Congratulations to our Lifetime Eagles (Alums) inducted into Sacred Heart Academy's National Honor Society this week: Gracie Anderson, Avarie Adams, Elizabeth Jackson, Drew Voss, Avery Voss, Ava Hubbs, Lucy Sutherland, Lauren Thomas, Mary Elizabeth Wilmes, Bella Bootes, Claire Russell, Eva Carias, Cate Cole, Lainey Bayer, and Phoebe Fulton! We're proud of your continued academic achievements!

Annually in September, our PTA sponsors our Annual Fund, a time when we call upon our school families and supporters to donate funds to support our school. We celebrate the success of the Annual Fund at our annual Eagle Walk, the first week in October, when families, grandparents, parents, and younger siblings join our students to walk through the neighborhood. Teachers, priests, and administrators also participate in a variety of activities to support the funds raised. 

Each year, students who have a family member donate have their name put into a drawing for their grade level. One student from each grade level at St. Matthews and two students from our Clifton Campus were chosen this year to participate in the Wheel of Unfortunate Events. Teachers had to karaoke to popular children's movie songs, dance to popular dances, get hit in the face with a pie by the chosen student, have a water ballon popped over their head, or be slimed - all unfortunate events, yet fun for our student fundraisers!

Thank you to all of our families who joined us for the Eagle Walk, as well as donated to our Annual Fund, which raised $90,000 to support the needs of Holy Trinity!

As part of the sixth grade's unit on Mesopotamia, they learned about Hammurabi's Code of laws by doing a breakout room this week. Students had research and learning challenges to work through in order to successfully “break out”. 

In honor of National Rosary Month, our parish is hosting a Rosary Challenge! We are encouraging families to invite 1 or 2 other Holy Trinity families into your home during the month of October to pray the Rosary together. Share a picture with our parish Director of Communication, Betty Jean Cobb at bcobb@htparish.org to be posted on social media and encourage others to participate, as well. Participants will have the chance to receive a Marian statue for their home.

Need direction? Contact Chris Smith in the parish office at csmith@htparish.org. 

Update: Over 1500 books were collected, plus additional donations from a local Half Price Books store. Parishioner Sharron Hilbrecht delivered our collection of books, plus 1500 she collected individually over Fall Break. Another parent and grandparent will make a later delivery so if you have more books, please drop them off by Oct. 31. Art supplies will continue to be collected by Emelia, KYA Governor candidate, until Dec. 1.

Our Y Club KYA delegation, along with our KYA Governor Candidate, are hosting our all-school October Service Project Drives this week. On your child's way into school, or during conferences, please consider supporting one or both of the KYA Collection Efforts to support our Kentucky neighbors. Bins are in the Gathering Space and outside the Library at the St. Matthew's Campus, along with a bin at the Clifton campus. 

They're collecting: 

• New and gently used books for Letcher County, KY Schools, which had all of their classroom and school library books ruined in the July floods this year. Books should be appropriate for preschool through high school. Picture books, chapter books, fiction, non-fiction, etc. are all welcome and appreciated as they're working to replace more than 25,000 books. 
• New art therapy program supplies for Home of the Innocents. Their list, including an Amazon wishlist, is available online and includes craft supplies, construction paper, markers, crayons, scrapbooks, scrapbook paper, acrylic and watercolor paints, plastic paint brushes, paint pallets, sketchbooks, canvases, etc. (This is an ongoing drive by 8th grade governor candidate, Emelia Huff, so donations can continue to be donated to her to deliver to Home of the Innocents after Oct. 13, if interested.)

PEP applications are due online by 3 pm this Friday, September 23, but... many classes are filling up so we appreciate all who can register before then. Remember to also send payment to the class's instructor by Friday morning, as well. Some prefer cash/check, others allow for Venmo.  

Class offerings can be reviewed online here. Applications are online only. Questions can be directed to Mrs. Davenport or the specific class instructor.