Orienteering
The Orienteering team is a year-round activity. Practice meets are in the fall and winter while the conference meets are in the spring. Cadets are welcome to join any time that they wish. Orienteering is also taught at the Senior Day and Camp Ripley. The team has won the Conference title the last three years in a row and have also won the Upper Midwest Competition by placing first over 18 schools the last few years.
For those who don’t know what Orienteering is, it is the skill of finding your way through a series of checkpoints on an unfamiliar course using a map and a compass. Typically a course is set in a local state park. The events are timed to see who is the quickest at completing the course. Meets last for a couple of hours on Saturdays or Sundays. If you are interested in joining, please talk to fearless leader 1SGT Hanson.
Rifle Team
The Saint Thomas Academy Rifle Team is a team consisting of 15 of the top marksmen in the school. Moderated by CW4 Paul Preblich the Rifle Team competes in Junior ROTC, National Rifle Association (NRA), American Legion, and Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) matches, ranging anywhere from a regional postal match to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO. The Rifle Team fires Avanti .177 cal air rifles as well as Kimber .22 cal rifles. The season is from November to March. Practices for the .177 air rifles are Tuesday through Thursday, while the .22 practices are on Monday.
Honor Guard/Color Guard
The Honor Guard is a prestigious company of cadets committed to excellence in the uniform and representing Saint Thomas at wakes and funerals of alumni. The Honor Guard also participates in various events each year such as the Children's Hospital Ball or the Festival of Trees. At these events the Honor Guard holds open doors and represents STA in the most respectable fashion of wearing the uniform. The Color Guard a branch of the Honor Guard, presents the school, national, and state colors at various functions. In the past, the color guard has presented the colors for Governor Tim Pawlenty, Senator Norm Coleman, and even President George W. Bush!
