February 4th, 2026
Principal Corner
The ground hog saw his shadow and that means more winter. At least that is what tradition states. I saw a stat, and do not know if it is accurate, but the ground hog is correct on his prediction only 40% of the time. Considering there are just two choices, 50% would be the theoretical probability. So in theory the ground hog is worse at predicting continued winter or early spring then the theoretical probability. There is one probability I know is always right. That is God’s word. If God says it, it will happen 100%. And it is a sure thing that the only way to heaven is through Jesus Christ, our Savior. I can with all confidence state that all who believe in God and do his work will one day be in Heaven with the true Triune God. With so many things that we do not know about or cannot predict, it is good to know what is a sure thing. God’s love for us. God’s word and promises. Jesus coming back again and all believers joining God in heaven. On that final judgement day there will not be any loopholes, no witnesses going missing, no incorrect rulings or judges being bribed. There will only be God’s word and judgement, and it will be 100% perfect.
CHAPEL OFFERING RESULTS FOR JANUARY
Baby Bottle Battle
All month long, the students would bring money in to try to fill the baby bottles in each classroom. Some had a friendly competition between boys and girls. We raised a total of $337.33.
Preschool: $18.59
Kindergarten: Boys $11.27 vs Girls $16.51
1st Grade: Boys $5.25 vs Girls $12.52
2nd Grade: Boys $21.45 vs Girls $6.59
3rd Grade: Boys $48.15 vs Girls $56.06
4th Grade: Boys $19.57 vs Girls $20.12 vs Mrs. Lund $15
5th Grade: $29.25
6th Grade: $57
CHAPEL OFFERING: FEBRUARY
February’s chapel funds will go to support the Orphan Grain Train. To donate to the cause directly, you can click on the image below.
In the past, we have always done Hearts for Jesus in February, this year, Hearts for Jesus doesn’t have a specific organization listed and suggests that schools do one of their choosing. In honor of Pastor Pasche’s (St. Peter’s Bell) father who recently passed, and had a passion for helping with the Orphan Grain Train in the past.
1st Quarter Honor Roll (a tad late)
A Honor Roll:
5th Grade: Arielle Brunson, TJ Holmes, Emma Manthe, Agnes Wolf
6th Grade: Emily Andreen, Talia Androli, Aveline Johnson, Kendall Lang, James Malzahn, Hunter Netzke
7th Grade: Analiese Owens, Louis Ziemke
8th Grade: Kaitlyn Schoenfeld
B Honor Roll:
5th Grade: Kendra Ewert, Cadence Grother, Britton Sprengeler, Parker Weber
6th Grade: Natalie Schoenfeld, Grant Trahms, Carter Winter
7th Grade: Malachi Benson, Avery Krueger, Aubriella Lehrke, Wyatt Ostgarden, Zeb Wolter
8th Grade: Brody Berndt, Lofton Johnson
Congrats to all our contestants this year!
4th Grade: Savannah Ostgarden & Clinton Krueger
5th Grade: Emma Manthe & Arielle Brunson
6th Grade: Natalie Schoenfeld & Grant Trahms
7th Grade: Malachi Benson & Louis Ziemke
8th Grade: Lofton Johnson & Kaitlyn Schoenfeld
AND TO OUR WINNER EMMA MANTHE!
TLS TOURNAMENT
36th Annual Tournament
A HUGE THANKS TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS that stepped up and helped out this past weekend! (psst… Riley Winter - especially you!) We couldn’t have done it without you! The tournament ran smooth, ahead of schedule, and we got lots of compliments from families and coaches. Congratulations on some great games for our girls and boys and for the 3rd Place finish for our A Boys. Got pictures from the tournament or pep fest? Add them to the TLS Google Album by clicking on the button below!
ANNUAL SILENT AUCTION - MARCH 1st - LOOKING FOR DONATIONS
We challenge each family, to ask their employers or coworkers for a donation for the Silent Auction. Many companies have funds set aside for charitable donation! OR maybe your coworkers want to go in on an item?
If you have an even bigger item or donation, or your company would like to be a sponsor of Tribute to Trinity (see below), talk to Jacqie.
For each donation a family brings in, they will earn 1 hour of your required service hours (or more)!
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.
POLICY PIT STOP
A feature highlighting a policy straight from the Parent-Student Handbook
MISSION STATEMENT – TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL
Trinity Lutheran Church and School form one community of faith for the purpose of making disciples of Jesus Christ through a faithful Word and Sacrament ministry.
To that end, we provide motivation and the opportunity for:
joyful and reverent worship of the triune God
ongoing Christian education for all ages
cheerful service to God and others
friendly fellowship with one another
enthusiastic witness to the one saving Gospel
All this we do in the Name of and for the sake of Jesus Christ!
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.
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
Choir Dates
The rest of the Choir Dates have been added to the Google Calendar for the individual choirs and the Lutheran Schools Week time that the entire school sings. All at 10:30 services.
Feb 15th: 3-5
March 1st: K-8
March 15th: 6-8
April. 26th: K-2
EVENTS COMING SOON
Silent Auction and PTL Brunch Kick OFF: SUNDAY, MARCH 1st
Lutheran Schools Week: March 1st - 8th. Watch for more information about Book Fair, Spelling Bee, Activities & Dress Up Days
Tribute to Trinity: Friday, March 27th - Live Auction, Entertainment and Dinner. Look forward to a “wild” good time.
EASTER Break: April 2-6th: No School for Easter Break
Washington DC Trip: April 7-10th
The public review and comment period is open for the Waseca County Hazard Mitigation Plan from 11/24-12/8. See the posting below for more information.
UPCOMING EVENTS!!! See Calendar below! You can also check out the Google Calendar under Parents > School Calendar to subscribe.
CROSSFIRE RESUMES Feb 8th!
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!
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
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.
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.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
