Clubs and Organizations
All students are encouraged to investigate the many clubs and organization offered here at Blessed Trinity and get involved as early as possible in your high school career. Please review our current listing of clubs and organizations.
If you are interested in starting a new club, submit a proposal to Mrs. Hurley including the following:
- Club Moderator
- Meeting Times/Locations
- Description of the Club
- Equipment Needed/Startup Expenses
- Dues Information
- Evidence of Student Interest
- Academic Team
- Ambassadors
- Beta Club
- Book Club
- Broadcast News Club
- BT For Life
- Chess Club
- Culinary Club
- Dance Team
- Diversity Club
- Engineering Club
- Environmental Club
- French Club
- FBLA
- Habitat for Humanity
- IGNITE
- Interact
- International Thespian Society
- Kindness Club
- Latin Club / Junior Classical League
- Literary Art Magazine
- Mass Musicians
- Mu Alpha Theta
- Model UN
- National Art Honor Society
- National English Honor Society
- National French Honor Society
- National Honor Society
- National Honor Society for Dance Arts
- National Spanish Honor Society
- Orientation Leaders
- Rho Kappa
- Robotics Team
- Science Club
- Spanish Club
- STARS Tutors
- Student Government
- St. Peregrine's Club
- St. Vincent De Paul Society
- Titan Battery
- Titan Times
- Titans of Mercy
- Tri M (Music Honor Society)
- Trinitones
Academic Team
Moderators: Mrs. Clark and Mr. Wells
Academic Team competes on the varsity and junior varsity levels. Teams of four or five students compete against other high schools in round-robin tournaments that test team knowledge of high school curriculum – math, science, geography, history, and literature – and other topics such as art, music, mythology, and popular culture. Head to head competitions are quiz bowl format - think Jeopardy without the answers as questions. The team also enters the WSB High Q tournament, competing in a televised quiz bowl tournament against other Georgia high schools. The season starts in September and ends in March.
Ambassadors
Moderator: Mrs. Brannon
Blessed Trinity Catholic High School Student Ambassadors are a selected group of students who serve as representatives of the school, assisting with Admissions events and various school activities. Students are selected based on faculty nominations, followed by an extensive application and interview process. Student Ambassadors are expected to maintain the highest standards in the areas of academics, discipline and personal integrity. Additionally, Student Ambassadors are expected to promote school loyalty and be active members of the Blessed Trinity community.
Beta Club
Moderator: Mrs. Irvin
Beta Club is a national service organization that aims to promote academic achievement, develop leadership skills and provide service opportunities for all of its members.
- Beta Club membership is by invitation only to students with a GPA of 90 and above. Students are emailed in the fall regarding their eligibility and invited to complete an application.
- Invited students who wish to join must complete an application and apply by the indicated deadline. No late applications will be accepted.
- Once inducted, students must maintain a GPA of 90 or higher, complete 10 hours of service (hours cannot be combined with other service requirements) and may not receive any discipline infractions.
Book Club
Broadcast News Club
BT For Life
Moderator: Mrs. Hurley
BT For Life is Blessed Trinity’s Respect for Life Club. While we do not have regular meeting times, this club meets on an as-needed basis and offers opportunities throughout the year for all students to earn service hours while supporting a great cause. We sponsor a Life Chain the first Sunday in October and represent Blessed Trinity at the annual March for Life in Washington, DC, in January. We also sponsor a Spiritual Adoption Program and a collection of baby items. BT For Life is a great opportunity to educate yourself about life issues and make a difference in an often indifferent world.
Chess Club
Moderator: Dr. Piper
Chess Club exists to provide students with a challenging and entertaining pastime building both a deeper understanding of the game of chess and strong relationships between the members. Members of all grades can attend the weekly meeting for an educational and recreational game of chess, with the more experienced members helping the novices.
Culinary Club
Moderator: Mrs. Podijil
Calling all chefs...or at least those that like to eat! The BT culinary club meets once a month to PREPARE, COOK, EAT and CLEAN-UP in the BT Kitchen! No registration or cooking experience is necessary!
Meeting dates and times will be posted on the Hallway Monitors - All are welcome!
Dance Team
Moderator: Mrs. Ketcham
Dance Team at Blessed Trinity under the direction of Amanda Ketcham is a versatile group of dancers who perform at a wide range of school events throughout the school year. They also compete in the GHSA state competition representing BT every season. The team performs choreography in various styles such as Jazz, Pom, Hip Hop and Kick. Practices occur after school twice a week with additional practices depending on performance load leading up to an event.
Diversity Club
Engineering Club
Moderator: Mr. Connors
Environmental Club
Moderator: Mrs. Allsteadt
Environmental Club at Blessed Trinity serves to educate those in the community, promote environmental care and awareness, and to continue to make Blessed Trinity as "green" as possible. Specifically, students in the Environmental Club take part in weekly recycling throughout the campus, monthly meetings to educate members as well as all of the community, and community service. The Environmental Club also cares for the vegetable garden on campus in an effort to promote pollination, to reduce pollution and to reduce our carbon footprint by eating what we grow.
French Club
Moderator: Mrs. Womick
French Club celebrates all things “francophone.” We eat, we sing, we watch movies, we dance! In short, we enjoy the cultures of the more than 26 countries worldwide where French is an official language. All are welcome; you do not need to be enrolled in French class to be a member. We meet on average twice monthly and “Nous nous amusons bien,” which means we have fun and fellowship! Come join in this cultural experience with us!
FBLA
Moderator: Dr. Craddock
FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) is a nonprofit educational association of student members preparing for careers in business. During the course of the year, you will have the opportunity to hear great speakers, participate in community service projects, compete against other high schools all over the state, attend leadership conferences, and much more!
Habitat for Humanity
Moderators: Mr. Morzen and Mrs. Doan
Habitat for Humanity is a student-led organization dedicated to fulfilling Habitat’s mission of putting God's love into action by bringing people together to build homes, communities and hope. We seek to accomplish this goal one dollar at a time and one house at a time. Each year, we raise thousands of dollars to fund building projects in the North Georgia area and throughout the Southeast, and donate volunteer labor to building projects in our local community. Throughout the years, BT's chapter of Habitat for Humanity has participated in numerous fundraisers, including bake sales and Data-Match. Many of BT's Habitat members have become active in leading college Habitat chapters. Contrary to popular belief, students do NOT have to be 16 years of age to belong to Habitat! The shortage of decent, affordable housing in our community is a problem that requires the help of ALL. Thousands of dollars are needed each year to provide the building materials for the homes Habitat builds. There's an opportunity to serve for students of all ages.
IGNITE
Moderator: Mr. Grattan
IGNITE is an organization of students who desire to live out an authentically Catholic and moral life and grow in holiness. We seek “to transform lives in Christ” and ignite ourselves so as to be witnesses to the Blessed Trinity community. Future events include Bible Study, Faculty/Student witness talks, Praise and Worship, morning Mass, etc. Meeting times and locations vary depending on size and schedule - usually in the mornings, every two weeks.
Interact
Moderator: Mr. Connors
Interact Club is sponsored by the Roswell Rotary Club. We participate in several service projects throughout the year to support the local Roswell community like the Annual Miss Mary's Ice Cream Crankin' to support the Drake House, Rotary First Responder Cookout, Adopt-a-Platoon project, creating Halloween bags for families at Cornerstone Hospice, putting together Halloween candy jars for BT faculty and staff, Coat Collection for North Fulton Charities, Sock Collection for the Veterans Empowerment Organization, writing thank you letters to our troops, and creating St. Patrick's Day cards for local nursing homes.
International Thespian Society
Moderator: Mrs. Ketcham
International Thespian Society allows for the induction of high school students attending affiliated schools, based on the quality and quantity of work in all realms of theatre. Points can be earned from participation in productions (either on stage or backstage), Thespian Festivals, seeing other theatre's productions, and holding an officer position in a Thespian troupe.
Kindness Club
Moderator: Ms. Megehee
The Kindness Club was established by students in 2021 to encourage collegiality, tolerance, and grace. Members look for ways to inspire our school community to spread kindness. We meet regularly to work on projects with this aim and complete service acts to promote kindness in our local community.
Latin Club / Junior Classical League
Moderators: Mr. Halvonik and Mr. Wells
Latin Club (Junior Classical League) is a club open to all students who are currently taking Latin or have completed two years of Latin. The purpose of the club is to foster an interest in and an appreciation of the language, literature, and culture of ancient Greece and Rome. In doing so we hope to impart an understanding of the depth of our own culture to that of Classical antiquity. In addition to meeting on our own as a club, the BT chapter of the Junior Classical League will meet and compete twice a year with other local JCL chapters: at the Georgia Fall forum and the Georgia Junior Classical League convention.
Literary Art Magazine
Moderators: Mrs. Mueller and Mr. Jackson
Literary Art Magazine (Panorama) is an after school club that gathers student writings and art for a yearly publication magazine. All work is selected by the students, and the magazine is compiled and laid out by the staff. Contest and other events are coordinated by the staff.
Mass Musicians
Moderator: Mr. McDonald
Mass Musicians is open to all musicians: singers, instrumentalists, and sound technicians. New voices are always welcome. Guitars, Wind Players, Pianists--we all perform music together. Students get to help choose music for our monthly all school Masses. We typically meet the week of the all school Mass to rehearse the upcoming music, and then the morning of Mass we put it all together in the gym. Students earn service hours for all rehearsal and Mass time.
Mu Alpha Theta
Moderator: Mrs. Muller
Math Team/Mu Alpha Theta is Blessed Trinity's Math Honor Society. Our math team attends several competitions this year, which will be announced after our first meeting. Each year our club members design our "MATHLETE" t-shirts to wear on competition days. We also attend the Georgia Tech High School Math Competition in February of every year. In addition to the math team, we host the Georgia Math League contests three times each semester in October, November, December, January, February, and March. These contests are open to everyone and house points are earned for each person who attends! Calculators are welcome!
Model UN
Moderator: Mrs. Johnson
Model UN Club studies foreign nations and international relations in order to gain a broad scope of global politics. Students learn speaking, writing, research, and diplomatic skills in a challenging and fun environment. Students participate in a model United Nations at a local university where each school is assigned a country to represent.
National Art Honor Society
Moderator: Mrs. Mueller
National Art Honor Society is an honor society for students involved in the visual arts at BT. The society is to inspire and recognize students who have shown an outstanding ability and interest in art. The NAHS strives to aid members in attaining the highest standards in art scholarship, character, and service, and to bring art to the attention of the school and community. Students meet throughout the year to create special projects.
National English Honor Society
Moderator: Dr. Cerniglia
National English Honor Society was founded by Sigma Tau Delta, a university level English honors society, to honor high school students who have excelled in the study of English. The Timshel Chapter, Blessed Trinity’s chapter of National English Honor Society, was founded in 2009. Members plan and carry out the chapter’s chosen service project. Past projects have included collecting and donating books to Books for Africa, a non-profit organization that sends books to school children in various countries. Events are planned by the chapter once new members are inducted in the fall.
National French Honor Society
Moderator: Mrs. Gucer and Mrs. Womick
National French Honor Society (La Société Honoraire de Français) is an honor society for Blessed Trinity students who are enrolled in upper level French Honors’ courses (3H or AP). It is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) for the purpose of recognizing the achievements of outstanding French students across the United States. Students must be currently enrolled in French and be in 10th, 11th, or 12th grade. Student selection is based on scholarship, leadership, and commitment to French. Student members must have maintained an A- average or higher in French coursework and a B- average or higher in non-French coursework. Members complete a service project annually and inducted members help with the Induction Ceremony for new members held early in the spring semester. The motto of La Société Honoraire de Français is “Celui qui sait deux langues en vaut deux” or “A person who knows two languages has the value of two.”
National Honor Society
Moderators: Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Petkash
National Honor Society is the nation's premier organization to recognize outstanding high school students. More than just an honor roll, NHS serves to honor those junior and senior students who have demonstrated excellence at Blessed Trinity throughout the year in the areas of scholarship, service, leadership, and character. These characteristics have been associated with membership in the organization since its beginning. Transfer Junior students must complete a full year at Blessed Trinity before eligibility, unless they have already been inaugurated into NHS at their previous school. Candidates become members at the required annual induction ceremony that is held each year. Members offer invaluable contributions to the school and engage in additional service projects beyond the school's expectations.
Selection criteria includes:
- Scholarship: Rising juniors who have a 93 (not rounded) GPA and seniors who have a 92.5 GPA with all grades being 80 or above and who have had no major discipline issues will receive an invitation/application for membership.
- Service: Student applicants must have completed Campus Ministry requirements. NHS members are expected to go above and beyond the required service hours required by Campus Ministry. Students should continually strive to voluntarily contribute to the school or community without compensation and with a positive, courteous, and enthusiastic spirit.
- Leadership: Student leaders are those who are resourceful, good problem solvers, promoters of school activities, idea-contributors, dependable, and exemplify positive attitudes about life. Leadership experiences can be drawn from school or community while working with or for others.
- Character: The student of good character upholds principles of morality and ethics, is cooperative, demonstrates high standards of honesty and reliability, shows courtesy, concern, and respect for others, and generally maintains a good and clean lifestyle.
National Honor Society for Dance Arts
Moderators: Mrs. Ketcham and Ms. Long
The National Honor Society for Dance Arts chapter at Blessed Trinity exists to promote a desire for life-long learning in the field of dance, as well as to encourage an understanding of and an appreciation for dance as an art form and develop knowledgeable audiences for tomorrow. Students who wish to join NHSDA must be enrolled in one of the performance based dance classes at Blessed Trinity and earn points through participating in dance activities such as dance classes, rehearsals, performances, research, workshops or community service activities while maintaining a 3.0 GPA.
National Spanish Honor Society
Moderator: Mr. Reynoso
Spanish National Honor Society (Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica) is an honor society for Blessed Trinity students who are enrolled in upper level Spanish Honors courses (4H or AP), and is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. The mission of the Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica is to recognize high school achievement in Spanish and to promote interest in Hispanic studies. Any Blessed Trinity junior or senior of good moral fiber who has maintained an A average in his/her Honors and/or AP Spanish courses for at least 4 straight semesters, with a 3.5 GPA is eligible to apply. Our Induction Ceremony for the SHH is held early during the spring semester, typically in February. SHH officers are elected by their peers in the fall and help plan service projects. Our chapter is Miguel de Unamuno, a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher. The motto of the Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica is "Todos a una."
Orientation Leaders
Moderators: Mrs. Hurley and Mr. Grattan
Orientation Leaders are sophomore, junior and senior students chosen to welcome new students to Blessed Trinity. An application process is required in the spring to participate. Leaders write letters to welcome new students over the summer, plan a pre-orientation outing the week before school starts, accompany them through Orientation Day, and continue to be supportive and helpful throughout their first year at BT. In all, Orientation Leaders are there to help make the transition to BT easier.
Rho Kappa
Moderator: Mr. Kane
Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society is the only national organization for high school juniors and seniors that recognizes excellence in the field of Social Studies. Blessed Trinity’s chapter of Rho Kappa was founded in 2023. Requirements to be invited to apply for Rho Kappa include 3.8 cumulative grade point average in all Social Studies courses taken and a 3.7 cumulative Grade point average overall. Members plan and carry out the chapter’s chosen service project. Events are planned by the chapter once new members are inducted in the fall.
Robotics Team
Moderators: Mr. Pham
Robotics Team builds and competes in the FIRST FTC and FRC competition robotics seasons. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an organization created to motivate the youth of today to become science and technology leaders of tomorrow. To do so, FIRST engages youth in an exciting program where they can build technology, science, and engineering skills as well as life skills such as leadership and self-confidence. FIRST is the governing body of most robotics competitions internationally. Similar to other governing bodies like the GHSA, they determine rules for competition, team status, and design a new challenge each year in which teams will strive to compete.
Science Club
Moderator: Mrs. Allsteadt
The Science Club was created by a group of students from the Class of 2023 in 2019. It serves as an outlet for BT students who are passionate and interested in the sciences. The club meets monthly to perform fun experiments based in biology and chemistry. Students collaborate to explore scientific phenomena to delve into a deeper understanding of the world we live in. Students take turns researching the topic of the month then present their research to the members before performing experiments.
Spanish Club
Moderator: Mr. Reynoso
Spanish Club students take the canvas of culture and paint it with the vibrant Spanish language. Students participate in service opportunities and fun cultural activities. Anyone can be a part of this club.
STARS Tutors
Student Government
Moderator: Mrs. Hurley
Student Government is our school’s governing body made up of students at each grade level. Each of our eight houses here at Blessed Trinity elects one freshman representative, one sophomore representative, one junior representative, and two senior captains. While most elections take place in the spring, freshmen are elected in the fall. These 40 students serve as our Student Government for the year. Student Government meets once a month after school to determine various house events, plan dances and other activities, and discuss any issues or concerns on behalf of the student body.
St. Peregrine's Club
Moderator: Mrs. Podojil
St. Peregrine’s Club is named in honor of the patron saint for those suffering with cancer as well as those in remission. St. Peregrine experienced cancer and was cured so he knew first-hand the challenges of this disease. Our club focuses on helping families and individuals, especially children. We host dinners and brunches on a regular basis at Ronald McDonald House where families come to stay while their children are undergoing treatment or surgery at near-by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Students determine the menu, bring all the ingredients, and cook and serve meals to the residents. They also get the opportunity to visit with them while they are enjoying comfort food. During September, the month dedicated to childhood cancer, we sponsor a cake raffle during one of BT’s home football games with the proceeds going to the Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research. The club also supports Lauren’s Run, an annual event sponsored by CURE Childhood Cancer.
Smasherson Service Projects
Leap Into Lavender Week - February 26 - March 1
Students will gain 1 service hour for each project below.
For more information, contact Mrs. Podojil.
- Donate Blood - Thursday, February 29
- Click here to sign-up
- Create 5 cards to be delivered to children going through radiation treatments. (5 cards = 1 service hour)
- See Mrs. Podojil in room 612 for materials and instructions
- Gift Card Donations (1 gift card donation = 1 service hour)
- Cards needed in the amounts of $10, $15 and $20 from Chick-fil-A, Chipotle, Dunkin, Starbucks and Target
- Donations of $10 or more to www.smasherson.org (Donation = 1 service hour)
- Purchase gifts from the Smasherson Foundation Gift List (1 gift = 1 service hour)
Leap Into Lavender - February 26 - March 1, 2024
The St. Peregrine Club at Blessed Trinity is celebrating The Smasherson Foundation by kicking off Leap Year with a
blood drive and a week of activities and service projects.
Emerson Podojil, daughter of Blessed Trinity Math teacher Celeste Podojil, lost her battle to brain cancer in 2019 while attending Holy Redeemer Catholic School. February 29, a Leap Day, would have been Emerson’s 16th birthday. The Smasherson Foundation was started in her honor and has several BT students on their junior board, known as The Piggy Pals.
To learn more about the Smasherson Foundation and to help "smash" pediatric cancer, visit www.smasherson.org.
Monday, February 26 - Purple People Treats
Students will receive treats at lunch
Tuesday, February 27 - Brace for It
Students will receive purple Smasherson bracelets during all lunches
Bake for Blood Donors
All are welcome to join the Culinary Club at 2:45 p.m. in the cafeteria to bake treats for those that will participate in the blood drive.
Thursday, February 29 - Leap Into Lavender Day and Blood Drive
All students may come to school out of uniform if wearing purple in support of the Smasherson Foundation.
Students who have registered to participate in the blood drive will receive a free Red Cross t-shirt from the American Red Cross.
Friday, March 1 - St. Peregrine Smasherson T-Shirt Day
All students who purchased a purple Smasherson t-shirt can wear them to school today with regular uniform bottoms. The Red Cross blood drive t-shirts may also be worn today if students gave blood on Thursday, February 29.
St. Vincent De Paul Society
Moderator: Mrs. Birth and Mrs. Walters
The Blessed Trinity Youth Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul embodies the society's values of spirituality, friendship, and service. The students in the BT SVdP Youth Conference develop and execute service projects to assist St. Vincent de Paul’s mission to serve others, independent of and sometimes in coordination with other existing SVdP organizations at local parishes. Those projects include: serving at St. Francis Table soup kitchen, serving the youth at Covenant House, going on the Hunger Walk, serving the needy of Marietta at the Third Saturday Dinner, and more.
Titan Battery
Moderator: Mr. Nelsen
Drumline (The Titan Battery) is a performing percussion ensemble for BT athletic events. The battery performs at all BT varsity football games, both home and away, and at many varsity basketball games. Students will learn percussion technique on various drums and perform frequently in both Fall and Winter season. The battery also performs off campus at various events and for school pep rallies. No previous musical experience is required to join the battery, and all students are welcome.
Titan Times
Titans of Mercy
Moderator: Mr. Kilgore
Titans of Mercy focuses on service, specifically Works of Mercy. Many of our service activities take place throughout the school year at St. George Village, a home for seniors. Club members plan and present annually Homecoming and Prom Fashion Shows and a Talent Show that ranges from music and dance to stand up comedy. The residents rave about our shows and they are a terrific audience. Students interact with the residents, including those who are in Assisted Care, after every event. Titans of Mercy events also include writing letters to soldiers, baking for the troops, and making fleece blankets and assembling toiletry kits for local shelters. Events sponsored by Titans of Mercy are open to all students.
Tri M (Music Honor Society)
Moderator: Mr. Weidner
Tri-M is a national music honor society focused on creating future leaders in music education and music advocacy. Our Tri-M chapter hosts several performance Showcases throughout the year, and our members serve our local community, especially through involvement in BT Mass Musicians and monthly performances for the residents of St. George Village.