About St. Thomas Aquinas School
St. Thomas Aquinas is a Catholic elementary/middle school serving Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 8 in South Philadelphia, attached to St. Thomas Aquinas Parish (a diverse multilingual community). It operates as an Independence Mission School (joined 2013) and is open.
Quick facts
- South Philadelphia (1631 S 18th St); serves PK-8
- Independence Mission School (joined the network in 2013)
- Parish dates to roughly 1890; multilingual congregation (English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Indonesian)
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