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New Website
Trinity is excited to launch a
new website! This new website is primarily for the purpose of marketing Trinity to new families and showcasing the talents and achievements of our students and alumni. Current families will find several items of importance on the site, including the school calendar, a link to the PIAA calendar, and a lunch menu, to name a few. The bulk of important new information will be conveyed to you here, through Trinity Weekly, while the Student/Parent Handbook holds other details of importance for families. Past editions of Trinity Weekly will be available on the website, as well as a link to the Student/Parent Handbook.
Please note, all summer assignments can be found in this (and past editions of) Trinity Weekly, but they are no longer on the website.
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One Book, One Trinity
This summer, the Trinity family will build community by reading the same book,
The Bitter Side of Sweet,
by Tara Sullivan. This will provide us with a common experience and a foundation for discussions, learning, and service projects.
Note: All students except English 3 and AP English students are expected to complete
these questions
to submit to your English teacher at the start of the year.
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Academic Schedules
Students do not need to bring the tentative schedule they have received on the first day of school. All students will receive the final copy of their schedules on the first day of school in their mentor groups. Any sophomores, juniors, or seniors requesting a change to their schedule must have a note from their parent and the $100 course change fee. Freshmen seeking to change their schedules must also have a note from a parent, but the fee until the first day of school is just $20. After August 27, the fee for ninth grade schedule changes will increase to $100. Students are expected to follow the schedules they will be given on the first day of school until they receive a new printed schedule from Ms. Poplaski.
Rediker
The transition from MMS to Rediker has begun with staff and faculty training. Because we are in transition, schedules will be printed from MMS for the first day of school. Parents and students will be notified as soon as Rediker access is available to them. This notification will include information on how parents and students can access the system.
Mentor Groups
Mentor Group lists will be posted in the busport area on the first day of school. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors will begin the day on August 28 in their mentor groups. Freshmen will begin their day on August 27 in the auditorium.
Reminder to freshmen : Y
ou do not report to school on Tuesday, August 28.
Transfer Student Orientation
Any 10th through 12th grader who will be new to Trinity this year is reminded that they are invited to a new student orientation meeting on Monday, August 27 beginning at 10:00 a.m. Uniforms are not required for this orientation. It should be completed by 11:30 a.m. Student ambassadors will be at the main entrance to direct students to the meeting location.
Summer Assignments
Remember, many classes have summer assignments. Be sure to check the Summer Assignments section below
to make sure you have completed all summer work by the first day of school.
Again, all students are required to read
The Bitter Side of Sweet
by Tara Sullivan. All students (except honors English 3 and AP English) are expected to complete the
discussion questions
for the book.
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A Fond Farewell
We bid a fond farewell to two alumni who are leaving Trinity's staff.
Steve Aschenbrenner '95, Director of Alumni, and
Suzanne Dobbie Bell '83, English teacher, are leaving Trinity for other opportunities. We are thankful for everything they have done for Trinity and its students and wish them all the best in their future endeavors!
Seeking Applicants
Trinity is seeking applicants for a Director of Alumni and a part-time Administrative Assistant. See our
website for more information.
Uniform Information
Flynn O’Hara may have given some families incorrect information about fall/spring uniforms. Girls are NOT REQUIRED to wear shorts in August. Skirts are permitted year-round.
The fall/spring uniform includes: a polo shirt (long or short sleeve) or a white Oxford shirt. Boys do not need to wear a tie. Boys should wear uniform walking shorts or slacks, and girls should wear uniform slacks, shorts, or a skirt. The cardigan may still be worn, and the full uniform is acceptable at this time of the year, as well. Uniforms may be purchased from
Flynn O'Hara, or gently used items may be selected from our Uniform Closet, which will be open on Monday, August 13, from
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Cafeteria Menu
Find the lunch menu for the first few weeks of school
here
.
Trinity Athletic Association
Trinity's Athletic Association will meet on Thursday, August 16, at 7:00 p.m. in Room 114. All parents/guardians, especially those of new students, are welcome to join us!
Freshman Picnic
Freshmen and their families are invited to a picnic on Sunday, August 19, at 5:00 p.m. at
Creekview North Park (rain location is Trinity High School). We're looking forward to meeting all of you!
Football Spirit Gear
Join the Cross Country team!
Interested in running for Trinity's cross country team? The official PIAA fall season practices begin Monday, August 13, at 5:30 p.m. To participate, follow these steps! Complete the
PIAA physical and all Trinity athletic forms and mail them to the school (Attn: Matt O'Brien, Trainer), then
register your athlete. While registering,
RSVP for cross country camp and the Kutztown invitational. Don't delay! An accurate count of attendees is needed asap.
Join the Shamrocks Ice Hockey team!
Are you interested in playing ice hockey? The Shamrocks are excited to announce that there is
still room for the 2018-2019 hockey season. Join the team, make friends, and have fun while playing this exciting club sport. Ice hockey is played during the Fall/Winter Sports season, with formal practices beginning in September, and games played through March. We hope to see you out on the ice this fall! Please contact one of the following team managers to fill out the information/contact forms:
Brigette Guyer at 717-979-1958, or
Melanie Froio at 724-516-0682.
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Calling all crab lovers!
Mark your calendars for the 2nd Annual Central Pennsylvania Crab, Beer & Wine Festival scheduled for
Saturday, September 15,
from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Trinity.
Trinity High School and the West Shore YMCA will bring Central Pennsylvanians together for a unique experience where you can enjoy artisan beer and wine from Central PA’s finest craft breweries and wineries, delicious steamed Harbor House crabs, and Redd’s barbecue, all while listening to live music performed by the Jewett Brothers Band. For information, go to
www.pacrabfest.org
. Tickets are available for purchase beginning on Saturday, June 16. (
This is an adult-only event. Seating is limited.)
Parents, teachers, students, and alumni--
Register
as a volunteer the day of the event and/or join the CPA Crab, Beer & Wine Festival Committee. We need your help to make this event successful for our school and community. We are anticipating 600+ attendees this year.
If you would like to sponsor the CPA Crab, Beer & Wine Festival,
view our sponsorship levels here
. If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Mirarchi at (717) 774-7097. Please note: Only sponsors will have reserved seating.
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"Beef and Beer" Save the Date!
The Trinity Athletic Association is hosting our 5th Annual “Beef and Beer” event on
Saturday, November 3, at 6:00 p.m.
at Trinity, and we'd like you to be part of the celebration! This high-energy event will feature delicious food and drinks, exciting silent and live auctions, and music and dancing. The proceeds of this fundraising event will benefit our athletics program by providing support for the Athletic Department and Trinity student-athletes.
Does Your Business Want to Support Trinity Athletics?
Now is the time for your business to be featured prominently while supporting Trinity High School athletics! Place an advertisement on our two permanent digital billboards located at COBO Field and the Harry DeFrank Basketball Court in the gymnasium. Annually, 35,000 spectators visit campus for athletic and community events.
As an advertiser, your business will benefit by gaining exposure to an audience that includes our student-athletes, their families and friends, visiting high schools and their patrons, and a multitude of outside clubs and organizations who use Trinity’s athletic facilities year-round. The annual advertising program fee is $850. Please
find more information here or contact our
Advancement Office.
Academic Calendar for 2018-2019
The Academic Calendar for the coming year has been finalized--
click here for a copy. Please keep our scheduled breaks in mind when planning any family trips.
Guidance Reminder
With all of the exciting changes that this year is bringing, the Guidance Department would like to remind everyone that its structure will remain the same. Mrs. Cecelia Stock, Director of Guidance, will continue to be the junior/senior counselor and the testing coordinator. Ms. Kaitlin Walsh, the College and Career Counselor, will also work with juniors and seniors but with the specific goal of helping them with their post-graduation plans whether that is college, the armed services, or employment. Ms. Annette Wilson, the CAIU Counselor, will work with the freshmen and sophomores. Please feel free to contact your child's counselor with any question that you may have.
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Update from the Jamaica Service Trip from Sister Susan
Thank you to all those who helped support our Jamaica trip this year. Participating Trinity alumni included
Jenna Archer-Barone '17, Rachel Bogdanoff '17, Maria Carroll '18, Ashley Dean '17, Noelle Dominguez '17, Reilly Johnson '17, Maddie Jones '18, Noelle Konchar '18, Maddie Montefour '18, and
Rebecca Mott '17. They greatly profited from the experience by running a summer camp, creating crafts, playing sports, helping the children with reading and math and, of course, playing bingo (a camp favorite...or is it the candy they win?).
We also were able to supply lunch for more than 80 children in Avocot and 40 children in Port Antonio. The girls also visited some of the sick parishioners in the mountain area, including a woman named "Ms. Maddie". She lives in a square hut with no water or electricity and an outside toilet (not even an outhouse). She is 84 and must carry water from the river to her "home". We want to help her build a house after we find out the cost.
I am so grateful for your generosity. We would not be able to go without it. Now I ask that, as the summer winds down, if you have any children's bathing suits your children have outgrown, please consider donating them to us. The kids just do not have essentials. The other item we would be glad to have is Legos or building blocks. The kids love to play with them, and we have only one set of connecting cubes.
I will be taking applications for next year beginning in November. Boys are welcome, as well.
Please know we prayed for all our benefactors.
S. Susan Kuk
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Meet our new Chaplain, Fr. Timothy Sahd!
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Father Tim Sahd
, newly ordained in the Diocese and assigned as Parochial Vicar to Saint Joseph Parish in Mechanicsburg, will serve as Trinity's Chaplain in 2018-2019. Father Sahd graduated from Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadephia this spring. He chatted with us and shared some details about himself ahead of the start of the school year.
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On what he is most looking forward to as chaplain of Trinity:
I am really looking forward to meeting every member of the Trinity family and helping to walk with them, and helping them to walk with Christ, during the good times and the bad times. Whether that is in the classroom, on the field, in the auditorium, or in the various organizations and clubs of the school. I really am just excited to just walk the halls with the students and be with them in their classrooms and in the cafeteria, and just getting to know them.
On how he came to find himself led to the priesthood:
When I was a student at Lancaster Catholic, I never thought I’d be a priest. I didn’t want to live that life. My dream was to be a journalist. After college, I worked in Washington, DC, as a political journalist, in what I considered my dream job. But even though I loved the job, and was really happy there, I felt as though something was missing. So I moved back to my hometown and began working in our family business--a metal recycling company. I bought a house there and thought I was going to have a family and settle in there. But even though I loved working with family and being a partner in the business, I still felt that something was missing. It was then that I prayed to God and asked what I should do, and it was there that I heard a call to the priesthood. I’m so glad I asked God how I should live my life, because I’m the happiest I’ve ever been now that I am a priest.
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On his family:
I’m from Columbia, Pennsylvania, just outside of Lancaster, and I have three brothers, including a twin brother. Two of my brothers are priests, and my oldest brother, Dan, is married and has three kids. One of my nieces is in high school, and she keeps me updated on all the latest lingo and trends that I need to know about.
On how he spends his time:
In my free time, I like to run, play basketball (badly), watch football (Notre Dame and the Pittsburgh Steelers), and baseball (the Pittsburgh Pirates). Also, I can get hooked into watching any Gordon Ramsey restaurant show. When it comes to worthwhile things, I also like to read current events and keep up on things going on in the world.
On how students can help him in his first year at Trinity:
I’m really interested in getting to know everyone at Trinity, and as long as the students don’t get angry at me if I keep asking them their names, that’d be awesome! But I just want them to know how much I look forward to meeting them and being available to them, and I want them to know how much that I--and all of the priests of the area--value them and want them to experience the love of Christ during their time at Trinity.
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Trinity High School has some new teachers joining our faculty. Below are some of the new faces you will see around our campus. Join us in warmly welcoming them to our Trinity community!
Mr. Matthew Dracoules
will teach Latin for Trinity in 2018-2019. A graduate of Hempfield High School and John Carroll University, Mr. Dracoules has taught Latin in Florida since 2015. He is moving home to Columbia, Pennsylvania, this summer.
Mrs. Elaine Balaban Scholz
will teach in the Business Department for Trinity this year. She brings extensive teaching experience (20+ years) in the West Shore School District, the Milton Hershey School, and Saint Catherine Laboure School.
Ms. Rebecca Hart
will join the Theology Department. Ms. Hart graduated this spring from Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio.
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Some courses require summer work to help keep important concepts fresh and prepare for the coming year. Those assignments are listed below.
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Out of the
more than
500 schools
that hold a mini-THONs annually, Trinity High School's mini-THON was recognized for Excellence in Student Body Participation during the annual Four Diamonds Leadership Summit held on August 3 at the Hershey Lodge. About 93% of Trinity students attended the 2018 mini-THON! This is a testament to the community and school spirit at Trinity! Thank you to all students, administration, faculty, families, and donors who made this possible!
Pictured left to right:
Simon Gunther '19, Madison Oliverio '19, Naomi Tegene '19, Margaux Bissette '19, Lauren Tribeck '19,
and
Leah Deppen '19
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Congratulations to the Trinity athletes who were selected for PennLive's top
100 Mid Penn Student-Athletes:
Sean Good '18 (basketball, number 92),
Anthony DeFrank '18 (golf and basketball, number 81),
Dante Manetta '18 (track and field, number 68),
Sydney Demyan '18 (soccer, number 56),
Nicole Chavey '18 (volleyball, number 55), and
Aidan Finegan '18 (basketball and volleyball, number 49).
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A group of students participated in a clean-up project this summer at Gifford Pinchot State Park where they collected trash along the Lakeside Trail. Trinity’s freshman class adopted this section of the trail a few years ago as part of the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Program. Also, as participants in the KPB Program, Trinity High School recently received two outdoor benches donated by Giant Food Stores.
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Parents of Rising Freshmen
Trinity High School follows the West Shore School District’s modified health program, which
requires a 9
th grade physical examination that
includes a record of immunizations. This exam must be dated after September 1 of the previous school year (2017). If your student saw his/her health-care provider within this time-frame, please send in a copy of that physical examination, including immunizations. If the student has not seen a health-care provider, the student will need to have a physical examination prior to entering school at Trinity. Download
this form, have your health-care provider complete it, and return it to Trinity's Nurse's Office ASAP.
If your student plans to play a sport at Trinity, he/she must have a PIAA sports physical, which is a
separate form. Most health-care professionals are happy to complete both forms at one appointment.
Please Note: The PIAA sports physical is a
separate form and is forwarded directly to the Trainer’s Office--it does not satisfy the requirements for the Nurse’s Office.
Parents of Rising Seniors
The PA Department of Health has issued
new guidelines for immunizations. Your student will be required to have a 2
nd Meningococcal (MCV) vaccine prior to entry into senior year. The first dose was required for 7
th grade entry. Please review your student’s immunization record and, if necessary, talk with your health-care provider. Documentation of the 2
nd dose of MCV must be sent in to the Main Office ("ATTN: Nurse").
Your student’s immunization records will be reviewed by the nurse prior to the start of the school year and within five (5) days after the start of school. If your student does not provide proof of this required immunization, the student may face
exclusion from attending school until documentation of immunization is provided to the school. Please see more information about this in
a letter from Trinity's nurse,
Sarah Hubler. Thank you for your attention to this.
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Several changes have been made to the
2018-2019 Apostolic Service Guidelines
under the House System. All students will receive a handout in their theology class detailing the 2018-2019 Apostolic Service Guidelines.
Students are strongly encouraged to do summer service. Approved summer service should be submitted to the student's theology teacher by September 26 via the
Summer Service Reporting form.
See the various
current service opportunities
for ways you can share your time and talents by helping Church, school, and community. Please email
Mrs. Fejfar
if you have any service events that meet Trinity service guidelines that you would like included.
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Gospel for Sunday, August 12, 2018--The 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Jews murmured about Jesus because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven," and they said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? Then how can he say, "I have come down from heaven." Jesus answered and said to them, "Stop murmuring among yourselves. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him, and I will raise him on the last day. It is written in the prophets:They shall all be taught by God. Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died;this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."
--John 6:41-51
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Reflection
Jesus is the bread from heaven, and He assures us of eternal life. In all our life struggles, in our world filled with bad news, natural disasters, and circumstances beyond our control, it is important to remember that we must stay close to Jesus. Our personal relationship with Jesus will help us through any storm that life can bring our way. No matter what, we must keep our eyes, hearts, and minds fixed on Jesus so that one day we can be with him in eternal life.
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Saint of the Week--Saint Maximilian Kolbe, August 14
Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, a Conventual Franciscan, is best known for volunteering to take the place of a condemned prisoner in a WWII death camp. But he also worked tirelessly for the spiritual welfare of people through a deep devotion to the Blessed Mother. His whole life seemed to revolve around Mary as the path to God.
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Prayer for the Week--Serenity Prayer, by Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next.
Amen.
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Good Shepherd School
Good Shepherd School is celebrating its 65th year with some exciting new events! Mark your calendars for Good Shepherd School's Oktoberfest, which will take place
on Saturday, October 13, from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the school (
3400 Market Street
, Camp Hill, PA 17011). Oktoberfest will provide fall fun for the whole family and will feature food and beverages, music, crafts and games, inflatables, and more! YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IT!
(NOTE: If you are a GSS alumni, please
update your contact info
and stop by our Alumni Tent at Oktoberfest. We love to hear what our GSS grads are up to!)
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During the school year, items for consideration in Trinity Weekly should be sent to
communications@thsrocks.us by noon each Wednesday. Please write a blurb and include any relevant information, including links or images.
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