Reaching Across

the Globe!

For several years now, Holy Trinity has sponsored a child, Britney Elizabeth Zavala Ramirez, from Ecuador. We pay $385.00 per year to the Unbound Organization to help with Britney’s education and personal necessi-ties. The students of Holy Trinity have supported Britney from 1st grade to 6th grade now. We have helped to buy food, clothing, school supplies, a bed, a bike, and special holiday treats. Two times a year we send an addition-al check to assist with winter and summer needs, we have started a modest bank account for Britney. Britney’s father sells coconut wa-ter on the beach to support the family so money is scarce. Brit-ney’s mother takes care of Britney and her siblings. Jobs are hard to find in the village they live. Every month one of our classes writes a letter to Britney, and her mother reads it to her, and they write back to us. The children love hearing about Brit-ney, her school and her family. This month, our stu-dents will learn again about Brit-ney, and will hear her last letter, and open our year of giving again. A “Bank for Britney” will be in each classroom. Please work with us to show our children how to share and help other children who have less then they do.

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E D I T O R : M S C H R I S T I N E T R A U B

H O L Y T R I N I T Y S C H O O L

M O R R I S V I L L E , P A

Name: Kristine Perry

Teaches Grade: 1

Years Experience: 7 years

Favorite Movie: Central Intelligence

Favorite Song: Anything to which I can dance!

Favorite Book: American Wife by Taya Kyle

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite Sports Team:

Philadelphia Eagles– Fly-ers– Phillies

College Attended:

Bloomsburg University ( undergrad) West Chester University ( Masters)

Grew Up In: Philadelphia, PA

Something Unique About

Me: In high school, I was on the boy’s football team as the Kicker.

My Secret Talent: I love organizing things.

Family: mom( Patricia) dad– (David), sister–(Kaitlyn), husband( Pete), Nephews ( Anthony David and Aiden Thomas), and a soon to be baby!

Favorite Thing To Do

When Not In School:

Exercising, spending time with my family and friends, and of course, shopping!

Favorite Quote: “Whatever you decide to do, make sure it makes you happy.”

Favorite Place to Visit:

My parents have a house in OC, NJ– love the beach!

Favorite Book or Movie

Character: The Rock A.K.A Dwayne Johnson

Why I Love Teaching: I enjoy inspiring student not only academically but person-ally as well.

One More Thing I’d Like t Tell You: I am very excited on my next journey I am about to take—to be a mother!

STAFF

SPOTLIGHT

Shared Leadership at Holy Trinity School One of the main goals of Mr. McCusker and myself this year will be to take a good look at our leadership model of the school and to continue to build it with more scaffold-ing of leaders. Three years ago, we had a Middle States Team visit us which gave us glowing reports, however, they made a point that all programming came back to the administrative office. While that is good for us and we have worked very hard to achieve it, we want to insure that our future has a strong foundation. The highest achieving schools in the nation are now using a "shared leadership model," which goes beyond parents making cupcakes and fundraising and beyond students helping at an event. It is about teachers, staff, parents, students and community taking on leadership roles to share that role with the administration of the school. Already, we are far ahead of most schools in this area. We have a very strong Home and School Association where concerns, questions and new programs can be presented, voted upon, and put into practice. We have a student leadership team who shop for and run student of the

month luncheons along with other activities. We have several teachers and staff who

moderate portions of the school, and we have a 21st Century After-School Program

which encourages staff, parents and high school students to be leaders of activities in

after- school clubs. As you see this year go forward, look for evidence of this in-

creased effort towards "shared leadership," as we all take on roles as school leaders,

working to continue the goals of affordability and sustainability for our parish school.

“The Value of Volunteers!

“You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give."

Volunteers throughout the nation reflect the nation's compassion, kindness, un-selfish caring, patience, and concern for one another. Holy Trinity Catholic School thrives in large part on the amount of volunteerism we have enjoyed over the past ten years. Ten years ago, there were very few volunteers in the school during the school day. Today, on any given day, you cannot come into Holy Trinity without meeting our volunteers. They make our school run, and they bring the community from the outside to the inside of our building. Current-ly, we have over fifty people who volunteer with us, some during the school day, some after school, some with office help, some lunch help, etc. It is not only adults who are unemployed but often people who are employed looking for an opportunity to fill an hour or two a week with some type of service to our children.

It is our intention this year to find a way to showcase this tremendous sense of volunteerism that exists here at Holy Trinity. Our hope is that soon you will see a visual display because this goes much further than just adults volunteering their time. It includes the teacher getting support, the student receiving services, and most importantly of all, students, staff and visitors being reminded of the importance a volunteer can make in an organization. " Thanks" would be too small of a word for all of the benefits we receive through our volunteers. Perhaps a wish for continued blessings for them and their families would be more appreciated!

9– 11 Day of Service On September 15th, a group of

Holy Trinity Students and teach-ers volunteered to help at the 9-11 Day of Service. This day of service is organized by our 5th

grade teacher, Susan Smith. She coordinates this event with stu-dents from Villanova University. Under the leadership of Miss Susan Smith, the school and

parish grounds are cleaned up, plants are planted and gardens are mulched. It’s a great way to

improve the beauty of the school. We would like to take this time to thank all the parents, Students in

grades 5th– 8th grade who at-tended this great event.

A special thanks goes to Mr. McCusker, Miss A, Mrs. Preston, Mrs. Pirraglia, Mrs. Hahn, Miss

Nancy, Miss Traub and Mrs. My-ers for their assistance to make

this day such a success!

Oct 12– STARE Luncheon

Oct. 15th– Home and School Mtg at 7PM

Oct. 17– Progress Reports

Oct. 23– Parade of Saints

11AM

Oct. 25– Parade of Saints

Oct. 25th– 26th- (Grades K– 8) Parent Conferences

No School for PreK on Oct. 26th.

Oct 31– Halloween Parade 1:30PM– Grades Pre-K– 2

Nov. 1– All Saints Day– No

School

2018– 2019 HTS Student Leaders

High Five Club

The High Five Club was creat-ed to acknowledge students who have earned special awards and accomplish-

ments every month. We rec-ognize these students each month following the first Fri-day 9:00AM mass, during an award assembly and on the High Five Bulletin Board in the main hallway at the school. Parents, teachers, and staff can nominate a stu-dent, who deserves to be congratulated for a job well done, success in an outside activity, or an unusual display of kindness!

To be an effective leader, one must have qualities that make other people desire to follow them. Here, at Holy Trinity, leadership has yet another dimension – leaders are called upon to lead in the style of our Leader, Jesus Christ, who led with kindness and compassion.

During our first Friday Mass on Oct. 5th, 2018, the students listed below were installed into the following leadership groups:

STARE Leadership Team:

President – Hailey Morath

Vice-President – George Lobis

Kyle Burgess, Arianna Cucarese, Krystian Kosecki, Jack Pilla, Jolene Shimp, Natalie

Wright

Safety Patrol and Officers:

Captain – Joseph Loeffler

Lieutenant – Carmella Mooney

Sergeant—Natalie Wright

Fire Captain—Travis Sonnay

Seamus Beltle, Erin Bergevin, Emma Buchko, Kyle Burgess, rianna Cucarese, Krystian Kosecki, George Lobis, Hailey Morath, Kaitlyn Nichols, Aimee Oszer, Jack Pilla, Madison Pipitone and Leonard Zuniga

P R I N C I P A L ’ S P O S T

S.T.A.R.E. Award for the Virtue of Kindness

Pre-K A: Landon Taylor

Pre-K B: Quinn McDowell

Kindergarten A: Nina Rodriguez

Kindergarten B: Isabella Horan

1st Grade: Everly Browne

2nd Grade: Ella Saguil

3rd Grade: Carmen Miller

4th Grade: Elizabeth Howatt

5th Grade: Cameron Browne

6th Grade: Carly Bauer

7th Grade: Madison O’ Brien

8th Grade: Madison Pipitone

Art: Meghan King Grade 3

Gym: Emma Buchko Grade 8

Library, Pre-K—4: Brendan King, Gr. 3

Library, 5—8: Addison Holmes Grade 5

Technology: Ethan Campos—Grade 5

Music: Macey Charmont

Congratulations to the 2018/2019 S.T.A.R.E. Team President: Hailey Morath and Vice President: George Lobis

Krystian Kosecki, Natalie Wright, Kyle Burgess, Jolene Shimp, Arianna Cucarese, and Jack

Pilla.

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Fire Prevention

Poster Winners Kindergarten A: 1st Place: Nina Rodriguez 2nd Place: Ava Portalatin 3rd Place: Hannah Taylor Kindergarten B: 1st Place: Isabella Keller 2nd Place: Isabella Horan 3rd Place: Lydia Mack First Grade: 1st Place: Brielle Unkert 2nd Place: Chloe Cavanaugh 3rd Place: Evely Browne Second Grade: 1st Place: Jayvion Blackshir 2nd Place: Brady Colon 3rd Place: Scott Frank Third Grade: 1st Place: Elizabeth Naphy 2nd Place: Carly Drake 3rd Place: Patrick Haney Fourth Grade: 1st Place: Grace Horan 2nd Place: Carly Drake 3rd Place: Anabelle Hunnicutt

To the Faculty and Staff and Home and School on a successful back to school night!

Teachers were able to share their goals for the year and expectations for their students.

Mrs. McDowell and Mr. McCusker presented a school plan for the year.

“Off to a Great Start!”

Breakfast and Lunch Program

Our Breakfast and Lunch Program is sponsored by NDS, Nutritional Development Services. Approxi-mately 78% of the children in our

school are participating in this pro-gram. A special thank you to Mary Diliplane, Lois Weigold and Kim

Glasson, and their staff for all their hard work and dedication to make

this program run smoothly and beautifully every day!

This is a great convenience to fami-

lies!

Student Lectors—Grade 6 – Dominicio Cucarese, Eric Jean, Vanessa Poland, Tate Mar

tinrade 7 – Jack Glasson, Matthew Gor-man, Erin Huber, Justin Jean, Matthew Miller, Dakota Poland, Kyle Tuthill, Connie Wojton

Grade 8 – Seamus Beltle, Emma Buchko, Arianna Cucarese, George Lobis, Joseph Loeffler, Aimee Oszer, Madison Pipitone

Altar Servers: Grade 6 – Patrick Brels-ford, Dominicio Cucarese, Eric Jean, Tate

Martin, Eric Miller, Jolene Morath, Vanessa Poland

Grade 7 – Dakota Boss, Jack Glasson, Matthew Gorman, Erin Huber, Justin Jean, Matthew Miller, Dakota Poland, Valentina Recchia, Sammy Rodriguez, Carly Saunders, Kyle Tuthill, Connie

Wojton

Grade 8 – Seamus Beltle, Emma Buchko, Kyle Burgess, Arianna Cucarese, George

Lobis, Joseph Loeffler, Hailey Morath, Aimee Oszer, Madison Pipitone, Natalie

Wright

Student Photographers: Dominicio Cucarese and Aimee Oszer

Student Tech Aides: Dakota Boss and Kalianne Zadnik

Ways to Help Our School!

Download the Shoparoo app and start uploading receipts

Register your Giant Savings Card

Place your Claire’s Gourmet Order

Buy 40 week Club Tickets

Join and Volunteer for Home and School Associa-tion.

Clip Box Tops.

Save soda tabs for the Ronald McDonald House.

Get clearance so you can volunteer.

Save the Date for Purse Bingo– Sunday, November 4

Purchase Manna