A Holy Trinity student is not afraid of new things:

• Is curious and positive and acknowledges that they do not have all the

  answers.

• Exhibits an inquisitive mind by imagining and questioning.

• Embraces the world, including things that are different.

• Is willing to take healthy risks.

A Holy Trinity School student can put the interests of the other before their own:

• Is developing empathy, tolerance, and forgiveness.

• Is kind and gentle, especially to those more vulnerable.

• Moves beyond self-interest.

• Is learning to share with others.

A Holy Trinity student is learning to find God in all things:

• Has an awareness of God’s love for them.
• Has an understanding of Jesus and the teachings of the Catholic Church.
• Is learning to communicate with God through prayer.
• Participates in faith as a member of the liturgical community.

A Holy Trinity student recognizes the inherent dignity of the human person and the
connection of all human persons:

• Acknowledges that every person is loved by God and has a right to what they
  need to flourish and live a full human life.
• Is becoming a concerned and responsible person for others.

A Holy Trinity student is learning to think critically:

• Is developing a grasp of tangibles and intangibles.
• Expresses oneself in words and actions.
• Demonstrates creativity through various media.
• Uses technology to support learning, problem-solving, and positive
  communication.
• Is discovering their emerging intellectual skills.
• Is continuously advancing.
• Takes responsibility for their learning.

Pre-Kindergarten

A Holy Trinity Pre-Kindergarten student:

• Is developing literacy skills.
• Enjoys looking at books and listening to stories.
• Is grasping left-to-right progression and appreciates rhythm and rhyme in poetry and song.
• Can picture read and memory read and is beginning to put sounds to letters.
• Understands that writing serves a communicative purpose and provides a message.
• Begins with pretend writing and progresses towards approximating sounds,particularly consonant sounds.
• Is developing an awareness of mathematical concepts, number skills, and understanding quantity, counting, and number recognition 0-10 or 20.
• Is beginning to recognize patterns, sort and classify by attributes, and measure using non-standard tools.

Kindergarten

A Holy Trinity Kindergarten student:

• Utilizes drawing, dictation, and writing to compose and organize thoughts and ideas.
• Deciphers letters and letter sounds to blend words to create meaning.
• Asks and answers questions about details in a text.
• Makes sense of problems and perseveres in solving them.
• Can reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• Looks for and creates structure.
• Reasons and can make past and present connections.
• Identifies and classifies objects and explores how the world works.
• Recognizes the importance of community.

1st grade

A Holy Trinity 1st-grade student:

• Recognizes sight words and decodes grade-level vocabulary words.
• Comprehends grade-level material.
• Prints legibly and spaces letters, words, and sentences appropriately.
• Is beginning to include correct use of punctuation.
• Is developing number sense and problem-solving.
• Is attaining a grasp of addition and subtraction.
• Scientifically uses tools to answer questions about the world.
• Explores the way people live and work together.
• Comprehends the responsibilities of being a member of the community.

2nd grade

A Holy Trinity 2nd-grade student:

• Reads from grade-level texts and demonstrates an understanding of reading strategies through application and comprehension.
• Explains an author’s purpose.
• Identifies literary genres (e.g., non-fiction, fiction, fairy tale, poetry, realistic fiction, and fables).
• Utilizes capitalization, punctuation, and correct spelling patterns.
• Grasps and applies a grade-level understanding of mathematical and scientific concepts through investigation, classification, and discovery.
• Listens and follows directions.
• Can relate personal actions to the HTS Honor Code.

3rd grade

A Holy Trinity 3rd-grade student:

• Conveys attention to rules, fair play, and how things work.
• Is learning to manage more challenging and complex tasks independently.
• Enjoys socializing, knows how to be a good friend to others, and problem-solves conflicts with peers with greater independence.
• Is beginning to read independently for knowledge and pleasure.
• Is developing content area vocabulary through definition, discussion, application, and explanation.
• Is mastering cursive.
• Copies notes from the board.
• Takes pride in the details of their work and especially a final draft.
• Solves math problems by demonstrating mastery of addition and subtraction.
• Is memorizing and beginning to apply multiplication facts.
• Conceptualizes measurement, distinguishes geometric patterns, and demonstrates regrouping using manipulatives.

4th grade

A Holy Trinity 4th-grade student:

• Reads fluently for information and entertainment.
• Utilizes multiple sources to attain knowledge: books, media, and personal experience.
• Explores, interprets, and creates multi-paragraph essays, responses, reflections, and poetry with greater finesse. Writing shows structure and includes descriptive vocabulary.
• Investigates standard algorithms and solves grade-level appropriate word problems.
• Identifies patterns as a tool for thinking.
• Identifies similarities and differences.
• Embraces diversity.
• Is eager to explore other cultures, environments, and ideas.
• Seeks further independence.
• Demonstrates a deeper understanding of the world.
• Speaks publicly with clarity and confidence.
• Listens actively and respectfully to others.

5th grade

A Holy Trinity 5th-grade student:

• Reads fluently for pleasure and understanding.
• Recognizes main ideas, draws inferences, and makes connections in text across the curriculum.
• Utilizes a well-developed vocabulary.
• Can reflect on and revise ideas and written work.
• Embraces a challenge.
• Is acquiring logic, number sense, and scientific inquiry.
• Hypothesizes.
• Demonstrates progressive deductive reasoning.
• Is learning effective communication skills.
• Utilizes strategies to learn and manage new concepts.
• Employs technology for reading, writing, and presentations across the curriculum.
• Is developing collaborative and conversational learning skills (recognizing the “other” as both a learning resource and a responsibility).
• Respectfully challenges authority.

6th grade

A Holy Trinity 6th-grade student:

• Utilizes research skills, includes footnotes, and properly identifies works cited.
• Implements time management skills for long-term assignments.
• Paraphrases information and elaborates on instruction through projects and presentations.
• Works well independently and in collaborative groups.
• Takes greater responsibility for their learning.
• Advocates for themself as a questioner.
• Reasons and role plays.
• Assimilates historical information and enjoys reading biographies.
• Discusses current events.
• Explores math in a real-world context.
• Solves complicated word problems.
• Deciphers patterns in the data.
• Makes predictions and conclusions based on data.
• Employs calculators, computers, and other technology to solve real word problems, puzzles, and brainteasers.

7th grade

A Holy Trinity 7th-grade student:

• Reads for sound and sense.
• Identifies tone, mood, and point of view in narratives, plays, or poetry.
• Interprets meaning from text.
• Justifies their view with evidence and reflection.
• Is developing sophistication of syntax (through diagramming and practice).
• Is developing writing to learn strategies for “topic discovery” and research across the curriculum.
• Utilizes strategies to learn, organize, and manage new concepts.
• Expresses quantitative relationships using algebraic thinking.
• Computes using decimals, fractions, and percents.
• Solves geometric problems by constructing shapes and identifying attributes of shapes.
• Accesses mathematical reasoning to enhance scientific investigation and understanding of the natural world through investigation, experience, and reflection.
• Proposes solutions to practical problems by employing scientific methodologies, peer conferencing, and cross-curriculum collaborative learning.

8th grade

A Holy Trinity 8th-grade student:

• Has the organizational and study skills that lead to further academic success.
• Models a disposition of intellectual inquiry and a love of learning.
• Is academically equipped for high school.
• Demonstrates logic, critical thinking, and an aesthetic appreciation for art, music, and classic and contemporary literature.
• Applies skills and has an understanding of the appropriate use of technology.
• Demonstrates effective communication in presentation and written work.
• Displays increased abstract reasoning.
• Identifies cause and effect in relationships.
• Compares and contrasts people, ideas, and circumstances.
• Uses an analytical method of problem-solving.
• Gathers and organizes data.
• Looks for patterns and problems in data.
• Makes conjectures and predictions based on data and evidence.
• Integrates and applies knowledge across the curriculum.
• Responds well to diversity and challenge.
• Accepts guidance and criticism with a positive desire for improvement.