As is tradition, the school was visited this morning by the Three Kings, who explained to our students their significance to the birth of Jesus and the meaning behind the gifts they brought Him. Monsignor then blessed our school and classrooms for the new year.

While Holy Trinity students love any kind of BINGO, Advent BINGO is a crowd favorite! Prayer Partners played together and exchanged small Christmas treats in between games. Dozens and dozens of prizes were awarded to our winners. This is just one of the many treasured Advent traditions at Holy Trinity School!

Representatives from our 8th Grade dressed for the holiday and delivered the Holy Trinity community's donations to the Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia! After collecting gift cards, single-serve snacks, toiletries, and toys for the past several weeks, the students had the opportunity to see the home-away-from-home where their donations will be put to use by families managing the hospitalization of a child. Thank you to all who so generously donated this Advent!

The Holy Trinity School Robotics Team took home two first-place awards at the La Salle College High School First Lego League competition! Congratulations on a job well done - you represented our school wonderfully! Our two teams were comprised of students in Grades 6, 7, and 8. A special thank you to Mrs. Pirraglia (Grade 3), Mrs. Smith (Grade 5 & Science Coordinator), Miss Fario (MSD 21st Century Community Learning Center), and La Salle volunteers for making this all possible for our students.

Our First Grade students were treated to a special Christmas Party thrown for them by the Conwell Egan Catholic High School community! The students played games, had a visit from Santa and the school mascot, made a craft, ate cookies and candy canes, sang songs, and listened to a Christmas story. What an enjoyable morning for the students and their teachers at BOTH schools!

An annual tradition at Holy Trinity School, students in PreK through Grade 8 enjoyed a sweet snack with their Prayer Partners as the older students read a Christmas book to their younger counterparts. Each student was also presented with an ornament commemorating an event in their school year, made especially for them by their homeroom parents.

Our students are having a wonderful time selecting special surprises for their families and friends this week at Holy Trinity's annual Santa's Secret Shop! Thank you to the many parent (and grandparent!) volunteers who helped with setup, shopped with our younger students, worked the cash register, wrapped the gifts, and contributed snacks for the bake sale - you truly helped make this Christmas season a memorable one for our students!

In celebration of Computer Science Education Week, Holy Trinity students participated in the international Hour of Code event for the fifth consecutive year. Students were provided with a variety of fun, self-guided lessons specifically designed for their age groups and experience levels using the concepts of JavaScript, Tynker’s block-coding language, Python, and Scratch.

Holy Trinity School students in Grades 6 to 8 raised their awareness of global hunger issues by participating in a Junior High "Hunger Banquet," organized and hosted by the school’s Service Club. The club, under the direction of Ms. Nancy Hecker, has been working for six weeks to educate themselves on the issues relating to world hunger: surplus vs. waste, the disparity of resources, and the circumstances that can catapult a family into extreme poverty. The scripted activity was based on Oxfam America's Hunger Banquet model. Oxfam is a global organization that works to raise awareness of the injustices of poverty and to seek solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice worldwide.

Our PreK classes joined together to celebrate Thanksgiving with a prayer of thanks and a delicious feast of fruits, vegetables, ans sweet treats!

To wrap up their ELA unit on the Middle Ages, Grade 7 students enjoyed a Medieval feast in Mr. McCusker's class. In preparation, the students each studied monologues or dialogues from the book Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!, a collection of poems and narratives in the voice of Medieval villagers. The costumed students performed their pieces then enjoyed a celebratory feast!

Kindergarten celebrated Thanksgiving as a class, showing their gratitude in song, with Thanksgiving-themed crafts, and in prayer. Together, they enjoyed a feast of all traditional Thanksgiving foods and shared what they are most thankful for.

A huge congratulations to Holy Trinity School 8th Grade student Joseph Loeffler, who won a 2018 Connelly Foundation Neumann Scholarship! Students like Joseph who excel on the Neumann Scholars exam are awarded four-year scholarships to the Archdiocesan high school of their choice.

Holy Trinity School's 5th through 8th Grade students were visited by four-time author Lauren Magaziner, who spoke to the students about the writing and revision process. She gave them pointers to help them with the task of editing their writing pieces - tips she uses as a professional writer. Thank you to Mrs. Raudenbush for coordinating informative and interesting author visits for our students throughout the school year!

Congratulations to the Holy Trinity School students and PREP students who were part of the 2018 Confirmation Class! May the Holy Spirit continue to watch over and guide you always.

What better way to learn about one of our nation's great states than to build a float celebrating all things representative of that state!? That is exactly what our 4th and 5th Grade students did to demonstrate what they learned in their Social Studies unit on the 50 states. The costumed students processed through a parade route populated by their families, fellow HTS students, school staff and administration who waved American flags and cheered for their favorite floats. After the parade, the students individually presented their state facts to a panel of judges. What a terrific learning experience for our students thanks to their Social Studies teacher, Mrs. Pirraglia!

For the first time ever, Holy Trinity School is entering the annual Peddler's Village Gingerbread House Competition and Display! Under the guidance of PreK-A Aide Miss Samantha Glitz, our 6th Grade students worked together on the gingerbread design: a recreation of Holy Trinity School decorated for Christmas! The Gingerbread entries will be on exhibit in the Village Gazebo during shopping hours from November 16 through January 5, 2019. Admission is free. If you are strolling through Peddler's Village this holiday season, please be sure to stop by and vote for our entry!

As is tradition at Holy Trinity School, our Grade 3 students honored our country's veterans at November's First Friday Mass.

Congratulations to our first ever HTS Family Pumpkin Decorating Contest winners! First Place went to the Getty Family and their Frozen-themed pumpkin; Second Place went to the Mack Family and their unicorn pumpkin; and Third Place went to the Parks family and their pumpkin painted to look like their HTS student, Ariella. Thank you to ALL participating families - what incredible talent there is here at Holy Trinity School! Happy Halloween!

As they do each year, students in First Grade treated the student body to a "Parade of Saints' in honor of the November 1st feast of All Saints' Day. After researching and reading about their favorite saint, students dressed as the saint and presented to the congregation reasons why they are like that saint. The celebration is always a treat for all!