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Trinity Lutheran School Newsletter
November 20, 2008
Volume 3, Issue #13
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Wednesday, Nov. 19 Home BB against River Forest. Girls first |
Autumn Gala and Dinner Auction
Magazine Drive
Artistic Parents
Campbell's Soup Labels
Contact Information
Directions to Area Lutheran Schools
Family Life Ministry Team
Fast Direct
Goodsearch
Lost & Found
Recycling
School News Articles
SMART Tuition Services
Spread the Good News!
Target
T.R.I.P
Tuition
Tickets are now on sale for the upcoming Fourth Annual Autumn Gala Dinner and Auction to be held on Friday, November 21, 2008 beginning at 6:00 p.m. Dinner begins at 7:00 p.m. Cost of the tickets is $60.00/person. See Rob Grady, Sheri Abernathy or Judy Gustafson for your tickets. They will also be on sale in the Narthex on Sunday mornings.
This year we are offering something new! You won’t want to miss this opportunity. Beginning Monday, October 6, 2008 you will be able to purchase a playing card to be placed in a drawing for a year’s free tuition for the first child at Trinity Lutheran School. *There are only 52 cards available at the cost of $100.00 per card. Once the 52 cards are gone, your chance is over. *Tuition will be prorated through November 2009 as the drawing will take place in November. Just think—a year’s free tuition for one child at Trinity Lutheran School for only $100. What a bargain. We hope to see many of you lined up outside Rob Grady’s door on that morning to purchase your card! Good Luck.
Some of the items available for auction in November will be:
* $100.00 Savings Bond
* Gold Earrings
* 8 VIP Tickets to the Ladies Aid Salad Luncheon in May 2009
* 1½ Hour Ride on a fire truck and tour of the firehouse for five passengers
* Florida Beach House Trip on Little Gasperilla Island for a week
* Guest Suite for 25 People at a Schuamburg Flyers Game/Value $750.00
* (1) 8-10 Hour Day of Carpentry from our very own Mike Clegg
* (1) 7 ½ Hour Day of Carpentry from our very own Marvin Sass
* (2) Days of 8-10 Hour Day of Carpentry from our very own Brian Ernst
* (1) 8 Hour Day of Carpentry from our very own Mike Carli
* Stained Glass Lamp handcrafted by our very own Mark Winterroth
* Dinner for Eight at the home of Cliff and Judy Gustafson
* Garmin GPS System
AND THE LIST GROWS EVERYDAY!!!!!!!
We hope to see you at this year’s event! Special thanks to everyone who has donated their time and talents to help make this year’s auction another huge success. If you would like to donate an item or service, please see Rob Grady, Sheri Abernathy or Judy Gustafson today!
Thank you in advance for your support.
The 2008 Auction Committee
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www.gafundraising.com, our school code is 395970.
If you missed the order deadline, you can still renew online. Go to:
THANK YOU!!!!!
1. All families are required to enroll in SMART. Tuition and fees, including extended care charges, graduation fees, etc. will no longer be collected in the office.
2. If you choose the 12-month plan, the first payment is due June 1. We must have the form by May 9th.
3. There is no additional charge to you for this service. However, there is a $20.00 late fee that will be charged if you are 15 days or more past due.
Download the the forms here: - SMART Tuition forms (will open a new window)
Dear Parents,
Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, Trinity is using the services of SMART Tuition for all of our tuition and fees collections. Attached is a brochure and enrollment form, and FAQ sheet to help you to understand the program. The collection of tuition and fees has become a very complex process, increasingly difficult for the office personnel. SMART will simplify collections for us, ensure the safety of school monies, as well as give families more options for payment. Please fill out the form and return to school ASAP. Here are some things you should know:
Neil R. Hammes
Principal
2009
Join the T.R.I.P. INSIDER'S REPORT, stay up to date on special offers and order date reminders. Just send your E-Mail address to whuron@hotmail.com put in the subject line T.R.I.P.
PLEASE USE CURRENT ORDER FORMS DUE TO AMOUNT CHANGES OR PERCENTAGE CHANGES. Updated forms, dated November 4, 2008, are located by the main entrance of the school, or you may download a current sheet here: - T.R.I.P. Form (will open a new window)
Next Order Date: Monday, November 17, 2008
Future Order Dates: (all Mondays)
2008
Dec 1 & 15
Jan 12 & 26
Feb 9 & 23
Mar 9 & 23
Apr 20
May 4 & 18
New items are now available for the 2008-09 school year. Ultra Foods, BP Gasoline, Container Store, Game Stop, See's Candies, Cold Stone Creamery, Texas Roadhouse.
Time to time our suppliers may backorder an item, they will send their backorders with our next placed order. Please check with the office if you had an item on backorder.
Kohl's & McDonald's :
Tuition reimbursements Example: Dominick’s $25 card at 5% (5% = $1.25 split 75/25 $0.94 to tuition account (75%), $0.31 to administration (25%)). EVERY LITTLE BIT ADDS UP.
CASH & CARRY items available, during the school year (available anytime, not just on the order dates) Kohl's $25 & $100 Cards, and McDonalds $5 Books -- Kohl's can be used to pay your Kohl's charge card payments (payment must be made through the store). Contact Sue or Bill Huron at 708-839-0231 or e-mail him at whuron@hotmail.com, we will arrange for pickup. Make sure to fill out an order sheet to get credit for your account.
The Lost and Found bin is in the school entryway. Please check to see if your child's items are in the bin.
CHURCH MEMBER TUITION RATE REMINDER
All Trinity Church members receive a reduced rate in their tuition only when they are “in good standing”. At least two worship services as a family with one of them a communion service each month equals “in good standing”. The Board of Elders can change the rate a family receives at any time, given a decreased worship and participation attendance. Another letter reminding you of your current worship attendance will be going out soon. Remember, always fill out the worship attendance sheets at church on Sunday or the pink sheet on Saturday. Any questions, you may talk to your Elder or a Pastor.
Do you own a Target REDcard?
If so, you can designate Trinity Lutheran School to receive up to 1% of your purchases made using your REDcard. It doesn’t cost you anything to sign up for this easy way to support our school.
Visit Target.com/tcoe, stop by the in-store kiosk, or call 1-800-316-6142.
We have THREE paper recycling bins in the school parking lot next to the garbage dumpster. Trinity gets money for the paper it can recycle and keep out of the garbage dump. Just a reminder: they can't take any paper that comes from the kitchen or the bathroom or telephone books. Thank you for helping to save a few trees.
We only need the UPC code from the labels, not the whole label. They are void if it’s just the front of the label (we need the UPC part). Thanks!
There are Trinity Lutheran School yard signs and window clings in the school office. Please take a couple and help advertise our school to your neighbors. The yard signs can be placed in your own lawn or on business property, don’t forget to ask permission, but they CAN NOT be placed on public property. Thanks!
Fast Direct is our main vehicle for communication between home and school. Once you are logged on to the system,
www.fastdir.com/tbr, you will be able to send messages to the school office, to teachers or to other parents.
You will also be able to view your child’s mid-quarter reports and report cards, see the sports calendar, and view messages for the school office, as well as view your monthly tuition bills and view your financial accounts.
If you are a new parent and you don’t yet have a parent activation code, email the school office. Once we have your email address, we will send you a message with directions for logging on to the system. In the mean time, you may go to www.fastdir.com/tbr and view the public areas of the system.
If you have forgotten your screen name or password send us an email. We can retrieve it for you quickly.
We hope you find this a beneficial and convenient way to communicate with your school.
Email it to Nancy at
trinitylutheranschool@comcast.net,
or send her a message on www.FastDir.com/tbr, by 10am on Wednesday.
Need to contact Mr. Hammes?
Other links:
Need to contact Trinity Lutheran School?
trinitylutheranschool@comcast.net, (This comes to Nancy Shackel, the school secretary.)
His e-mail address is
trinityprincipal@comcast.net.
Directions to Area Lutheran Schools