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TRENTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
THEME: “One Mind, One Purpose”
Philippians 2:1-2: “ If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his
love, if any fellowship with the spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by
being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose”
September 4, 2018
Following is a list of the TCS teaching and
support staff:
Principal: Mr. Allen Bron
Office Admin.: Mrs. Heather Rathbun
(T-Th)
Office Secretary: Mrs. Sonya Bontius (M&F)
Financial Admin.: Mrs. Elizabeth VanEs
(M&W)
Custodian: Mrs. Rosanne Rhebergen
Grade 7/8: Mr. Ben McLeod
Grade 6: Mrs. Lisa Lammers
Grade 4/5: Mrs Janelle Hill &
Mrs. Marg Korver
Grade 3: Ms Harmony Ponsen
Grade 2: Mrs. Stacey Siebenga &
Mrs. Robyn Amodeo
Grade 1: Mrs. Jody Bevaart
5Day Kindergarten: Mrs. Theresa Hoftyzer
3Day Kindergarten: Mrs. LindsayTrafford
Resource: Ms Jenn Courneyea/
Mrs. Elsie Kuipers
Ms. Monique Wielemaker
Mrs. Amanda deWal (AM)
Music: Mrs. Jennie Smit
French: Mrs. Theresa Hoftyzer &
Mrs. Robyn Amodeo
Little Sparks Pre-School: Mrs. Lori Tucker
May God continue to Bless us all during this
year.
As the Board of TCS heading into the 2018-
2019 school year, we look to God and the
work He is doing in our school community
while we seek to step in faith with His
leading. We are optimistic that God has good
things in His plan for us.
First, we are happy to introduce our new
incoming Board members: Dave Indewey,
Tanya Indewey and Stephanie VanderSpruit
while we give a grateful "Thank you!" to our
outgoing members: Andre deVries, Jesse
Indewey and Joe Kuipers. Your service has
most certainly been appreciated!
Second, we are blessed to add to our already
stellar teaching staff, three new teachers this
year:
Mrs. Robyn Amodeo: Gr. 2 afternoons and
French,
Ms. Harmony Ponsen: Gr. 3
Mr. Ben McLeod: Gr. 7/8
We are hopeful you find TCS to be a
wonderful place to work as you serve our
kids in the classroom.
Third, we are excited to welcome 11 new
families to the TCS community:
Andrew & Sarah DeVries-Grace (Gr. 6),
Faith (Gr. 5), Joy (Gr. 3), Patience (Gr. 1)
Anthony & Ashley Gillespie-Olivia (Gr. 3),
Quinton (Gr. 1), Cohen (JK)
Eric & Erika Forbes-Janaya (Gr. 4),
Micah (Gr. 2)
Mitchell & Jennie Smit-Marie (JK)
Matt & Heather Kay-Clara (JK)
Matthew & Corra-Lee Langdon-
Jared (Gr. 8)
Hans & Donna Dibbits-Anna (JK)
Travis & Amanda deWal-Charlotte (JK)
Tim & Erica Jeronimus-Lyla (JK)
Jeremy & Rachel deWeerd-Samuel (SK)
Bill & Jill Jeffs-Jacob (SK)
It's our hope that TCS becomes to you as
fun and uplifting a community as we have
found it to be! Finally, we look forward to
serving you as the Board, and we encourage
all our families to remember our unity in
Christ (Philippians 2:1-2). Let us continue to
serve each other as we continue to build this
school community with which God has
blessed us. May we also be a blessing to the
Lord.
- The TCS Board
BACK TO SCHOOL BBQ: Please come and join us on FRIDAY, SEPT.
7 at our annual BBQ being held at the
school. We will be starting at 5:30 pm and
don’t forget your lawn chairs. We’re sure
you’ll enjoy meeting again with friends and
please don’t forget to help our new families
feel welcome . All parents, grandparents,
and friends of TCS are welcome. There will
be no charge for the dinner but we will be
asking for a free will donation to help
cover the cost of hamburgers, hot dogs,
pop, coffee. Please also be kind and pick up
any garbage that you see at the BBQ and
help to make the clean up go quickly.
Please also remember that you are respon-
sible for your children during the BBQ.
There will be opportunity to meet
the teachers in their classrooms from
5:00-5:25 pm.
PRAYER CORNER: In years past we have had a continual
prayer corner in our bulletin and we
would like to continue that again this
year. It’s a great way to continue to hold
the TCS community up in prayer. This
week we remember our new families:
Andrew & Sarah DeVries-Grace (Gr. 6),
Faith (Gr. 5), Joy (Gr. 3), Patience (Gr. 1)
Anthony & Ashley Gillespie-Olivia (Gr. 3),
Quinton (Gr. 1), Cohen (JK)
Eric & Erika Forbes-Janaya (Gr. 4),
Micah (Gr. 2)
Mitchell & Jennie Smit-Marie (JK)
Matt & Heather Kay-Clara (JK)
Matthew & Corra-Lee Langdon-
Jared (Gr. 8)
Hans & Donna Dibbits-Anna (JK)
Travis & Amanda deWal-Charlotte (JK)
Tim & Erica Jeronimus-Lyla (JK)
Jeremy & Rachel deWeerd-Samuel (SK)
Bill & Jill Jeffs-Jacob (SK)
We pray that they will quickly feel part of
the TCS community.
FAMILY INFORMATION
UPDATE: Coming home tomorrow with your
child is a sheet which should be filled
out and returned this week. This form
will include the class trip permission and
permission to use pictures of your
children in printed material. Please
read carefully, complete and return it to
the office this week. (EVEN IF THE
INFORMATION IS THE SAME AS
LAST YEAR or IF YOU’RE A NEW
FAMILY) If you have a child with health
needs that the school needs to know
about, please contact the office. ALL
medication will be dispensed from the
office ONLY. Parental permission and
signatures are required.
RELATIONSHIP POLICY: Coming home tomorrow with your
child is the Relationship Policy. Please
sit down as a family and read through
this policy and have your children who
attend our school to sign the contract
along with you and return them to the
school office this week.
From the PrincipAl’s Desk,
It was so wonderful to walk into the gym this morning to welcome a community of students, staff, parents,
grand-parents, and friends of Trenton Christian School. Starting the year with praise and prayer really highlights
what a Christian school experience is all about. This year our school theme, United with Christ: One Mind...
One Purpose.... celebrates how we can make a difference in the lives of others by acknowledging that we are Chil-
dren of God, sharing the love the Father has lavished on us. We can learn from Jesus by His example of placing the
needs of others ahead of our own. This is one characteristic about Jesus that we can and should imitate. We are
never more like Jesus than when we are serving others.
May God continue to guide, protect, and bless the Trenton Christian School community.
PEANUT ALLERGIES:
A reminder that TCS is a peanut
free environment as we currently
have 2 students with severe
peanut allergies. ALL FOOD and
DRINK coming into the school
MUST be peanut free for the safety of our students.
“May Contain Peanuts” statements on the package is
not an acceptable or peanut free.
Thank you for helping to keep our students safe.
COMING EVENTS:
BBQ-Friday, Sept. 7@ 5:30 pm
P.A. Day-Friday, Sept. 21-NO SCHOOL
HEAD LICE:
It’s that time again....post summer means possible
head lice Please check your children several times
over the next few weeks as this is the time when it spreads from head to head the easiest.
Please remember to keep hair up in pony tails, etc.
Please keep your child home and contact the
school if you see signs of lice.
CHOCOLATE SALES:
The beginning of the school year would not be
complete without our traditional chocolate bar
sales. We all love World's Finest Chocolate. We encourage each family to participate in our sale. The profits help to fund
our Compassion Child, class field trips as well as Music, Drama and sporting
activities. Chocolate almonds, chocolate bars with almonds and caramel bars
are available in cases of 30 items. Each item is $2.00 .
Primary students do need to have a signed permission slip to
participate in the sale. Please direct any questions to Mrs. Hill.
BUSSING:
If you haven’t already signed up, please log into the
bussing website to receive emails regarding bussing
delays and cancellations.
A few reminders:
-Please inform the bus driver and the office if your
child will be picked up at the bus stop by someone oth-
er than a parent.
-Please inform the school office AND Teacher if your
child will be picked up from someone other than his/
her parent.
-When coming to pick up your child, please check in at
the office to let staff know.
Thank you!
SCHOOL NEWS:
Welcome Back Parents to our 2018-2019 School Year:
My name is Aimee Pikaart, and I will be running the gift card program again this year. I would like to take a minute
and encourage you to give this amazing program a try. It is at no extra cost to you and can be a great benefit to the
school, as we earn back a percentage from each card.
Last year was my first year running the program and using the gift cards. I absolutely loved it. I used the standard order
form, decided what gift cards I wanted and whether I wanted them on the 1st or the 15th of every month. The sign up
process is as easy as that. You can order the same cards regularly on the standing order form, which would be pre-
authorized debit or through the regular order form via cash or cheque. I only order gift cards on Mondays (unless it’s a
short week) so please have your order form in by 9am.
Again, I encourage you to just give it a try; I am positive once you do you will love it.
If you have any questions or concerns please contact me at 613-394-1065 or email at [email protected]
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Aimee Pikaart
Our school has been operating a thrift store in the Trenton Town Centre for over 2 years now. God has blessed
us richly and we have been very successful financially and well received by the surrounding community. Various
non-profit organizations have benefitted as well as 10% of our profits are donated back into the community.
Our store is run during the week by a great team of regular volunteers. We are also open on Saturdays from 10
am - 2pm and are depending on the school community to help us work this shift. Each family will be given the
opportunity to serve at the store by being given a Saturday on which to work. Please see the schedule below.
Please be at the store between 9:30 and 9:45 a.m. so that we can be show you what to do before the store opens.
We ask that if you are unable to work the Saturday assigned to you that you please find a replacement or switch
with another family. It is important that your spot is filled as the store cannot open unless at least two people are
there. There will always be someone there to open the store and run the cash as well as instruct you in what to
do.
The store benefits the school greatly and if we all work together each family will only have to serve maybe once a
year. This is a fun and easy way to generate funds for our school and help us serve our community as well. For
further info please contact Henrietta Indewey at [email protected] or 613-475-3436. Thank-you!
3 DAY KINDERGARTEN
A big, warm welcome to all of our JK
students arriving today for their first day of
school! I am so excited to begin a year of
learning and growing with you! Our first
week will focus on learning our classroom
routines and getting to know one another.
Just a reminder for this week only, we meet
today (Tuesday) and Friday and then
continue the rest of the year with our
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday schedule. It
is going to be a great year and I look
forward to seeing you at our school BBQ on
Friday at 5:00pm.
5 DAY KINDERGARTEN [email protected]
This morning, we welcome 19 students into
the Senior Kindergarten classroom. It will
be an exciting week of learning new routines
and getting to know each other.
We will be spending some time getting to
know Pete the Cat. We will be reading
stories and completing a variety of activities
based on Pete the Cat stories.
I look forward to meeting with you at the
BBQ on Friday evening.
GRADE 1 [email protected]
A big welcome to our grade 1 class! We
look forward to exploring God's amazing
world in lots of special ways this year and
celebrate how we are united with him. This
week we will take time to get to know each
other and our class routines. A booklet will
go home tomorrow that will explain our
routines and themes for this year. Our
memory work for this week is about the
Bible which is the most important book of
all. "I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you." Psalm
119:1. Students should know this verse for
Friday. Students are also asked to bring a
Bible verse to school by next Monday for
next week's memory work. It should be a
verse that they would like to post on our
bulletin board and hide in their heart. We
will learn some of the characteristics of
animals and connect them to insects. We
would like to observe a monarch caterpillar
in our class. Students are welcome to bring
one to school if they find one!
GRADE 2 [email protected]
Welcome to grade 2! It is exciting to start
a brand new year. We will be introduced
to the new theme for the year, United
With Christ, One mind, One purpose
based on Philippians 2:2. Today a package
of information will be coming home with
your student. It will explain the new
routines and events that are planned for
Grade two this year. We will be jumping
right into reading this week with a new
challenge...to become bookworms! I pray
that the Lord will bless us and keep us
close to Him. I look forward to seeing you
at the BBQ this Friday. (SS)
We will also be jumping right into our first
Creation Studies unit: All Creatures Large
and Small with a focus on Reptiles and
Amphibians. I am excited to learn and grow
with your student as we discover what it
means to be United With Christ! (RA)
GRADE 3
Welcome to the start of a new school year! I am excited to be at TCS and look forward
to meeting the people in this wonderful
community. Our theme this year talks about how we are united with Christ - we will
spend some time as a school and class
unpacking and exploring that statement and
applying it to our lives. Some more details about our classroom schedule will be
making its way home over the next few
days. Our memory work for this week and next
week will be our theme verse, Phil. 2:1-2. A
copy will go home with the students. We will not have any spelling words this week.
I looks forward to meeting you at our BBQ
Friday evening! I will be in the Gr. 3
classroom starting at 5:00.
GRADE 4/5 [email protected]
Welcome to school! I look forward to
getting the academic year started. Our
theme this year is based on Philippians 1:1-
2, it is scripture that emphasizes unity with
Christ and his followers being of one mind
and one purpose. I am excited to unpack
this scripture together with grade four/five
and put it into action. We have also
established a few school wide learning
targets this year that build on our theme
verse, you will see them posted around the
school. A detailed letter will go home later
this week outlining our daily schedule,
classroom routines and expectations.
Thank you for entrusting your child to me
as their educator and to the TCS
community, your child is a true blessing.
Memory Work: Phil.2: 1,2 for Sept. 14
CLASSROOM NEWS:
GRADE 6 [email protected]
Welcome to a new year! I am excited to
teach your child this year! I covet your
prayers as we grow together, in Christ. This
year our school will focus on being “United
With Christ”. I am looking forward to
discussing how we as a class can work
together to further the Kingdom of God.
Some important details for our year:
1) Each Friday, 2 students will be asked to
share a current event. Their names will be
posted in the Monday newsletter.
2) Spelling tests will be on Fridays
3) All assignments, projects and homework
will be put in the weekly bulletin
GRADE 7/8 [email protected]
Welcome to the start of another school
year! I’m thrilled to be here at TCS
teaching grade 7/8 and am looking forward
to a terrific 2018-19 school year. I trust
that students and their families had a
recharging and exciting summer break and I
look forward to getting to know each of
you and working hard together this year.
Our theme for this school year is “United
With Christ…One Mind, One Purpose”.
This theme is foundational to who we are
called to be as followers of Jesus and is
taken from Philippians 2:1-2.
Students were given a class schedule today
outlining all the subjects the class will be
taking and a detailed letter will be sent
home by the end of the week including
subject specific information. The students
have received a daily planner they are
required to use every day, writing in their
homework, tests, and other pertinent
information. If you have any questions
throughout the year, feel free to contact
me. I look forward to meeting many of you
at the school BBQ this Friday!
FRENCH
Grade 4/5/6
Bienvenue a la classe de francais! I am excit-
ed to be starting with your child(ren).
French gor grades 4/5 and 6 will be on
Mondays and Wednesdays. The first unit for
grade 4/5 will be “Et Maintenant...La Me-
teo” (weather) and for grade 6 “Fini les
Conflits” (solving conflicts). I will keep you
informed of any upcoming tests, quizzes,
and assignments through the bulletin. If you
have any questions or concerns, please feel
free to call or email. Mrs. Amodeo
Grade 7 & 8 French
This week we will be reviewing structures
and vocabulary through games, conversa-
tions and other activities. Next week we
look forward to beginning a unit called,
“Mystère sous-marins”
BIRTHDAYS:
Sept. 1—Emma B.—Gr. 7
Sept. 4—Alec H—Gr. 1
Sept. 6—Cheyenne S.—Gr. 6
Sept. 6—Davis L.—Gr. 6
May you have a blessed birthday.
