Family gym night is coming Friday, March 8. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Families are invited to test their meddle as students take on the parents and teachers in favorite games such as wallie-ball, relay races, and of course dodgeball. We will also make some space in the first and second grade classrooms as a quieter area for those needing a break from the excitement happening in the gym. Families are welcome to bring water bottles and snacks, but we recommend eating dinner prior to arriving at the school. Parents, as a reminder, you must stay with your child(ren), as this is a family event.

We are delighted to welcome Alyse Garabelli as our new PSF Chair! Alyse has been enthusiastically serving the Trinitas community in a wide variety of ways (for which our staff is very grateful) since she and her family joined Trinitas. 

Here’s a message from Alyse: 

My husband, Mike, and I have two children at Trinitas: Dominic in first grade and Vincent in second. Outside the home, I have the great pleasure of working for Our Daily Bread University (part of Our Daily Bread Ministries). Apart from that, things that excite me are reading with my family, learning more about classical Christian education, and Detroit Lions football! Our family joined Trinitas two and a half years ago when Vincent started Kindergarten and we have been incredibly blessed by the community and friendships we’ve found here. I’m particularly grateful for how warm and welcoming the community has been, and that kind of welcome is something I’m motivated to share with others. I’m excited and thankful for this opportunity to serve as PSF Chair! 

The Trinitas Little Lending Library is a great source for Thoughtful Reader reading. Visit the media center and choose a good book today! Reading logs are available in the office. Be sure to turn them in to a teacher or Mrs. Mouw for a chance to make it onto our new bookshelf bulletin board! 

The Michigan Junior Classical League spring conference (a.k.a. “MJCL”) is a fun day that brings together Latin students from across the state! The day features workshops, academic skills tests, and some competitive events (e.g., oratory, visual art, Olympika games, Latin quiz bowl, costume contest). Students in grades 6 through 8 are eligible to attend. Several parent drivers/chaperones will be needed as this year’s conference is on Saturday, March 23. The cost for families is $10 per student. (Trinitas is paying the rest of the $25 conference fee in addition to providing a team t-shirt.) Lunch is included.  

The sign-up forms that went home with students earlier this week must be returned by Wednesday, February 14. 

It has become a tradition to send off our MJCL team with a parking lot pep rally ahead of dismissal. Please plan to attend this year’s rally on Friday, March 22, at 2:30 p.m. 

Our new artist of the quarter is Leonardo da Vinci. On Monday, students learned about some of da Vinci’s many creations—from paintings to sculptures to crazy inventions! As our young artists learned, he was notorious for beginning projects without ever finishing them. One such project was a massive equestrian statue commissioned by the duke of Milan. Due to the constraints of the technology of his day, da Vinci was not able to successfully cast a bronze figure of such amazing size. Five centuries later, however, the artist Nina Akamu brought da Vinci’s idea to life by creating a massive statue which now resides in the Frederick Meijer Gardens, right here in Grand Rapids.   

The Trinitas School Board is pleased to announce the creation of a High School Exploration Committee. In the coming months, the committee will be seeking your feedback about interest in developing a high school option for Trinitas students. The committee will also be gathering information about the costs, opportunities, and time frames associated with different expansion options. Please join us in prayer for the work of the committee, and be on the lookout for an interest survey in the coming weeks. If you have questions in the meantime, feel free to contact committee chair Austin Hakes.

God is good! Thank you for making our annual fund a success. I am very excited to announce that we surpassed our goal of $90,000 by receiving gifts of just over $130,000. This is such a blessing and we praise God for his provision and thank you for your faithful prayers and generous donations! Each of you is a blessing to us. 

Thank you for being part of our mission as we cultivate lives of Faith, Reason, and Virtue. 

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:20–21 

From all of the students, staff, and board members of Trinitas, thank you for your partnership! 

Mark Wagner, Headmaster 

On Monday, the first and second grade classes visited Our Daily Bread Ministries. Students toured the global headquarters where they received demonstrations in the radio/podcast and video recording studios and learned how the Our Daily Bread devotional goes from writer to reader. This included watching the printing presses hard at work to print 55,000 devotionals per hour! Our students were a delight to the Our Daily Bread Ministries employees, who mentioned how sociable the students were; the Senior Audio Media Producer commented, “What a fun and well-behaved group! It was the high point of the day having their company in the studio.” Thank you to all the parents who helped drive and chaperone for this field trip!