Keeping you plugged into the exciting things happening at the Lower School
Published November 21, 2021
Volume 107
Sherry Randolph - Early Learning & Lower School Principal
The Principal’s Piece: A Note From Mrs. Randolph
Our Preschool Thanksgiving Celebration was so much fun! What a great time of fellowship we had! I am so proud of our little Lions who sang their hearts out in glory to our God!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!! I pray that everyone enjoys a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with great food, family, friends, and special memories.
Operation Christmas Child
Thank you for donating so generously to this project! Our total number collected for Lower School was 233 shoeboxes.!
Upcoming Fundraising Opportunity
Our 8th grade class will be taking their annual trip to Disney World in April, and they could use your help! The opportunity below is completely optional, but please feel free to join in the fun!
December Dress Down Days
Beginning on Monday, November 29, students may purchase the right to wear jeans or sweatpants/athletic pants with a TCS spirit wear top for $2. This option will be available every day during the first two weeks we are back from Thanksgiving. Students will need to bring cash to their classroom teacher.
Last Week in Chapel
Pastor Kami finished up our 4 week Chapel series about Thankfulness. This week’s emphasis was on Thanking God for including us. Our Bible story was from Luke 19 about Zacchaeus. We saw how after encountering Jesus, Zacchaeus thanked the Lord not only with his words, but through his acts of generosity in paying back everyone he had stolen from. When we truly encounter the Lord, our hearts can’t help but be changed, which spurs us on to action.
Main Focus: We can thank God by giving back.
Bible Verse: “Give praise to the Lord, proclaim His name; make known among the nations what He has done.” I Chronicles 16:8
Challenge: Look for additional ways we can show our thankfulness to the Lord by giving generously to others
We also celebrated the generosity of our Trinity families through the bringing in of so many Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes.
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Christmas Spirit Week, December 13th-16th
To celebrate Christmas and have some fun, I invite your child to participate in our Christmas Spirit week December 13th-16th. If your child chooses not to participate, please send them in regular uniform attire.
Monday, December 13: Candy Cane Day (wear red and white)
Tuesday, December 14: Christmas Sweater Day (regular or ugly) and Christmas Socks
Wednesday, December 15: Cozy Christmas Day (Pajamas)
Thursday, December 16: Holiday Cheer Day (Red and Green
Elementary Clubs
Our students love participating in after school clubs! We will be adding an elementary dance club. Please see the Performing Arts section for more details about this exciting opportunity. If you have any questions, please email Lisa Railey (lisa.railey@tcslions.org) who oversees all of our elementary clubs.
Mondays
Drama Club - 1st - 3rd grades
Wednesdays
Drama Club - 4th-5th grades
Running Club - 1st-3rd grades
Thursdays
Chess Club 1st-5th
Running Club - 4th-5th grades
Blackbaud: Classroom Updates & Information
To stay informed of what’s happening in your child’s classroom, please login into Blackbaud weekly. You will be able to see information such as weekly classroom announcements, upcoming events, weekly academic focus, grades, attendance, etc. This is the key to staying informed and will replace the hardcopy newsletter sent home in the past. I encourage you to login each week. We are excited for this new format! Information will be updated each Sunday at 5pm.
Accessing your child's class information weekly:
Login to your Blackbaud account and select your child's name under "Children".
Find your child's homeroom class under the "Progress" tab by scrolling down to where classes are listed.
After selecting the homeroom class, you will see the teacher's main class page where you will locate upcoming dates, class reminders and news.
Select the "Topics" tab to see specific information for each individual subject. Within each subject folder, you will see a plan for the week and upcoming projects and test information.
The "Topics" pages update each Sunday evening at 5pm and will remain current until the following Sunday evening.