06/01/2026
WEST POINT — Holy Trinity Crusaders student Cade Wilson was just a kindergartner nine years ago during the elementary east wing groundbreaking ceremony. The blonde-haired youth donned a plastic hard hat as he handed a ceremonial basket full of money to his great-grandfather, Dennis Menke, the building campaign’s volunteer chairman.
Wilson, now a high school freshman, was on hand May 20 to celebrate yet another groundbreaking ceremony at the West Point elementary. In January, the school embarked on a $6.3 million capital campaign to address a lack of classroom space for the student body, which has nearly doubled since completion of the east wing in 2019. “I think it’s great seeing the school evolve and get bigger,” Wilson told The Catholic Messenger.
The new, west wing addition — “phase II” for short — will include new classrooms, expansion of early childhood and pre-k spaces, and dedicated art and music rooms for all students. Holy Trinity hopes to open the new wing at the start of the 2027-28 school year, school officials said.
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