Our 6th graders will participate in the Immigration Simulation with Catholic Charities on Friday, Sept. 30 during their religion/social studies block. We're in need of additional adult volunteers to ensure this opportunity can happen for our students. 

Adults are needed to go through a quick orientation and training from 7:30 - 8 am that day in the Youth Center, then volunteer from 8 - 10:40 am and 11:40 am - 2:30 pm (1-hour break for students' lunch/recess). 

If you or a grandparent, mentor, or family friend would be interested, we'd love to have your help! Even if you're only able to help for 1 class block or half the day, we'd love to get you involved. 

Volunteers will serve in the roles of border crossing, camp registration, health center, nutrition center, school, jail, and UNHCR. Anyone who is bilingual or can even speak just a few words in another language is definitely appreciated for the border crossing and camp registration stations, though that is not required to be a volunteer for any position! 

To get involved, please contact Mrs. Davenport. Please double-check your background check and safe environment training are up to date (done within the last 5 years) with Mrs. Herrington in the parish office, as well, to ensure you can volunteer with our students. 

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.

You may have noticed that Marley, our canine counselor, has already been working hard this new school year. He is enjoying seeing all the students in the hallways, at recess, and in the counselor’s office. 

About Marley: Marley is a 4-year-old Aussie poodle mix who was rescued from Pawsibilities Unleashed in Frankfort, KY. Pawsibilities Unleashed is a nonprofit organization whose primary mission is to provide service dogs to people with disabilities, as well as training, certification, and insurance for therapy dogs. Marley was trained through Pawsibilities’ “Prison Canine Training Program, Paws N Order”. Check out the website for Pawsibilities Unleashed to learn more (https://www.pawsibilitiesunleashed.org/who-we-are).

Marley belongs to Holy Trinity and resides with Director of Student Achievement, Mrs. Billig, and her family who take wonderful care of him. Marley will be under the care of a school counselor while on school property. We have gained written permission from all parents to allow their children to interact with Marley.  If a child does not feel comfortable interacting with Marley, they are not required to do so.

Check out this WHAS news clip about Marley and our pet therapy program: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=km#inbox/FMfcgzGqQJqHPDVRrRcZHJpXKnVJPFdF?compose=CllgCHrjnPjkpfPPGJhNbSPKcSTnBHNmwlFzkrJtbwdkMrxFdxhzlHcrXPBrpFhpKXSdgczvJwL

Our Archdiocese Quick Recall league, CSAL (Catholic Schools Academic League) is back and returning for in-person competition! Quick Recall is a fast-based academic team competition. 4 students play together to answer questions (we usually have 8 - 10 students per team). Individuals who answer a question correctly within 5 seconds earn their team the right to collaborate to answer the next question with 10 seconds to solve it. Halves are 10 - 12 minutes (based on grade level), with each match being about 30 minutes after halftime and timeouts are added.  

We have the opportunity to enter up to 3 teams per competition level - 6th grade only and a combined 7th & 8th grade league. Team numbers are solely based on volunteers available to help lead teams - - and training is available if QR is new to you. We welcome parents, grandparents, mentors, friends, and even high school and college students who may have played previously to help with our teams! You don't have to know QR previously to coach it - training is available.

Students in grades 4 - 8 who want to help run equipment or serve as spotters/team managers at our matches are also invited to sign up using the same link, as long as they can commit to two days a week to work both practices and matches for their team. 

Our registration deadline is strict and is this Friday, August 26. Thus, we encourage all who are interested in joining our teams to sign up today!  Applications are online - and can be accessed through the link on the students' myHTPS homeroom pages, as well as parents' pages on myHTPS. Applications should be completed by the parent, as the parent has to agree to a few legal releases within the application. 

Questions can be directed to Mrs. Davenport, Director of Student Activities. Let's Go Eagles!

5th - 8th grade students from both our St. Matthews and Clifton campuses are invited to join our new Manners Leadership Team! They will collaborate to create monthly bulletin boards and WHTS videos that teach about and remind students to use the specific manners of the month. 

6th - 8th grade students who are new to our HT community, as well as those who have been part of the community but didn't apply in the spring, are invited to sign up to join our Student Council and/or our Y Club for KYA and KUNA now! Meetings are currently mostly during the school day with optional after-school activities. 

• Student Council oversees a variety of projects in our school, with all efforts focused on their Leadership in Faith, Academics, Community, Environment, and Service. 
• Y Club focuses on student leadership through character development, civic engagement, and service. This includes our delegation's participation in mock government experiences -  KYA where students write bills for Kentucky, and KUNA where students write resolutions for the United Nations.

If you or your child is interested, please check the links posted on myHTPS homeroom and parent pages. We do ask that as they're leadership committees, students fill out their own applications. 

The last question on each application is in relation to the Leadership Boards and as those were elected in May, new applicants do not need to complete that question. 

Applications are due Friday, August 26 at 12 Noon. Questions can be directed to Mrs. Davenport. 

Student Council Application
Y Club Application, required to do KYA & KUNA