The Shield
Saint Stories
![Saint Thomas Aquinas student, Shane Gifford_Big Brothers, Big Sisters]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1741029775/stasaintsnet/hogl2hbsd0uxlh2ji9tf/ChrisandShaneBidBook-980x653.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1741029775/stasaintsnet/hogl2hbsd0uxlh2ji9tf/ChrisandShaneBidBook-980x653.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1741029775/stasaintsnet/hogl2hbsd0uxlh2ji9tf/ChrisandShaneBidBook-980x653.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1741029775/stasaintsnet/hogl2hbsd0uxlh2ji9tf/ChrisandShaneBidBook-980x653.jpg","width":980}])
- Student Profiles
Eli Carter, '25, Shield Contributor
Mentorship is a very important part of the culture at Saint Thomas Aquinas High School, whether it’s upperclassmen to freshmen, or teachers to their students, we strive to make each other better, to support one another. There's no one better at this than senior, Shane Gifford. '25. As a mentor he goes above and beyond.
Eli Carter, '25, Shield Contributor
![Saint Thomas Aquinas March for Life 2025]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1738868586/stasaintsnet/nneu7o8m3wbx0w2r3tu5/DCMarch12025.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1738868586/stasaintsnet/nneu7o8m3wbx0w2r3tu5/DCMarch12025.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1738868586/stasaintsnet/nneu7o8m3wbx0w2r3tu5/DCMarch12025.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1738868586/stasaintsnet/nneu7o8m3wbx0w2r3tu5/DCMarch12025.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1738868586/stasaintsnet/nneu7o8m3wbx0w2r3tu5/DCMarch12025.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1738868586/stasaintsnet/nneu7o8m3wbx0w2r3tu5/DCMarch12025.jpg","width":2200}])
Eva Best, '25, Shield Contributor
![Christmas Decorations in the Learning Commons December 2024]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1734020979/stasaintsnet/adc5qtjoifprquncpgx8/StudentsintheSnowGlobeintheCommons2024.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1734020979/stasaintsnet/adc5qtjoifprquncpgx8/StudentsintheSnowGlobeintheCommons2024.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1734020979/stasaintsnet/adc5qtjoifprquncpgx8/StudentsintheSnowGlobeintheCommons2024.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1734020979/stasaintsnet/adc5qtjoifprquncpgx8/StudentsintheSnowGlobeintheCommons2024.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1734020979/stasaintsnet/adc5qtjoifprquncpgx8/StudentsintheSnowGlobeintheCommons2024.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1734020979/stasaintsnet/adc5qtjoifprquncpgx8/StudentsintheSnowGlobeintheCommons2024.jpg","width":2200}])
Gabi Poeschl, '26 Shield Reporter
Features
![Saint Thomas Aquinas Students at the March for Life in DC, Jan. 2025]([{"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}])
- Opinion
- World News
Chloe Karges, '25, Shield Contributor
Some voices are never heard. And then there are those that will never get the chance to be heard. But I have a voice.
Chloe Karges, '25, Shield Contributor
![Characters Elphaba (left) and Glinda (right) posing together, representing uniting in their differences as friends. Photo taken from Vanity Fair - Sophy Holland, Universal Pictures.]([{"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
![Water bottles]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1732046236/stasaintsnet/ceijtush4kxmaxdwyatt/Waterbottles_GParticle.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1732046236/stasaintsnet/ceijtush4kxmaxdwyatt/Waterbottles_GParticle.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1732046236/stasaintsnet/ceijtush4kxmaxdwyatt/Waterbottles_GParticle.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1732046236/stasaintsnet/ceijtush4kxmaxdwyatt/Waterbottles_GParticle.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1732046236/stasaintsnet/ceijtush4kxmaxdwyatt/Waterbottles_GParticle.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1732046236/stasaintsnet/ceijtush4kxmaxdwyatt/Waterbottles_GParticle.png","width":1920}])
Gabi Poeschl, '26 Shield Reporter
Sports
![Builders lay down a new floor in the Saints gym. (photo by Tim Zande)]([{"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
The Shield is Saint Thomas Aquinas’ newspaper publication. The 2022-2023 school year is the first year with the online format. Students write on a bi-weekly basis in alternating groups, so about 7-9 stories are published each week. Look for new stories on Thursdays or Fridays of each week, and thank you for reading!
Student Spotlight
![Key Club at the District Convention in Great Bend_group picture]([{"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!
Teacher Spotlight
