September 16th, 2026
Principal Corner
In the first few years after I came to Trinity, a group of men cut down one of the large trees on the playground. The tree looked healthy, but they decided to take it down anyway. They had hooked up a tractor and a long rope, a pull line, to make sure the tree fell in the correct direction when it was cut down. Visible, inside the tree, was a big rotted area, despite the tree looking healthy on the outside. Sometimes we are like that tree. We look healthy on the outside, but there’s so much more happening on the inside. When we are rooted in Christ, when Christ is our rock, the world around us (on the outside) can be going crazy and we can still be calm and sure because we are getting the nutrients we need to sustain a healthy spiritual life (on the inside). We do this by going to church, reading the Bible, doing devotions, and prayer. We help to maintain that stability in our lives and being spiritually healthy helps us all to connect to God‘s word so that we keep that focus on God. Then, having that healthy core (inside), we are healthy, spiritually, and no matter what’s going on around us, we are connected to Christ.
A NO FUSS FUNDRAISER? YES PLEASE
TLS COLOR FUN RUN
RED, WHITE & ROOTED IN CHRIST
Our 18th ANNUAL FUN RUN will take place on Friday, September 25th from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. This is the only FUN-draiser in which we ask students to participate. Unlike most fundraisers which require students to sell items, the students are asked to obtain pledges per lap, or donations, from family and friends, and then run laps around the playground. It’s a fantastic fun day. The money raised helps pay for many items needed for our students and keep our school running every year!
We want 100% student participation and have a goal of $20,000. Students can obtain prizes by reaching different levels of donations. We also ask each student to raise a minimum of $50. If we can accomplish that, then maybe something special will happen! All students receive a shirt so that the kids can match the day of the fun run AND can hopefully COLOR their shirt. This year is a color run, so there will be colored chalk to help make their white shirts colorful. We are testing out some options to make the color stick! Stay tuned next week for some tips and tricks!
All donations and forms are due Oct 1st to the classroom teacher, to qualify a student for the classroom prizes! We have a competition every year for the highest per student money raised gets some special treatment!
UPCOMING EVENTS!!! See Calendar below! You can also check out the Google Calendar under Parents > School Calendar to subscribe.
Choir Performances On the Calendar
It is being worked out which choir will be performing on which Sunday, this will be updated ASAP.. But Mrs. Hook plans on the 3rd-5th Choir doing the September Performance.
Sept 20th @ 10:30 3rd-5th Choir
Oct 4th @ 10:30
Nov 15th @ 10:30
WEEKLY WRAP UP
Sunday, 9/13 Teachers were installed at the 10:30 church service.
3rd Graders & New Students were given their Bibles. Thank you for those that could be there!
Soccer played their first game of the season!
Volleyball had TWO home games this past week!
What is this Sign for?
In the spring, we have a LIVE Auction, where anyone attending can bid on this very exclusive parking spot! Please keep it clear! It is for the family that bid on it to use the entire school year. So any school functions or during the school day, this spot is reserved for that family to use.
7th & 8th Graders got ALL PACKED IN to head to Camp OMEGA TODAY!
We hope they have an amazing time! Thank you chaperones!
LOOKING FORWARD
WED 9/16 BUTTER BRAID ORDERS PICK UP FROM SCHOOL GYM 3:30-5:30
7th & 8th Grade Camp Omega 9/16-9/18
3rd-5th Choir Sings at 10:30 service, Sunday, Sept 20th.
HOME Soccer & Volleyball Game Tuesday, Sept 22nd
Picture Retake Day Sept 24th
HOME Volleyball Game, Thursday, Sept 24th
FUN RUN 1pm-3pm September 25th.
Fun Run Money due to teachers Wednesday, Sept 30th
Friday, Oct 2nd, 5th- 8th Big Island Rendezvous
Thursday, Oct 8th - Preschool at Autumn Acres
Sat. Oct 10th - Volleyball Tournament hosted at TLS
Sunday, Oct 11th - Feed the Farmer
KEYWORD: HELP
GET SERVICE HOURS AND HELP MAKE OUR GAMES POSSIBLE
Click the Popcorn to sign up to hep at Volleyball Games or Soccer Games!
CHAPEL OFFERING: September
During the month of September, we will be raising funds and collecting items for the Crisis Nursery - Mankato Area. We will be focusing on items for out in the cold! The Crisis Nursery could really use mittens or gloves from toddler size all the way to adult. All money collected in September will also be donated to get them $15 Gas cards for families they serve.
JMC - GRADES & LUNCH ACCOUNT ACCESS
3rd-8th Grade Students have grades posted on JMC in the Family Portal.
Login to the Parent Portal
username is your family last name (if complex family, check with Jacqie on what your username would be)
password you chose during registration - you can check your registration confirmation email to see what you put as your password
when logging in, double check you have the correct school year showing in the drop down menu
You can check grades & lunch account balance here.
As with ANYTHING - please ask the office if you have any questions!
THEN WHAT IS PROCARE FOR?
Communication
Send messages to the office and the teacher simultaneously by choosing “Classroom Chat” in the drop down. Anything that both the teacher and the office might need to know (attendance, late in or leaving early, etc)
Choose “Office Chat” for anything else!
Admin can see both. Teachers can only see classroom. So if you want the teacher to be notified, please message in Classroom Chat.
Billing/Sign In & Out
Billing for before and after care is DIRECTLY tied to sign in & out on Procare.
That is another reason it is so important for you to sign your children in and out, especially for before and after care in all grades.
Billing for tuition and payment plans is done through Procare.
Account balances can be checked in the app and a more detailed line by line account can be seen at www.myprocare.com (same place you completed registration).
Sign In & Out of school - it helps get a signature for those picking students up and keeping track of people allowed to pick up your child from school. Even though they are on the pick up list, we still need to be notified if someone other than the parent/guardian will be picking up a child from school.
Incident Tracking
Behavior Monitoring
Medication Log
Emergency Contact information on Field Trips & Emergency Alerts
Staff Time Cards
We utilize Procare for a lot of different aspects of the day to day during school.
Click the flier to order take out.
Want to read up on our Policies?
TLS Parent Student Handbook is located on our website! There are also paper copies that can be sent home with your child if you wish to have one. Please email the office at tlsinfo@trinityjanesville.com if you’d like a paper copy to be sent home. Also email the office if you want to be entered to win a gift card, as a reward, for actually reading this newsletter! Find the KEY WORD hidden and enter that as your subject to be entered.
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.
RECEIPT GUIDELINES:
Receipts can only be from 9/1/26-5/27/27 – 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 had a competition between schools for a bonus amount and we got 2nd place!! YAHOO! More soon on how much we received total from last year.
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.
CONGRATULATIONS ON FIND THIS SECTION! Now find the KEYWORD AND EMAIL IT TO TLSINFO@TRINITYJANESVILLE.COM TO BE ENTERED TO WIN A GIFT CARD AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER
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.
