St. Thomas Episcopal School Pumpkin Patch

History:

St. Thomas Episcopal School was founded as an outreach program of St. Thomas Episcopal Church. The church was founded at the corner of Loop 1604 and US Highway 281 North in 1966, serving the north San Antonio area. In 1974, the school began as a Mother's Day Out program with 32 children of the ages of three and four. Through the years, the school grew from it's roots of a Mother's Day Out program to a Preschool and beyond. Today, St. Thomas Episcopal School serves students from ages 2 through Fifth grade.

About St. Thomas

Thomas the Apostle, also called Doubting Thomas or Didymus (meaning "Twin," as does "Thomas" in Aramaic) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He is best known for questioning Jesus' resurrection when first told of it, then proclaiming "My Lord and my God" on seeing Jesus in John 20:28. Traditionally he is said to have traveled outside the Roman Empire to preach the Gospel traveling as far as India.