Service Learning Program

All grades have a community social services agency that they serve throughout the year, chosen to coincide with the seven principles of Catholic Social Teaching:

• Dignity of the Human Person
• Call to Family, Community, and Participation
• Rights and Responsibilities
• Preferential Option for and with People who are Poor
• Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers
• Solidarity
• Care for God's Creation

• Pre-K: Animal Care Society
• Grades K-1: Schuhmann Center 
  
• Grade 2: Sister Visitor Center at Catholic Charities
  
• Grade 3: Fr. Jack Jones Food Pantry at Holy Name with Catholic Charities
• Grade 4: Golden Arrow Center for Mothers and Children
  
• Grade 5: Dominion Sr. Living at Northfield and Westport Place, as well as Holy Trinity Catholic Church's Seniors Group
• Grade 6: Catholic Charities Migration and Refugee Services
• Grade 7: Dare to Care 
  
• Grade 8: St. Vincent DePaul of Louisville
  
• Clifton Campus: Nazareth Home, Clifton

Additionally, each year, our 7th and 8th graders participate in a local Louisville Service Day, while our 8th graders are also able to participate in an optional three-day Kentucky service mission trip to the Appalachian areas of Kentucky.

• 7th graders and 8th graders participate in a day of service at local food pantries, community gardens, clothing closets, soup kitchens, and service missions, including Dare to Care, St. Vincent DePaul, Catholic Charities of Louisville, and other organizations. Each homeroom partners with a Louisville community partner organization to complete a variety of service projects on their campus. Students, parents, teachers, and administrators work together on these annual service days.
• 8th graders are also invited to apply for one of two annual fall trips to repair homes with an Appalachia-based service organization. Each trip involves 40 - 50 students working to repair and improve homes in Eastern Kentucky communities, as well as serving in schools, animal shelters, nursing homes, and other community outreach organizations, as needed. Parents, teachers, school and parish staff, and parishioners are invited to serve as chaperones on this trip.

Our Student Council, comprised of 6th - 8th grade students, also leads school-wide initiatives throughout the year.

• Ongoing crayon, marker, and printer cartridge recycling programs through national businesses and Crayon Initiative, as well as our school and parish recycling bin program
• Lenten Rice Bowl Program for Catholic Relief Services
• Lenten WaterStep Used Shoe Drive to support clean water initiatives, in partnership with our parish
• Mayor's Give a Day of Service projects in each grade level 
• End of the Year Used School Supply Drive to support Catholic Charities of Louisville outreach efforts

Our Kentucky Student YMCA chapter organizes service projects to correspond with their KYA and KUNA conferences. Service drives or projects correspond to the focus of their KYA Bill and KUNA resolution. While the projects focus on KYA and KUNA students participating, all HT families are invited to donate/participate if they're interested.

Interested in getting involved? Contact Ashley Davenport, Director of Student Activities, to get involved in any of our Service Learning program partnerships, serve as a chaperone, or be a grade level service-learning coordinator.