Holy Trinity School

Send us a Text Message.In Part 2 of our series of celebrating some of our graduating leaders, we spent a few minutes talking with Annika, our Community Empowerment Prefect. We wanted to hear about the best parts of her year in leadership and what advice she would offer to students just starting their leadership journey.All music credited to BenSounds.com

Send us a Text Message.In the spirit of celebrating the commitment and passion our student leaders bring to their roles, we spent a few minutes talking with Leadership Prefect Esha S. We wanted to hear about the best parts of her year in leadership and what advice she would offer to students just starting their leadership journey. All music credited to BenSounds.com

In this episode, we decided to pack up our microphone and travel off campus with a few intrepid student reporters to listen to what student life sounds like when HTS students take part in one of our amazing school trips. All music credited to BenSounds.com

In our 42nd episode and first of the 2023-24 school year, we took our microphones to the halls of the Lower, Middle, and Senior Schools during Connections Week to listen to the sounds and voices of our students raising money for our Connections Partners. Listen in as we catch a glimpse of the fun and hear some wonderful answers to the question of why we give. All music credited to BenSounds.com

In our final podcast of the year we stay with our year-long theme of impact and talk with students from all three divisions about some of their favourite and most impactful memories from throughout the year. Press play to listen to some amazing stories related to Student Life Day, the Senior School play, HTS believes, leadership, and the recent middle school trips. Music audio by https://bensound.com Tracks used in this episode include:Hey - License code: PBEUKBUV4VTBRMFOElevate - License code: ELE72NNSP9HB0ZNVTenderness - License code: 6SRTTADAFYQY7B90Photo Album -  License code: HX9E5PWVMENKAELBEnergy - License code: E4EQLER5FFBZP5YA

In our 40th episode, Mr. Darling and Mr. Csinos go out on assignment to discover members of our HTS Community who are having a positive impact on others. Please join us for conversations surrounding the CARD non profit organization, the Lower School Leadership Program, a student economic newsletter and how a graduate of HTS is giving back. Happy Holidays HTS!

In our 39th episode, and first of Season 4, we begin our series of podcasts celebrating the students, teachers, and experiences that are creating an impact in the lives of others. Please join us for a series of fun and informative conversations to discover what drives the people in our community to lean in, care, and create change. It's all about impact this year and we hope you will join us! Music by Bensound.com

This month's podcast focuses on the incredible ways we can act as stewards of our environment and reflect on how our everyday experience impacts the planet. We sat down with Mrs. Butler to learn about her chapel presentation about how we can give back to the environment and with our Eco Leaders who successfully led the school in fun and engaging Earth Day activities. Happy Earth Day HTS!

In this episode of A Day in the Life, Jeslyn, our Media and PR Prefect, is hosting an episode focusing on International Women's Day (March 8th, 2022). She interviews the leaders of the Feminism for Change club as well as students and faculty members across all three divisions of our school, asking them to reflect on the significance of International Women's Day and supporting the Red Cross, one of our Connections partners in the month of March. Tune in!

In this week's episode, we celebrate some of the many ways our K-12 students engaged in conversations and learning during Black History Month under the theme of the “Everyday Experience”. Led by the students in our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council, as well as the efforts of our many classroom teachers, our school community has once again benefitted from the collective efforts of so many caring and considerate leaders. 

HTS has a long tradition of serving our local community. A vital component of the Connections program is to ensure that there is a reciprocal relationship between our local community partners and Holy Trinity School. In Part Three of a three part series on Community Care, we sit down with one of our Connections partners for the month of January, Inn From the Cold, to explore how they have expanded their services during the pandemic. We discuss how they continue to work with people in a respectful, dignified, non-judgmental manner while providing them with a safe and positive environment. In the same episode, our Media and PR Prefect, Jeslyn interviews two HTS students who reflect on how their participation in the Coldest Night of the Year Walk raised money to help people in York Region who are experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness.

HTS has a long tradition of serving our local community. A vital component of the Connections program is to ensure that there is a reciprocal relationship between our local community partners and Holy Trinity School. In Part Two of a three part series on Community Care, we sit down with one of our Connections partners for the month of January, 360 Kids, to explore all of the programs and services they provide to assist at-risk and homeless youth in York Region. In the same episode, our Media and PR Prefect, Jeslyn interviews the Help the Society and Feminism for Change club members to reflect on how their service helped at-risk and homeless youth in York Region.

HTS has a long tradition of serving our local community. A vital component of the Connections program is to ensure that there is a reciprocal relationship between our local community partners and Holy Trinity School. In Part One of a three part series on Community Care, we sit down with one of our Connections partners for the month of January, the Alzheimer Society of York Region, to explore all the great work they do in our community. In the same episode, our Media and PR Prefect, Jeslyn interviews a Grade 11 student reflecting on her participation in the Alzheimer Society of York Region Minds and Motion virtual program.

In this week's episode, we get into the Christmas spirit as we turn our mics on to capture a few of the sights and sounds of the holidays at HTS. In addition, we explore our partnership with L'Arche Daybreak, who along with Children Believe, are our December Connections partners. 

In this month's episode, we uncover the story behind a traditional HTS charity and highlight student agency around our core moral value of empathy. Have a listen to Jeslyn, our Media and PR Prefect, as she interviews our sharing day winners to learn about the students' passions and inspirations behind their chosen charities, and to Father Crowther, as he takes us on a journey to the foothills of the Himalayan mountains to learn about the history of Dr. Graham's Homes and the stories of the children we have sponsored over the years.

In this month's episode, we work with our Media and PR Prefect Jeslyn to tell some of the stories and initiatives students took part in during October as we celebrated all that HTS continues to do toward making our school an inclusive space. From TAG lessons to chapel and clubs, our students are active and involved in conversations and actions toward inclusivity. 

In this week's podcast, we highlight all of the amazing activities and experiences that were available to our students surrounding National Truth and Reconciliation Day. Tune in to hear how students were asked to think about how they can honour the call to action,  learn the truth about residential schools, and explore what real reconciliation means. 

In this week's episode, we finish our series on the HTS Character Creed and explore our core moral value of respect. Through Earth Day, the HTS Believes Project, and Student Life Day students reflect on their recent leadership experiences and how respect is connected to all of their initiatives. We end the podcast by sitting down with our guest host, Media and Public Relations Prefect, Richard to hear about his understanding of respect and how the HTS core moral values have prepared him for life beyond HTS. 

In this week's episode of "A Day in the Life", we once again welcome back our guest host, Media and Public Relations Prefect, Richard Rubin. As part of our year-long series exploring our core moral values, Richard takes his microphone out into the classrooms and hallways of HTS to talk with students about their experiences with, and understanding of, integrity. 

In this week's episode of A Day in the Life, we sit down with the co-leaders of the Diversity and Equity Council to discuss Black History Month and our Character Creed value of integrity. Join us as we have a meaningful conversation about how we can live with integrity, knowing that my one's actions should honour one's words and how we can all strive to learn something new and to unlearn something old.

In this week's episode of "A Day in the Life", we welcome back our guest host, Media and Public Relations Prefect, Richard Rubin. As the second part of our series exploring our core value of empathy, Richard once again takes his microphone out into the classrooms and hallways of HTS to talk with students from each division about their experiences with and understanding of empathy.

In this week's episode of A Day in the Life, we walk the halls and talk to students and teachers about our second Character Creed value of empathy. Join us as we celebrate all of the many ways students in all three divisions are being asked to understand the feeling and perspectives of all human beings within our community and beyond.

In this week's episode, we welcome our first ever guest host, Media and Public Relations Prefect, Richard R. As Part 2 of our series exploring our core value of courage, Richard takes his microphone out into the classrooms and hallways of HTS to talk with students from each division about what courage means to them.

In this week's episode, we introduce The HTS Character Creed and explore one of its four core moral values: courage. We examine a variety of ways HTS students are asked to be courageous through their interactions with our school year theme of The Good Ancestor. Join us as we visit the Grade 5's tackling local issues in their Citizenship Project, Character Dares in the MS Advisory Program and Senior School students reflecting and collaborating in their Advisory TAG session on the question "What can you do to leave a better world for future generations?

In this week's episode, we take our mics virtually to listen in on both student and staff participation in this year's Earth Week and its theme of plant health. Join us as we visit with Chef Matteo, our HTS Beekeeper, the HTS Eco Team, Mr. Wood, and students across all three divisions as they live out their Earth Week pledges and reflect on their experiences of being engaged stewards of our natural world.

In this week's episode, we take our mics behind the scenes to listen to the voices of students and teachers reflecting on the experience of being in "play". Join us, as members of the company share the many memories, challenges and discoveries that came as a result of creating this year's show - "Sense and Sensibility".

On this week's podcast, we packed up our microphones and headed north on the annual Grade 7 Winter Camping trip to Bark Lake. Told as an audio essay, our podcast walks and talks with the grade 7 campers and their grade 11 counsellors as both groups come together in the cold to learn a little about leadership and a lot about themselves.

In our final podcast of 2019, our Media and Public Relations Prefect, Grace, went into the halls, Chapel and assemblies to chronicle the many ways our community comes together to celebrate Christmas. Join Grace and her peers as they listen in on the sounds of the season at HTS.

In this week's episode, we turned our mics to the sights and sounds of our third Student Life Day. Designed to provide the entire school community with a chance to pause and engage with our theme of positivity, the day offered students guest speakers, wellness activities, life skill lessons, community service opportunities, leadership training, forest bathing and even the chance to hang out with therapy dogs. Click the link and listen in to another incredible day at our incredible school.

In this latest episode, we walk the halls of HTS looking for the ways and places our character values live and breathe in our building. From bulletin boards to chapel and from classroom contracts to FLEX offerings, this week's podcast is proof positive that the messaging about being a strong, moral citizen of our community is both loud and clear.

In this week's episode we explore our exciting new Connections Week fundraising initiative. As a replacement to the annual United Way fundraising campaign, Connections Week seeks to create deeper more educational relationships with nine local charities. Listen in as we learn about making connections through the eyes, ears, and voices of our students.

On this week's episode we walk beside our students as they become active agents of change on two very current events. Listen in to the voices of HTS students as they take part in a recent Climate Strike protest. Then turn and learn from the voices and values of our grade ten class, as they outline their personal ties as well as the curriculum connections evident in our Orange shirt day activities.

As we begin Season 2, this week's podcast profiles our Head Prefect, Demi Pallas. Listen as we talk to her about her goals for the year, some inspirations and challenges for the year ahead, and get a chance to listen to the speech she delivered to the Senior School in their opening assembly.

For our 12th and final podcast of the school year, the Student Life podcast team took our microphones into the Lower School to find out about some of the amazing things students are doing in grades JK - 6. Join us and listen to both student and teacher voices explaining some of their incredible experiences.

Join us for this week's podcast as we reflect on our most recent Student Life Day dedicated to promoting environmental sustainability. Listen as we walk the trails and hallways of HTS, gathering the voices of the students and staff recounting their day's adventures.

On this week’s podcast we walk the halls of HTS as a senior school student, exploring many of the Term 2 opportunities and experiences our students take part in beyond the walls of the classroom. Join us as we walk, talk, and listen in to the amazing lives they are living every day.

In this week's podcast we highlight 'A Day in the Life" of our middle school students. From fabulous FLEX choices to incredible trips, we spend time talking to students about what makes the middle school tick outside the classroom.

Over the past four months, we have featured the HTS traditions of the Breakaway Trips, the Father Bob Run, and United Way Week. We have also highlighted the Athletics, Character, and Wellness Programs, and two weeks ago we featured our Student Life Day which focussed on empathy. On this week’s episode of A Day in the Life, we will examine a variety of initiatives related to our innovation and technology programming that contribute so much to Student Life at HTS.

At HTS, we are passionate about providing rich programming that inspires our students to become well-rounded, impactful citizens. Inspiring students to become well-rounded citizens was the motivation behind creating a special day where we can focus on being fully present and invested in student life activities. In this week’s episode, we will be highlighting our first-ever school-wide Student Life Day where all students from K-12 were engaged in conversations and activities around one of our core values - empathy.

In this week's episode, we will be highlighting wellness at HTS. Throughout the course of the year, HTS engages in wellness activities during PLUS period in the Lower School, FLEX in the Middle School and TAG in the Senior School. During the month of January we highlight wellness and mental health. This week's Podcast will feature our HTS Wellness Leaders who have been working with Michael Eisen from the Youth Wellness Network.

We recently took our microphones out to the lower, middle, and senior school hallways this week to find out about all of the incredible ideas and initiatives that students put together to support the United Way and its member agencies.

In this week's episode we went out to our fields and gyms to hear from members of our HTS Community on how their character has been shaped by sport.

In this week's episode of the Day in the Life Podcast we will hear from members of our HTS Community who participated in the long-standing tradition of the Father Bob Run.

In this week’s A Day in the Life Student Podcast we travel to Ottawa and Haliburton to hear from Students in Grades 10, 11 and 12 Reflect on the Experiential Learning that took place on the Breakaway Trips. The Grade 10’s were engaged in the nation’s capital exploring community engagement through political and military service. The Grade 11s focused on developing their leadership skills either in theory or in practice. The 12s worked together as a grade exploring their individual values and the vision they have for themselves as they look to the future beyond HTS.

In the first episode of our Student Life podcast, we hear from Head Prefect, Alex Colby, as she reads her address to the Senior School student body in the first assembly of the year. Alex reflects on her personal experiences as she encourages others to get involved and be better together.