April 1st, 2026
Principal Corner
April Fools is right in the middle of Holy Week this year. I think it is fitting. The sin, death and the devil are right in the middle of Jesus betrayal, his trial and crucifixion. But the joke was not on us, but on the Devil. Instead of Jesus death being the ending, it was not. It was just the beginning. Jesus declared victory over sin, death and the devil. He then rose from the grave and appeared to many people. He showed them the marks on his hands and his feet. He then ascended into Heaven waiting for us. I think it is also fitting as the Jewish leaders thought this would end Christ’s teachings but instead the church grew. Despite their best efforts to end everything, they assisted in God’s plan of redemption for all people. The words of Christ and his teachings spread throughout the region to both Jew’s and Gentiles and today is heard around most of the world. The pharisee Gamaliel gave the following advice to the Jewish council when they had brought in some of Jesus disciples that were preaching about his resurrection, “So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or this undertaking is of man, it will fail; but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You might even be found opposing God!” So, they took his advice. Acts 5:38-39.
Only fools oppose God. During Holy Week and our Easter celebration, we have the opportunity to praise and worship God and rejoice at his resurrection. What a wonderful time to be at Trinity and be able to teach children the truth of God’s word and show them how much God loves them. Have a blessed Easter!
EASTER BREAK - NO SCHOOL
THURSDAY APRIL 2nd, FRIDAY APRIL 3rd
& MONDAY APRIL 6th.
3rd Quarter Report Cards went home today.
3rd Quarter Honor Roll
A Honor Roll:
5th Grade: Arielle Brunson, Kendra Ewert, TJ Holmes, Agnes Wolf
6th Grade: Emily Andreen, Talia Androli, Aveline Johnson, Kendall Lang, Hunter Netzke
7th Grade: Zeb Wolter, Louis Ziemke
8th Grade: Kaitlyn Schoenfeld
B Honor Roll:
5th Grade: Cadence Grother, Emma Manthe Tristan Olson, Britton Sprengeler, Parker Weber
6th Grade: James Malzahn, Natalie Schoenfeld, Grant Trahms, Carter Winter
7th Grade: Malachi Benson, Avery Krueger, Aubriella Lehrke, Wyatt Ostgarden, Analiese Owens
8th Grade: Brody Berndt, Annabell Brunson
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CONFIRMANDS
Extra special congratulations to our TLS students who were confirmed Sunday: Kaitlyn Schoenfeld, Brody Berndt & Nathanael Leiding
CHAPEL OFFERING: April
Camp Omega
During the month of April, our offering goes toward Camp Omega! We have many students that attend camp there every summer, they partner with our church to provide an awesome VBS experience AND they hold special sessions for our 7th & 8th graders each fall! Donations help keep them going and providing the fun, Christian atmosphere our kids need in a camp! Check them out if you haven’t before, they have great options for family camps!.
March Chapel Offering Success
We have raised $258.44 TO GET ALL 10 ANIMALS PURCHASED!! WAY TO GO TLS STUDENTS AND PARENTS!
BUNNY BOUTIQUE
Results
Thanks to all our little Easter shoppers and volunteers, the Bunny Boutique managed to raise $571 for the Secret Angel Fund!
REGISTRATION FOR SUMMER CARE FOR PRESCHOOL DUE APRIL 1st
if they are going into Kindergarten this fall, they can still be in the Preschool Summer care
TEACHER FEATURE
Our 3rd Grade Learning Family has been busy researching and writing about historical figures. In science we had fun with learning about positive and negative charges as well as investigating what causes magnets to repel or attract. Our most exciting study has been in God's Word preparing for Easter. During Holy Week we learned from Jesus and washed each other's feet. Jesus did the work of a servant the night before he died for all of our sins. He did not come to be served but to serve and be a ransom for many. We also stripped our classroom altar to remember how we abandoned our Savior. We leave this week after reading about his trial and sentencing to death on the cross. Our class hammered nails into our Easter cross with our names on it. He suffered and died for each of us! What a joy it will be to celebrate His victory and ours over death, sin and the devil on Easter and when we return to school on April 7th. Happy Blessed Easter everyone!
ADD YOUR PHOTOS!
Share the photos you took at an event or of a class in the TLS Google Album for others to see! We might even use it for our yearbook!
Limited Stock Custom TLS Shirts for Sale
Thanks to Personalized Printing out of Waseca, we have some limited stock shirts for sale at the school. There are kids sizes, small quantities of each. Click the image below to check out what we have! To reserve a shirt you can fill out the form on the page with the shirts or you can email Jacqie at tlsinfo@trinityjanesville.com. You’ll be emailed back with confirmation of your order and how to pick it up and pay for it. ALL proceeds go to the School as part of an extension of the Silent Auction.
PRESCHOOL OPEN HOUSE April 30th @ 5:30 pm
We are going to have our Preschool Open house on Thursday, April 30th for any potential Preschooler for Fall 2026.
Reminder - we have summer care, which is a great transition into Preschool during the school year. It would be a great way to get familiar with the school and the structure of a Preschool day before school starts in the fall.
Registration for Summer Care is Open!
Click the flier below to register. Note the deadline dates for registration.
SAC deadline is May 1st
Hello TLS! I wanted to officially invite you and your school to participate in the 2nd Annual MoonDogs Reading Program. The incentive-based program challenges students to read outside of the classroom and rewards them for their commitment to reading. The MoonDogs Annual Reading Program is open to ALL students in kindergarten through 6th grade and will start Monday, February 9, 2026 and run through Monday, May 4, 2026. Thanks again for being a part of this community initiative, and I look forward to working with you and your school this spring!
Gunner Stier Ticket Sales Coordinator, Mankato MoonDogs Baseball Club
This incentive-based program is super easy! Each week you track the minutes your child reads and turn in the slip to the school office! Each sheet turned in, the student reaches a base and earns a prize! The program started last week, so we get a free week and don’t need to write down the hours, but can continue all the way until May! (Past the AR competition) . Kids can pick up a form from their teacher and when they turn in the first form to the office, they automatically will get the 2nd form. Prizes will get distributed at school as they continue through the program. See a copy of the first sheet below. Because we got started late -you can cross out week one on your first form. Or if you know your minutes spent reading you can fill it in. But you get a free week because we joined the program late!
Per Base MoonDogs Prizes
1st Base Prize- AWESOME MoonDogs folder that students can use for class the rest of the spring.
2nd Base Prize- 2 FREE Habaneros tickets to be used at any 2026 regular season game.
3rd Base Prize- MoonDogs logo baseball.
Home Run- 2 FREE MoonDogs tickets to be used at one of the games provided.
*Earn FREE MoonDogs Tickets for you and your family After the 12 weeks of the program are completed, each student who met their reading goals and turned in their calendars for each of the four bases will earn two FREE tickets to a Mankato MoonDogs home game. The MoonDogs organization will deliver the ticket order forms to your school after we receive the final number from your school.
DOOR CODES
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.
SAC Parents, your door code is only useable during PM SAC hours. If you are coming to the school for any other reason at any other time, you will need to ring the doorbell. This is for your child’s safety.
COMING SOON: SAC will use the SIDE door, the old “SAC Door” - currently there is a key pad there but the door is waiting on a part for it to fully function. Please use the front door or gym door still until further notice. When that door is finished, you’ll have access to the SAC door and the Gym door only instead.
Love Kids? Love Jesus?
Trinity’s Summer Day Camp is hiring graduated high school seniors and college students who want to make a difference in the lives of children. Flexible scheduling and $15/hour pay. Contact us today! Email jwulf@trinityjanesvill.com
Yearbooks of the 2025-2026 School Year can already be purchased online!
Orders due by the last day of School, May 23rd, 2026.
Just click the image below! All current 8th Graders will receive a complimentary Yearbook from the TLS PTL!
MAJOR REMINDERS & Key Points
Please try to use Procare to send a message regarding students being absent. Remember when sending a message, to make sure it is clear when the student will be absent by using dates and times. Right now, we are waiting on some repairs of some of our technology so you cannot be let in unless someone is in the office. So in order to let you in properly, we need to know the date and time. This also helps reduce confusion as well. Your time is precious so we are trying to be as efficient as possible.
Our doors open at 8:10 am - 8:20 am. All K-8 students here before 8:10 am must enter via the gym door. Only if you need to speak to the office should you be ringing the doorbell and coming in the front before 8:10 am. The gym door is open, from 7:00 am - 8:20 am. You may have to tug a little harder but it should be open.
At the end of the day, doors open at 3:05 pm. We encourage you to wait outside for your child to ease congestion in our hallways.
If you come in the building during school hours, you must stop in at the office. This is a requirement, not a suggestion.
If children are being picked up during the day they MUST be signed out in the office. Please do not go searching the school for your child(ren).
Even if family members are “approved” for pick up, we still need to be notified when someone other than their parent/guardian is picking them up. Having them approved just means we have all the information we need from them ahead of time.
SAC and PK families: DO NOT share your door codes and please DO NOT use someone else’s door code. I will deactivate your code if I see they are being abused.
Even if you have a door code, it is only usable during those program hours i.e. SAC is from 3:15 pm - 5:30 pm.
We encourage you to share photos so others can enjoy them as well, during events and field trips! Plus, we can always use more for our yearbook. Add your photos to either place by clicking the corresponding button below.
LOOKING FORWARD
Choir Dates
The rest of the Choir Dates have been added to the Google Calendar for the individual choirs and the Lutheran Schools Week time that the entire school sings. All at 10:30 services.
April. 26th: K-2
EVENTS COMING SOON
EASTER Break: April 2-6th: No School for Easter Break
Washington DC Trip: April 7-10th - Jacqie & Mr. Stockman will be gone for this trip. Please be patient and plan ahead as much as possible to make it easier for the staff that will be around and anyone that will be filling in answering phones and trying to coordinate the chaos.
APRIL 14th & 15th: LET’S SMILE CLINIC - Forms due to Jacqie by April 1st.
MN Orchestra: 3rd-5th Grade April 16th - The 3rd, 4th & 5th get to experience the MN Orchestra and hear The Sounds of Disney
PTL ALL SCHOOL DANCE: Friday April 17th
Grandparents Day: April 24th - more information to come.
Living Wax Museum: April 24th - more information to come.
APRIL 25th - SOUTHERN MN AREA SPELLING BEE
APRIL 30th - Preschool Open Hous
The public review and comment period is open for the Waseca County Hazard Mitigation Plan from 11/24-12/8. See the posting below for more information.
UPCOMING EVENTS!!! See Calendar below! You can also check out the Google Calendar under Parents > School Calendar to subscribe.
CROSSFIRE RESUMES Feb 8th!
Social time starts at 7:15pm and Crossfire begins at 7:30pm in the Trinity Discipling Center.
What to expect at Crossfire…
-Opportunities to sing contemporary Christian music with fellow youth believers in Jesus
-A short devotional led by one of the youth leaders followed up by break out discussion groups
-And a time for silent reflection and prayer
Come and see what it’s all about!
Parent Corner
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NEED 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
CLICK HERE
RAISE FUNDS FOR OUR SCHOOL WHILE SHOPPING
An easy way to help our school is through the Box Tops for Education program. If you have a smart phone, you can do the following to start helping our school earn money.
Download the Box Tops for Education App
Open the app and connect Trinity Lutheran School Janesville (School ID: 84936)
You can pick a class to associate with your earnings (optional)
Buy products on the list and scan your grocery store receipt.
Anyone can earn box tops for Trinity so you can send a referral to aunts, uncles, grandparents, friends and family. If you refer a friend and they download the app both you and the referred person can earn 25 bonus box tops. Box tops are worth 10 cents each. As a bonus, if you have a Walmart account, you can link your Box Tops to your Walmart account and any time you make a purchase at Walmart it automatically adds your box top points for you!
We get money for collected Hy-Vee Receipts!
This money goes directly to our school. For every $150 in Hy-Vee Receipts, the local Hy-Vee donates to schools enrolled in the Kash4Kids program.
They have a bonus competition this year and the school with the highest amount turned in for receipts also gets a bonus $100 given to them!
RECEIPT GUIDELINES:
Receipts can only be from 9/1/15-5/31/26 – anything from this past summer doesn’t count. Same for next year, don’t collect over the summer, they can only be collected during the months that school is in session.
ONLY Mankato Hy-Vee Locations
NO alcohol, prescription or gift card purchases count.
NO receipts that say “Cancelled” or “Duplicate”.
Hy-Vee gave over $5000 to local schools last year. We received $510.76!!! YAHOO.
TECH GUIDES
Need help setting some technology limits for your kids? We highly encourage it but sometimes its hard to know where to start. https://www.screenagersmovie.com/blog/4-essential-tech-guides Contains lots of information, even links to four other blogs about helping setting policies for your children on tech.
GOT PHOTOS?
Google Photo Album
We want to make photos that you’ve taken and others have taken shareable among families! Please share pictures you’ve taken at our events or with your child’s classroom to our yearly Google Photo Album. This album is only accessible if you have this link. Click the red button below to access the album.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
