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Dear Trinity Families:

As parent representatives of the Trinity Reopening committee, we are writing this letter to update you on the Trinity Reopening Plan and express our support for our teachers and principals. For our family, we have decided that the sacrifices required to have an approved wavier are worth the disruption to our routine. We are praying and hopeful that three of our kids can attend in-person instruction.

For your information, the Trinity Reopening Plan is attached here and our waiver has been submitted to the County of San Diego in hopes of returning to in-person classes. Please pray that it is approved! 

Please look over the plan. As you look over the plan, we want you to know that the school administrators have been working tirelessly to meet the requirements of this waiver so that our kids can attend classes together.

Administrators have: 

• renovated the facility to provide a supervised, yet isolated sick room
• hired all-day assistant staff for each classroom
• invested in a filtration system for the HVAC
• created a plan for our kids to not have prolonged periods of time indoors for instruction (which by the way, Trinity happens to have an ideal set up with no indoor hallways and children already accustomed to PE and lunch outdoors)

 All this has been done to protect our teachers and students from illness to the best of our ability and to meet the strict requirements for the county waiver. Obviously, some of the changes are less than ideal, but they are necessary to protect our kids and to meet the requirements of the waiver.

More than ever before, our school is going to have to work together to keep our kids in the classroom rather than distance-learning (but of course there are plans for that as well!).

We are full of hope that God is growing our children in faith, resilience, and compassion during this season.

3 John 2

Kendall and Shelly Laughlin

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Dear TCS Families,

We are continuing to pray for each TCS family and trust that you are well and feeling a sense of God’s presence in your lives. Parents, we applaud your efforts in partnering with us to help your children to continue moving forward with their grade level learning. We understand the stress that this can cause both for the students and the parents under these extenuating circumstances. Please be assured that we understand that each family has a different situation and we encourage you to just do the best you can. We are winding down our school year as we enter these last few weeks. It feels like it has been a long journey but our hope is that we can all finish strong.

The next drop-off/pick-up will occur next Monday, May 18th. Please take note of the suggested times cited below. This event will be to trade bags of finished work for bags with the last packet to go home, NED tickets, and library books. There will be only one more drop-off only on Monday, June 8th. That event will be to return NED tickets, completed work, textbooks, and library books. The giant NED ticket drawing will take place the first week we are back at school. Students will receive their report card in the mail the week of June 15th.

It appears that we will be unable to reopen before the end of our school year. We are working on what can be done for our eighth grade graduation but do not believe that we will be able to host grade level promotions. We will keep you informed of any changes that may occur.

Our faithful hard-working teachers and support staff have been keeping students on track in their grade level course of study with Google Classroom, instructional work packets and Zoom meetings. We also hope you have been able to tune-in to our weekly Chapel on Fridays at 9:00 a.m. hosted by Mrs. Warren and Mrs. Tapia. They are all greatly appreciated.

In His Service,

Sharon Axe, Co-Principal       Jimmie Drummond, Co-Principal

MONDAY  MAY 18, 2020

Packet Drop-off/Pick-up drive through schedule by the family’s LAST name

(A-C = 9:00 a.m.)    (D-H = 10:00 a.m.)    (I-M = 11:00 a.m.)

(N-S = 12:00 p.m.)    (T-Z = 1:00 p.m.)

We truly hope that this letter finds everyone healthy and adjusting to this new temporary way of life. We are praying for all our wonderful TCS parents who have been stretched with their time and energy, for our great TCS students that are working hard to keep up with their distance learning and our awesome TCS staff that is working hard to facilitate forward motion in their students’ learning  circumstances. The feedback regarding the use of the Google Classroom online platform, Zoom meetings, and instructional learning packets has been good.

It seems that there are daily changes regarding the pandemic news depending upon whom you listen to. This complicates decision making for everyone. As much as we have been hoping and praying to return to school at the beginning of May it is just not possible due to San Diego County and California public health orders.  We are continuing to monitor the health orders closely and will open up again as soon as we are allowed to even if it can only be for a short time. Thank goodness we have a greater power in the name of Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit for the Glory of God the Father to rely upon as we navigate this unprecedented time together.

This coming Monday, May 4th, we will host another drop-off/pick up drive through with two more weeks of learning materials that follow our TCS curriculum grade level course of study. It is important to return the two gallon plastic “Student Bag” that is labeled with first and last name and grade level with your child’s completed work in it!.This is so we can exchange the two gallon bags in order to reuse them for the following drop-off/pick-up drive through if it is needed. Your teachers are looking forward to seeing all that has been accomplished during the off campus classroom days. We would like to remind you that if you would rather not receive email notifications when new assignments are posted in Google Classroom, please feel free to turn your notifications off – just be sure that you check Google Classroom daily for new postings!  Also, Spanish and typing have been added as optional enrichment opportunities for your student’s distance learning experience.

    MONDAY  MAY 4, 2020

Packet Drop-off/Pick-up drive through schedule by the family’s LAST name

(A-C = 9:00 a.m.)    (D-H = 10:00 a.m.)    (I-M = 11:00 a.m.)  (N-S = 12:00 p.m.)    (T-Z = 1:00 p.m.)

“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

Isaiah 41:10

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Dear Parents, 

As we approach Easter we pray that you will take time to enjoy your family and the grace God has extended through Jesus. “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.” Ephesians 2:8. 

As we look to the near future, we see that our off campus learning will be extended much longer than the experts first suggested. In light of this, we want to recognize our amazing TCS parents, students and teachers who have done an incredible job through difficult circumstances extending grace to one another. We continue to hold out hope that we will be able to open our campus before the end of the school year.  All decisions about re-opening the campus will be made under guidance from local health agencies. We are prepared for distance learning through the end of the school year if necessary. However, if there is a possibility to re-open safely even for just a week we will do so. At this point, it is too early to tell so we are proceeding in segments. The first segment will start with the three weeks following Easter Break, then every two weeks following that we will offer a drop-off/pick-up drive thru. In this way our students will have continuous classroom instruction with opportunities for grading completed work. As a result, report cards can be completed for promotion and graduation in June. We will host a promotion and graduation ceremony if we can do so safely. Our dedicated hard working staff has done an amazing job of transforming classroom experiences to a personalized home study environment. They have been working diligently planning for this next phase of your child’s grade level experience.  

After Easter Break your child will have the opportunity to be with their classmates and teacher who will be doing some live online instruction to enhance the student learning experience. Our first goal for this live instruction is to help your child feel a sense of normalcy in being able to interact with their teacher and classmates.  All of the teachers are looking forward to this interaction because they miss being in the classroom. Our second goal with the live online instruction is to make sure that students continue to progress through this year’s curriculum guided by their teacher. Teachers are working hard to make online learning meaningful for your child. We are committed to providing a quality academic experience to ensure students are ready for the next grade level. 

On April 13th the following schedule is set up for families to drop-off and pick-up packets according to the first letter of your last name. Teachers (Preschool through Middle School) have gathered material for your child(ren) to have at home in addition to the online connections. Care has been taken to protect the materials and they will be in sealed plastic bags. If you have more than one student, we will gather the packets together and put them in one large bag per family. There will be several lines available so please stay in your car. Family bags will be delivered to you.  Precautions will be practiced. Please remember to return your student’s finished work in a disposable bag labeled with their name and grade level.

Packet Drop-off/Pick-up schedule by family LAST name

A-C = 9:00 a.m.    D-H = 10:00 a.m. I-M = 11:00 a.m.     N-S = 12:00 p.m. T-Z = 1:00 p.m.

We are aware that there may be families who have been unable to work at home, or otherwise, find themselves in a difficult financial situation. We are working on some ways to extend the opportunity to apply for tuition assistance if you are suffering a financial hardship due to the coronavirus circumstances. Please know that our desire is to be able to help those who are in financial distress and continue to uphold all our families in prayer for whatever needs they may have, both known or unknown to us, at this unsettling time.

For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you,

“Fear not, I will help you.” Isaiah 41:13 (NKJV)

In His everlasting love and grace,

Sharon and Jimmie

Sharon Axe, Co-Principal
Jimmie Drummond, Co-Principal 

“Trinity Christian School, an outreach ministry of Trinity Church, commits to a partnership with parents to inspire academic and personal excellence in a Christ-centered environment.”