Holy Trinity Families,

This weekend we celebrated First Holy Communion with our 2nd graders! What a beautiful day it was as the sun was shining for this very special occasion. Thank you to Mrs. Hess and Mrs. Waltos for all of their hard work preparing our littles ones for their big day. Also, thank you to all of our moms who volunteered on Friday for our retreat day.

We are coming up on our St. Baldrick's assembly on May 22nd. We are looking at an 8am start time. This event is open to any parents who would like to join us. See the information below for more details. We will send more info as we get closer to the event.

Lastly, we are finalizing enrollment for 23-24. We still have some space remaining in our all day preschool classes. If you know of anyone looking for full time child care/preschool. This class is available for students who turn 4 by August 1. We have limited spacing available in our 1/2 day preschool and intro classrooms as well. Please contact Mrs. Scanlan for more information.

We are also preparing to open registration for a new opportunity for our tiniest eagles. We will be offering a mommy and me class that will be open to those under 3 who are not yet potty trained or eligible for our preschool classes. Mrs. McCann will be running this class. Look for information coming soon and links for registration.

It looks like sun this week after our monsoon! We look forward to getting the kids outside.

Blessings,

Kim Kuchta

I hope everyone had a wonderful and restful spring break! Just a reminder that our St. Baldrick's event will be Monday, May 22nd with a registration deadline of April 30th. We currently have 35 shavees and 5 ponytail donations registered... including Mr. Mo (To Donate to Mr. Mo) Mr. Nunney (To Donate to Mr. Nunney ) and Miss Yaggie (To Donate to Miss Yaggie)! We are now excited to add Mrs. Cowdin (To Donate to Mrs. Cowdin) who will be donating her ponytail as well! We have raised $16,675 of our $25,000 goal! Keep up with your amazing fundraising efforts! T-minus 15 days until we Brave the Shave!

To register please visit: https://www.stbaldricks.org/events/HolyTrinity2023
Click on the "Join Us" button and it will walk you through the registration process. Family and friends are also welcome to Brave the Shave with your child, so please share the link with anyone who would like to register and/or donate. If your child would like to donate a ponytail, please register as a "Shavee" and I will send you details about hair donation.

As previously mentioned, we will also be raising funds for the local charity Special Spaces. In addition to the braiding station, there will be a $2 dress down day on May 16th.

You can learn more about Special Spaces at https://specialspaces.org/our-chapters/ohio/

Please contact me with any questions at kelshaker@gmail.com.

God Bless,
Kelly Shaker and Brigid Whalen

In addition to the Angel Scholarship, Holy Trinity is now offering additional financial aide opportunities including the EdChoice and EdChoice Expansion Scholarships. Please visit the school website (tuition and financial aide tab) for more information and applications. If you have questions about any of these opportunities please contact Kim Kuchta or Colleen Stalla at finance@htsavon.org.

Please join us for our annual reverse raffle on May 13th in the school gym. Included in the ticket price are appetizers, full steak dinner, open bar and legendary late night reubens. Grand raffle prize is $3000. This is the main fundraiser for our CYO sports program. 100% of the proceeds will be used to fund all of our programs in the upcoming year. For more information and sponsorship opportunities please contact Matt Kuchta at mattk0615@live.com.

This year's proceeds will be used to help the school pay for our new gymnasium! We will be completely stripping our wood floor and re-finishing per the design below!

Dear Holy Trinity Families,

We are getting excited to break ground for the Holy Trinity Playground and School Garden in June! In the playground and school garden area, the HT community will have the opportunity to purchase and donate a bench, picnic table, walking path stone (engraved), or garden box that will include a donor plaque with your family name (or approved wording). The items can be purchased as a family, group, team, business, class, etc.

Below is a FACTS form with pictures and pricing of the items. The deadline for donor items is Monday, May 15th. Please contact PTU at ptu@htsavon.orgwith any questions.

https://payit.nelnet.net/form/WUWpbmjP

God bless,

PTU Board

Anne Marie King

Dawn Sirl

Renee Metera

Jenn Inkrott

Laurel Nunney

Holy Trinity offers peer tutoring for students in grades 2-5. This takes place every Thursday from 2:15-3pm in the gym. Our junior high students serve as tutors for service hours helping younger students with homework, test prep and study skills. If you are interested in your child participating please reach out to kim.kuchta@htsavon.org.

Peer tutoring will resume May 11th. This will be our final session of this school year.

Hello! My name is Sara Martin and this is my fifth year teaching at Holy Trinity. I spent the first four years teaching junior high science and this past year I moved into the junior high math role. I love teaching math and my experience in science has helped me to understand how the stem concepts that we are teaching in junior high all fit together. In the classroom, I love seeing students grow in their confidence with math. Too many times I have heard students say "I am just not a math person" but I genuinely believe that we are all math people. It has been very rewarding to see the pride that students have in themselves when they get an answer correct or do well on an assessment.

Before teaching at Holy Trinity, I was a parent volunteer at the school. I have four children, all of whom have attended Holy Trinity. This past year has been particularly hectic at home with three of my kids in high school. My son Patrick is graduating from St. Ignatius and I have daughters, Megan and Caitlin, that attend Magnificat. All are involved in sports at their schools, so weekends are very busy being a mom and fan. My youngest, Sean, is in third grade at Holy Trinity and I cherish the time that I have with him now that I see how fast it really does go. I have been married to my husband, Brian, for 21 years and he too has a career in Catholic education at St. Ignatius High School. When I am not at school, I enjoy walking my dog, Rudy, reading, gardening, and watching my kids in all of their sports. I, also, enjoy a good home improvement project though there has not been much time for that lately...maybe this summer.

May

5/8- May Crowning (grades 2 and 8)- 9am prayer service.

5/13- Men's reverse raffle- NEW DATE!

5/15- Mother's Mass (grade 8)

5/19- Walk-a-thon

5/22- St. Baldrick's Assembly

5/23- Band concert 6pm in gym

5/26- Little Eagles Preschool last day of classes

5/29- No School

5/30- Field Day K-8

June

6/1- Kindergarten graduation 9am (gym)

6/1- 8th grade clap out (12:00)

6/2- Grades 6 and 7 awards- 9am (church)

6/2- Last day of classes (outdoor mass 8 am)

6/2- Class picnics

6/3- 8th grade graduation (10am)

Our next All Pro Family meeting is coming soon, on Sunday, May 21st at 10 a.m..

Join us for this month’s topic: Leadership.

We will spend intentional time encouraging our kids with fun activities and character-strengthening conversations!

If you would like to attend, please click on this link: https://allprodadchapters.com/chapters/12567/chapter_meetings/46804

For more information or questions, contact our team captain, John Nunney , at john.nunney@htsavon.org.

This position will start in August of 2023.. This position will be working with students on IEP’s in Grades 6-8 through our third party provider, PSI during the 2023-2024 school year.

The Intervention Specialist is responsible for providing an educational atmosphere where students have the opportunity to fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical, spiritual and psychological growth.

This person is responsible for organizing and implementing an instructional program that will result in students achieving academic success in accordance with Holy Trinity School.

The Intervention Specialist is expected to work cooperatively with the general education teacher and special education team to:

• Collaborate with other staff members and parents/guardians in order to implement Individualized Educational Programs (in coordination with the Jon Peterson Scholarship program) , Service Plans and/or other intervention programs.

• Provide accommodations, modifications and interventions to students identified as having a disability and qualifying for special education.

• Collaborate with general education teachers to develop specialized instruction that maximizes students’ access to the general education content standards.

• Provide specialized instruction to students with special needs in one-on-one, small-group, or inclusion settings in accordance with IEPs and/or SPs.

• Support the achievement of unidentified students by providing interventions as requested by other school staff with parent permission.

• Complete written IEP and/or ISP progress reports at least as frequently as general education progress reports are written (minimum of once quarterly)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required

• Current ODE license as an Intervention Specialist required

• Experience teaching in special education preferred

Please send resume and cover letter to kim.kuchta@htsavon.org

Holy Trinity School, Avon has an opening for the 2023-2024 academic year for a long-term substitute third grade teacher. This position will begin with shadowing in May of this year. The long term substitute will be responsible for the classroom at the start of the 23-24 school year and will continue until November 24, 2023. Lessons will be planned but experience with execution is necessary and licensure in the area of Prek-3 or ⅘ is required. This position will transition into a building sub position at the end of November for the duration of the school year. The building substitute is the first call for all teachers in case of absence. They will execute lesson plans and supervise. If there are no absences the building sub serves as a primary aide.

Appropriate licensure and catechist certification are essential as well as fingerprinting background check and Virtus training.

Please send resume and cover letter to Kim.kuchta@htsavon.org

Email: kim.kuchta@htsavon.org
Website: www.holytrinityavon.org
Location: 2610 Nagel Road, Avon, OH, USA
Phone: 440-937-6420
Twitter: @HTS_Eagles