Grandparent’s Day was celebrated at TLS today in our K-Prep classroom. We had some wonderful visitors that read, played, joined us for chapel, and helped their grandchild decorate food pantry bags.

Thank you for joining us, Grandparents! You are an important part of our students’ lives and we are grateful for your support.

TLS Playground update….
As of Tuesday, September 15 the installation crew is waiting for dry weather to finish the last two projects. Installing a large shade structure on our patio area and securing the gaga pit padding to the cement.

We are SO close to completion! The students and teachers have been incredibly patient. The timeline has been stretched out due to heat, rain, and additional work to make sure we had a safe fall surface under the equipment. A shout out to Ever-Green Landscape for the extra excavation of dirt (did you see we had a second large dirt pile?) and the additional mulch needed to create a safe play surface. Yes, extra work does equal additional costs so if you have not donated to the playground fund and are considering it, funding is needed. You can use this link to make a donation: https://forms.diamondmindinc.com/trinitycr/playground?token=1548619885

The Picnic and Ribbon Cutting scheduled for Thursday, September 17 at 5pm are still on! The rain chances look minimal and even if the playground has a few more items to complete, we can still celebrate this wonderful make-over!
If it is sprinkling we will still move forward with a brief ribbon cutting and families can grab their sandwiches to go or dress for the weather and enjoy time together!

TLS classes support a monthly service project and for September our PK4 year old class and Sixth grade are working together to collect donations for Bethany Lutheran Church’s Food Pantry. This important community food pantry is run by Bethany – located on the SE side of Cedar Rapids – and in partnership with HACAP. The food pantry is open weekly on Sundays 1pm-3pm and provides not only food but also personal and household items.

TLS has a table set for THIS WEEK ONLY and you can bring in items listed on the attached flyer. Our students are also providing a financial donation to the Bethany Food Pantry through their weekly chapel offerings.