Keeping you plugged into the exciting things happening at the Lower School

Published May 15, 2022

Volume 129

The Principal’s Piece: A Note From Mrs. Randolph

Our Spiritual Emphasis Week was amazing! I am so proud of our students and their desire to grow in their relationship with our Lord. We studied the Lord’s Prayer piece by piece to see what God is teaching us about prayer. Each chapel service included a Biblical story, power verse, a fun game, and a call to action. We ended each service with fun giveaways such as a class pizza party, ice cream party, footballs, pop it keychains, koosh balls, and stuffed Trinity lions!! By the end of the week, our students were able to recite the Lord’s Prayer. That’s quite an accomplishment! Here are concepts that we focused on throughout the week:

• God is our perfect Father in Heaven!

• We must pray for God’s will to be done in our lives!

• We must depend on God for what we need every day!

• We must pray for God’s forgiveness and forgive others!

• We must pray for God to help us avoid temptation’s trap. 

• We must end our prayer time by focusing on praising God!

Our first Annual Spiritual Emphasis Week was a huge success and a lot of fun!

An Evening of Worship with Trinity’s Lower School: Friday, May 20th

We invite you to attend our end of the year performances as we celebrate the end of another amazing school year, recognize our phenomenal students by highlighting the unique gifts that the Lord has given to them, and rejoice in praise and worship as we celebrate the One who deserves our utmost praise, our Lord Jesus Christ. We look forward to gathering with you on this very special evening. 

• PreK: 4:30 program in gym, with awards to follow afterward in the classrooms. 

• 1st-3rd: Awards at 6:15pm in the classrooms, followed by 7:00pm program in the stadium.

Kindergarten Graduation, May 23rd

Our kindergarten graduation is quickly approaching. Please refer to my previous email for specific details. This event will begin at 6:45 pm.

Classroom Highlight - A Peek Into Our Classroom Fun

Second grade students had fun discovering how animals can alter their environment by designing a Beaverdam. Students learned that beavers change their environment by flooding it. They do this to protect themselves from predators. This hands-on experiment brought lots of giggles and solutions!

Important Upcoming DateS

20th: End of Year Evening Program for Preschool & 1st-3rd Grades

23rd: Kindergarten Graduation at 7:00pm in the Stadium

23rd-26th: Half Days/ End of Year Celebrations

26th: Class Parties/Last School Day

Dress Code fo the Last Week of School

Students will be allowed to wear Trinity spirit wear tops with athletic shorts (appropriate length) the entire last week of school, May 23-26th.

Elementary Clubs

Our students love participating in after school clubs! 

Signups will be available within the first few weeks of this semester.  Please watch for communications regarding specific club dates and registration links in the Fine Arts and Athletics sections of the Inside the Pride newsletter as they become available. 

If you have any questions, please email the club sponsor listed below or Lisa Railey (lisa.railey@tcslions.org) who oversees all of our elementary clubs. 

• Art Club - Erica Hackworth ~ erica.hackworth@tcslions.org

• Chess Club - Coach Rodney Lewis of Championship Chess ~ rodneylewis33@gmail.com, r_lewis29@yahoo.com

• Drama Club - Emily Litton ~ emily.litton@tcslions.org

• Running Club - Coach Cassie Freeman ~ running.club@tcslions.org

Tuesdays: Art Club - 1st -5th grades

Wednesdays: Drama Club - 3rd-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.