October 7th, 2026
Principal Corner
“Look at Me”
Young children love to have parents and adults watch them do things. Look at me jump, look at me ride my bike, look at me bounce on the trampoline, look at how fast I run. These are all commonly heard from young children that want their parent or other adult to see them do things. This is acceptable for children, but not so much for adults. Yet, many adults will say look at me by dressing in the latest and most expensive clothes, driving the fanciest cars, or by flaunting how much money they have. Yet, as adults we know we are to look to God. We are made in God’s image and to become who God planned us to be, we need to not have others look to us, but we need to look to God. In that way others can see the good works we are doing and give God the honor and glory. When we are doing the adult version of look at me, we are not pointing others to God, we are just pointing to ourselves. Without God, we would be nothing. Be someone who helps others find their way to God, not their way to you.
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UPCOMING EVENTS!!! See Calendar below! You can also check out the Google Calendar under Parents > School Calendar to subscribe.
Choir Performances On the Calendar
Nov 15th @ 10:30 - Kindergarten-2nd
WEEKLY RECAP
5th- 8th Grade had a grand ol time at the Big Island Rendezvous down in Albert Lea last week!
CLICK THE BUTTON TO ADD YOUR PHOTOS TO THE SCHOOL GOOGLE ALBUM
FUN RUN FUNdraiser results:
WE HAVE SURPASSED OUR GOAL!
Our goal was raising $20, 000 for the fun run!
We raised $25053.40!
WAY TO GO TLS!
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS!!!
WHICH CLASS WINS THE CLASS PRIZE?
Which class had the highest average amount raised per student? The winning class earns a trip to the bowling alley with treats for their class!
Which class is it? Do you have a guess? Hmm…maybe there is a clue hidden somewhere in this newsletter….
ALSO - congrats to all our classrooms! EVERY CLASS had over $100 per student raised on average, which means they ALL EARNED A MOVIE AFTERNOON!
LOOKING FORWARD
Midterm Reports Cards 3-8 Grade sent home TODAY, Wed Oct 7th.
Thursday, Oct 8th - Preschool at Autumn Acres
Thursday, Oct 8th - 4th Grade History Fest
Thursday, Oct 8th A Volleyball Scrimmage JWP & SOCCER LAST PRACTICE
Friday, Oct 9th - Let’s Smile Clinic
Sat. Oct 10th - Volleyball Tournament hosted at TLS
Sunday, Oct 11th - Feed the Farmer
NO SCHOOL THURSDAY OCT 15th - MONDAY OCT 19th
Uptown Trick or Treat & Trinity’s Trunk or Treat THURSDAY Oct 29th
GET SERVICE HOURS AND HELP MAKE OUR GAMES POSSIBLE
Click the Popcorn to sign up to help at the volleyball tournament & the LAST volleyball home game.
CHAPEL OFFERING: October
During the month of October, we will be raising funds for the Shoeboxes we send off in November from Samaritan’s purse.: Operation Christmas Child.
Click on the image below to learn more.
We will provide families with a shoebox to pack. Start shopping and collecting items to fill your shoebox. Shoeboxes will be available to pick up from school in a few weeks and we will also have a deadline of when they will need to be dropped back off to the school and the students will gather for a send off! Check out the packing suggestions by clicking the red button below. Please be mindful of not overfilling the box. If it needs a rubber band, it is too full.
Please also pay attention to the list of things you should NOT include in the shoebox - reading instructions is important. Many have ignored this list in the past and everything gets thrown in the trash if it is not allowed to be in the shoebox.
Hobby Lobby does a great job of having marked shelves designated for shoebox purchases as well as shoeboxes to use (if we run out, which would be a blessing!) If you decide to get your own shoebox, it must be the size of their shoeboxes or an average shoebox, not oversized. They give these gifts out to many children across the globe and want them to be EQUAL in size and fullness. Think about when your child sees someone else with a bigger present than what they are given, how do they feel? So please follow their guidelines.
You can also send a virtual box (just a monetary donation) from the website and also purchase items and someone at Samaritan’s Purse builds a physical box for you! You just pay to have it filled! Lots of options to give back this upcoming holiday season.
DO NOT INCLUDE: Soap; candy; toothpaste; gum; used or damaged items; scary or war-related items such as toy guns, knives, or military figures; chocolate or food; seeds; fruit rolls or other fruit snacks; drink mixes (powdered or liquid); liquids or lotions; medications or vitamins; breakable items such as snow globes or glass containers; aerosol cans; alcohol wipes.
Papers or payments to drop off?
There is a locked box outside the office and a tray for paperwork. (signs indicating their use have been up since Orientation night!) Please leave papers face down and put any payments into the black box. With Mr. Stockman teaching full time, there is no one in the office until Jacqie arrives for the day, so please leave these items in either of these two places so they can easily be found and taken care of. Thank you.
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”.
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 OCTOBER
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
KEYWORD: SPOOKY
