On Wednesday, May 29, 1996, President Bill Clinton presented St. Thomas Aquinas High School with the U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Award for excellence in education. The Blue Ribbon Award, the Department of Education's most prestigious honor, recognizes schools for excellence in leadership, vision, teaching curriculum, student achievement, parental involvement and community support.

It is the second time in two decades that St. Thomas Aquinas has received recognition by the U.S. Department of Education. The school was first recognized as a "School of Excellence" during the 1984-1985 school year.

St. Thomas Aquinas High School has been named to the Catholic High School Honor Roll for five years (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010). We are proud to announce that we are the only Catholic high school in the Archdiocese of Miami to have been listed as one of the Top 50 Catholic high schools in the United States for five years.

The selection of the schools was made by an advisory panel comprised of Catholic College Presidents and noted Catholic Scholars.The primary goal of the Catholic High School Honor Roll is to acknowledge those schools that maintain high academic standards, uphold their Catholic identities, and prepare their students to actively engage the world. A “constructive competition” of sorts, the Honor Roll encourages schools to improve the academic and spiritual formation of America’s youth. After analyzing and highlighting the particular strengths of Catholic secondary schools, the Honor Roll publishes a list of America’s Top 50 Catholic Schools as measured in the areas of academic excellence, Catholic identity, and civic education.

The Catholic High School Honor Roll is an independent project of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty, an international research and educational organization based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

For more information on the Catholic high School Honor Roll, please go to www.chshonor.org