Principal Corner

I was returning from up north and was on a paved secondary road among farm fields and noticed two birds on the road some distance ahead of me. I was certain the birds would fly away as I got closer. The birds stayed in the middle of the road not moving, but I was certain they would fly away. As I came upon them, they still were not moving but staring at each other. It was two male pheasants looking so intently at each other they were totally unaware of me. I had to hit the brakes fairly hard not to hit them and turned my car as far to the right side of the road as I could go. My breaking had finally made the pheasants aware of me and they moved to the left side of the road, at this moment the one took the situation to briefly attack the other but as I looked in my rear-view mirror, they were still in the middle of the road, staring at each other with another car coming towards them in the distance. Sometimes in life we get so focused on one thing or a few things we do not see the bigger picture around us. If we only want to see the bad in someone, we do not see all the good. If we only focus on our needs, we miss seeing the needs of those around us. If we are only worried about what others think of us, we do not see what God thinks of us. I do not know what happened to those two pheasants in the road, but I know if God is not the center of the focus of our lives, we will not be in sync with God’s plans for us, and we may not see the car barreling towards us on the road of life.

REMINDER: NO PRESCHOOL ON FRIDAY, MAY 23RD.

IF YOU NEED CARE FOR YOUR PRESCHOOL, PLEASE SIGN UP BELOW.

IF YOU NEED SAC FOR YOUR CHILD AFTER 11 AM - PLEASE SIGN UP BELOW

MAY 23rd SAC/PRESCHOOL SIGN UP

**END OF YEAR / CLOSING CHAPEL & CEREMONY SCHEDULE**

8:20 Students arrive in their classrooms like a normal school day.
8:20 – 9:25 Students will be in their classrooms acknowledging each student with the end of year awards. Teachers may also have planned some other activities in the classroom to finish out the school year.
9:30 students will be in chapel for our end of the year chapel - Parents you are welcome to join us at this time!
Immediately after chapel, Kindergarten will have a short Kindergarten graduation program.
After the program classes will come up for a group picture. Parents will be welcomed to come forward to take a picture at that time. Teachers will then give a short talk about the class.
When we are finished school will be dismissed around 11:15 am
Parents at the service may pick up their child after their class has been announced, making sure they see the teacher to sign-out their child. Students with parents not at closing ceremony and being picked up at 11:00 and those attending afterschool SAC will be walked over to Trinity by their teacher.

AN EMAIL About Tuition for the 2025-2026 School Year was sent Tuesday, April 8th. You can also visit our TUITION & FEES page on the website. All unpaid balances will be sent out this week via email. All balances must be settled by May 21st or a payment plan discussed with the school.

May OFFERING

During the month of April, our offering went toward Camp Omega, we raised $108.40 for Camp Omega.

During May, our chapel offering goes to our Adopt-A-Student fund. This is a program at TLS to help support families who don’t qualify for financial assistance or have a financial need unexpectedly or to help families who join our TLS family mid year and don’t quite have the financial need to attend unassisted. It’s a supplement to our Secret Angel and a great way to help families out when we can.

The Trinity Lutheran Church Board of Outreach has generously agreed to MATCH our Chapel funds for APRIL & MAY! Let’s get those chapel offerings up!

FIELD TRIPS:
- K-2 Oxbow Park - May 15th.
K-8 SPRING Choir & Band Concert - May 14th at 6:00 pm
2026 DC Trip for current 5th-7th Graders - May 15th @ 6:30 pm in the Gym
WITHDRAW DEADLINE - Please let us know by FRIDAY, May 16th if your child WILL NOT be attend TLS next year.
BOOK SWAP @ JWP - SEE FLIER BELOW - May 19th - 22nd
FUN RUN Bonus Prizes + AHA Winner Pies Miss MN in the FACE
SAFETY PATROL END OF YEAR LUNCH WITH JWP - Wed, May 21st
8TH GRADE GRADUATION - Wednesday, May 21st @ 6:30 pm
PICNIC LUNCH DAY - Thursday, May 22nd
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL - Friday, May 23rd. CLOSING CHAPEL CEREMONY STARTS at 9:30 am with Kindergarten Graduation around 10:10 am
POOL PARTY - 412 YOUTH - See flier below, June 29th
SAVE THE DATE - VBS - JULY 28th - AUGUST 1ST

**TUITION ASSISTANCE**

Trinity offers two programs to assist with the cost of tuition. The first is RaiseRight, a program allowing families to purchase gift cards to be used when making every day purchases at local businesses. A portion of the purchase amount can be put towards a students tuition costs. Click here for more details!
The second is a Tuition Assistance Program funded through private donations given to the "Secret Angel Fund" at Trinity Lutheran Church and School. Families need to apply for tuition assistance before registration each year to see if they qualify for this assistance.
To determine eligibility in the Secret Angel Fund, an account must be created through FACTS. For more information and to create an account, please visit their website: https://online.factsmgt.com/grant-aid/inst/40XC8/landing-page

2024-2025 Yearbooks can be ordered online! Current 8th Graders get a complimentary one, thanks PTL!

Hello Trinity Families!

We are partnering with Camp Omega again this year for our Vacation Bible School (VBS). Mark your calendars for July 27th-August 1st. Camp Omega will provide counselors (college aged young adults) to come for 5 days to lead our 1st -6th grade program. Tina Schoenfeld and Angela Winter will lead the PreK-K program.

If your child is between the ages of 3 to 5, VBS will be Monday-Thursday 9am-11am.

If your child will be in grades 1st to 6th in the fall of 2025, VBS will be Monday-Thursday 9am-3pm (bring your own lunch) and Friday 9am-12pm.

Please fill out the google form using the QR code below, on Trinity Lutheran Church’s website or Facebook page by July 10th, for planning purposes.

If you or your child who is entering 7th grade or older would like to help, please fill out the volunteer form.

Feel free to invite family and friends to join us for this fun filled week to learn all about Jesus.

We are excited and hope that you can join us!

Angela Winter and Tina Schoenfeld

VBS Coordinators

trinityjanesvillevbs@gmail.com

Calling all FB users. We need your help! You will notice that we are beefing up our Facebook presence (Instagram soon) and while we work hard to put the content up, it’s you that can make the REAL difference. When you see TLS posts, please take a minute to LIKE, COMMENT on, or SHARE the content. Every time you engage with our FB page it spreads our message further and further. We have something so special here at Trinity and we want everyone to know about it.

PARENT CORNER

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YOUR RESOURCE CENTER

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PARENT CORNER +++ YOUR RESOURCE CENTER +++

**Great Communication Tool + More**

A lot of staff and parents love using Procare. It’s a great communication tool AND it serves multiple purposes for staff and behind the scenes tracking. It is the **required** sign in and out needed for our Childcare/Preschool and our SAC programs. It is a great way to calculate and bill and get other invoices paid from families! It has helped streamline many processes for us. One this it is not, is an EMERGENT messaging system. Please, and this has always been the case, if you have a last minute change or message to get to your children, try to call the school and do not be afraid to leave a message. A Procare message is not an alert system for last minute changes. We want our teachers teaching, not staring at their phones for notifications constantly. We encourage you to use it for everything else.

Parent Service Hours

Trinity Lutheran School would not run or function without our families and all your hard work! We strive on showing our students a great work ethic and a drive to help and volunteer! Because of this, we ask that each family completes 10 hours of volunteer hours throughout the school year (if you only have a child in the Preschool, we only ask you complete 5 hours). Many events put on by PTL, Athletics and just helping around at the school provide plenty of opportunity to help out! Please don’t hesitate to check out the volunteer page on the website: https://seal-leopard-8yt2.squarespace.com/volunteer

NEED VOLUNTEER HOURS???

CHECK HERE

Where do you turn to know if a movie, book or other media is appropriate for my child? One place you can check is Common Sense Media https://www.commonsensemedia.org/, the website lists age levels for books, TV, movies, games podcasts and apps. Check it out at the link.

**DOOR CODES**

**SIDE DOOR USED FOR SAC IS LOCKED!**
IF you are not picking your child up and someone else on your list is, please let us know ahead of time so we can get them a door code. If you did not get a code and your child is not a regular, please contact the office for a code BEFORE your child will be attending SAC.
Preschool Parents, PLEASE USE YOUR code before school (before 8:10 am) and after school (after 3:15 pm). The teachers should not and cannot leave the students they are in charge of to open the door. This is why we got a code system, to increase safety in our before and after school programs.

WEEKLY REMINDERS

When calling the school, please leave a voicemail if we don’t answer. If the phone is not answered, we are on another call or just a few minutes away from the phone. Voicemail is something that gets checked immediately up return to the office.

If you arrive or your children arrive after 8:20, please have them report to the office. We still appreciate them getting signed in with the Procare App but we need a report to the office first. Thankyou.

Please be mindful and help reduce interruptions. If you arrive at the school - go to the office. We will grab the student or deliver an item or message. You may think it’s just a quick visit or you are doing no harm, but a small view of a visitor causes more disruption than you can imagine. Please be respectful and check in with the office, even if the class or teacher, knows you are coming.
Make sure you are notifying the school via Procare or email that your child is leaving early ahead of time or will be absent. We can coordinate best and make the most of your time if we can plan ahead. Middle school schedules are very different than they have been so knowing ahead of time will help reduce delays for everyone.
Jacqie leaves for a break between 11:15 - 12:00 every day. Please try to avoid stopping by at those times if you can help it. If you do, please be patient and wait outside while she answers the doorbell and talks to you via the intercom. Sometimes directions need to be given or information needs to be gathered, so please do not expect other staff to open the door for you. They have their own jobs, caring for their students.
If you are here to pick up your children early or have something to drop off to them, please help minimize interruptions in the classroom by stopping by the office. Same goes with dropping things off for teachers, please stop in the office.
Please wait outside the school until 3:05 pm and have your children come to you EXCEPT for Preschool parents.
Make sure that you are paying Tuition in separate payments from SAC/WAC care. Tuition is reported differently than childcare for taxes. Therefore we ask you do not lump them together when making payments so that we can accurately report your totals at the end of the year. Preschool however, is reportable on taxes as a childcare expense.