Trin i ty in Touch Monthly May 2020Trinity Catholic School-St. John-St. Luke-Holy Trinity POBox246,116N.MainStreet,Protivin,Iowa52163*563-569-8556563-569-8477(Fax)*www.trinitycs.pvt.k12.ia.us

UpcomingEvents…May3rd PastorAppreciationDayMay4th-8th TeacherAppreciationWeek May7th 8:45MayCrowningMassMay10th Mother’sDayMay11th-15th ScienceWeekpresentationsMay12th 6:00BoosterBd.Mtg.ZoomMay13th 5th/6thMarianRetreatMay14th 6thGradeMealMay15th FieldDayMay18th K-6toLakeMeyerMay20th 8:456thGraduationMass 10:00SchoolCleaning 11:30AllSchoolPicnic 12:00Dismissal–NoBus LastDayofSchoolANotefromthePrincipalParents, you are to be commended for all of yourefforts to “step-in” and be your children’s teacherduring this strange time. Just as teachers do at thistimeoftheyear,thecount-downtosummerbreakison. May 20 is the LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! I wouldencourageyou tocelebrate thismilestonewithyourchildren…..itisanexcitingday!We will continue to target June 4 as anothercelebrationday foryourkids.Withpermission fromthestate,andthearchdiocese,wewillcelebrateMasswithFr.Aaron,holdourGrade6graduation,BoosterClubpicnic,andactivitiesontheplayground.Officialinvitation comingwhenwe knowmore, andwe aregiventhegreenlight.CongratulationstoourGrade2students,whowillbecelebratingtheirFirstCommunion(TBD).Theyhavebeen working hard withMs. Brincks to prepare forthisfestiveday.Whatagreatsacrament,tobeabletoreceivetheBodyofChrist,whichwillgreatlyenhanceyourCatholicfaith!Also,acongratulationgoesout toourgraduating6thGrade students: Grant Balk, Annika Bodensteiner,TraeKeel,RyanLukes,andTyMoudry.Threeofthesestudents will represent the last child of thatparticular family to attend Trinity (Trae, for nowanyway, Ryan, and Ty). These families will mostcertainly be missed. Good Luck to these 6th Gradestudents!We have some committed and dedicated teachershereatTrinity,thatreallybelieveinwhatthisschoolisallabout.Weareblessedtohaveeachofthemhereatourfineschool.Pleasehelpmerecognizethem

duringTeacherAppreciationWeekMay4-8.Thanksfor all you do for the students and families here atTrinity.EnjoythemonthofMay!

JerryBrown,Principal

PriestAppreciationDay–Sunday,May3rdThisisournew,onlineviewofFr.Aaronsincethispandemic.Fr.AaronisofferingMasseverydayat10:00AMfromhischapelinhishouse.YoucanlogontoFacebookandgotothe‘ChristOurHopeCluster’pagetojoinin.Healsodoeshisheroicminuteat6:30AM,Noonrosary,andat7:00PMhedoestheSaintoftheDayandreadstoourstudents(andadults).At9:30PMhedoesadailyExamen.Fr.hasgoneaboveandbeyondwithhisoutreachtohisparishionersandwhoeverelselistensin.Sowithmuchappreciation,‘ThankYou,FatherAaron’.Belowaresomechangesandhappeningstooureducationofstudentsduringthistimeofquarantine.1stand2ndGradehappeningsOneofthestudents'learningopportunitieswastoreadtoapet.SoKinzeyisreadingtoherdogDaisy.Theotherpicturesareofwhatstudentswerecreatingathome.CooperandKinleybuilta

fortoutofsticksandgrass.Matthewbuiltapapermachevolcanoandwasstudyingrocks.The1stand2ndgradershavebeencreatingbooksusingwritereader.com.

3rdand4thHappeningsWehadascavengerhuntonourlastsession.ThelastthingtheyhadtofindwassomethingwithTrinityCatholicSchoolonit.Theyhadtofindthingslikebooks,sticks,rocks,itemsthatstartedwiththeletteroftheirname,toothpicks,somethingwiththeirnameonit.Amongmanyotherthings.Theylovedit.Ournextsessiontheyallhavetocomewithajokeandariddletoshare

5thand6thHappeningsHelloall!AsIwritethisfrommycouch,Ihopeyouarealldoingwellandenjoyingyour"extra"timewithfamily.EventhoughmystudentsandIarenottogether,wehavebeenverybusy.EverydayIemailthestudentswithtaskstocontinuetheirlearning.Wehavealsobeengoingonvirtualfieldtrips.Sofar,wehavegonetotheGalapagosIslands,OmahaZoo,theChildren'sMuseumofIndianapolis,andwetookatourofadairyfarm.Iwanttothankmystudentsforsendingmepicturesofthingstheyaredoingwhileweareapart.Pleasekeepsendingmethosephotos;theybrightenmydays.Iloveandmissyouall.GodBless,Ms.Brincks

2ndAnnualTCSGolfTournamentFriday,July10th

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Trinity Catholic School

…forming Faith, Family, and Futures.

2019 – 2020

Mission Statement Trinity Catholic School is an

Elementary Educational Ministry of Christ Our Hope Cluster serving

the communities of Protivin, St. Lucas, Fort Atkinson, Lawler,

Waucoma and Little Turkey. We are a welcoming family of all

faiths, with a dedicated faculty and staff that take a personal and

collaborative approach to each child’s learning. Trinity forms faith, family and futures by:

-strengthening students’ relationship with Jesus Christ and

his church -nurturing students through a

partnership with our families and communities and

-inspiring students to develop to their full academic potential

all in pursuit of forming future saints.

ThispictureofKindergartenerswastakenpre-pandemic,duringaninsiderecesstime.TK/KHappeningsWehavebeenzoomingonTuesdays.ThefirstoneIhadstudentspickaletter,weallmadethesoundandthentheyalltookofftofindsomethingwiththatletter/soundandreturnedandtheneveryoneshared.Weclosedwithaprayer.Thislastweekwas"showandtell"theygottobringonethingthattheywereexcitedaboutandthentheyhadtobringanotherthingthattheyhavebeendoingtoshowthattheyaresharingJesus'light.Theywantedtodotheletter/soundhuntagain,sowedidanotherroundofthat.WeclosedwiththeB-I-B-L-Eprayersong.Theywillbelookinginthemailfortheactivitynextweek,CVCBingo.

TCSStrategicPlanning:ExcellenceinCatholicSchoolsisafour-yearprogramthatweareparticipatingin,alongwithallCatholicSchoolsoftheArchdioceseofDubuque.OurCatholicschoolsserveaveryimportantministrytoourparishes.Assuch,excellenceinCatholicidentityandacademicprogrammingisexpected.Toachievethesegoals,whilebeinggoodstewardsofresourcesandplanningforlong-termsustainability,strategicplanningisessential.OurfirstgoalsweretoreviseourFoundationalDocuments,whichinclude;MissionandVisionStatements,ourPhilosophyandaProfileofwhata6thGradeGraduateshouldlooklike.TheArchdiocesecreatedthePhilosophystatementandbelowisournewMissionStatement.

MightyHowardCountyFairJune24th–28th

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