ths january 2012 newsletter

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Trinity Times

A monthly publication of the THS PTA

anuary 2012 Volume 9, Issue 5

Mark Your

CalendarJanuary

January 19th Parent Night for Juniors

January 27th Baseball Try Outs

January 28th Baseball Try Outs

January 31st AP Exam Process Meeting for Parents

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Notes From The Principal

Happy New Year!! I hope that each of you had a safe and restful holiday. Hard

to believe that this six weeks is almost over and that we are half-way throughthe school year. I always find that no matter how fast the year seems to be

passing by, the second half goes even faster, so hang on.

We are seeing more and more visible action from last years bond

election. The new turf on the practice field should be finished in February and

construction on the activity center should begin in March. The technology

infrastructure for a more robust wireless network is being installed and

committees are meeting to determine what kinds of technology will be

purchased for student classroom use. While each of these bring about their

own set of interim issues and growing pains that will continue to test ourflexibility, they are very exciting and we look forward to their completion over

the next couple of years.

I am very excited to announce that Trina Hughes has been named the

2011-2012 Trinity High School Teacher of the Year. Trina has been at Trinity for

19 years. She teaches Anatomy and Physiology and is also one of our athletic

trainers. Trina is a huge asset to Trinity in both the classroom and in athletics.

She is very deserving of this honor.

I hope the second half of the year is a success for you and your students.

Please continue to stay involved, encourage good attendance, and keep those

communication lines open. If I can be of any assistance, please dont hesitate

to contact me.

Thanks,

Mike


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Trinity Trojan PTAHappy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and enjoyed the time

off with loved ones. Its always my favorite time of year, but so difficult to come

back afterwards. Hard to believe the first half of the school year is almost

finished, and its already January!

This is the time of year when the PTA has to get ready to start thinking about

planning for next years board. That means we will be needing a nominatingcommittee to help select candidates for the election in the spring. If you are

interested in helping out in a very critical, but brief capacity, please considerserving on this committee. We need 3-5 members to serve.

Along those lines, if you are interested in serving on next years PTA board, orjust have questions, please be sure to contact me to see which positions are open.

Were always looking for new members, so no experience is necessary! Its agreat way to stay informed and involved, and most positions do not require you

to be available during the day. Please consider making an investment in your

childs life by serving on the PTA.

THS PTA will be working at the Clothes Closet on Wednesday, January 11th

and Friday, January 13th

from 10am-2pm, both days. If youre free, we wouldlove to have you come help out either, or both, days! This wonderful group helps

out the students and families of HEBISD, and they could use lots of help sorting

and folding the clothes they receive through donations. Any time you have to

lend a hand would be much appreciated, so dont think you have to stay thewhole time.

We still have the Book Swap Coordinator position to fill. This will be takingplace in March, so please consider helping us out! It is a short, two-week

commitment, and can be split between two people if necessary. Contact me at

817-354-3222 [email protected] for more details.

Lastly, I just want to say thank you to everyone who contributed so generously

to our faculty Thanksmas luncheon in December. There were so many

wonderful desserts, and everyone was thrilled with the outcome! We trulyappreciate the support THS parents are always so willing to give to our

outstanding faculty and staff!

Best wishes for a wonderful and successful 2012!

Linda Y. Grady

THS PTA President
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Trinity PTA needs you!Membership dues are $8.50 per person.

Students can join, too!Please complete the following and return with your dues to:

Trinity High School PTA500 N. Industrial Blvd.

Euless, TX 76039

For more information about membership, contact Sharon Armendariz [email protected].

NAME: __________________________ ___Student___Faculty___Parent



Address: __________________ City: ______________ Zip: _________

Tel #: ______________ Email*: _______________________________

Check if applicable: __ Texas Life Member __ National Life Member __ Community Member

*If you provide your email, we will send you the Trinity Newsletter every month. This will keep you informed of events andimportant information.Number of memberships enclosed _______________

I would like to make a donation of $______________

Total amount enclosed

$______________

Volunteer Opportunities:___ Sell t-shirts at home football games

___ Help at Craft Fair

___ Make/donate items for Craft Fair

___ Provide food for Teacher Appreciation Luncheon

___ Help with Teacher Appreciation Luncheon

___ Donate door prizes for Teacher Appreciation

Are you available to volunteer occasionally during school hours? __ Yes __ No

For more information about volunteer opportunities, contact Jackie Reily [email protected].
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COUNSELING NEWS:

Is an Advanced Placement (AP) test in your future? Students in B sectionsof any AP class and single tri AP classes (Ex: Government) will be signing up to

take the exams this month. There will also be an informational parent meeting

in the auditorium on January 31 at 6 p.m. to address questions about the APexam process.

Sophomore TIP meetings continue with the new year! The approximate 30minute meetings with student, counselor and parent(s) include transcript

evaluation, schedule review, planning for junior and senior courses, testing and

college and career strategizing.

JUNIORS: Have you signed up for an SAT or ACT exam for the spring? If

youre college bound, the tests (or at least one of them) should be in yourimmediate future plans. If qualifying for a fee waiver (free or reduced lunch),

you must use the waiver BEFORE registration deadlines.

Parent night for juniors will be on January 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium.The agenda will include registering for senior classes (which will begin thismonth) and plans beyond high school graduation. A PSAT meeting at 7 p.m.

(will immediately follow the junior meeting) and will include discussion on how

to interpret scores and prepare for the SAT.

SENIORS: Are you finalizing college applications, scholarship

searches/applications and checking with your counselor to make sure youre on

track to graduate? When was the last time you requested an unofficial copy ofyour transcript and checked it to make sure everything was in order and ready to

go in May? The purple transcript request forms are on the front desk in the

Counseling building lobby. Please see Mrs. Quintana at the desk with questions!

TUTORING IN LIBRARY: Do you realize there is FREE tutoring in the

library after school every Monday afternoon? Honor society students and

teachers are waiting for YOU to show up and get help so grab that Geometry and

Chemistry homework thats ruining your social life and make your way to thelibrary next Monday. Dont let the trimester get away from you!

ABSENCES AND CATCHING UP: Have you missed school recently? It is

the students responsibility to get missed work and assignments from teachers soplan to do that NOW before the six weeks mark.

PSAT: If you recently took the PSAT, log intowww.collegeboard.comwith

your code and read all about the opportunities awaiting you! See Mr.

Thompson or Mr. Durapau if you have questions.

AS ALWAYS: Check our Counseling website page for all of the latest

happenings, events, needed documents, Student of the Month and MORE!
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The Trinity High School Polynesian Club was busy in December.

We performed a few holiday songs for the teacher luncheon on

December 14th

while our Polynesian dancing ladies performed for

the HEB Hospitals Volunteer luncheon at the Hurst Conference

Center.

We will be performing at the Hurst Hills Heritage Night on January

31st

and for the TYAT Meeting on February 28th

. We invite all the

families to come and see these wonderful groups perform and learn

more about the upcoming STARS tests requirements for your

students.

Dr. Tribble will be in attendance to explain all of the new

requirements on February 28th

. Dont miss this wonderfulperformance and critically important information for your students!


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TRINITY A CAPPELLA CHOIR TO PERFORM AT TMEA!

As you may be aware, the 2011-2012 Trinity High School A Cappella Choir has been selected as

one of only three Honor Mixed Choirs to perform at this years state Texas Music Educators

Association Convention in San Antonio. Each year, hundreds of choral CDs containing the

previous two years of UIL music are submitted from Texas choral directors to the vocal

chairman of TMEA. A committee of judges evaluate each anonymously labeled CD and the

selection of TMEA performance groups is made. The selection of the Trinity A Cappella Choir

this year is the biggest honor we can achieve as a group and many would consider it our

equivalency of winning the state championship in football.

We understand that a trip to San Antonio is not feasible for most of you, but would like to invite

you to our Pre-TMEA Concertin the Trinity HS Auditorium on February 5th

at 3:00 p.m. At this

concert, you will hear the exact performance we will be doing a week later at TMEA. In

addition, we will be joined by the Central JH Varsity Womens choir who was selected as an

Honor Choir for the South West American Choral Directors Association Convention in March.

(The concert is only an hour long, and you will be home in plenty of time for the Super-Bowl!)

TRINITY HS CHOIR PRE-TMEA CONCERT

THS AUDITORIUM

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH

3:00 PM

ADMISSION IS FREE

In addition, we are very proud to announce that three of our students are advancing to

the area round of all-state. Please congratulate them and wish them luck as they head

into this process. They began this process in late summer among nearly 18,000 other

students across the state and only a few hundred remain. The final audition is January

7th

in Midland, Texas. Good Luck!

Kendall Dean Soprano 2, 1st

chair

Adiba Mobin Alto 1, 5th

chair

Landon Morris Bass 2, 1st

Alternate

Thank you so much for your continued support of the fine arts in our district and at

Trinity HS. We are very excited for this extremely rare and special opportunity and

hope you will come support our program at our Pre-TMEA concert February 5th

.

Trinity Choirs


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The Honors Anatomy & Physiology classes would like to extend our deepest

gratitude to Mr. Thompson for making us a new Lab Coat rack when our other

one imploded during our recent lab. We so appreciate our supportive parents

here at Trinity High School. Youre the reason we succeed!

Thank you so much for your help!


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Trinity Baseball Tryouts

Friday, January 27 6:00 9:00 PM Trinity baseball field

Saturday, January 28 12:00 3:00 PM Trinity baseball field

Any athlete trying out who is not currently a Trinity athlete must bring acurrent physical.

Athletes trying out must bring their own baseball equipment including butnot limited to the following:

Helmet

Glove

Bat

Spikes

Catchers equipment

To share your News in the nextTrinity Times Newsletter,email your submission in a Word document to

[email protected] January 27th.
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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