Weekly Update

Our Mission is to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ,

to provide a high-quality education,

and to guide children in living the Catholic faith

Dear Heavenly Father, help us focus on the most important thing about Christmas: the Birth of your Son, Jesus. Close the door of hate and open the door of love all over the world. Let kindness come with every gift and good desires with every greeting. Awaken in our hearts love and gratitude for your infinite goodness.

Amen

Inside our school building we have many Advent and Christmas activities taking place. We have trees and mangers set up. We have the Advent candles of hope, love, peace, and joy in the halls and in the classrooms. Our hallways and classrooms have become an overwhelming sight and the joy of the Lord surrounds us deeply this Advent Season! I can assure you that your children are blessed to be here and our school is blessed to have them.

Holy Trinity is an unbelievable place where families become connected. Our greatest connection is to God and to our faith followed by our common desire to bring hope, love, peace and joy to our children by a Catholic school education. For those who are new to our school, we hope you can taste and feel that Holy Trinity is a place unlike any other.

On behalf of all faculty and staff, we wish you a holy, happy and healthy holiday! We are thankful for your attendance, your participation, your support, and your generosity to our school, to our students, and to our entire staff. We are proud to be able to offer a Catholic education to the families of Holy Trinity and St. Michael and the surrounding Catholic communities along with those who enroll with us from the other faith denominations of our area. Blessings to all as we end 2024 and look forward to 2025!

Jesus is the reason for this school!

A very Merry Christmas and Blessed New Year to everyone!

Blessings,

Mrs. Longden

To Jesus we go, through Mary

Just Add Jesus:

As part of our Advent celebration we have some Scripture stories to read together as a family and a couple recipes that go along with the stories to try out as a family.

See the attached.

1. Locusts and Honey - Locust and Honey Crescent Rolls

2. Bread of Life - House of Ginger Bread

There will be no school from December 21st-January 1st.

School will resume on Thursday, January 2nd.

Have a wonderful and relaxing break!

Thank you all for coming to celebrate the Christmas season with us!

Here are a few photos from the concerts!

Merry Christmas

Attached is the January Lunch menu.

A hard copy will come home after break in our family folders.

We do not have a set date for our All School Field Trip during Catholic Schools Week, so that may change once things are confirmed.

Holy Trinity will be decorating for Christmas on Monday, December 23 at 10:00 a.m.

All are welcome to help if you are able!

On behalf of the Home & School board and HTS, I would like to take another opportunity to THANK all of the parents who have volunteered their time and energies to the variety of Home & School fundraisers and events so far this year. You are truly appreciated!

Mark your calendars! Our next Home & School meeting is set for Tuesday, January 14th at 5:30 pm. See the attached for a preview of our planned agenda.

May the remainder of your Advent observation be filled with joy in anticipating Jesus' arrival! And may you have a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year!

See you in January!

If you need to get in contact with the Home and School Association, please email them at homeandschool@htschool.net

If you would like the advisory commission to discuss anything, please email at advisorycommittee@htschool.net

The following people have volunteered at Holy Trinity during November and December!

Thank you for all your time you dedicate to our school to help it continue to grow and thrive!

*Jeff Zupan

*Randy Thull

*Missy Herman

*Katie Herriges

*Crystal Mulvanny

*Sara Weninger

*Courtney Gruber

*Ed Marx

*Christa Susen

*Carolyn Leister

*Rosanne Nosacek

*Debbie Pankratz

*Garrison Coyne

*Jackie Nowacki

*Rhiannon Olson

*Nick Pari

*Hannah Muehlbauer

SCRIP Ordering Dates

The following dates are when SCRIP will be ordered through the school office:

January 6th and 20th

February 3rd and 17th

March 3rd and 17th

*Please have orders placed by 8 AM on Mondays.

*We will have some cards on hand in the office for sale as well. Please call the office ahead of time to make sure we have what you would like to order. Thank you for supporting Holy Trinity School through the purchase of SCRIP!

The Faith Formation committee is on a mission for souls. They are looking for 100 people willing to take an ADVENTURE and see what God has planned for them in the first few months of 2025. The cost of the Emmaus 90 adventure is $10 per person and runs from January 20-April 20, 2025. The commitment of time is only 10-30 minutes per day (each person decides their level of commitment). The group is encouraging all to walk the adventure, either alone, with a friend or with a family member in order to grow in faith, love and purpose.

Each person will receive a book for the journey (distribution will take place in mid to late December) and will have access to weekly videos to help them in their encounter.

To sign up for this journey click on the provided link: https://forms.gle/miuwBrnQSqCDxuQz6

Friday, December 20th - Mass (Grades 5K-8)

Saturday, December 21st - Start of Christmas Break

Thursday, January 2nd - School Resumes

Friday, January 3rd - Mass (Grades 5K-8)

Wednesday, January 8th - Mass (Grades 1-4)

Friday, January 10th - Baptism Mass - December and January Baptisms (Grades 4K-8)

Wednesday, January 15th - Mass (Grades 3K, 5-8)

Thursday, January 16th - End of Semester (3K-5K)

Friday, January 17th - Mass (Grades 4K-8)

Wednesday, January 22nd - Mass (Grades 1-4)

Friday, January 24th - Mass (Grades 4K-8)

Sunday, January 26th- Saturday, February 1st - Catholic Schools Week

Sunday, January 26th - Open House 12:30-1:30

Wednesday, January 29th - Mass (Grades 3K, 5-8)

Friday, January 31st - Mass (Grades 4K-8)

Thursday, December 12 - Tom Rettler

Friday, December 13 - Catherine Rinzel

Monday, December 16 - Bruce Survis

Tuesday, December 17 - Charlotte Schweger

Wednesday, December 18 - Mallory Boley

Congratulations!

Basketball Schedule:

Friday, January 3rd - Away at Black

January 4th and 5th - B Boys Good Shepherd Tournament

Friday, January 10th - Away at Orange

Friday, January 17th - Black at Holy Trinity (Parent Night)

Friday, January 24th - St. Katt's at Holy Trinity

Tuesday, January 28th - Away at St. Matt's

January 30th-February 2nd - B Girls St. John's Tournament

Friday, January 31st (Parent Night) - SOTH at Holy Trinity

Friday, February 7th (8th Grade Night) - WCHSA at Holy Trinity

The WisDot/NASAO Aviation Art Contest deadline is fast approaching. Entries must be received by January 7, 2025. Entries must also include a signed Certificate of Authentication, the brochure attached serves as that, so don’t forget to send that with the entries. If students want their entries back, they must send a self-addressed stamped envelope with the entry. This contest is for students aged 6-17, there are three age groups and prizes are awarded to the top three entries of each group. Entries can be mailed to the address on the brochure. Winning entries of the state competition will be sent on to the national level, and potentially the international level.

Prizes:

1st place: choice of Discovery airplane flight or a $100 gift card for Art Supplies or Aviation Supplies

2nd place: Choice of a $75 gift card for Art supplies or Aviation supplies

3rd place: Choice of a $50 gift card for Art Supplies or Aviation supplies.

We are so excited to once again be offering a splendid Christmas concert to the community!

Join us on December 21st at 3pm in the Silver Lining Arts Center for all your favorite holiday music and cookies with Santa! Buy tickets here: https://kettle-moraine-symphony.betterworld.org/events/kms-christmas-concert

Children are FREE!

Email: holytrinityschool@htschool.net
Website: http://www.htschool.net
Location: 305 Main St Kewaskum, WI 53040
Phone: (262)626-2603