Principal Corner

Why are we here? Has anyone ever said this to you or have you ever said it to someone else. Maybe a meeting was called and you did not know why. Or maybe you were following your phones directions and you and wondering why the map was taking you on a certain route. I have probably had a student or two ask that question in my classroom. But the bigger picture would be why we are here on earth. We are here because God saw in his divine and infinite wisdom to create us. We are not here to serve ourselves; we are here to serve God. We gather together to praise God. We have conversations with God through reading his word, devotions and prayer. And we have the opportunity to serve God through doing good for others in this world. Pastors sermon this past Sunday talked about Paul’s words to us, never grow weary of doing good for others. We are here to serve God and by doing good for others we are serving God. Jesus stated, whatever you do for the least of these you do for our father in heaven.

Yearbooks of the 2025-2026 School Year can already be purchased online!

Orders due by the last day of School, May 23rd, 2026.

Just click the image below! All current 8th Graders will receive a complimentary Yearbook from the TLS PTL!

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.

TEACHER FEATURE

5th Grade Service

Throughout the year, not only does the 5th Grade class put up and take down the flags for us outside the school, but they help out at the food shelf. Before Thanksgiving, they help carefully pack “Thanksgiving Meal” bags for the food shelf! They will do a similar project before Christmas & Easter as well this year.

4th Grade celebrated Veteran’s Day last week by getting to see and feel parts of a real Marine Corps dress uniform.

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

Make sure you ask your kids about the slip for the survey and please make sure you take the survey! Last day to turn in the slip is Tuesday, Nov. 25th, make sure to send one for each kid!

email “work” to tlsinfo@trinityjanesville.com to be entered in a drawing! Gold star for you!

Bulldog Association Tournament

November 22nd - November 23rd our gym is used during the annual tournament hosted by the Bulldog Association. It is a great fundraiser for our athletic department. It’s also an opportunity for our students to earn money for their 8th Grade trip OR this year, the DC Trip. For each time slot, there must be an adult working with the students. Each student will earn money toward either trip (on a per hour basis) and it is banked until that time comes. Click the popcorn to be taken to the sign up.

THANKSGIVING BREAK NOV 26-28

Reminder there is NO SCHOOL WED-FRI the week of Thanksgiving. We will be doing Chapel on Tuesday, Nov 25th and we will collect goods for the food shelf!

CHRISTMAS CONCERTS & PROGRAMS

December brings many festive occasions, including our very own Choir/Band Concert as well as the Christmas Programs.
3-8 Choir & Band Concert is Friday, Dec. 5th at 6 pm in the church Discipling Center
3-8 Christmas Program is Wed., Dec 10th at 6:30 pm in the Discipling Center
K-2 Christmas Program is Wed., Dec 17th at 6:30 pm in the Church sanctuary

**HOME GAMES START DEC 2nd**

Come cheer on our Basketball Teams and get parent service hours at the same time! We need volunteers to run the clock, do book and run the concession stand for all basketball games. If we don’t have the volunteers, the games can’t happen. Click on the cardinal to be taken to our sign up for each home basketball game. December’s are all in, more games to be added.

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

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!

PTL President Position to be Open

After many years, Tina Schoenfeld has decided this will be her last school year as the president of the TLS PTL. They are actively looking for her replacement and wanted to give plenty of time for those interested to come to many meetings, experience first hand what happens “behind the scenes” of the events that get put on by the PTL, and shadow to help them decide. Contact Tina if you are interested: 507-573-3894 or trinityjanesvillePTL@gmail.com

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

**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.

RAISE FUNDS FOR OUR SCHOOL WHILE SHOPPING

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.