Thomas More School (San Jose, California)
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Thomas More School is an American private school in San Jose, California
providing a traditional Roman Catholic education. Though located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California
, the school operates independently.
School, and had also been referred to by the name St. Thomas More School.
Until the campus move to the current location in 2004, the school was located in buildings on the grounds of the San Jose
Flea Market
. At the same time as this move the school shortened its name to the current form.
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
providing a traditional Roman Catholic education. Though located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California
Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San José; in California is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It comprises Santa Clara County, and is led by a bishop. Its patron saints are Saint Joseph and Saint Clare of...
, the school operates independently.
History
Established in 1978, the school was previously known as Saint Thomas AquinasThomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas, O.P. , also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, or Doctor Universalis...
School, and had also been referred to by the name St. Thomas More School.
Until the campus move to the current location in 2004, the school was located in buildings on the grounds of the San Jose
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
Flea Market
Flea market
A flea market or swap meet is a type of bazaar where inexpensive or secondhand goods are sold or bartered. It may be indoors, such as in a warehouse or school gymnasium; or it may be outdoors, such as in a field or under a tent...
. At the same time as this move the school shortened its name to the current form.