The Shield
Saint Stories
![Kicking Toward Her Goals: Olivia Giammanco Balances College Soccer Dreams and Career Ambitions]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1762975085/stasaintsnet/stasaintsnet/usz5tzdko6bspna4ng4i/OliviaGiammanco_Senior_soccerimage.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1762975085/stasaintsnet/stasaintsnet/usz5tzdko6bspna4ng4i/OliviaGiammanco_Senior_soccerimage.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1762975085/stasaintsnet/stasaintsnet/usz5tzdko6bspna4ng4i/OliviaGiammanco_Senior_soccerimage.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1762975085/stasaintsnet/stasaintsnet/usz5tzdko6bspna4ng4i/OliviaGiammanco_Senior_soccerimage.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1762975085/stasaintsnet/stasaintsnet/usz5tzdko6bspna4ng4i/OliviaGiammanco_Senior_soccerimage.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762975085/stasaintsnet/stasaintsnet/usz5tzdko6bspna4ng4i/OliviaGiammanco_Senior_soccerimage.png","width":2000}])
- Student Life
- Student Profiles
Judy Callahan, Director of Strategic Communications
Saint Thomas Aquinas senior, Olivia Giammanco, '26 has been playing soccer since she was three years old, when she started pre-school. Her dad was her first coach and she remembers she picked the number 10 for her jersey because it was his number when he was a kid. Fifteen years later, she’s still on the pitch - no longer focused on the number on her back, but on using her talent to play at the collegiate level while pursuing her career ambitions.
Judy Callahan, Director of Strategic Communications
![Framing the Moment: Student Photography is Capturing Our Attention]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1759953379/stasaintsnet/mbi1kdtziqxjmsd9uvy4/CassiaMazzella-studentphotography-butterfly.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1759953379/stasaintsnet/mbi1kdtziqxjmsd9uvy4/CassiaMazzella-studentphotography-butterfly.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1759953379/stasaintsnet/mbi1kdtziqxjmsd9uvy4/CassiaMazzella-studentphotography-butterfly.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1759953379/stasaintsnet/mbi1kdtziqxjmsd9uvy4/CassiaMazzella-studentphotography-butterfly.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1759953379/stasaintsnet/mbi1kdtziqxjmsd9uvy4/CassiaMazzella-studentphotography-butterfly.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1759953379/stasaintsnet/mbi1kdtziqxjmsd9uvy4/CassiaMazzella-studentphotography-butterfly.png","width":2200}])
Judy Callahan, Director of Strategic Communications
![NHS Annual School Supply Drive: An Inside Look with Senior, Kathryn Forge, '26]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1756413930/stasaintsnet/itjukeunk8whsog7avdn/NHSSchoolSupplyDrive2025-KForge.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1756413930/stasaintsnet/itjukeunk8whsog7avdn/NHSSchoolSupplyDrive2025-KForge.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1756413930/stasaintsnet/itjukeunk8whsog7avdn/NHSSchoolSupplyDrive2025-KForge.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1756413930/stasaintsnet/itjukeunk8whsog7avdn/NHSSchoolSupplyDrive2025-KForge.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1756413930/stasaintsnet/itjukeunk8whsog7avdn/NHSSchoolSupplyDrive2025-KForge.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1756413930/stasaintsnet/itjukeunk8whsog7avdn/NHSSchoolSupplyDrive2025-KForge.png","width":2000}])
Judy Callahan, Director of Strategic Communications
Features
![10% of the Gratitude]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1762538571/tsup4phxmuvxluefatcq/MatthewGrantPomianek_MissionTriptoGuatemala.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762538571/tsup4phxmuvxluefatcq/MatthewGrantPomianek_MissionTriptoGuatemala.jpg","width":474}])
- General
KC Guatemala Alliance
This past June, Saint Thomas Aquinas junior Grant Pomianek, '27 and his father Matt, traveled with their home parish, St. Thomas More on a mission trip to Guatemala. Their experience was captured in an article in the KC Guatemala Alliance newsletter, Amigos para Siempre.
KC Guatemala Alliance
![Some Voices will Never Get the Chance to be Heard]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1738789067/stasaintsnet/tdckzs552vrtlubd4gy5/MarchforLife2025_KathrynWhiteTheLeaven.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1738789067/stasaintsnet/tdckzs552vrtlubd4gy5/MarchforLife2025_KathrynWhiteTheLeaven.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1738789067/stasaintsnet/tdckzs552vrtlubd4gy5/MarchforLife2025_KathrynWhiteTheLeaven.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1738789067/stasaintsnet/tdckzs552vrtlubd4gy5/MarchforLife2025_KathrynWhiteTheLeaven.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1738789067/stasaintsnet/tdckzs552vrtlubd4gy5/MarchforLife2025_KathrynWhiteTheLeaven.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1738789067/stasaintsnet/tdckzs552vrtlubd4gy5/MarchforLife2025_KathrynWhiteTheLeaven.jpg","width":2048}])
Chloe Karges, '25, Shield Contributor
![Wicked: A Film that Truly Defies Gravity]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1734018353/stasaintsnet/khpcwdvlzbfy53pzc5sv/Wicked_Thumbnail.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1734018353/stasaintsnet/khpcwdvlzbfy53pzc5sv/Wicked_Thumbnail.webp","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1734018353/stasaintsnet/khpcwdvlzbfy53pzc5sv/Wicked_Thumbnail.webp","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734018353/stasaintsnet/khpcwdvlzbfy53pzc5sv/Wicked_Thumbnail.webp","width":936}])
Peyton Vena, '25, Shield Reporter
Sports
![Water Damage Cannot Stop Saints Volleyball Team]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1727299819/stasaintsnet/wr02lw0ejrbmhse9rrp8/GymFloorArticle-3.heic","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1727299819/stasaintsnet/wr02lw0ejrbmhse9rrp8/GymFloorArticle-3.heic","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1727299819/stasaintsnet/wr02lw0ejrbmhse9rrp8/GymFloorArticle-3.heic","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1727299819/stasaintsnet/wr02lw0ejrbmhse9rrp8/GymFloorArticle-3.heic","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1727299819/stasaintsnet/wr02lw0ejrbmhse9rrp8/GymFloorArticle-3.heic","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1727299819/stasaintsnet/wr02lw0ejrbmhse9rrp8/GymFloorArticle-3.heic","width":2200}])
- Fall Sports
Gabi Poeschl, '26 Shield Reporter
How do you pivot when you discover a week into school that your gym floor is damaged beyond repair due to water? For the Saints, news that the floor would have to be replaced has impacted PE classes, Cheer, and Dance teams and especially the Saints Volleyball team.
Gabi Poeschl, '26 Shield Reporter
![2023-24 Winter Sports Preview]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1724765927/stasaintsnet/jitroezs4tio8nglstzm/st-thomas-aquinas-state-champs-2023-1200x675.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1724765927/stasaintsnet/jitroezs4tio8nglstzm/st-thomas-aquinas-state-champs-2023-1200x675.webp","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1724765927/stasaintsnet/jitroezs4tio8nglstzm/st-thomas-aquinas-state-champs-2023-1200x675.webp","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1724765927/stasaintsnet/jitroezs4tio8nglstzm/st-thomas-aquinas-state-champs-2023-1200x675.webp","width":1200}])
Kaitlyn Strout, Shield Reporter
![2023 Fall Sport Rewind]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1724765690/stasaintsnet/aye20jmny0sx3qar97m7/3NV_9636-1200x800.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1724765690/stasaintsnet/aye20jmny0sx3qar97m7/3NV_9636-1200x800.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1724765690/stasaintsnet/aye20jmny0sx3qar97m7/3NV_9636-1200x800.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1724765690/stasaintsnet/aye20jmny0sx3qar97m7/3NV_9636-1200x800.jpg","width":1200}])
Kaitlyn Strout, Shield Reporter
Student Spotlight
![Key Club Brings Home Hardware from DCON]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1741719198/stasaintsnet/xdrf9l8a7bioyu5oysx2/KeyClubDistrictConvention32025_grouppic2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1741719198/stasaintsnet/xdrf9l8a7bioyu5oysx2/KeyClubDistrictConvention32025_grouppic2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1741719198/stasaintsnet/xdrf9l8a7bioyu5oysx2/KeyClubDistrictConvention32025_grouppic2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1741719198/stasaintsnet/xdrf9l8a7bioyu5oysx2/KeyClubDistrictConvention32025_grouppic2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1741719198/stasaintsnet/xdrf9l8a7bioyu5oysx2/KeyClubDistrictConvention32025_grouppic2.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1741719198/stasaintsnet/xdrf9l8a7bioyu5oysx2/KeyClubDistrictConvention32025_grouppic2.jpg","width":2200}])
Key Club recently attended the annual District Convention (DCON) in Great Bend, Kansas and came back with some impressive awards! Congratulations Saints!
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