104 St. Thomas School students participated in the Keep Christ in Christmas poster contest sponsored by the St. Thomas Knights of Columbus Council #13861.

Past Grand Knight John Chandonnet met with St. Thomas School Principal Donna Jacques to finalize the contest details. The council also furnished the poster paper for the contest. There were three divisions: Grades K thru 1, Grades 2 thru 3 and grades 4 thru 7. Arranging the divisions in this manner assured that there would be a proportionate number of participating students in each division. The students were given until Friday, December 13th to turn in their posters. Past Grand Knight John Chandonnet, Grand Knight Terry Sylvanus and Deputy Grand Knight Rick Southwick judged the posters on Monday, December 16, 2019 to determine the winner and runner-up in each division.

The winners of each division received a $50 Walmart gift card; and the runners-up received a $25 Walmart gift card. Father Bill Labbe announced the winners and presented the gift cards at a pre-Christmas mass for St. Thomas School at Holy Family Church before the students headed off for their Christmas break. Each participant received a certificate. It is noteworthy to mention that the St. Thomas Council purchased the Walmart gift cards from St. Thomas School to further help the school.

Winners and Runners-Up in each division were as follows:


Kindergarten and First Grade:
Winner: Bre Ann Molina
Runner Up: Paisley Charrette
 
Second and Third Grades:
Winner: Mia Roberge
Runner-Up: Catelya Maurice
 
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Grades:
Winner: Rishi Patel
Runner-Up: Ellery Genest


All other students who prepared posters were as follows:

Jameson Black, Margaret Cote, Percy Cross, Charles Davis, Giselle Demers, Cole Desrochers, Arabella Forest, Kyla Griffiths, Lillian Guillemette, Kevin Kostis, Madeline Kostis, Madison Landry, Beau Matt, Ava McGinn, Carmen Ortega, Andre Provencher, Liam Tufts, Evan Vachon, Griffin Bean, Thomas Beaudoin, Kiley Boisvert, Emily Breton, Jade Carter, Evangeline Cyr, Carmyne Dumont, Matthew Guillemette, Shelby Guillemette, Wesley Hazekamp, Rily Hickey, Alexander Labbe, Emmett LaVoie, Pandora Letourneau, Liam Look, Isobel Majia, Ella Norton, Ethan Young, Haden Adams, Maxwell Bean, Clara Black, Eva Carbone, Michael Cote, Abigail Forest, Olivia Gendreau, Cathryn Gosling, Elijah Guillemette, Claire Jaszlicks, Olivia Klosowski, Abigail Lavertu, Alejandro Mejia, Jinay Patel, Reagan Payeur, Amelia Smith, Mia Tederous, Emma Baron, Austin Beattie, Reese Beaudoin, Brianna Beaulieu, Katelyn Bernat, Olivia Brady, Bentley Charrette, Lydia Dupuis, Natalie Flynn, Jacob Forest, Joshua Forest, Sophia Gruman, Violette Jones, Mackenzie Lavertu, Benicio Ortega, Fallon Payeur, Miranda Payeur, Rhianna Provencher, Ella Silva, Allison Swasey, Bentley Trivilino, Lucas Tufts, Izabel Walker, Mason Brackett, Anna Brown, Michael Carpenter, Daniel Guillemette, Owen Hickey, Carter Huff, Javon Jarrett, Mia Lantagne, Hailey Payeur, Ella Tederous, Kendrick Woods, Esmee Baron, Nolan Centola, Avila Cyr, Logan Gosling, Cassidy Hickey, Zoey McCann, Alexander Pettine, Emma Riche, Easton Genest, Hannah Labbe and James Chaplick.
 
Principal Donna Jacques and the faculty were extremely enthusiastic about the Keep Christ in Christmas poster contest and offered much support and encouragement to the students. This was evident by the overwhelming participation in the poster contest by the students at St. Thomas School. It was rewarding to witness the creative talents of each student and how each of them expressed what Christmas meant to themselves and the significance of the birth of Jesus Christ in this joyous season!