Principal Corner

Just over a week ago we celebrated Valentines Day - where people expressed their love for others. But for some people, it is a very lonely day. As a matter of fact, every day can be a very lonely day for some people. A busy emergency room once did a study of the people that came to their facility. They focused on 80 people who had reoccurring visits and those 80 people actually visited the ER 5,139 times in a year. When they studied why these people came so often, they found poverty and food shortage were contributing factors, but the number one reason was a sense of isolation. These people felt alone and knew where they could go to find someone who cared about them. A lot of people are looking for someone who cares about them. As we begin this Lenten season, we celebrate a God who cared so much for each of us that He sent His son Jesus into the world. Jesus came to the world to teach and preach, but most of all He came to die on the cross so that we could be saved. As part of the great commission of going and making disciples, we need to care for those around us. We need to show them love, just as God showed us love by sacrificing His Son. We do not need to give up our life for them; we just need to show them we care for them. We love, because God first loved us. Spread God’s love of care and concern to those in need.

EMAIL SENT - PARENT SURVEY SUCCESS

Principal Stockman sent an email out earlier this week regarding the parent survey that was sent out before Christmas Break. We thank you for taking the time to complete the survey! See the email for more details but we will continue to work on Communication, Customer Service and Consistency with discipline throughout the school. We are very happy to hear that Trinity is seen as a safe place for your children to be!

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.

Trinity Spelling Bee Contestants

Congratulations to the top two students in each class that get to participate in our TLS Spelling Bee on Friday, March 6th at 9:00 am. You will be receiving more information from Jacqie regarding the 50th Annual Spelling Contest for Lutheran Elementary schools on Saturday, April 25th. The Top student of each class is expected to participate. The 2nd student in each class is the back up. Again - more information coming from Jacqie soon. Below are the contestants for our Spelling Bee! Good luck!
1st Grade: Henry Felske & Penelope Roberts
2nd Grade: Phoenix Lord & Ember Wright
3rd Grade: Calvin Roberts & Waylen Weber
4th Grade: Walker Lynch & Ayda Schuft
5th Grade: Agnes Wolff & Emma Manthe
6th Grade: Aveline Johnson & James Malzahn
7th Grade: TBD
8th Grade: TBD

TLS Google Album

K-8 Sings at the beginning of the 10:30 service.

Click the flier to sign up to help with either the brunch or the silent auction.

Teacher Feature

Kindergarten is learning all about Simple Machines in our classroom! We will be exploring, ,sorting, and testing various simple machines. This week the kindergarten class made a simple machine with household items. We used cardboard, straws, duct tape, and lifesaver candy. There will be more to learn about simple machines. St. Patrick Day is coming soon. We will need to trap a leprechaun. We all had a fun day learning about simple machines and racing down the cardboard ramp.

Registration for Summer Care is Open!

Click the flier below to register. Note the deadline dates for registration. SAC deadline is May 1st, PK deadline is April 1st.

Hello TLS! I wanted to officially invite you and your school to participate in the 2nd Annual MoonDogs Reading Program. The incentive-based program challenges students to read outside of the classroom and rewards them for their commitment to reading. The MoonDogs Annual Reading Program is open to ALL students in kindergarten through 6th grade and will start Monday, February 9, 2026 and run through Monday, May 4, 2026. Thanks again for being a part of this community initiative, and I look forward to working with you and your school this spring!

Gunner Stier Ticket Sales Coordinator, Mankato MoonDogs Baseball Club

This incentive-based program is super easy! Each week you track the minutes your child reads and turn in the slip to the school office! Each sheet turned in, the student reaches a base and earns a prize! The program started last week, so we get a free week and don’t need to write down the hours, but can continue all the way until May! (Past the AR competition) . Kids can pick up a form from their teacher and when they turn in the first form to the office, they automatically will get the 2nd form. Prizes will get distributed at school as they continue through the program. See a copy of the first sheet below. Because we got started late -you can cross out week one on your first form. Or if you know your minutes spent reading you can fill it in. But you get a free week because we joined the program late!

Per Base MoonDogs Prizes

1st Base Prize- AWESOME MoonDogs folder that students can use for class the rest of the spring.

2nd Base Prize- 2 FREE Habaneros tickets to be used at any 2026 regular season game.

3rd Base Prize- MoonDogs logo baseball.

Home Run- 2 FREE MoonDogs tickets to be used at one of the games provided.

*Earn FREE MoonDogs Tickets for you and your family After the 12 weeks of the program are completed, each student who met their reading goals and turned in their calendars for each of the four bases will earn two FREE tickets to a Mankato MoonDogs home game. The MoonDogs organization will deliver the ticket order forms to your school after we receive the final number from your school.

**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.

**Love Kids? Love Jesus?**

Trinity’s Summer Day Camp is hiring graduated high school seniors and college students who want to make a difference in the lives of children. Flexible scheduling and $15/hour pay. Contact us today! Email jwulf@trinityjanesvill.com

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.

Yearbook Photos

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.
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. See above for more information Book Fair, Spelling Bee, Activities & Dress Up Days.
A flier will be sent home.
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 - Jacqie & Mr. Stockman will be gone for this trip. Please be patient and plan ahead as much as possible to make it easier for the staff that will be around and anyone that will be filling in answering phones and trying to coordinate the chaos.

Tuesday, March 24th @ 6:30 pm

Currently in Preschool and going to attend Kindergarten? Know someone outside of Trinity who will be ready for Kindergarten next year? Have them come visit! To attend Kindergarten at TLS you must be age 5 by Sept 1st.

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.

Waseca County HMP News Release - Public Form Period

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.