Mrs. Marilyn Stuit, 5th grade teacher, was awarded the 2016 Monsignor Gerald Lawrence Lewis Award for Excellence in Teaching. Mrs. Stuit teaches 5th grade Language Arts and Science at St. Thomas More Catholic School in Chapel Hill.

On April 20, 2016, Bishop Michael Burbidge celebrated Mass at St. Thomas More and Msgr. Gerald Lewis delivered the homily and concelebrated. Fr. Scott McCue, Pastor at St. Thomas More, and Fr. James Labosky concelebrated as well.