Explore and Discover
Our Friday Discovery Days provide students to explore enriching well-child activities, including outdoor nature play, study of the arts, theater, and sciences, history, geography, and service opportunities. We honor God when we strengthen our minds, bodies, and spirit! Join us for monthly Timbernook, LLC adventures, writing workshops and more!
Timbernook, LLC, was founded by Angela Hanscom, Occupational Therapist, to help children grow strong and expand imagination. Hear her TEDx Talk: The REAL reason children fidget — and what we can do about it
2026-2027 Holy Trinity Reserved Dates
Fall 2026 Spring 2027
September 25 January 22
October 16 March 19
November 20 April 16
December 11 May 21
Three Fridays/month from September to June, our students participate in the Naturalist in the Classroom program developed by Prescott Farms Environmental Education Center!
PreK and K-2
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Moon Phases
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Maple Sugaring (w/ or w/o tapping trees)
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Maple Candy Making
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Cheese Making (dairy and nondairy)
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Rain, Clouds
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Water Cycle
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Planting Seeds and Signs of Spring
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Frogging by Ear
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Life cycles
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Stream Study
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Papermaking
Grades 3-6
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Moon Phases
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Spring Birds
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Maple Candy Making
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Microscopes
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Mapping
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Recycling
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Survival- 10 essentials
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Survival- tarp shelters
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Water Quality
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Stream Study
2026-2027 Reserved Dates for
Naturalist in the Classroom
Fall 2026 Spring 2027
September 18 January 8 | 15 | 29
October 2 | 9 | 23 | 30 February 5 | 12 | 19
November 6 | 13 March 5 | 12
December 4 | 18 April 9 | 23
May 7 | 14
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Special Days ~ Field Trips at Prescott Farm
Orienteering | September 23 & 24
Pasta Making | November 18 & 19
Winter Hiking/Snowshoeing and Tracking | January 26-28
Maple Sugaring | March 16-18
Garden Ecology | May 6 & 7
Pollinators | June 9 & 10
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St. Jerome Library
Imagine a place, a cozy place, designed and created just for reading, telling stories and writing them. Imagine a place where opponents spar on wooden chess boards as a carved fireplace warms their toes.....
Children have access to our uniquely curated Catholic library all week, and have library class on Discovery Days. Classical books and modern selections were guided by the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education and Cardinal Newman Society Children's Reading List.
New in Our Kitchen Conservatory Autumn ~ Fairy Tales Cooking Class
One cup of curiosity
a teaspoon of sweetness
a dash of salt
8 stories ripe for the picking
an apron, a laddle, a peeler or two
an abundance of flour
plenty of veggies for sauces and stews
Mix it together, cook for one hour
And delight will ensue!
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Cooking and baking can nourish the mind, spirit and body. Teaching children about nature's bounty of foods that look beautiful, taste spicy and sour, feel prickly and smooth, provide opportunity to build vocabulary, sensory experience, and practical skills. In the first half of the school year, children will build basic culinary expertise, learn about food and kitchen safety, and make fairy tales come alive, as we make recipes from some of our favorite classical stories. Each week in the Kitchen Conservatory, the children will learn to explore texture and flavor, learn virtues of patience, creativity, resourcefulness, orderliness, cleanliness, and about measurement, time, and sequencing.
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Discovery Day ~ Friday Enrollment
All Discovery Days are included with tuition for full-time students. Tuition for the Discovery Days for the entire school year is $2,500 including fees for Timbernook and other activities. Discovery Day enrollment will be treated as part-time enrollment and follow the FACTS admissions and payment management process with a tuition agreement.
