Principal Corner

If you like dramas or comedies, you sometimes witness a situation where a person seems to be out manned, no where to turn, everything seems lost, yet the person is not panicking but remaining calm. The calm person has a knowledge that the others do not know. With this knowledge they can rest assured knowing that everything is going to be ok. As believers in Jesus Christ, we have that knowledge. We know that God has defeated sin, death and the devil when He sent Jesus into the world to live, to teach us, but most importantly to willingly die for our sins. He who was without sin, took our sins upon himself. He then descended to hell to declare victory and rose on the third day. Sin, death and the devil could not hold him. That is the knowledge that believers in God hold onto each day. We know that this world is not our home. We live and enjoy the wonderful creation God has made, knowing that one day Jesus will come back and call all believers to him and take them to Heaven to live eternally. What a joyful day that will be gathering will all the believers to receive the promises God has declared to us. Knowing that we can have a peace in this world that others cannot understand. We have the knowledge. One of my favorite Bible stories is in 2 Kings chapter 6. Elisha is with his servant and the servant goes outside and he sees the enemy army completely surrounding the village they are in. When the servant goes inside in a panic, Elisha is calm and says do not be afraid. The servant probably thought Elisha was not thinking clearly. But then Elisha asked God to open the eyes of his servant. When God opened the eyes of his servant the servant saw the mountains filled with horses and chariots of fire. Elisha knew God was with him and would save him. Help us to have the faith to trust in the promises of God.

CHAPEL OFFERING: November

During the month of November, we will be raising funds for the Shoeboxes we send off on the 20th from Samaritan’s purse: Operation Christmas Child.

Click on the image below to learn more.

Boxes are available at conferences. If you didn’t grab and box AND a label, make sure to reach out and grab one so we can get them all packed and sent!

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.

GIFT IDEAS TO FILL YOUR SHOEBOX

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.

UPCOMING EVENTS!!! See Calendar below! You can also check out the Google Calendar under Parents > School Calendar to subscribe.

SCHOOL GOOGLE CALENDAR

WEEKLY RECAP

The past week has all been about grades, report cards, and wrapping up our first quarter of school! BUT TODAY is Veteran’s Day. Many of our students were also preparing and discussing what that means. Lots of great projects and displays around the school. And a bonus - 3rd Grade interviewed a veteran they knew and Miss Tiara Anderson, who has been doing some hours for school at TLS helped create a video from their little project.

I spy our favorite maintenance guy - David Bonin - interviewed by one of the 3rd graders. We are grateful for his military service (and all his service here to us) and the service of all the other veterans who have paved the future for us. Thank you.

5th & 6th Grade hung up their “God’s Eye” weaving projects in the main hall to the gymnasium earlier this week. A fun array of color and pattern to check out while you are waiting in line for lunch!

DON'T FORGET TO SHARE YOUR PHOTOS

CLICK THE BUTTON TO ADD YOUR PHOTOS TO THE SCHOOL GOOGLE ALBUM

1st Quarter Honor Roll

A Honor Roll:

5th Grade: Zachary Andreen, Blair Foels, Brewer Johnson, Charles Kahnke, Clinton Krueger, Walker Lynch, Savannah Ostgarden, Ayda Schuft

6th Grade: TJ Holmes, Emma Manthe, Agnes Wolff

7th Grade: Emily Andreen, Aveline Johnson

8th Grade: Maddison Marzen, Analiese Owens, Louis Ziemke

B Honor Roll:

5th Grade: Melanie Haberman, Jabin Runner-Brase, Isabel Schoenfeld

6th Grade: Kendra Ewert, Wesley Marzen, Britton Sprengeler, Parker Weber

7th Grade: Talia Androli, Kendall Lang, James Malzahn, Hunter Netzke, Natalie Schoenfeld, Grant Trahms

8th Grade: Malachi Benson, Avery Krueger, Aubriella Lehrke, Wyatt Ostgarden, Zeb Wolter

**Choir Performances On the Calendar**

Nov 15th @ 10:30 - Kindergarten-2nd
TUESDAY, Dec 8th - K-2 Christmas Play @ 6:00 pm
WED, Dec. 16th - 3-8 Led Christmas Service *@ 6:30 pm*
SUNDAY, Dec 20th - BAND & CHOIR CHRISTMAS CONCERT *@ 6 pm*
MONDAY, Dec 21st - Preschool Christmas Program

LOOKING FORWARD

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
Basketball & Cheer Pictures - December 1st
Treasure Trunk - Dec 10th & 11th - looking for tissue paper and gift bags!

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.**

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.

GO TO Parent-Student Handbook

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”.