Principal Corner
Have you ever fallen short of something you wanted to accomplish? Have you felt like a failure because you did not get a job, got in a fight with your loved one, or the many other aspects in our lives that we seem to fail doing well? This can make you feel worthless, but you should not. Our identity should not be tied to our job, our relationships with others, our popularity or how much money we have. Our identity in found in God, through Jesus Christ. God sent His son into the world to live, teach us through his words and actions on this earth, and to willingly die for our sins on the cross. God has redeemed us from our sins. We are a child of God. That is our identity. A child of God who God continues to love regardless of the failures in our life. When we go to God and ask for forgiveness for our failures, he wipes our sins away, we are made as white as snow. Our sins are removed from us as far as the east is from the west. When we tie our identity to things in this world, those things will fail and we will feel like failures. But when we connect our identity to what God has done for us, we know we are loved and redeemed and will not feel like a failure because God has won the battle.
IN NEED OF COACHES
We would love to get our basketball season started, BUT we are still in need of some coaches for our teams. Click on the image to the right to access the coaching application - forms are due by Oct 23rd.
PARENT-STUDENT Directory
If you indicated you would like a Parent Student directory during registration, they are almost finished and was sent home with a child in your family yesterday, TUESDAY the 20th of October. If you did not receive one and would like one, please let Jacqie know.
These contain general contact information of other families that attend our school as well as contact information of staff and an event calendar. If you indicated you did not want to be part of the directory, your contact information was kept out of the directory.
UPCOMING EVENTS!!! See Calendar below! You can also check out the Google Calendar under Parents > School Calendar to subscribe.
WEEKLY RECAP
The teachers had a marvelous time at the Great Plains Lutheran Educator’s Conference over MEA and have been filled with knowledge and a new spark for the fall!
KEYWORD: REFRESH
4th Graders have made their scarecrows and they are up and ready at the nursing home to entertain the residents!
Which student created which scarecrow? Click each image to see!
CLICK THE BUTTON TO ADD YOUR PHOTOS TO THE SCHOOL GOOGLE ALBUM
Choir Performances On the Calendar
Nov 15th @ 10:30 - Kindergarten-2nd
LOOKING FORWARD
Uptown Trick or Treat & Trinity’s Trunk or Treat THURSDAY Oct 29th
Basketball to start soon! Watch for an email with details on practices, coaches and more. But first we need more coaches. See above to apply.
End of Quarter is Nov 5th - NO SCHOOL Friday, Nov 6th.
Parent-Teacher conferences Nov 10th & 12th
Samaritan’s Purse Shoebox Deadline, Nov 20th
Bulldog Association Basketball Tournament Nov 21-22
Food Shelf Donation @ Chapel - Tuesday, Nov 24th
THANKSGIVING BREAK - NO SCHOOL NOVEMBER 25-27
Parent -Teacher Conferences
The End of the 1st Quarter will be here before we know it! We have Parent-Teacher conferences at that time, and you’ll be given your child’s first report card for the year. We do an optional parent-teacher conference in February as well for a mid-year check in but this first set is a MUST! It’s a great time to see how the year is starting and your child is adjusting.
Are you a Thrivent Member?
Did you know that you have free choice dollars available to designate towards any charitable organization?
Thrivent Choice Dollars are charitable grant funds provided by Thrivent Financial that eligible members can direct to support enrolled churches, schools, and 501(c)(3) nonprofits (that’s us here at TLS)!!!
Choice Dollars can be designated annually between January 1 and December 31. Undirected funds expire at the end of the calendar year.
Eligible clients can log in to manage and direct their funds online via the following link (click on the image) or by calling Thrivent at 800-847-4836.
GET SERVICE HOURS AND HELP MAKE OUR GAMES POSSIBLE
Click the Popcorn to sign up to help at the Bulldog Association Basketball tournament coming up in Nov. Students grades 5-8 can also help and earn $$ toward future class trips.
IN SEARCH OF….
Embroidery. Does someone know of someone or a company that does embroidery or has an embroidery machine? Looking for a special project at the school.
Metal works/welding. Someone willing to make a metal cardinal for a project we are working on. Large, for a sign. Dimensions need to be figured out yet.
Woodworking. Looking to get a long wooden banquette for outdoor use made. Must be weather proof and hopefully durable. Possibly with storage, but it’s ok if it’s just seating. For another project we are working on.
Donations to make any of these projects are also always welcome! Reach out to Jacqie if you are willing and able to provide any of these skills or you know of someone that would be.
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 and you can pick it up at conferences. 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.
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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
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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.
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.
CONGRATULATIONS ON FINDING 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
