News Archive

Thank you to all who donated to and/or shopped our Student Council Used Uniform Sale yesterday! We appreciate your support, as it was a great sale!

We will continue to accept donations of uniforms after the school year ends. They can be dropped off at the school office during summer business hours from May 31 until July 21 only. 

We will have another sale on Saturday, July 23 from 9 am - 12 pm in the cafeteria. Mark your calendars and remember to shop early!

A reminder as you prepare for the next school year - - All active employees and volunteers must have attended a Safe Environment training program within the past five years to interact with students, as well as have a current background initiated in the last 5 years. 

• If you attended a Safe Environment Training workshop prior to 2016, you'll need to participate in a class again to make your record current before next school year (by August 15).  First-time participants must attend in person. Employees and volunteers may participate in their updated training online, if they choose to do so, or attend in person again.
• In-person classes are listed online. The online option is only for those who have already participated in an-person training previously. The link is http://louisville.cmgconnect.org/.
• All volunteers and employees must continue to have a background check completed within the last 5 years to work with students in any capacity.

Questions regarding the Archdiocese requirements or your date specifics and need to attend another training can be directed to Scott Fitzgerald at sfitzgerald@archlou.org with the Archdiocese, or Bruce Hines at bhines@htparish.org or Mary Scott Herrington at mherrington@htparish.org at Holy Trinity. Payment to cover the cost of the background check, once requested via email, should be sent to Mary Scott's attention, as well. 

Congratulations to Lifetime Eagles, Sophia Rogers at Mercy and Shelby Davis at Sacred Heart, who were selected to participate in the 2022 Governor's Scholars Program! They are part of the 51 Archdiocese students recognized by the state program, invited to participate, and celebrated in last week's Record. Good luck!

Annually, the Student Council tries to limit our environmental waste of school supplies at the end of the year. While 5th - 8th grade students have the opportunity to donate items in collection bins during their locker clean-out days, families with students in grades PreK - 4th grade are invited to go through their materials and if interested in donating, return them to school bins. 

Items can be brought to school Monday - Thursday next week until 3:15 pm, until 1:30 on Friday, May 27, or between 8 - 9 am on Monday, May 31. After that, we will NOT be able to accept donations, as our donations will have been delivered to local organizations. 

Items we can use: 

• Binders in great condition with no writing on them and no tears (neatly mark out names, if needed)
• Binder tabs that are in good condition and don't have student names on them
• Folders in great condition with no writing on them (neatly mark out names, if needed)
• Notebooks with no writing in them (neatly mark out names on front, if needed)
• Looseleaf paper and graph paper
• Crayons - not broken and in good condition (broken ones can be recycled in the art room)
• Washable Markers, Permanent Markers, Highlighters - usable ones only (dried up ones can be recycled in the art room)
• Pencils and Pens
• Scissors, Protractors, Rulers, and Calculators
• Expandable files with no writing on them and not torn

Delivery drivers are needed to deliver donations to local organizations at 11 am on Tuesday, May 31. If interested in this opportunity, please contact Mrs. Davenport.

Holy Trinity Parish School’s Y Club consists of incoming 6th, 7th & 8th grade students who are interested in civic engagement, servant leadership, and character development. Students participate in our school Y Club, as well as the larger state YMCA Youth Association Y Club. This is also the organization that gives students the opportunity to participate in the Kentucky Youth Assembly (KYA) to write and debate bills they believe should be laws in Kentucky, as well as the Kentucky United Nations Assembly (KUNA) when they represent a country of the United Nations while writing and debating proposals that affect all countries globally. Learn more about the Kentucky YMCA Y-Club program here: https://www.kyymca.org/programs/student-ymca/student-y-program-areas/.

Students apply annually, including those who are currently active in Y Club. Students interested in serving on the leadership board may apply after participating in the Y Club for a year and will present their speeches at our meeting in May. Meeting dates and times are included in the application details using the link. 

Applications are online and must be completed using the student's HT Google account by Friday, April 22 at 12 noon. Links to the application can be found on student homeroom pages, as well as parent pages. Questions can be directed to Mrs. Davenport, our Director of Student Activities.  

From the Archdiocese of Louisville: Remember, all active employees and volunteers must have attended a Safe Environment training program within the past five years to interact with students, as well as have a current background initiated in the last 5 years. 

• If you attended a Safe Environment Training workshop prior to 2016, you'll need to participate in a class again to make your record current before next school year.  First time participants must attend in-person. Employees and volunteers may participate in their updated training online, if they choose to do so, or attend in person again.
• In-person classes are listed online. The online option is only for those who have already participated in an-person training previously. The link is http://louisville.cmgconnect.org/.
• All volunteers and employees must continue to have a background check completed within the last 5 years to work with students in any capacity.

Questions regarding the Archdiocese requirements or your date specifics and need to attend another training can be directed to Scott Fitzgerald at sfitzgerald@archlou.org with the Archdiocese, or Bruce Hines at bhines@htparish.org or Mary Scott Herrington at mherrington@htparish.org at Holy Trinity.

Tomorrow at mass, Student Council will collect donations for the Catholic Relief Services' Lenten Rice Bowl program. (Students will be able to drop their donations in collection baskets as they walk into church.)

Congratulations to all of our students who received the sacrament of Confirmation from Archbishop Kurtz! 

Annually, our Kindergarten students take a field trip to the local bowling lanes to celebrate 100 days of learning! They work to knock down 100 pins individually as they bowl, filling in circles to count as they play.

Prior to going to the bowling alley, they also enjoy a variety of centers focused on the number 100 - creating an art piece with the numbers 1-0-0 hidden within it, doing math centers focused on counting to 100, filling gumball jars with 100 gumballs, stacking 100 cups, and sharing 100 of their favorite things!

We were so glad to return to the bowling alley this year, as well as have parents join us for all of our fun 100 day centers!

In honor of World Water Day and the continued work by so many around the world to help others get clean water, our Student Council and Y Club are partnering to collect new and gently used shoes for WaterStep. WaterStep, an international organization based here in Louisville, sells shoes to fund clean water initiative projects globally. 

By March 30, Student Council and Y Club have a goal of collecting 300 pairs of new and gently used shoes. Please have your student drop off any donations your family may have in the collection bins in the Gathering Space on our St. Matthew's campus on their way into classes. 

After school on March 30, students from Y Club and Student Council will sort all of our shoe donations by style, as well as rubber band them together to assist WaterStep. Questions about this project can be directed to Mrs. Davenport.

Recently in their science classes, 6th grade students researched, developed, and completed science labs with their peers. Explorations were based on a variety of science topics. Thank you, 6th graders, for sharing your ideas and learning with others!

This year, our students have enjoyed having technology class return to their regular Resource Day schedule! Ms. Barnes, an HT graduate, joined our faculty and staff as our technology teacher and has done a great job offering a variety of learning activities to our students. 

Last week, 13 students in grades 6 - 8 represented Holy Trinity as part of our KUNA delegation. Students adopted the country of Peru and taught fellow Kentuckians about the country during the World Expo event. The next two days, as United Nations delegates of Peru, they reviewed resolutions written to address the needs and issues in a variety of global nations before voting in favor of or against them. Our four resolution sponsors presented a proposal related to fast fashion and the waste it creates globally; it was ranked highly in committee, passed in committee and at the UN level, as well as endorsed by the Secretary General. Overall, the delegation earned the following awards:

• Outstanding Statesmanship Award (1 school earns this trophy per conference)
• Premiere Delegation
• Resolution Named Top Resolution in Committee 
• Resolution Passed in Voting Committee
• Resolution Endorsed by the Secretary General
• Emelia Huff was recognized as an Outstanding Ambassador
• Hadley Bazant & Eleanor Orrillo were recognized as Outstanding Speakers

Congrats to 7th grader, Dagny Morgan, who earned 5th overall in SS and 3rd in LA at Governor's Cup Regional to advance to State competitions!

Most of our grade levels will host their grade-level specific service-learning drives from Feb. 14 - 17. Please check your inbox for emails from parent coordinators and myHTPS parent pages regarding specific items needed and/or any variations to a grade level's collection dates. Collection bins will be in each classroom, so students should bring the items to school with them, please. We appreciate your support in donating to our community partners!

• Pre-K: Kentucky Humane Society
• Kindergarten & 1st Grade: Schuhmann Center
• 2nd & 3rd Grades: Sister Visitor Center 
• 4th Grade: Golden Arrow Family Resource Center
• 5th Grade: Residents at Assisted Living Facilities (that HT Parish takes the Eucharist to regularly)
• 6th Grade: Kentucky Refugee Ministries
• 7th Grade: Dare to Care, specifically the Fr. Jones Food Pantry at Holy Name with Catholic Charities
• 8th Grade: St. Vincent DePaul of Louisville
• Clifton: Nazareth Home Assisted Living Facility - Clifton Campus

Holy Trinity Parish School faculty and staff, along with one of our PEP community partners, will offer a week of Summer PEP fun opportunities from July 18 - 22. Class options are available for incoming 1st through 8th graders. Some classes are available from 9 am - 12 pm, while others are available 1 - 4 pm - all on our St. Matthews campus. There is a lunch/recess option in between that enables students to participate from 9 am - 4 pm for a full week of all-day fun! All classes are offered the full week, Monday through Friday. Check out the flyer in today's folder for more details. 

The class offerings are available here. To register, families must do so online here, as well as pay class leaders directly. Registrations are needed by May 20, though we request families register now so teachers can gauge enrollment. 

• Test-Takers:
  • Dagny Morgan, who earned 2^nd place in Language Arts & 5^th Place in Social Studies (will advance in both areas)
  • Logan Gentner, who earned 4^th place in Math
• Quick Recall Team who earned 1^st Place at District:
  • 7^th Graders: Anna Colvin, Logan Gentner, Emelia Huff, Dagny Morgan, & Hank Vickers
  • 8^th Graders: Max Harter & Grayson Willoughby

• The 2021 passage of the Education Opportunity Account Act was a major victory for Kentucky families;
• It is time for the program to reach its full potential so that families in every Kentucky county can benefit;
• 71% of likely Kentucky voters support expanding the program statewide; 
• Don't forget to directly ask for their support of SB 50 and HB 305
• Share personal stories on why educational choice is important to you and your family.

Catholic Schools Week will be celebrated from Jan. 30 - Feb. 5 nationally this year! Here at Holy Trinity, our Student Council CSW Committee has worked hard to plan a week that includes daily spirit days, fun activities, new projects, and favorite traditions. Check out the online handout or paper schedule coming home today in Tuesday folders for more details. Here are some ideas to note:

• Every day will be a dress-down day. See the schedule for specifics.
• For our all-school service project, it will include two ways to donate and support others! We had previously planned to host a drive for those affected by the December storms in Kentucky. However, every school/church we've contacted has an abundance of items at this time. Thus, we're going to partner with local organizations to continue to support ongoing learning goals in our community, as well as provide an online financial donation option for those interested in supporting those affected by the storms.  See the CSW handout for specifics. 
• Students' self-illustrated images for the "Where's the Religious Leader?" game are coming home in your Tuesday folder today (or their homeroom teacher may hold onto them to complete during class). They are due to Mrs. Davenport by January 26.
• Show your family's school spirit by decorating an HT yard sign! Sign up to receive a white yard sign to decorate as a family and then have displayed on our campuses during Catholic Schools Week. Only 6 yard signs remain … due to Mrs. Davenport or Mrs. Watkins by January 26.
• We'll add to our Holy Trinity Parish Time Capsule! What is our legacy? What do we want to remember about this year in our HT history? What do you think should be included? Share your suggestions here and be a part of HT history.
• We encourage students and parents to write thank you notes to our amazing educators to share with them on our final day of the week.
• We'll celebrate our Faculty, Staff, and Volunteer of the Year at Monday's liturgy. Congratulations again and thank you to Mary Nancy Chatel, Jeanne Abell, and Martha Gray for all they do for HT! We appreciate you!
• The 8th Grade Volleyball Game is back during CSW this year! Please mark your calendars and plan to attend or tune in online if you're an 8th-grade parent!

Prior to Christmas Break, our KYA delegation attended their middle school conference to present bill ideas they believe should become law in Kentucky. They had an outstanding conference and successfully presented their 3 bills, as well as had them passed in the House and Senate and signed into law by the KYA youth governor. With this, the bills will now be forwarded to our actual Kentucky elected leaders for review. Great work, Eagles!

Congratulations to our outstanding speakers and delegates who earned individual awards:

• Ruby Lilla and Zoe Mayers – Outstanding Speakers
• Eleanor Orrillo – Outstanding Delegate

Congratulations to our bill sponsors:

• Bryn Haley, Daniel Waterfield, Jacob Breit, and Elliott Redella
• Emelia Huff, Ruby Lilla, Kathryn Bovine, and Hadley Bazant
• Sophia Redella, Whitney Cooper, and Katherine Rueff

Congratulations to our supporting officers – Alex Jarboe and Griffin Brunstetter – who were amazing at leading Committee debates, as well as Alex who was nominated to serve as Clerk, too!