Academics
Trinity Lutheran School takes pride in offering a strong academic program to all students enrolled at our school. This is evidenced in the scores our students receive on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills.
Programs
In addition to the standard academic classes taught at Trinity Lutheran School, our school also has the opportunity to participate in Math Counts, Quiz Bowl, Hall Co. Spelling Bee, the National Geographic Geography Bee and the American Math Competition Exam.
Accomplishments
Fourth Quarter Honor Roll
* Denote all 1's
6th Grade
Carolyn Bergdolt*, Kasady Brehm, Julie Bruns, Elizabeth Galliart*, Dairim Gonzalez, Carter Hiegel, Katy Kowalski, Noah Messersmith, Seth Roberg
7th Grade
Alec Baxter, Jacilyn Bruns, Stephanie Chandler, Courtney Hiegel, Emma Kreutzer, Trevor Norman, Lyndsay Rathje,RaeLysa Schmitt, Jacob Stinson, Joshua Sugita, Jacob Winsterman
8th Grade
Abby Boyle, Connor Dennhardt, Maci Gardner, Bryce Hesterman, Allison Hoover, Cassidy Keezer, Michelle Paulsen*, Hannah Roberg*, Kaylee Sedersten, Haleigh Smith, Garrett Suchanek, Shauntel Upton
Spelling Bee
On January 26, 2008 Ivan Paiz, Carolyn Bergdolt, Jacilyn Bruns, and Cassidy Keezer participated in the Hall County Spelling Bee. They represented Trinity very well. Ivan Paiz placed second in the written competition among 5th graders, Cassidy placed third in the overall competition and Jacilyn was named the Hall County Spelling Bee Champion. Jacilyn will go to the state competition in Lincoln on March 15.
Math Counts
Our math counts team and individuals went to Kearney on February 14th to participate in the chapter competition of math counts. Individuals attending were Arron Kowalski, Kaylee Sedersten, Derek Stapleton, and Jacilyn Bruns. The team consisted of Michelle Paulsen, Hannah Roberg, Bryce Hesterman and Garrett Suchanek. In the individual competition out of 136 individuals Bryce Hesterman placed 5th, Michelle Paulsen 6th, Garrett Suchanek 15th, and Arron Kowalski 16th. Our team took home the 3rd place honors out of 18 teams and will travel to the state competition on March 15th.
Quiz Bowl
Jacilyn Bruns, Joshua Sugita, Michelle Paulsen, Kelli Potratz, Arron Kowalski, Bryce Hesterman, Connor Dennhardt and Nathan Kosmicki competed in the Goldenrod Conference Quiz Bowl at Palmer on March 4th. We went with Heartland Lutheran to this competition. Our team placed 3rd in the conference in the junior high division and Heartland Lutheran placed 1st in the high school division.
Congratulations to all high achievers!