To Our Staff of Holy Trinity Catholic Schools -

Thank you
for seeing the light of Christ
in the faces of children
each day!

We truly appreciate the work you do in creating a Christ Centered Environment in our schools.

Holy Trinity Catholic School Board
Marc Corbin, Chair	Debbie Oleson, Vice Chair
Brad Hill	Krista Michelson
Lucy Gehl	Alyssa Robinson
Patricia Gottselig	Tyler Wiens
Celeste York, Director of Education

Scripture and Tradition

"There exists a close connection and communication between sacred Tradition and sacred Scripture. For both of them, flowing from the same divine wellspring, in a certain way merge into a unity and tend toward the same end."
Document of Vatican II -"The Word of God"

In the grade 5 religious education program unit 6 has the following aim: -to see justice as essential to being Church.
The students explore what the prophets Isaiah and Amos, as well as Luke have to say about our call to justice. They also reflect on what the Church teaches us about it. These two great wings of our Catholic faith, the scriptures (the Christian story) and the teaching tradition of the Church (our history) is what gives substance and balance to all that we teach in matters of faith. And so it is in our own lives. We have our family story and history that gives us our identity and lives deep in our bones. In all this there is shadow and light, sin and redemption. But it is our story and our history. It is for us to own it, embrace it, challenge it and bring to it, fresh insight that comes from a deep, transparent and loving relationship with the living One, who is at the center of all stories and all history.


Bernadette Cey
Religion Consultant

Learning to Read – Reading to Learn
In order to experience learning success, children need to acquire reading skills by the end of grade 3. Reading success comes with a combination of targetted teaching, reading material that is within a child’s reading range, and strong home support. In Holy Trinity Catholic Schools we are implementing a Literacy Support Program. Literacy coaches partner with primary classroom teachers to assess each child’s reading level and to provide reading instruction suited to the needs of each child. In addition, our classrooms and libraries are equipped with a wide variety of current reading materials to suit every interest.

How can the home support reading literacy?
Parents and guardians are encouraged to be good role models. When children see us reading they recognize that it is an important skill. Bed time stories, sharing newspaper, magazine or on-line articles, reading “environmental print” with little ones, reciting nursery rhymes, sharing riddles and puns, singing songs, making up rhymes, and having “real” conversations with children, all contribute to literacy skills. Reading unlocks the wonders of the world – it is a gift we cannot neglect to give our children.

For more information please contact Geri Hall, Superintendent of Learning

H1N1 Update

Holy Trinity Update
We are beginning to notice influenza like illness in some of our schools throughout Holy Trinity. In these sites we are monitoring attendance closely and postponing gatherings such as athletic events, workshops and liturgies. Children who become ill at school are being sent home. Please continue to practice healthy habits – eat well, exercise, get sufficient sleep, wash hands frequently, and if you are experiencing flu like symptoms stay home until you are fully recovered and symptom free. The Five Hills and Cypress Health Region websites will keep you updated. Please follow the links listed below.

• Five Hills Health Region - http://www.fhhr.ca


• Cypress Health Region - http://www.cypresshealth.ca


• FightFlu.ca - http://www.fightflu.ca

Flu season is upon us, H1N1 is beginning to resurface. Holy Trinity Catholic School Division has made preparations to help curtail the transmission of the H1N1 virus within our school communities. Even though the expected outbreak may be mild in most cases it is essential that we take every opportunity to help each other and the children in our c...  (Read More)