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Fellowship of Christian Athletes Off to a Great Start

Fellowship of Christian Athletes Off to a Great Start

This past Friday Trinity welcomed over 30 students from Lake Eola Charter School and Trinity Lutheran School to participate in Trinity's Fellowship of Christian Athletes club, "FCA Fridays." Students of all ages received their new FCA theme t-shirts, Trinity's...

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Interactive Cooking Demo in the Garden of Discovery Classroom

Interactive Cooking Demo in the Garden of Discovery Classroom

The Garden of Discovery class from Trinity Lutheran School's CDC closed out the school year with unit on cooking. They wanted to do something special and hands-on, so they invited Trinity member and former TLS parent, Chef Carmen Ramiz, to visit the classroom and...

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Camp Trinity… and Beyond!

Camp Trinity… and Beyond!

Camp Trinity is having a blast this summer! The collage of activities occurs on campus, and extends beyond to the greater Orlando Community.  So far in this kaleidoscopic summer, we have developed some cool new martial arts skills with IronLife Athletics; we sat on...

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Trinity Students Completed 170,000 Math Problems This Year

Trinity Students Completed 170,000 Math Problems This Year

170,000 math problems is a lot of problems, and this year Trinity students achieved a major milestone; combined our students completed 170,000 math problems since September in an online Mathematics program called IXL. IXL is a play on words, and 170,000 problems serve...

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Super Viking Parent Awards 2018

Super Viking Parent Awards 2018

Naturally, attention at Trinity’s five graduation ceremonies at the end of this school term centered upon students and their success in classrooms throughout the year.  Trinity recognizes scholarly pursuits as well as character development in our quest to “Promote...

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Gear Up for a Sizzling Summer of Learning!  Win Prizes!

Gear Up for a Sizzling Summer of Learning!  Win Prizes!

To help you keep your child in the habit of learning, all summer long, teachers have composed a Sizzling Summer Learning Matrix of dynamic activities and meaningful suggestions for Elementary students, and another for Middle School students, to complete over the...

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PTL Spoils Trinity’s Staff During Staff Appreciation Week

PTL Spoils Trinity’s Staff During Staff Appreciation Week

Our teachers and staff are invaluable here at Trinity. It is important to recognize all of the teaching, support and love they give to our children! One of the best ways to provide this recognition is during Staff Appreciation Week. Staff Appreciation Week events are...

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All Things Bright and Beautiful; 2018 Spring Concert

All Things Bright and Beautiful; 2018 Spring Concert

The Spring Concert was a night to remember, filled with all things Bright and Beautiful!  Everyone sang so joyously and made all of TLS proud. Trinity school students from VPK through grade eight filled the brightly decorated gym with vibrant choral and instrumental...

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Wrapping up the year; Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Wrapping up the year; Fellowship of Christian Athletes

The past few weeks of FCA for the 2017-2018 school year have been packed with activity! Just a few weeks ago, FCA students created 48 support and worship care bags for the homeless in downtown Orlando. Each of the bags were decorated with encouraging messages and...

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One Month ‘Til Summer!

One Month ‘Til Summer!

  With summer around the corner, there are so many activities to look forward to at Camp Trinity! Between martial arts, circus workshops, Medieval Times and inflatable games, Camp Trinity will be in for a whirlwind of activities. When things get heated up, Camp...

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Penny Wars 2018: We raised $1000!

Penny Wars 2018: We raised $1000!

As the excitement mounted each day during the week, so did the total amount collected during Trinity’s 2018 Penny Wars. Students competed in Penny Wars by classrooms, for two different divisions, happily placing pennies in their own classroom buckets for positive...

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CDC 3’s and 4’s Sing In Worship

CDC 3’s and 4’s Sing In Worship

This weekend at the 9:30 contemporary worship service, a very talented group of nearly 40 three to five year olds from Trinity Lutheran School's Child Development Center shared their musical talents in worship under the direction of their music teacher, Mrs. Julia...

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How Are You God’s Light?

How Are You God’s Light?

In Chapel this past week we were blessed by a visit from Mr. Mark Brink, our LCMS FL-GA District Executive Director of School & Youth Ministries. Mr. Brink shared a message about being God’s light in chapel. After returning to the classroom, Trinity's Kindergarten...

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A Day at Driftwood

A Day at Driftwood

Lightning turned us back from the Okefenokee Swamp yesterday, yet with plenty of activities back at camp, the learning and fun didn't stop at Driftwood. Our fearless leader Jake first brought us indoors for studies of microscopic plankton, sea creatures at the bottom...

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Cascarones! Celebrating Easter in Spanish Classes

Cascarones! Celebrating Easter in Spanish Classes

This past week in Trinity Lutheran School's Spanish classes, Ms. Watkins taught students how to share an Easter blessing with one another by way of a Mexican tradition using Cascarones. The tradition involves taking confetti-filled eggs, and cracking them over the...

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VPK Reenacts the Last Supper

VPK Reenacts the Last Supper

This week in the Garden of Exploration VPK Classroom children experienced a beautiful reenactment of the Last Supper, or as one student called it, "the very last dinner."  Lead by their teachers, these precious little ones were guided through the events of Maundy...

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What’s the Four-Way Test

What’s the Four-Way Test

What's the four way test? It's a simple four-question tool to evaluate the value of the of the things we think, say or do. Rotarians world-wide use it as a "moral code" for personal and business relationships. This simple reminder for evaluating the things...

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VPK Students Create a Gratitude Tree

VPK Students Create a Gratitude Tree

This week when Pastor Doug was visiting in the CDC classrooms, he spent some time with the VPK classes. While they were working on a craft project, he talked with them about Jesus. He explained how God loves us so much that he sent His one and only Son to forgive our...

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Seussical Silliness 2018

Seussical Silliness 2018

Dress Up Days “Look at me! Look at me! Look at me NOW! It is fun to have fun but you have to know how.”  Creative Art Projects “Think left and think right and think low and...

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The $50,000 Viking Challenge

The $50,000 Viking Challenge

The students of Trinity Lutheran School challenge you to donate as we “Manifest the Spirit!” Help us follow the advice of Dr. Seuss, so all “can find the magic wherever you look, sit back, relax, all you need is a book!” Trinity’s Magic of Reading literacy initiative...

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Manifesting the Spirit: Trinity Lutheran School Week 2018

Manifesting the Spirit: Trinity Lutheran School Week 2018

From Minute-To-Win-It, to enjoying Paddington 2 at the Cobb Theater downtown, a mock Color Run, the Orlando Science Center Mobile Lab stations in the gym sponsored by the PTL, dressing up with crazy hair or as mad scientists, the school Spelling Bee, or the...

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Round Ups and Round Tables on January 23

Round Ups and Round Tables on January 23

  As the 2018 New Year crept up upon us all, so also is the planning and preparation for the 2018-19 school year. On Tuesday, January 23 Trinity kicks-off the upcoming school year, which is sure to approach faster than most would think possible! Plan now to join...

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Chapel Worship Answers the Question:  “Why Christmas?”

Chapel Worship Answers the Question: “Why Christmas?”

While answers will vary on what Christmas is all about, our December Chapel services kept Trinity students well aware that Christmas cannot be reduced to what has become merely known as a series of “Happy Holidays.” Chapel worship focused on a series of Advent...

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Highlights from Trinity’s CDC

Highlights from Trinity’s CDC

Patterns Leading Ladybugs take turns completing patterns at carpet time. They also learned about the five senses of Christmas which included senory experiences with (feel) pine needles, (taste) candycanes, (hear) jinglebells, (smell) cookies and (see) presents....

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Making Blankets for Students in Need

Making Blankets for Students in Need

Garden of Adventure VPK students and teachers have been hard at work making no-sew fleece blankets for homeless children in Orange County Public Schools. This hands-on project was created so that the kids could have a deeper connection with and better understanding of...

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