Principal Corner

I had been thinking for several days about what my topic would be for the last principal corner of the school year. I had a couple different thoughts written down, but it wasn’t what I wanted for the end of the year. I was walking my dog one morning before school as I usually do, and I was walking on the north side of the playground towards Main Street. I noticed some writing on the sidewalk. The first thing I saw was the word “hell” followed by God, but with a lower-case g. The principal, rule follower in me kicked in for an instant and my thoughts were why was our student or someone else writing “hell” and don’t they know that God is with a capital G. But then I stopped my pheasant staring moment (see last week’s principal corner) and looked at everything that was drawn. What was there was a tally counter with two columns “hell” and “god”. There was one tally below and it was under “god”. Then the full context of what was written there hit me. A student or someone else and it doesn’t matter who it was, declared they were following God. This person counted themselves as one of the saved. I think to the line of the Maverick City Music song, I Thank God, which states, “hell lost another one, I am free.” That is what Trinity Lutheran School is about. It is about students saying when the Holy Spirit comes to their heart, “Yes”, I want to follow God. I do not want hell, but I want to be in Heaven with the true Triune God. We can all celebrate when someone makes that declaration and says, yes, God, I believe, and I want to follow you. .

**8th Grade Graduation TONIGHT at 6:30 pm**

6-8 BAND playing at the service. A reception will follow the graduation service hosted by our 7th Grade class.
**Kindergarten Graduation** - will be held during closing ceremony on Friday immediately after our closing chapel which starts at 9:30 am.

REMINDER: NO PRESCHOOL ON FRIDAY, MAY 23RD.

SCHOOL IS OUT AT 11:15 FOR K-8

**END OF YEAR / CLOSING CHAPEL & CEREMONY SCHEDULE**

8:20 Students arrive in their classrooms like a normal school day.
8:20 – 9:25 Students will be in their classrooms acknowledging each student with the end of year awards. Teachers may also have planned some other activities in the classroom to finish out the school year.
9:30 students will be in chapel for our end of the year chapel - Parents you are welcome to join us at this time!
Immediately after chapel, Kindergarten will have a short Kindergarten graduation program.
After the program classes will come up for a group picture. Parents will be welcomed to come forward to take a picture at that time. Teachers will then give a short talk about the class.
When we are finished school will be dismissed around 11:15 am
Parents at the service may pick up their child after their class has been announced, making sure they see the teacher to sign-out their child. Students with parents not at closing ceremony and being picked up at 11:00 and those attending afterschool SAC will be walked over to Trinity by their teacher.

May OFFERING

During May, our chapel offering goes to our Adopt-A-Student fund. This is a program at TLS to help support families who don’t qualify for financial assistance or have a financial need unexpectedly or to help families who join our TLS family mid year and don’t quite have the financial need to attend unassisted. It’s a supplement to our Secret Angel and a great way to help families out when we can. So far we have raised $80+ for the Adopt a Student fund.

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!

SUMMER SAC STARTS JUNE 2ND

FOR K-8 STUDENTS

**ENJOY YOUR SUMMER! STAY TUNED FOR EMAILS ABOUT REGISTRATION.**

**Jacqie will be in the Office most of the summer. If you need to meet, just send her an email and she will coordinate with you!** **Below is information on things going on during the summer.**

**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

2024-2025 Yearbooks can be ordered online! Current 8th Graders get a complimentary one, thanks PTL! Order deadline is Friday, May 23rd. Forms are located in the school entrance.

Hello Trinity Families!

We are partnering with Camp Omega again this year for our Vacation Bible School (VBS). Mark your calendars for July 27th-August 1st. Camp Omega will provide counselors (college aged young adults) to come for 5 days to lead our 1st -6th grade program. Tina Schoenfeld and Angela Winter will lead the PreK-K program.

If your child is between the ages of 3 to 5, VBS will be Monday-Thursday 9am-11am.

If your child will be in grades 1st to 6th in the fall of 2025, VBS will be Monday-Thursday 9am-3pm (bring your own lunch) and Friday 9am-12pm.

Please fill out the google form using the QR code below, on Trinity Lutheran Church’s website or Facebook page by July 10th, for planning purposes.

If you or your child who is entering 7th grade or older would like to help, please fill out the volunteer form.

Feel free to invite family and friends to join us for this fun filled week to learn all about Jesus.

We are excited and hope that you can join us!

Angela Winter and Tina Schoenfeld

VBS Coordinators

trinityjanesvillevbs@gmail.com