School News

March 8, 2010

 

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,

who have been called according to his purpose.”

Romans 8:28

 

Challenge Week:  Thank you to everyone who participated in Challenge Week. A final count was tallied on Friday. The results are listed below.

 

Days                            Items to Collect                                               Winners         

Monday                      Milk Caps, Pennies                                         Gr. 3-4

Tuesday                     Box Tops for Education                                  Gr. 7-8

Wednesday                Campbell’s UPC’s                                          Gr. 5-6

Thursday                    Cartridges, Cell Phones, etc.                         Gr. 1-2

Friday                         Kitchen Items                                                  Kindergarten

 

Thanks for supporting your school!

 

Congratulations to those students from Trinity who participated in the Fox Valley WELS League Spelling Bee & Art Fair last week. Our Spelling Bee participants were: Kristina Aguilera, Angela Penterman, Belle McMains, and Willie Penterman. Awards in Art were given to the following students: Kiley Hanold (Honorable Mention), Carson Boucher (3^rd Place), Tyler Hietpas (Honorable Mention), Bradley Lauer (Honorable Mention), Erika Priebe (3^rd Place), and Keeley Buczek (Honorable Mention).

 

FVL 7^th - 8^th Grade Football: Fox Valley Lutheran High School fields a 7^th and 8^th Grade Football Team that plays middle school teams from the Eastern Valley conference. The season starts in mid-August and runs through mid-October. Informational flyers were sent home last week with all boys in 6^th and 7^th grade. Registration forms will be accepted beginning March 1, 2010 and the first 50 registrations make the team. If you know a boy who will be in the 7^th or 8th grade next school year who might be interested contact your pastor, principal or Bob Postl (920-475-7078 or bob.postl@labarge.com) for more details.

 

Trinity Forensic Night: Our Forensics Night this year will be held on Tuesday, March 30 at 6:30 p.m. Each student will be receiving a sign-up sheet today. Any child in grades 4K-8 may participate. If your child would like to be a part of this evening, please sign the Forensics sheet and return it to the school office no later than Monday, March 15.

 

8^th Grade EXPLORE Test Reminder: The test will be given at FVL this Saturday, March 13 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Any questions may be directed to FVL at 739-4441.

 

Daylight Savings: Please remember to set your clocks ahead one hour this weekend as Daylight Savings officially begins on March 14.

 

School Cleaning: This week’s cleaning families are Penterman and Kroes.

 

Singing Reminder: Junior Choir will be singing this Sunday here at Trinity in the 10:00 a.m. service.

 

No School: Please remember that there is NO SCHOOL this Friday, March 12 due to the Spring Break Day.

 

7-8 Grade Field Trip: Our 7-8 grade students will be going on a field trip to Luther Preparatory School (LPS) this coming Thursday and Friday. Students will see what a day in the life of a typical LPS student is like. The continuing mission and purpose of Luther Preparatory School is to prepare and encourage young men and women for the full time ministry in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. To learn more about this school visit www.lps.wels.net. Students will also be visiting the Milwaukee Public Museum’s “Dead Sea Scrolls” exhibit and touring the Berres Brothers Coffee production and retail facility. 

 

5-6 Grade Math Bowl: The 5-6 grade Math Bowl is coming up on Thursday, March 18 at Fox Valley Lutheran High School. The teams have been chosen. Final registration for the meet will begin at 5:30 p.m. Please make sure your child is at FVL by 5:45 p.m. If you have problems arranging a ride or have any questions about the Math Bowl, please contact Mr. Knickelbein. The meet begins at 6:00 p.m.  We should be finished by 8:30 p.m. unless unforeseen problems arise.

 

Scholastic Book Fair: Our school has been invited to host a Scholastic Book Fair. This is a great way to promote reading and an appreciation of books. Scholastic will provide all of the materials for the fair. All that is needed is a coordinator/someone to head it up. We have one volunteer, so far, willing to help with this. If you would like to lend a hand, please see Mr. Lemke or stop in at the school office. Thanks!

 

SCRIP: Anyone desiring to place a “special order” with the scrip program is asked to do so before April 1.

 

Save the Dates! Listed below are upcoming events. Please mark them on your calendars and watch for more information in future newsletters.

 

      5-6 Grade Math Bowl @ FVL                   March 18 (Th.)             6:30 p.m.

      7-8 Grade Math Bowl @ FVL                   March 23 (Tues.)         6:30 p.m.

      TLS Forensics                                            March 30 (Tues.)         6:30 p.m.

      Spring Picture Day                                      April 12 (Mon.)           

      FVL Forensics                                           April 15 (Th.)               5:30 p.m.

      Play Night/Science Display                         May 6 (Th.)                  6:30 p.m.