Monday Minute (10.11.21)

October 11, 2021

2021-2022 Calendar

OCTOBER 2021
13: School Mass hosted by 6th Grade
18: Auditions for Annie's Hard Knock Life 3:30-5:30pm
19: MS grades published
School Picture Day
20: School Mass hosted by 3rd Grade
21: 3-5 grades published
22: Halloween Costume Day!
Trunk or Treat, 4-6pm
25: PK-2 Progress Reports published
27: School Mass hosted by 2nd Grade
28: Dismissal at 12:15pm,
Parent Teacher Conferences 1:15pm-6:00pm
29: NO SCHOOL
Parent Teacher Conferences 8:00am-3:00pm

Drama Club

Auditions for Annie's Hard Knock Life are next Monday, October 18th. Students in grades 4-8 can audition and all will get a role in the play. Students do not need to prepare anything for auditions.

NWCT Audition Details
NWCT Student Audition Information (to be completed by auditions)
Parent Volunteer: Run Crew (eligible for Sharepoint hours)
Parent Volunteer: Production Manager (eligible for Sharepoint hours)

This play is a collaboration between Holy Trinity Catholic School and Northwest Children's Theater. If you have questions, please contact Erik Montague at outreach@nwcts.org.

First Communion

If you have a child that needs their First Communion, please contact Chris Storm at cstorm@htsch.org. Religious Education classes are just getting started for the year.

PTO News

Trunk or Treat: Friday, October 22nd
We have decided to host a family trunk-or-treat again this year after such a huge success last year! Come dressed in costume, take pictures at the photobooth, dance to spooky music and collect as much candy as you can!

Volunteer needs: In order to make this event a success we need as many families as we can get to sign up to host a trunk.
More details can be found at our sign-up link: 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat Event @ Holy Trinity

Room Parent Sign ups are open!
The long awaited room parent sign ups are now live!

We are looking for 2 volunteers for each classroom.
All details can be found on the sign up page: Holy Trinity Room Parent Sign-up '21-22

Other Volunteer Roles Open:

Halloween Costumes

Students are allowed to wear Halloween Costumes to school on Friday, October 22nd. All costumes must follow our dress code in the handbook.

Costumes must be appropriate for ages 4+.
No weapons on the costume or as an accessory.
Costumes should not be hard to move in or need additional to help to get on and off.
Costumes must be respectful of Catholic faith and practices.
No swear words, sex, drugs or inappropriate images and words.
Please limit gore, blood and frightening characteristics.

Google Classroom

Many grades and classes are using Google Classroom in a variety of way this year. This is a place to check daily homework, completion and missing assignments. Graded assignments can be found in GC, but our primary grading platform is FACTS Family Portal.

Middle School uses GC daily for all subjects as it is a great tool to help students track deadlines, turn in digital material and collaborate.
5th Grade uses GC daily for all subjects except Math. Math has a physical textbook.
3rd and 4th Grades use GC for Spanish class and accessing teacher saved websites/resources.

Students are connected with their 'Guardians' in Google Classroom. Parents should have already received an invitation to join the Google Classroom. You need to accept this invite to see any information. Once accepted, parents can choose if they'd like daily or weekly updates from Google Classroom. This is an excellent tool to support your student's learning and ability to plan for due dates.

CYO Basketball

Registration is open for CYO Boys and Girls Basketball and Hot Shots! We need coaches and players to make this season awesome. Register here.

Picture Day: October 19

Picture Day is coming! All students in PK through 8th will take pictures for Picture Day. HT students wear their uniforms for school pictures. The 19th is only individual pictures. In the spring, we hope to take group photos. Order forms were sent home last week. Parents can also order online here.

ALICE Safety Drill

As mentioned several weeks ago, HTCS uses ALICE protocol for lockdown/school intruder situations.

Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate

For the past two weeks, all grades have been taught ALICE specific lessons. This Wednesday, we will have an all school ALICE drill. Our drill will start with a lockdown announcement followed by an evacuation announcement. Classes will evacuate to the edge of campus with teachers pointing out where students can go in the event of a true emergency. Our two identified evacuation spots are Beaverton Four Square Church and Barnes Elementary. All classes will debrief the drill before going home on Wednesday. If you have any questions, please let us know and see Mrs. Sheridan's letter.

Parent Teacher Conferences

October 28 and 29 are Parent Teacher Conferences. Conferences will be offered via Zoom in 10-20 minute increments. We will send sign ups out this week via SignUp Genius. If you'd like an in-person conference in grades PK-5, please email the teacher directly. To limit the exposure of our middle school staff, we are only offering in person conferences to students working with Learning Resource.

Thursday, 10/28, 1:15-6:00pm
Friday, 10/29, 8:00am-3:00pm
There is EC available both days. Please email Matt Wulff at mwulff@htsch.org if your child will be here 10/28, 10/29.

Covid Updates

Mrs. Sheridan's Back to School Letter
Operational Blueprint (September 2021)
Covid-19 Exclusion Summary Guidance for K-12 Schools
ODE Covid Information
Mrs. Sheridan's Parent Letter

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