December 5, 2022

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2022-2023 Calendar

DECEMBER 2022
05: No School, Grading Day 
06: Individual Picture Retake Day
07: Trimester 1 Report Cards sent home
08: Mass at 2:05pm, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, hosted by 4th grade
09: Middle School Dance!
13: Christmas Concert, 5pm
14: Mass at 2:05pm, hosted by 7th Grade
15: No After School EC
16: Class Christmas Movies and Popcorn, 2-3pm
17: HT Chess Tournament
19-30: No School, Christmas Break

JANUARY 2022 
02: No School, No EC, New Year's Holiday
06: Free Dress for Food
16: No School, No EC, MLK Jr. Day
20: Mother and Son Night Out

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SnowBall, the MS Dance

Our first Middle School dance is this Friday! If you can help us prepare for the SnowBall, please sign up below- 

• Volunteer for set up or clean up crew, sign up here.
• Volunteer to chaperone during the dance, sign up here.

6th, 7th, 8th Grade Parents- If you have not completed the consent form with your child, please review and complete this form.
Our Volunteer Work Party is TONIGHT, Monday 12/5 from 7-9pm in the cafeteria.

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Popcorn Elves Needed

Volunteer opportunity!

• When: Friday, Dec. 16th 8:15 am-10am
• What: Filling bags of popcorn & delivery to holiday movie classrooms
• Need: 5 volunteers
• Please let Kirsten Goetz know if you can help out, 

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Usborne Books

Families can purchase books through Usborne and give back to HT. Browse the full selection of books online here. (Any orders placed through this link will help earn 50% back in free book rewards for the school as well, as soon as it hits a minimum of $250 in sales).

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PTO Events Calendar

A look at our events for January-June 2023

• Kindergarten: Cookie Reception after Christmas Concert and Spring Play
  
• 3rd Grade: (Jan 20) Mother & Son Event (Lead: Kirsten Goetz & Erika Thompson & Brianna Taylor)
  
• 4th Grade: (May 1-5) Teacher Appreciation Week (Lead: Sheda Dikeman)
  
• 5th Grade: (April 14) Father & Daughter Dance (Lead: Kari Court) 
  
• 6th Grade: (Feb 2) Grandparents & Special Friends Day + PTO/All School (Lead: TBD)
  
• 7th Grade: 8th grade graduation (Lead: TBD)
  
• 8th: (Dec 16) Classroom Christmas Popcorn & Movies (Lead: Kirsten Goetz)
  
• PTO/All School: Last Day of School Picnic (Lead: TBD)
  
• PTO/All School: Titan Run (Lead: Ashley Sheridan)

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Volunteer Sign Ups

• Lunch Helper, M-F, 10:30am-12:30pm, sign up here
• Clean cafeteria rags, pick up Friday, return on Monday, sign up here
• Room Parents, sign up here
• Uniform Closet maintenance, days and times flexible, sign up here​
• Lost & Found Management, days and times flexible, sign up here
• Do you have an idea for a club or event? We'd love to talk with you!

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Lost & Found

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Trimester 1 Report Cards

Trimester 1 report cards will be sent home Wednesday, December 7th. With our implementation of Standards Referenced Grading, all report cards will look a bit different from previous years. Please see the grade level examples below.

• Prekindergarten Proficiency Summary
• Kinder-4th Grade Example Standards Referenced Report Card from 3rd Grade
• 5th-8th Grades will receive our traditional, subject graded report cards
• Kinder-8th Grade Student Learning Expectations Summary
  • ​All K-8 students will receive two documents- a report card and a SLE summary of work habits and behavior

We will be sending home paper copies with your child(ren) at the end of the school day Wednesday. 

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Virtue of the Week- Magnanimity

This week our students are studying the virtue of Magnanimity. Magnanimity is seeking with confidence to do great things in God; literally "having a large soul". The opposite of magnanimity is to doing things for self-promotion or working against the good. We can cultivate magnanimity by:

• Complimenting others on doing a great job
• Allowing others to receive the praise and credit they deserve
• Acknowledging the good in others when it is difficult
• Striving to do difficult tasks with God's grace

Check in with your child! How do they demonstrate the virtue of Magnanimity?

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HT's First Chess Tournament

We are excited to announce that Holy Trinity is hosting our first chess tournament on Saturday, December 17th! You do not have to be in the chess club to enter and all are welcome to come watch! We will be looking for volunteers to help with setup, clean-up, concessions, raffle prizes, collecting money, and more! For all details, please see this flyer.
Volunteer: Sign up here!
​Contact Larry Ball, the chess coach at larryball48@yahoo.com if your child is interested in participating or if you have any questions!

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Food Closet Ministry

In preparation for the holidays, the HT Food Closet is looking for donations of these foods. School families can donate food anytime and for Free Dress Fridays.

Baking Supplies, Sugar, Oil, Peanut Butter, Instant Potatoes, Rice, Macaroni and Cheese

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2023-2024 Applications Open

Applications are open for new students and siblings for the 2023-2024 school year! Please apply here and share with your family and friends.

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PTO Notes

Notes from our PTO November meeting are here.

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