The purpose of Trinity Lutheran School is to equip the child to grow and serve as a disciple of Jesus Christ.

Shalom: That Glorious Day! Trinity Lutheran School February 28, 2017 Phone: 507-231-6646

Mr. Wade Stockman, Principal Fax: 507-234-6751

Email:wstockman@trinityjanesville.com website: www.trinityjanesville.com

Principal’s Corner This past Wednesday in Chapel, I talked about our identity. Although we have many different identities, we are all linked as Christians. Being a Christian should be our most important identity. Is that your identity? Do people see you as a Christian or would they be surprised to find out? When Christian is part of our identity, it should reflect in everything we do. People should see a difference in who we are and all that we do should point others to Jesus Christ. Being a Christian is not just something we do on Sundays or when around other Christians. It should be a part of everything we do. It is our identity.

Lutheran Schools Week Celebration March 5-10

Everyone is invited to come and celebrate Lutheran Schools on Sunday, March 5.

This is the kickoff to a week of celebration. All activities will take place at the church.

All proceeds go to our School. Invite your family and friends!

Students Choirs Grades K-8 Sing Students are encouraged to sing

at both services by attending the 9:15 service and then stay to sing at the beginning of the 10:30 service.

Students are to sit with their parents.

35th Annual PTL Brunch Serving 9 am – 1 pm - Free Will Offering

Brunch includes ALL YOU CAN EAT Pancakes, French toast, scrambled eggs,

sausage, ham, cinnamon rolls, donuts, fresh fruit, coffee, juice and milk

Silent Auction Bids accepted 9 am-12:30 pm

Scholastic Bookfair Open 9 am – 1 pm

Midterms were sent home today with students in grades 3-8. Please review, sign and return.

Lutheran Schools Week Celebration March 5-10. Activity Flyer was sent home with every student. It lists daily themes and bible verses, dress up days and special activities. It is also available on the website.

Kindergarten Roundup is

scheduled for Tuesday, March 21st, at 6:30pm. Parents and their prospective student will have an opportunity to hear information and ask questions

about the kindergarten program and the school. If you know of anyone who is interested in attending our Kindergarten class, please notify the office so an invitation and information packet can be sent.

Silent Auction - PTL Brunch - Bookfair Contact Information

Silent Auction: Kendra Hoehn - call or text 507-995-4849 or email khoehn@trinityjanesville.com

Need help setting up Friday after school and checking out at the end of auction

Drop off auction items to Table and Storage Closet at church

PTL Brunch: Amanda Slaughter - call or text 507-995-0414 or email aslaughter185@gmail.com

Need 5 gallons of Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice

Need (1) 12 oz bottle Sugar-free Pancake Syrup

Need 2 pkg – 9 oz clear plastic juice cups, 240 ct

Need Cash Donations/Checks payable to Trinity PTL

Drop off food items to church kitchen

Bookfair: Contact the school office. Need help on Sunday and during the week. Sunday during the Brunch & Silent Auction Mon-Fri, March 6-10, 11:30-12:45 & 3-3:45

Thank You!

Celebration of Lutheran Schools Activities One of the activities next week, taking place on Thursday, March 9, is that we are asking students to wear a t-shirt representing one of the 50 states in the USA. The whole school will join together at the end of that day to make a large map to show how many different states we represent. So look through your vacation t-shirts, sport t-shirts, or ask a relative to send you a t-shirt from your favorite state. Let’s see how many different states we can “WEAR”!

Another part of our celebration of Lutheran Schools the 7th and 8th graders will kick off our celebrations of Lutheran Schools Week early by serving a meal to the Janesville Fire Department and Rescue Squad on Wednesday, March 1st.

Students will help plan, prepare and serve the menu. All students will be involved in the planning process. Some will also help prepare the meal after school, set up and serve the meal and clean up after serving.

We are so blessed to be served by these great professionals who give their time and energy to our community. This is our way of saying, “thank you!”

Friday, March 10, 6:45-8:10am Dads, keep the morning of Friday,

March 10, open. Come and enjoy some special time with your son or daughter and have some donuts and coffee or juice! We will have a basket for free-will offering to help offset the cost, give if you can. If Dad can’t come, maybe Grandpa or a favorite uncle would be able to come.

Everyone is invited to Trinity’s Spelling Bee on Friday, March 10, at 8:45am in the gym. The 1st & 2nd place winners in each class, 1st-8th grade, will compete to be this year’s Trinity champion speller.

Athletic Awards Night will take place on Tuesday, February 28, 7:00 pm, at the church. We welcome all 2016-

2017 athletic participants and all 8th graders who have participated in athletics during their Trinity years, along with the parents of these athletes. Be sure to come for a fun night of awards and fellowship!

2017 Accelerated Reader Challenge Grades 1-8 Ends March 10

Reading for this contest can occur anywhere the children are – at home, at school, in the car, etc. Be sure to encourage your child to read each day to the best of their ability. Set time aside for them to read and even for you to listen to them read.

As of February 24, our overall student average is 14.59 points. Last year TLS placed 9th out of 66 schools. LET’S KEEP READ and We have two more weeks to accumulate points!

Thank you to all who brought in chapel offerings in February, we are able to give $158.63 to Hearts for Jesus for the Feed My Starving Children Program.

Chapel offerings during the month of March will go to Project Community Connect. PCC holds an annual event with the goal to reduce poverty and end homelessness by partnering with local service providers, businesses, citizens, and faith-based organizations to bring multiple resource providers to one

central location. Persons struggling financially are invited to access resources for themselves and their families. This event will be held on Tuesday, April 18, Noon to 4:00pm, at the Verizon Wireless Center in Mankato.

We are giving parents a heads up as we will be collecting a variety of items during Lutheran Schools Week. In additional to money collected at chapel, we will also collect items listed below that those coming to the April 18 event can “shop” for at the free tables:

Monday, March 6 – Diapers & Baby Wipes Tuesday, March 7 – Body Wash, Hand Soap, Dish Soap

Wednesday, March 8 – Laundry Soap Thursday, March 9 – Shampoo, Conditioner, Deodorant Friday, March 10 – Kleenex, Paper Towels, Bleach Wipes

We encourage parents and students to help improve the lives or the homeless and low income members in our community!

The purpose of Trinity Lutheran School is to equip the child to grow and serve as a disciple of Jesus Christ.

Friday, March 10, 1-2:45 pm All donations need to be collected and turned in on March 10, unless it’s an online donation. Jump Rope For Heart Is a national education and fund-raising event

sponsored by the American Heart Association. This event engages students with jumping rope while empowering them to improve their own health and help other kids with heart health issues. Through Jump Rope For Heart, kids learn jump rope skills, how their heart works and raise money to help kids with special hearts. Have fun, learn how to stay healthy and make a difference in the lives of others!

Online link: http://jumphoops2017mwa.kintera.org/ trinitylutheranjanesvillemn

We are looking for parent volunteers. If you are interested, please contact Heather Dimmel.

Thank you to all who brought in caps and bag tops from Kwik Trip

products such as milk, orange juice, bottled water and Kwik Trip’s fruit drinks, the school received a check for $519.35. This will be used for library books purchases. Thank you to Bridget Gehring and all who help her sort and prepare items for mailing!

Here is another way to earn extra cash for our school! Between now and March 12, go to www.boxtops4education.com, find our school and create your own

account. You can log on each day to enter into the sweepstakes. You must be at least 18 years of age.

Nursing Home Visitors The 4th grade students have partnered with residents of the Janesville Nursing Home since the beginning of the school year. They visit twice a month, sometimes with an agenda, and sometimes not. On their most recent visit, they took their books along to read to the residents, explaining to them how they are competing in a national contest against other 4th grade classes in Lutheran Schools, and how they are leading the pack and striving to stay there.

Next week, during Lutheran School Week, the 4th graders will take pictures of themselves and have the residents help make personalized frames. The residents will get to keep the framed pictures in their rooms and brag about how we are their friends that visit from Trinity.

The students love going there to share stories, play games and visit. Hope someday someone will do the same for them.

Conferences will be set up by request only, by either the parent or teacher. Conferences will be held on

Tuesday March 14, from 3:30 to 7:00pm. Forms were sent home with every student in grades K-8. Please return your form by Friday, March 3. EVERY student’s form is to be returned, whether or not you are requesting a conference. This ensures that you have seen the sheet and have had the opportunity to request a conference. Thank you!

Vacation Bible School at Trinity July 31 – August 4 3-5yr olds: Mon-Thu, 9-11 Grades 1-6: Mon-Thu, 9-3; Fri, 9-noon

YOUTH NEWS

Casserole Sales on March 12th, 26th, and April 23rd. Youth will make ready-to-bake casseroles/ breakfast meals for purchase between all services at TLC near the Welcome Center.

Large pans 9x13 - $15 / Small pans 8x8 - $8

All youth families in grades 6-12 can participate. All profit goes directly into the youth family account! For those interested, the pans/index cards will be available the week before the sale at the church office.

Crossfire On Sunday, February 26, our youth will combine with youth from Christ Community in Waseca over there for a time of fellowship and worship from 5-8pm, with evangelism training available from 3-5pm. Please let Heather know if you need a ride to Waseca.

Big Brother/Big Sister next lunch - March 17th

Items up for Silent Auction on Sunday, March 5 Additional items still coming in….

AmeriPride – Coat and (6) hats

Applebee’s – (2) $10 gift cards

Arnold’s – Toy tractor

Barnes and Noble – Children’s Bible

Birdseye Foods Inc. – (10) cases of vegetables

Bobcat of Mankato – Toy skid mover, hat

Boulder Creek Tap House – (2) $10 gift cards

Bounce Town – (2) Admissions

Buca di Beppo - $25 gift card

Buffalo Wild Wings – Package of sauces & $10 gift card

Burns Sales and Service – Toy John Deere tractor

C & S Supply – Socket set

Casey’s General Store - $50 gift card / 3 large pizzas

Café Latte – Certificate for One whole dessert

Capstone Publishers – Box of books

Charlie’s Hardware – Wheelbarrow

Children’s Museum of Southern MN – One day family pass

Cinemark Theater – 4 guest passes

County Inn and Suites – One night stay

Culligan – (5) 50# bags of sale & (5) packages of water

Culver’s – Ice cream certificates

Daily Grind Expresso – Coffee and $10 gift card

Dairy Queen – (6) $5 gift cards

Dairy Queen – (2)12 oz blizzard treat

Dairy Queen – One 8” Cake

Dickie’s BBQ - $25 gift card

Domino’s Pizza – (3) large pizzas

Dr. Michael Harvey – My Pillow

Family Video – Movie pack

FitTime – (2) 3 month memberships

Fitness for $10 – 6 mo membership, t-shirt & water bottle

Fury’s Barbershop – Copy of Painting

Gerring’s Car Wash – Pack of 4 car washes

Hy-Vee - $25 gift card

Inspirations - $20 gift card

Izzy’s Ice Cream – 4 Ice cream tokens

J-Town Liquor – $25 gift card, t-shirt, Stella Artois Set

Jakes Stadium Pizza – $15 gift card and t-shirt

Janesville Bowl – 10 round of bowling

Janesville Hardware – Heating Milwaukee sweatshirt

Janesville State Bank and Agency – 2 Hee Haw tickets

Jungle Theatre – 2 tickets to any performance

Kitchens, Bath and More – Basket

Lampert Lumber Yard – Bird feeder and feed

Mankato Honda - $50 gift card

Mankato Moodogs – 4 tickets and baseball hat

McDonald’s – (2) $10 gift cards

Merely Players – 4 tickets to Dixie Swim Club

Minneopa Golf club-2 rounds of golf (9 holes) + ½ cart

Mn Orchestra – 2 tickets for April 7th

MN State Fair – Stuffed cow and t-shirt

MN Vikings – Signed photo

MN Zoo – 2 Passes

Nicklasson Athletic – 2 hats

Noodles and Company – Appetizer

North Links Golf Course (2) 18 hole rounds with card

Olive Garden – (4) $5 gift cards and dressing

Pamela’s Pet Shop – Basket

Pampered Chef/Michele Struck – Deep covered baker

Pheasant Café – $20 gift card

Pit Stop 60 – Basket

Pizza Ranch – 4 buffets

Play It Again Sports - $10 gift card

Pub 500 – Basket and gift card

Red Lobster – 420 gift card

Scheels All Sports – (2) $10 gift cards

Science Museum of MN – 4 Admission & Omnitheater

Smith’s Mill Implement – Toy AGCO tractor

Snap Fitness – $100 gift card

Twin City Model Railroad Museum–4 regular admissions

WalMart - $50 gift card

Waseca Clark’s Gove Vet Clinic - $40 gift card

Wild Mountain – 2 Superday passes

Wiste’s Meat Market–2 beef sticks & 2 bacon certificates

WOW Zone – Bronze Package

UMCA – 3 month membership

Anonymous - Porcelain doll

Anonymous – 4 Janesville Bear yearbooks

Wade Stockman – Principal for a day

Each Trinity Classroom will have a special item