Community, Commitment, Communion and Communication
Students at St Thomas More RC College certainly had lots to celebrate this term. The students, staff, parents, guardians and families all worked extremely hard to raise funds for their Lenten charities, which were CAFOD, The Christie and Cancer Research.
Last year, the students at STM raised over £1,500 for their chosen charities and this year Miss Hague set the bar even higher. She challenged staff and students to beat last year’s figure and the school community came together to obliterate this target.
Everybody in the school community was involved and students held raffles, cake sales, played dodgeball and even took part in a sponsored run during their PE lessons to raise funds for their chosen charities. Furthermore, the determination and competitive spirit of our students at STM illustrated their compassion and commitment towards helping others.
The Head Girl, Sharon Adesiyan, stated it was only fitting that the whole school came together to raise the funds for charity: “As a school, we pride ourselves on looking after the community that we live in and we enjoy planning events to help others.”
Bolaji Adenuga, who is in Year 10 agreed: “It is in our mission statement to be a community and that is what we are always focused on being – a community.”
Once the funds were in and counted, students and staff had expected to exceed the amount raised last year by a £1,000. However, the overall figure was a staggering £8,551.12! This is a fantastic achievement and it demonstrates the excellent Catholic ethos that permeates every facet of school life at St Thomas More RC College
