Trinity Memo 4.8.19

On Friday, April 12, Trinity’s band students will be participating in the Dordt Band Festival. Students will leave from Trinity shortly following devotions. Students will need to be at school for devotions. They will be gone the rest of the day. Be looking for an email coming to each family with more details.

This past Saturday, 10 students performed different types of piano, string, saxophone, baritone, tuba, and vocal solos at South O’Brien High School for the IHSMA Solo/Ensemble Festival. Each of them performed very well earning 3-2 ratings and 7-1 ratings. Congratulations students on a job well done!

The junior/senior banquet has been rescheduled to Thursday, April 18. Juniors and seniors will be dismissed at 11:45 AM on Thursday, and they have no school on Friday, April 19.

Seniors, keep an eye on those scholarship dates! Continue reading →

Trinity Memo 3.25.19

Students:
Senior Caitlin Van Engen is presenting her original oratory at the All-State Speech Festival today, hosted at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Rapids. Congratulations to Caitlin and her coach, Mrs. Bloemendaal!

Eighth grade day is Tuesday, March 26, students will be here at 2:00 PM.

Rev. Key will be leading us in chapel on Friday, March 29, at 11:30 AM. We welcome him back to our neighborhood, and all are invited to join us at chapel.

The 2:30 Dismissal scheduled for Thursday will instead be on Wednesday. This will allow our teachers to Skype “attend” the spring PRTI meeting. Mr. Gary Van Der Schaff will be presenting about the Canons of Dordt in the classroom. Continue reading →

Trinity Memo 3.18.19

Students:
Spring Break is April 1-5.

IHSMA Solo/Ensemble Festival has been set for Saturday, April 6, at South O’Brien High School. Times are set by the IHSMA later. Times can be anywhere from early morning to 4 p.m. This festival includes vocal solos and small ensembles, instrumental solos, string solos, and piano. Mrs. Kuiper will help in whatever way possible. See her for more information.

Seniors, Grandparents Day is coming up on Tuesday, April 9. Please invite your grandparents and RSVP on the green signup sheet on the bulletin board by March 29.

BZBots, our robotics team, had a really good year! A phenomenal year! They finished 2nd in the state of Iowa and are invited to the “Worlds” competition in Detroit, Michigan on April 23-27. This is a really big deal! Congratulations to our team members and coaches on this accomplishment. They are busy planning their trip to MI!

Speaking of big deals, how about this? Senior Caitlin Van Engen was informed that her original oratory speech, “Synonyms,” qualified her for All-State! Caitlin is the first all-state speech person in our school’s history. Congratulations to Caitlin and her coach, Mrs. Bloemendaal. The All-State Speech Festival is Monday, March 25, at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. Continue reading →

Trinity Memo 3.11.19

Students:

There will be a 2:30 dismissal on Friday, March 15.

Congratulations to sophomore Sierra Meyer, junior Ellie Regnerus, and senior Caitlin Van Engen for their great performances at the State Speech competition on Saturday in Moville. All three participants received the highest scores.

Spring Break is April 1-5. Continue reading →