.tours, please contact Spanishteacher Ann Marie Dorn atadorn@tmore.org.In addition to the wellestablishedforeign travelopportunities offered byCampus Ministry andthe Foreign LanguageDepartment, Englishteacher Kevin Dineen hasannounced that he willParticipants in the 2012 Assisi Pilgrimage.lead a trip to Ireland overVisit us @ www.tmore.org9
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