Principal Corner

Someone told me about a Christian speaker that said “In today’s world many people are focused on two things: self and wealth.” As I thought about this, I can really see it in people today. Do you know someone like this? Are you someone like this? I know at times in my life, I have been about self and wealth. Putting my self and my needs before those of others, and before God. It is easy to see these traits in others. I saw a short clip about a social media influencer that went into a school they did not attend, walked into a classroom, and was doing a video and talking to his “audience” causing a major disruption to the learning environment in the classroom. This person was before the judge who kept asking, “You are not a student of the school, so why were you there?” And the person had no good answer, they gave answers they thought were good, but not to the judge. Sometimes it is harder to see those behaviors in ourselves because just like the person before the judge, we have justified our behaviors in our head. We will all stand before a judge one day and our attempts to excuse our actions will be fruitless. This judge will know what is in our heart and will make his ruling on the facts for He knows everything. As Christians, we know that if we profess Jesus as Lord in our lives, the judges verdict will be favorable for us, not because of what we have done, but because of what Jesus did for us.

APRIL OFFERING

During the month of April, our offering goes toward Camp Omega! We have many students that attend camp there every summer, they partner with our church to provide an awesome VBS experience AND they hold special sessions for our 7th & 8th graders each fall! Donations help keep them going and providing the fun, Christian atmosphere our kids need in a camp! Check them out if you haven’t before, they have great options for family camps!

The Trinity Lutheran Church Board of Outreach has generously agreed to MATCH our Chapel funds for APRIL & MAY! Let’s get those chapel offerings up!

Our Confirmands are GOWNING UP!

The TLC Confirmation students were fitted before Easter Break! We have many students that attend other churches in the area as well that are getting confirmed this year, but those that belong to TLC have their confirmation this Sunday, April 27th. Make sure you congratulate them on confirming their faith in front of the congregation and all their family and friends! We are proud of all of you!

Spelling BEE THIS WEEKEND at St. Paul’s Truman, Sat. April 26th

We are so excited for our students that are representing us! Pictured below are all the participants from our Spelling Bee which were the tops in each of their classes. Those going to the area spelling bee in Truman are:

8th Grade: Ava Trahms

7th Grade: Tenley Sprengeler

6th Grade: Louis Ziemke

5th Grade: Cadence Britton

4th Grade: Emma Manthe

3rd Grade: Payton Simon

2nd Grade: Lochran Sheehy

1st Grade: Ember Wright

Kindergarten Screening can be scheduled for any current preschool student that would be attending Kindergarten next year. More dates to come.

AN EMAIL About Tuition for the 2025-2026 School Year was sent Tuesday, April 8th. You can also visit our TUITION & FEES page on the website.

**TUITION ASSISTANCE**

Trinity offers two programs to assist with the cost of tuition. The first is RaiseRight, a program allowing families to purchase gift cards to be used when making every day purchases at local businesses. A portion of the purchase amount can be put towards a students tuition costs. Click here for more details!
The second is a Tuition Assistance Program funded through private donations given to the "Secret Angel Fund" at Trinity Lutheran Church and School. Families need to apply for tuition assistance before registration each year to see if they qualify for this assistance.
To determine eligibility in the Secret Angel Fund, an account must be created through FACTS. For more information and to create an account, please visit their website: https://online.factsmgt.com/grant-aid/inst/40XC8/landing-page

**NWEA Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP®) Testing**

Grades K-8 will take place April 28-May 9. **The best way to prepare for MAP testing is to make sure your child gets a good night’s sleep and eats breakfast.**
Through this process, we will get a better idea of what the students know. This results in a rewarding experience for the student, and a wealth of detailed information for teachers, parents, and administrators.
MAPS Testing presents students with engaging, age-appropriate content. As a student responds to questions, the test responds to the student, adjusting up or down in difficulty. As students answer a question correctly, they get a question of higher difficulty. If the students do not correctly answer the question, the next question will be a little lower in difficulty.
When us parents were kids, this testing was always on paper, now the kids do testing on their Chromebooks! We are so thankful to have a Chromebook for each student in K-8 for this reason.

GRANDPARENTS DAY - May 2nd

Starts @ 1 pm - listen to the beautiful music of our TLS choirs at the church and then check out our Middle School Science Fair! The kids will all want to show their grandparents their classrooms! Everyone will make their way to the school to check out the classrooms and there could be some fun activities with their class! Make sure if grandparents are taking them from school, you notify the teacher ahead of time. Anyone leaving early will need to sign out the students. Parents - make sure the grandparents that are taking home kids are actually listed on the Procare App!

SOUTHERN MN LUTHERAN SCHOOL SPELLING BEE - in Truman, MN on Saturday, April 26th.

PTL PENNY WARS - April 28th - May 2nd - more details to come.
GRANDPARENTS DAY - May 2, 2025 - starts at 1 pm
Staff Appreciation Week - May 12th - 16th.
Muffins with Mom - May 12th. - THIS IS A MONDAY THIS YEAR
FIELD TRIPS IN MAY: When the permission slips are sent home is when you can sign up to be a chaperone to be fair to everyone who wants to go. Some trips will be limited on how many chaperones due to space and deadlines for reservations and final numbers requested by the facility.
- 8th Grade to Brainerd - Thursday May 8th - Saturday May 10th.
- 5th, 6th, & 7th State Capitol & Fort Snelling - coming back after school hours. May 9th.
- 3rd & 4th Science Museum - May 8th.
- 4th Grade @ Abby Graduation - May 9th
- K-2 Oxbow Park - May 15th.
- SAFETY PATROL GOES TO NICKELODEON UNIVERSE - May 14th.
K-8 SPRING Choir & Band Concert - May 14th at 6:00 pm
SAVE THE DATE - VBS - JULY 28th - AUGUST 1ST
SUMMER CARE REGISTRATION IS OPEN

SUMMER CARE REGISTRATION IS OPEN

Click the poster below to be taken to the links! OR just login to your www.myprocare.com account and you’ll see the registration available there!

2024-2025 Yearbooks can be ordered online! Current 8th Graders get a complimentary one, thanks PTL!

REMEMBER: Don’t send your kid to school sick!

With it being that time of year, where illness is going around, please give your kids the time they need to recover at home. Not only is this better for them, it keeps the virus they have from spreading to other students. It doesn’t feel fair that your kid is ill but if you can help prevent the spread, that is helpful. Keep in mind our illness policy. It can be found on the website under the Parent tab and also in our handbook.

**TLS Illness Policies**
**Wondering when you can send your child to school if they have been sick?**
**If you can answer “No” to all of the following questions, then they are able to come back. If you have any questions, please contact the school office:**
**Has the student…..**
**had a fever of 100 degrees or higher in the last 24 hours?**
**taken fever reducing medication in the last 24 hours?**
**had diarrhea in the last 24 hours?**
**had any vomiting in the last 24 hours?**
**taken any medication to help reduce diarrhea or vomiting in the last 24 hours?**
**been given a medication by the doctor for any of the following: pink eye, strep throat, or contagious rashes in less than 24 hours?**
**tested positive for COVID within the last 5 days?**

Calling all FB users. We need your help! You will notice that we are beefing up our Facebook presence (Instagram soon) and while we work hard to put the content up, it’s you that can make the REAL difference. When you see TLS posts, please take a minute to LIKE, COMMENT on, or SHARE the content. Every time you engage with our FB page it spreads our message further and further. We have something so special here at Trinity and we want everyone to know about it.

PARENT CORNER

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YOUR RESOURCE CENTER

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PARENT CORNER +++ YOUR RESOURCE CENTER +++

**Great Communication Tool + More**

A lot of staff and parents love using Procare. It’s a great communication tool AND it serves multiple purposes for staff and behind the scenes tracking. It is the **required** sign in and out needed for our Childcare/Preschool and our SAC programs. It is a great way to calculate and bill and get other invoices paid from families! It has helped streamline many processes for us. One this it is not, is an EMERGENT messaging system. Please, and this has always been the case, if you have a last minute change or message to get to your children, try to call the school and do not be afraid to leave a message. A Procare message is not an alert system for last minute changes. We want our teachers teaching, not staring at their phones for notifications constantly. We encourage you to use it for everything else.

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

NEED VOLUNTEER HOURS???

CHECK HERE

Where do you turn to know if a movie, book or other media is appropriate for my child? One place you can check is Common Sense Media https://www.commonsensemedia.org/, the website lists age levels for books, TV, movies, games podcasts and apps. Check it out at the link.

**DOOR CODES**

**SIDE DOOR USED FOR SAC IS LOCKED!**
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. This is why we got a code system, to increase safety in our before and after school programs.

WEEKLY REMINDERS

When calling the school, please leave a voicemail if we don’t answer. If the phone is not answered, we are on another call or just a few minutes away from the phone. Voicemail is something that gets checked immediately up return to the office.

If you arrive or your children arrive after 8:20, please have them report to the office. We still appreciate them getting signed in with the Procare App but we need a report to the office first. Thankyou.

Please be mindful and help reduce interruptions. If you arrive at the school - go to the office. We will grab the student or deliver an item or message. You may think it’s just a quick visit or you are doing no harm, but a small view of a visitor causes more disruption than you can imagine. Please be respectful and check in with the office, even if the class or teacher, knows you are coming.
Make sure you are notifying the school via Procare or email that your child is leaving early ahead of time or will be absent. We can coordinate best and make the most of your time if we can plan ahead. Middle school schedules are very different than they have been so knowing ahead of time will help reduce delays for everyone.
Jacqie leaves for a break between 11:15 - 12:00 every day. Please try to avoid stopping by at those times if you can help it. If you do, please be patient and wait outside while she answers the doorbell and talks to you via the intercom. Sometimes directions need to be given or information needs to be gathered, so please do not expect other staff to open the door for you. They have their own jobs, caring for their students.
If you are here to pick up your children early or have something to drop off to them, please help minimize interruptions in the classroom by stopping by the office. Same goes with dropping things off for teachers, please stop in the office.
Please wait outside the school until 3:05 pm and have your children come to you EXCEPT for Preschool parents.
Make sure that you are paying Tuition in separate payments from SAC/WAC care. Tuition is reported differently than childcare for taxes. Therefore we ask you do not lump them together when making payments so that we can accurately report your totals at the end of the year. Preschool however, is reportable on taxes as a childcare expense.

Share Your Photos

We are always on the lookout for photos to put in the yearbook and you could’ve captured a great one! Below are the links to add photos to two of our Google Photo Albums! One for the Fun Run and one for everything else! Please don’t hesitate to share! We can always use more photos in the yearbook! This is for staff and parents!

School Year 2024-2025

SAC - School Age Care

Welcome back! We are excited to provide care for your kiddos after school this year. SAC hours are from 3:05-5:30pm. Snack and homework help will be provided daily for kids who are here after 4 pm. When picking up, look for the posted sign on the side sac entrance so you can find our location.

What is SAC? SAC is before and after school care for all students, K-8. (Preschool has a separate before and after program, because they have their own childcare license). If you signed up for it during registration, you are all set! You just need to let us know if your child is a regular or not and we have heard from most of you.

If you did not sign up for SAC, here some more information:

AM SAC - just give us a heads up you’ll be using it and show up! AM SAC is from 7:00 am - 7:45 AM. Enter through the gym doors and please sign your child in using the Procare App. ALL students should enter through the gym doors if at school before 8:10 am.
PM SAC - We are available, but because it is after school, with limited staff, we still need to be in a safe student/adult ratio. We request, wherever possible, it be asked about your child getting added to PM SAC a week prior so we can ensure to have enough staff, deadline the Friday before the week you request your child to attend. We do understand that some things happen last minute and we will always try to accommodate. Please check with the school office before you send your child to SAC.

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