CLUBs
A.R.T.S. (Arts Reaching To
Society)
A.R.T.S. is made up of a group of students who work to bring art into
the school community. A.R.T.S. activities include student run art
exhibits, field trips to local art museums and cultural events.
Ambassadors' Club
Black Students
Umoja (B.S.U.)
B.S.U. promotes pride, unity and self-awareness. Students participate
in cultural awareness, black history assemblies, fundraiser events,
and social gatherings.
The Center
The Center, an organization committed to the hip-hop community, gives
urban youth
an opportunity to showcase rhyming and free styling
composition skills amidst a nurturing environment. The Center is
connected to the Poetry Club featuring talented poets that support The
Center and its values. We host urban arts, break dancing, and rapping.
The Center attempts to break from the commercial and misogynist view
of much of mainstream hip-hop culture. The Center is free and open to
anyone.
Chess Club
Clay Club
Clay Club is open to students who have successfully completed the
ceramics course and would like to continue working with clay, Students
have the opportunity to build
on previous skills and learn new
techniques, including throwing on the wheel. The
club is treated like
an open studio so that those involved can experiment and create
whatever their imaginations envision.
C.O.R. (Catholic
Schools Opposing Racism)
C.O.R. is a citywide community of young adults who work to break down
the walls of Racism and promote Peace and Justice.
Drama Club
Drama Club is open to all students interest in all aspects of
producing plays and musical shows. Students explore the areas of
dancing and singing as well as constructing sets and organizing the
lighting and sound.
Holy Trinity Women
in Action (HTWA)
Holy Trinity Women in Action's mission is to increase the educational
awareness
on the topics that impact the young women in our school
along with service projects tailored to serving women in our
community. Some of our activities have included volunteering at the
Chicago Women's REST Shelter in Edgewater, Breast
Cancer Network of Strength Walk, and hosting a nurse guest speaker to
discuss women's health issues. The club meets Wednesdays in the most
aesthetic room in the school, the Holy Trinity Chapel.
National Honor
Society
National Honor Society is an organization open to juniors and seniors
who maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or above and who
demonstrate excellence in leadership, service and character.
Candidates who meet these criteria are selected
for membership to this
organization by a committee of faculty members.
Newspaper
The newspaper is the extra-curricular activity that produces The Gold
and Blue,
HT's student newspaper. Students write articles, take
photos, learn layout and
design, solicit advertising, and learn about
the art and business of journalism. The newspaper is open to all Holy
Trinity students.
Pet Club
Pet Club is open to all students who love animals! Activities include
caring for our classroom pets and attending field trips to zoos and
nature centers. We also raise money for and volunteer at animal
shelters in the city.
Poetry Club
The Poetry Club gives students an opportunity to express themselves in
all forms of creative use of language, written and oral, poetry and
prose. It is open to all HT students. In addition, every year the
poetry club sends a team of performance
poets to "Louder than a Bomb,"
the city-wide poetry slam competition. HT was the
first Chicago-Area
Catholic school (and until recently, the only one) to participate
in
this event.
Reading Club
Student
Organization of Latinos (S.O.L.)
S.O.L. represents the Latino student to the school community and
provides a forum
in which students can express their opinion, culture,
and background. It coordinates student activities and promotes school
unity through school spirit and pride.
Student Government
Student membership includes leadership retreats, school activities,
fundraisers, food and toy drives, and peer counseling.
Students Against
Destructive Decisions (S.A.D.D.)
Virtual Tigers
Virtual Tigers participates in a wide
variety of gaming such as PC games, console games and strategy games.
