FRIDAY FLYER Blessed Trinity Catholic School

March 15, 2019

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From the Principal’s Desk

Hello BT Families and Happy Friday!

It’s been another great week at Blessed Trinity, but I know that your students are ready for a little rest and break from school. It’s so important that we take time to nourish our bodies, minds, and spirits, and so I hope that you all will be able to take some time with your family over this break. Whether you are heading out of town, or staying at home – take some time for yourselves. We hope you come back refreshed and renewed for the last two months of school.

Last week, we held our 27th Annual Red and White Night and it was a huge success. So far, we have grossed about $92,000.00. That doesn’t include expenses, so we will get you a final total when all of that has been paid. The success of that night would not have been possible without the amazing committee. These men and women spent hours at school and on the weekends soliciting donations, creating advertisements, preparing for the auctions, and so much more. It was a great group to work with and I am so blessed to have been able to serve with them. We also want to thank all of our Red and White Sponsors. We are so grateful for your help and support of the school. Finally, we want to thank the team of amazing volunteers who worked the night of the event. They were behind the scenes and there until after the event was over making sure everything went smoothly.

As we look to the coming weeks, we have a few events that occur as soon as we return from break that we wanted to remind you about:

On Wednesday, March 27th, we will kick-off our Lenten Service Project – Miles To Go. Look for more information at Mass that day and in the coming weeks.

On Thursday, March 28th, we will hold our Welcome Party for the Class of 2022. This is for our current 5th graders and their parents to learn more about what Middle School is like. We will meet in the church at 8:15 on Thursday morning and then go on a tour and end with a party in the Parish Hall. We hope you all will join us!

Thank you for all that you do each day to support our students and our school! We are so grateful for all of you!

Have a wonderful Spring Break!

Megan Losito

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27 th Annual

We would like to express our gratitude to the people that put this event together.

Countless hours of work go into planning this event and without them it would not be

possible!

2019 Blessed Trinity School

Red & White Committee

Michelle Abreu

Alex & Carol Alcure

Jennifer Burzotta

Alejandra Cretul

Anthony & Lizabeth D’Ambrosio

Beth Eiland

Colleen Halstead

Jen Hewitson

Bernadette Knight

Kim Long

Megan Losito

Leslie McCullough

Alicia O’Farrell

Nancy Pasteur

Sandy Poucher

Jill Schuck

Lauren Seiler

Shanna Stevens

Amber Sweeny

Tonya Talmadge

Carol Toone

Kerry Turner

Kelly Varney

Jessica Young

Upcoming Dates Su 3/17 St. Patrick’s Day M 3/18 SPRING BREAK – NO SCHOOL M 3/25 Classes Resume M 3/25 Track Practice: 3:30 at Brick City T 3/26 Stations of the Cross: 2:00. Parents, please join us W 3/27 School Mass: 8:00 a.m. W 3/27 Early Dismissal: 2:05 p.m. Th 3/28 Cap and Gowns go home with 8th Graders Th 3/28 Welcome Class of 2022 Party – 8:15 in the church Parental Reminders

Attendance

Parents, Please be sure to report your student’s absences to attendance@btschool.org and not the general BT mailbox. Thank You!

Walk-up Passes Reminder to Parents! Students may not be released to anyone from the dismissal areas without a pass. Walk-up passes are available from the school office. These passes must be issued at the time of pick up and cannot be issued early. Thank you for helping our students safe!

Dress Code Reminder

Link: Dress Code Section from Handbook

8th Grade Dinner Dance Info

How FACTS Works!

What you need to know

What is FACTS

Facts is the parent company of Renweb (our school information system provider) and the tuition management provider for the Diocese of Orlando. They will be collecting our registration fees for us this year.

Why Use FACTS

FACTS will provide us the opportunity to help parents stick to their payment plans by sending out invoices for monthly payments and statements. Payments will be made directly to FACTS online. They offer a variety of payment options including credit card, debit card, check by mail or automated withdrawal from your checking account.

How Does it Work?

If your fees were not paid in full at the registration meeting, your family has been entered into a FACTS payment plan. Scrip credits, credit balances, and parish subsidies (agreed to and signed off by Father Pat) will be deducted from your fees and the balance will be entered into the plan.

For example:

Suzie will be in first grade in the fall. Her registration fee for the 2019-2020 school year is $700. She had a scrip credit of $200 which leaves her with a balance of $500 which will be divided into 5 payments of $100 each. These payments are due March 15, April 5, May 5, June 5 and July 5. This plan will have the fees paid before school starts in August.

Each month for five months, the parent (usually mom, unless otherwise indicated) will be emailed an invoice 10 days before the due date. The parent will also receive a monthly statement.

If your family has a payment plan, you should have already received your first invoice that is due March 15.

Questions? We are hoping for a smooth transition but we are learning along with you and there are bound to be a few bumps in the road. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to call the school office.

The Leader In Me – Habit 6: Synergize Leadership Roles at Home

Each new month brings opportunities for academic growth and growth in all areas of development. Although children must be knowledgeable when they graduate, they must also be healthy, engaged, responsible, and caring people.

One of the best ways to help your child realize his or her worth and leadership potential is to provide an opportunity to lead. As a Leader in Me School, Blessed Trinity offers students leadership roles as a way to teach:

Responsibility.

Leadership.

Contribution.

Leadership roles can also be used at home. To begin:

1. Talk with your child about the leadership role he or she might be interested in at home.

2. Discuss why he or she is interested in the role. Ask what leadership qualities your child has that will help. Ask how he or she will handle homework or other commitments with this new-role responsibility.

3. Together, discuss, write, and sign the paper detailing the leadership behavior and expectations of the role.

Give your child a week or so to adjust and then discuss how it’s going. This may open a conversation on how to handle things that are too easy or too difficult.

Express appreciation and celebrate success!

Habit #6 Bingo

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Athletic News

Track After Spring Break

Monday 3/25: Full Team Practice at BT 3:30 –

5:30

Friday 3/29: Kingdom of the Son Conference

Meet at Brick City Park. Event

entries and schedule will be sent out earlier in

the week.

Booster Cheerleading Update Registration for Booster Cheerleading is now open for students in Kindergarten -4th Grade. The last day for sign-ups is Tuesday, March 25th. Please click on the link

below for the sign up form or pick one up in the front office.

http://btschool.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/03/Blessed-Trinity-Booster-

Cheerleading-2019.pdf

School Picture News To Order Portraits

If you wish to order portraits, please follow the instructions included with the proof sheet that

went home last week. No orders will be accepted at school. If you have any questions about

the ordering process, please contact Leonard’s customer service at 800-215-4852.

Ordering Class Pictures

Order online at www.leonards.com/order

Use Access Code G443906

8x10 class pictures are $15, 8x10 class pictures with a protective coating are $18

Credit card payments only

No orders will be accepted at school

If you have any questions, please contact Leonard’s customer service at 800-215-4852

MyCokeRewards

Box Tops

Ice Cream Fridays

* Kirby’s Frozen Yogurt is fortified with probiotic, 95% fat free, all natural, non-GMO, aids digestive system, is rich and creamy, tastes like

ice cream, kosher certified and four streams of active yogurt cultures.

Stewardship 101

This class in mandatory for new kindergarten families. The classes are scheduled for:

Sunday, March 31st and Sunday, April 28th at 10:00 a.m.

The classes will be held in Middle School classroom 102.

Parish Day Care

Link: http://btschool.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/02/Parish-Day-Care-Form-March-

18th-22nd.pdf

Church News

VBS

Attention VBS Is Coming! Needed Volunteers!

This Year’s Theme ROAR! Please discern and pray about joining this exciting ministry tentatively looking to schedule in July of 2019! Contact Cyndi Litterine-Sieger at csieger@blessedtrinity.org or #629-8092 ext. 3207.

Angels In Arms

Preschool Teacher Asst. Needed Preschool Teacher Assistants Needed

Blessed Trinity Angels in Arms is hiring 2 part-time early learning teachers. The hours are Monday-Friday from 8:30am-1:30pm. Staff are required to have their 40-hour DCF training and First Aid & CPR training.

Some of the job duties include:

Implementing curriculum and activities developmentally appropriate for their class

Caring for the safety and well-being of young children

Communicating with teachers, parents, and caregivers

LifeTeen Band and Choir members needed!

Please prayerfully consider joining the LifeTeen music ministry. We are in need of all

instruments and voices, especially drums, guitar, bass, and vocals! Adults and teens are

welcome to join, and the schedule is flexible. Contact Liz Cook at 352-629-8092 or

ecook@blessedtrinity.org for more information.

LifeTeen Family Choir sings March 31st

All families and students are invited to sing in the LifeTeen choir on Sunday, March 31st at

Blessed Trinity for the 5pm Mass. Please arrive in the church at 3:30 for practice

Camp Corner

Other Student Opportunities

Blessed Trinity’s Got Talent Show Our 3rd annual Church Talent Show is Sunday, April 28th at 2:30pm. All acts and talents are invited to perform! Please pick up a registration form from either the church office, school front office, or Liz.

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