April 29th, 2026
Principal Corner
I asked my 7th and 8th grade students today if they broke the 8th commandment. Now it took them a few guesses to figure out what the 8th commandment said, but many students raised their hands. I thought they might say that they had not given false testimony against their neighbor. Usually when we hear testimony we think of a court room, and I do not think any of our students have even been in a court room. We dug deeper into what the 8th commandment meant. I also told them the words I had learned in the meaning, “put the best construction on everything.” It seems in our society today we do not want to put the best construction on much of anything. We want to find fault and make judgements on people even without talking to them. We make our own decisions about them without talking to them to find out what they have going on in their lives or find out what they meant about what they said. It gets even more difficult in our lives today with edited videos that do not give us the full truth or AI created videos that never really happened. Putting the best construction on the actions of those around us will not only help us have a better perspective but will help in our relations with others. And when we do not put the best construction on the actions of others, we need to confess our sins both to God and to those we have offended.
Choir REMINDERS & Last performances for the year
K-8 End of Year Choir & Band Concert TUESDAY, May 12th at 6 pm
6-8 Band Plays at Graduation, WEDNESDAY, May 20th at 6:30 pm
Congrats to all our contestants from the SPELLING BEE Last SATURDAY, April 25th.
We have a few even place!
8th Grade: Kaitlyn Schoenfeld
7th Grade: Louis Ziemke - GOT 10th!
6th Grade: James Malzahn
5th Grade: Agnes Wolff
4th Grade: Walker Lynch - GOT 10th!
3rd Grade: Waylen Weber
2nd Grade: Phoenix Lord -GOT SECOND!!!
1st Grade: Penelope Roberts
CHAPEL OFFERING: April
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!
We raised a total of $100 to Camp Omega! Good Job!
Next MONTH CHAPEL - Adopt a Student Fund
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.
STAFF APPRECIATION MONDAY MAY 4th - FRIDAY MAY 8th
Click the Flier to sign up to help cover Lunch & Recess Duty for the teachers!
Keep an eye out for a slip sent home with each student to write a small message to their teacher. Some may have finished it in school, but some may have brought it home. See the email that was sent on Tuesday, April 28th for more information.
Students should wear their teachers favorite color on Wednesday, May 6th:
PK- Yellow
K- Teal
1-Yellow
2- Teal
3- Purple or Cobalt blue
4- Purple
5- Yellow
6- Orange
7/8- Pink
Click the flier to sign up to help with Muffins with MOM
Yearbooks of the 2025-2026 School Year can already be purchased online!
Orders due by the last day of School, May 23rd, 2026.
Yearbooks can also be paid for by check or cash - $22 each.
Send Jacqie an email or send it the money with your student.
Just click the image below! All current 8th Graders will receive a complimentary Yearbook from the TLS PTL!
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!
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
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.
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.
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
EVENTS COMING SOON
NWEA TESTING APRIL 27-MAY 8TH
APRIL 30th - Preschool Open House at 5:30 pm
FIELD TRIPS: May 4th, K-2; May 13th, Safety Patrol; May 14th 5-8th Grade Field trip; May 15th, 3rd & 4th; May 20th 8th Grade to ValleyFair
May 12th - End of Year Concert: ALL CHOIRS & BANDS perform, K-8th Grade at 6 pm
MAY 20th - 8th Grade Graduation at 6:30 pm, 6-8th grade band
MAY 22ND - Last Day Of School - Closing Chapel - Awards - Kindergarten Graduation
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
Click the image above to learn more!
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
SUMMER CAMPS
Want to keep your kid busy all summer? Don’t forget, we have our own Summer Camp at TLS! See fliers above for details. Below you’ll find other places with sports camps and overnight camps!
