Adam Klein, the Trinity House System Continued from page 29 original Dante s House director, including a national gathering of schools in the summer of 2017. w From Georgia to Ohio, schools sent delegations to Trinity to learn has been chosen firsthand how to set up and run such a system. Since 2001 many e to take the helm of schools, both high schools and grade schools, have adopted a House system similar to the one at Trinity. the House System N s Trinity’s House system has not stopped developing. The House System is a living, growing entity, evolving to meet the needs of an ever-changing student body. In 2006, under u the direction of then-House System Director Joe Henning H’06, advising groups were introduced into the House system. These small 20-student groups, made up of seniors, juniors, sophomores, freshmen and a faculty advisor, p provide an opportunity for adults to partner with students in a manner outside the conventional classroom setting and for older students to mentor underclassmen and serve as both role models and advisors. In its 11th year, the m advising group program, according to recent student surveys, has become another positive component of the Trinity experience. a C Looking forward, in just a few years those students who were freshmen in the House system’s initial year will return to Trinity for their 15-year reunion. Within the next decade, the House system will see its first group of legacies, sons who want to be in the same Houses as their fathers. The future looks bright, but those in charge of the House system will continue to work hard to see that it continues to educate and provide leadership opportunities to the young men at Trinity High School. VIsit www.trinityrocks.com for everything Trinity! ROCK ON! 28 C Trinity supports social service agencies a m Trinity students, faculty and staff members support Kentucky School for the Blind numerous social service agencies in various ways – Provides education and resources for K-12 blind p during the school year. Your support of these school students projects is appreciated. Our students learn valuable – The National Honor Society partners with them u lessons through contact with theseorganizations and to help with the Special Olympics the people they serve. s Kentucky Humane Society Here is a list of our primary partners: – Provides rescue, medical treatment and housing N American Red Cross to abandoned or runaway animals; Trinity students – Provides aid, disaster relief and blood donations volunteer throughout the year to help care for and e – Trinity hosts blood drives exercise the animals w Catholic Charities/Catholic Relief Services Little Sisters of the Poor – Provides disaster relief, safe haven and food to – Provides elderly care at the St. Joseph’s Home s refugees, the impoverished and those in war-torn – Trinity faculty provides a toiletry drive or disaster areas – Trinity holds an Operation Rice Bowl drive and Norton Cancer Center various donation collections – Provides treatment, research and assistance to cancer patients Community Catholic/Schumann Center – Trinity collaborates with other schools in the Pink- – Serves families and children in the Portland White football game that donates proceeds to the neighborhood through after-school care, Norton Cancer Center programming and tutoring – Trinity’s Giving Tree gifts go to Community St. John’s Center Catholic families – Provides day assistance to homeless and underpriv - ileged men; Trinity students volunteer at the center CrossRoads Ministry throughout the year – Provides immersion retreats for people to learn about the injustices associated with the inner-city St. Joseph of Arimathea/River Valley and living belowthe poverty level Cemetery/Meadow View Cemetery – Trinity runs its Junior Retreat through their – Provides burial services for the homeless, nameless Footprints retreat and unclaimed – Trinity partners with the Jefferson County Coro - Dare To Care ner’s Office to do grave-site internment services and – Provides food for families and school children in cemetery maintenance and care need – Trinity hosts a school-wide food drive each year; St. Joseph Children’s Home BetaClub volunteers serve Dare to Care throughout – Provides shelter and care for orphans and those the year removed from unhealthy living conditions – Trinity students work at the annual picnic and vol - Habitat for Humanity unteer throughout the year – Provides housing to those in need; Trinity students volunteer throughout the year St. Vincent de Paul Center – Provides shelter, food, programming and care for Hildegard House the homeless, impoverished and those suffering from – Provides end of life care mental illness or addiction; Trinity students volunteer – Trinity students host a drive, a walk and service throughout the year Jarrett’s Joy Cart WaterStep – Collects toys for children in Norton Kosair – Collects shoes that are given to people in developing Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Oncology Ward; countries and provides water-filtration units to those Trinity conducts an annual toy drive for this cause in need of clean water – Trinity hosts a shoe drive and volunteers through - out the year to sort the shoes 29 s ECHO Honors Congratulations to the following ECHO staff members, who placed in the Western Kentucky University Mark of w Excellence journalism contest: e Ethan Vanlandingham ’19 and Anthony Black ’19 Second Place in Multimedia Production N Max Urton ’19 Third Place in News/Feature Photography s Matt Gadd ’19 Third Place in Sports Photography u The ECHO is moderated by longtime teacher and KY Journalism Hall of Fame member Mr. Tony Lococo p H’03 . m Visit www.trinityecho.com for more of the staff’s great features! a C Trinity KUNA Named Delegation of Excellence Trinity High School has a long history of excellent work at the Kentucky United Nations Assembly (KUNA). This year has been no exception. Our KUNA delegation won the Delegation of Excellence. Individual awards included: Nick Thevenin : Outstanding Advocate Jared Roberts : Outstanding Ambassador The Resolution written and presented by Cian Callahan , Matt Gadd and Brandon Chou , representing South Africa, passed. Trinity’s KUNA delegation is moderated by World Language teachers Mr. Walter Mata and Mr. Jorge Serrano . The Kentucky United Nations Assembly (KUNA) is a three-day experience in diplomacy that provides students with a greater appreciation for our global community and hands-on involvement with international issues and solutions. Speech Rocks Success Speaks Volumes The Speech and Debate team, led by Ms. Amy Zuccaro are racking up the awards this year. Competing in local, regional and national tournaments, the team has consistently finished in the top percentiles of each competi - tion they have entered. Most recently, the Speech and Debate team traveled to the University of Kentucky to compete in the Kentucky High School Speech League (KHSSL) State Tournament. Sophomore Porter Hunt advanced to partial octo-fi - nals of Lincoln-Douglas Debate and received 9th place speaker. Junior Mark Hughes advanced to quarterfinals in Lincoln-Douglas Debate and received 8th place speaker. Congratulations to Cooper Winrich who was named the 2018 KHSSL State Champion in Congressional Debate! 30 The team of five debaters took home 6th place in overall team sweepstakes. A Project to Create Lifelong Memories C a Enjoy this feature from the Trinity ECHO by reporter LC Newton m One thing that people in the United States take for granted is seeing themselves in a mirror, in photographs and in portraits every day. Many kids around the world don’t get this opportunity. To change this situation for a few p young people, Trinity art/photography teacher Mr. Jimmy Serochi and some students decided to participate in the Memory Project. u Ms. Mariney Ocampo , Syria Project Specialist, contacted Trinity Principal Dan Zoeller about working with s the Memory Project, which she describes as “a children’s art charity that is based in the US but conducts art activities with children around the world (memoryproject.org).” N Ocampo wrote: “I’m actually writing to you from Jordan, where I’ve spent the last two months photographing e Syrian children living in Azraq and Za’atari, the largest Syrian refugee camps. We’re now looking for art stu - w dents to study these photos and create portraits as special gifts for the children. We delivered portraits to a first group of Syrian children in February (2017), and it was a tremendous success. Here is a short three-minute video: memoryproject.org/videos. Now there are many more children here who would love to receive such s personal, heartfelt gifts. Might your students be interested in helping to create their portraits?” “We will email you digital photos of the children’s faces and mail you full-page color prints of the same photos. We will also mail you plastic sleeves to protect the finished portraits (we will deliver the portraits to the children in these same sleeves).” Serochi said, “(The Memory Project) is a nice project to be part of.” Serochi plans to recreate his photograph using colored pencils. When asked if he thinks the children will like the artwork, he said, “Because these kids rarely see themselves, I think (they) will love the artwork. One reason I chose to participate in this project is because I did it when I was in high school as well, and I loved it.” Trinity junior Richard Gregor , who plans to edit his photo in Photoshop, said, “I chose to do this project because I really care about art. Being able to share my work with others who care about it really means a lot.” Junior Nick Loper plans to recreate his photograph by using either watercolor or pastels. He chose to do this project because “it sounded pretty neat.” Ocampo explained how the project provides a keepsake for those who take part: “We will make a video of the Syrian children receiving the portraits in large group settings in February.