Dear Family,

On Tuesday, November 20, Franki Moscato, a 16 year-old, Oshkosh

Native, singer/songwriter shared her powerful message about how

important it is to “Be Kind,” through her gift of music and song.

All students in 5K through 8th grade attended this event, as did a few

parents. Our students also received a “Be Kind” t-shirt through a

generous donation from Catholic Financial. It was a great opportunity to

come together as a school to remember and celebrate what we are called to

do; love one another! Be sure to check out the Holy Trinity Facebook page,

our htschool.net website, and the Kewaskum Statesman for great pictures

from this event!

In case you missed the Home & School meeting last Tuesday evening, I

shared information on Amy McCready’s positive parenting solutions. She

is a TODAY Show Parenting contributor and is the Founder of Positive-

ParentingSolutions.com. She is also a best-selling author of The “Me, Me,

Me” Epidemic - A Step-by-Step Guide to Raising Capable, Grateful Kids in

an Over-Entitled World and If I Have to Tell You One More Time…The

Revolutionary Program That Gets Your Kids to Listen Without Nagging,

Reminding or Yelling.

As a “recovering yeller” and a Certified Positive Discipline Instructor,

Amy is a champion of positive parenting techniques for happier families

and well-behaved kids. In her most important role, she is the proud mom

of two amazing young men. Below is the link to her free webinar.

https://www.positiveparentingsolutions.com/aff-free-webinars

I also shared some information about Social Emotional Learning and

Development, and the impact it has on helping your child develop the

kinds of skills, attitudes, and behaviors your child needs to be successful

at school and life. A great website to check out is: https://casel.org/in-the-

home/.

Blessings,

Ms. Crombie

Nov 29, 2018

12/7 All School Assembly Story of Scrooge

12/13 Christmas Concert 1:00 and 6:30

12/21 Last day before Christmas break

1/2 Classes resume

1/16 Road to Freedom at Schauer Center

3rd, 4th, and 5th grades

1/18 No School-In Service

1/24 End of Semester

1/27-2-1 Catholic Schools Week

2/8 8th Grade Net Retreat

Upcoming Events

Items In This Week’s Folder and Attached

Advent information flyer

Archdiocese Anniversary Prayer

December lunch menu

Be prepared for the weather flyer

Principal’s Corner

Standards-Based Grading (SBG) Information

Here is the special section, where each week, I will share information about what “Standards-Based

Learning and Assessment” means, what it will look like for your child, and why we are making the change.

What is Standards-Based Grading?

The term standards-based refers to systems of instruction, assessment, grading, and academic reporting

that are based on students demonstrating understanding or mastery of the knowledge and skills they are

expected to learn as they progress through their education. In schools that use standards-based

approaches to educating students, learning standards—i.e., concise, written descriptions of what students

are expected to know and be able to do at a specific stage of their education—determine the goals of a

lesson or course, and teachers then determine how and what to teach students so they achieve the learn-

ing expectations described in the standards.

Standards-based approaches to educating students use state learning standards to determine academic

expectations and define “proficiency” in a given course, subject area, or grade level. The general goal of

standards-based learning is to ensure that students are acquiring the knowledge and skills that are

deemed to be essential to success in school, higher education, careers, and adult life. If students fail to

meet expected learning standards, they typically receive additional instruction, practice time, and

academic support to help them achieve proficiency or meet the learning expectations described in the

standards.

Standards-based grading, when implemented effectively throughout a school or district, requires clearly

delineated learning goals, proficiency scales to measure those learning goals, assessments to determine

students’ current status on each learning goal, and report cards that show exactly what students know. It

requires teachers, students, and parents to reconsider long-held beliefs about what grades mean, how

they should be assigned, and how they can be used appropriately.

This standards-based approach to educating students, and use of learning standards is not new at Holy

Trinity. The Common-Core State Standards were incorporated into the Curriculum of the Archdiocese of

Milwaukee a number a years ago and have been used in instruction and assessments since then. The

biggest change will come with what the report card will look like when it is implemented next year using

proficiency scales. As I share more information with you, it will become clear how these proficiency scales

show your child’s academic achievement.

11/12 Julie Korth

11/13 Lori Weiss

11/14 Tom Tobin

11/15 Jim Schoofs

11/16 Hannah Stahler

Calendar Of Cash Winners

3K-2nd Sawyer Knorr 3K & Parker Brown 2nd

3rd-5th Nolan Marx 3rd & Wyatt Giese

6th-8th Macy Fleischman 7th & Kate Butschlick 8th

Builders of God’s Kingdom Winners

11/19 Jesse Korth

11/20 Dodie Sargent

Kewaskum Christmas Parade

Sunday, December 2nd

HTS will have a float in the parade and we need your help! We will be building the float

on Saturday, December 1st at Trend Setters here in Kewaskum from 10:00 to 2:00. We will

also need student volunteers to walk along side the float dressed as Christmas gifts. If you can

help with construction, or your child would like to be in the parade, please contact Cheryl Scott

at cherylscott50@gmail.com or 414-807-4935 or Megan Sargent at

megan.sargent@catholiclife.com or 262-339-8498. They will give you all the information on

who, what, when, and where for day of the parade.

Thank you in advance for helping with this project.

A Concert of Christmas Music

The KEYS (Kewaskum Youth Scholarships, Inc) is hosting a Christmas concert on Sunday,

December 9th at 7:00 p.m. at the Kewaskum High School Theatre. General Admission will be

$5.00 and all proceeds will benefit the Keys Scholarship Fund. Please remember that your child

may benefit from KEYS down the road at high school graduation time!

“Gifts of Goodness for the Birth of Jesus Christ”

Advent 2018

Please see the flyer in this week’s family folder that has all the information about how we, as a

school family, and you at home can prepare for Christ’s coming. Our theme this year is “Gifts

of Goodness” and you will see on the flyer how we are celebrating this. We will also be doing

a service project that will help the domestic abuse shelter of Friends Inc. of West Bend. All

the details can be found in the flyer. Please make sure to read it so you can prepare for this

wonderful season of Advent with your child.

God Bless!

The Show Must Go On

We have several students here at HTS that

are very talented in theater. The students

pictured to the left, were in the Kewaskum

High School production of The Wizard of

Oz a few weeks ago. We would like to give

a hand to these students for stepping out of

the box and stepping into the theatre lights!

Pictured left to right, front row: Aubrey Pari and

Olivia Olson. Back row: Rick Trunkel, Adilyn

Garb, Mia Dornacker, and Brooke Muckerheide.

Winter Weather is Here!

The calendar may state that it is still Autumn, but Mother Nature is not agreeing!

We are experiencing lower than normal temps for this time of the year and your

children need to be dressed for these cold temps. There was a note in the last

news letter reminding parents that the students go outside anytime the temp is

above 0 degrees. This means all students need to be dressed for the cold

weather for their health and safety. If our child does not have snow pants or

boots, recess will not be very fun as they will have to stand on the sidewalk and

will not play in the snow. If you have extra an set of boots and snow pants that

you would like to keep here for your child, please let their teacher know. The

middle school students NEED to have a winter coat, winter hat, or ear

muffs/winter head band, and gloves or mittens.

2018-2019 Ski & Snowboard Club

We are still looking for one more student to achieve the

number of participants needed to get the group discount.

Please contact Wendy Muckerheide at (262)-626-6772 ASAP, if your

child is interested. This is a great opportunity for your child to

learn some awesome Wisconsin winter sports, at a very reasonable

price.

Let

the

Light

of

Advent

Shine

Bright in our Hearts!