NEWS & EVENTS

Academic Year Calendar 2018.2019

Did you know? Our brains are moldable and changeable all throughout our lives.

The most recent neuroscientific research shows that our brain’s actual physical architecture “adapts to new information, reorganizing itself and creating new neural pathways based on what a person sees, hears, touches, thinks about, practices, and so on” (The Yes Brain, p. 17). This is called neuroplasticity. As a parent we can keep this in mind and know that when we help our children try and practice new skills, for example, we are not only helping them experience new things, the experience is also building new linking connections in the brain. God is so wise in His design of our brain!!

Did you know? Our parenting helps our children’s brains wire and rewire, integrate brain functions, and therefore improve their emotional, intellectual, and social skills.

Experiences shape our children’s brains through neurons firing together and making connections to other neurons. “This wire-and-rewire process is what integration is all about: giving our children experiences to create connections between different parts of the brain. When these parts collaborate, they create and reinforce the integrative fibers that link different parts of the brain” (The Whole- Brain Child, p.8). We can influence this integration in our day-to-day parenting. Check out the book for more explanation!

While you’re here celebrating our End-of-Year events, be sure to stop in the Lower School Office and check the Lost and Found Box.

We have sweaters, hats, gloves, mittens, and sweatshirts; even complete uniforms, some bagged and left behind!

All items not claimed by May 30th will be donated to St. Vincent de Paul.

With Electronic Scrip, you can easily continue using Scrip all summer; all your ordering can be done at your convenience: on your PC, laptop, or smartphone, and you can shop anytime, anywhere.

If you haven’t signed up yet, here’s how!

Start by first creating your own account at www.shopwithscrip.com; click on JOIN A PROGRAM, then ENROLL. Enter the Trinity Academy Enrollment Code: 4578BBF63745 and click REGISTER.

To pay for your Scrip order you may send your check to school or sign-up for PrestoPay: A Secure, Online Way to Pay for Scrip
PrestoPay™ lets you pay for your ShopWithScrip® orders online—no more dropping off checks! PrestoPay securely links a bank account to your ShopWithScrip account so you can choose electronic debit when you checkout online. The rebate is automatically credited to your organization, and you don’t have to worry about cash or checks.

Next sign up with PrestoPay

1. Click on the PrestoPay link under Family Functions on your Dashboard.

2. Enter your bank account and account holder information.

3. Within 2-3 business days, two small amounts will be deposited in your bank account from Great Lakes Scrip Center. Record those amounts when you see them.

4. Sign onto www.shopwithscrip.com, enter these amounts in your PrestoPay registration to verify the account, and choose a PIN number to use for online payment.

5. Once you complete the verification, you will see the approval code on that page. Provide that to our organization coordinator, Rebecca Boisvenue, to approve you, and once approved by Becky, PrestoPay will be available as a payment option at checkout.

PrestoPay makes ordering so convenient! For a small convenience fee of only $0.15 per order, you can order and pay for scrip on your ShopWithScrip account at any time, day or night. But what you’ll really love about using PrestoPay is your Reloads process faster, and you’ll receive your ScripNow® eCards and ReloadNow® funds in a matter of minutes! On top of that, PrestoPay is completely secure. You create a secret PIN number to use at checkout, so you know your account is protected.

Thanks so much for supporting Trinity Academy by using SCRIP THIS SUMMER!

As described in No-Drama Discipline by Daniel Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D., the act of identifying the feeling and verbally naming it uses the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex of the upstairs brain. By engaging this part of the brain, the amygdala of the lower brain can calm down and be less reactive. The amygdala no longer must remain on alert for danger. So, if your child is really starting to melt down, remember to try to connect with him and try to engage his upstairs brain. Do this by helping him label how he is feeling to engage the thinking, upstairs brain to calm down the lower, reactive part of his brain. This will help you, then, be able to help him move to the next step of problem-solving the situation.

Peg Renz, M.S., LPC
Resource Consultant

Here is a link to view Dr. Mitchell’s talk last week at morning assembly on Sir Roger Bannister’s discernment to leave his record-breaking running career and become a neurologist.

https://youtu.be/E2XDICubQhc

Why do toddlers begin to ask, “Why?”

Our brain is divided into two hemispheres – the left and the right. The left-hemisphere loves order and is logical, literal, linguistic, and linear. The right-hemisphere is emotional, nonverbal, experiential, and autobiographical. Children work from their right hemisphere through age three. “But when a toddler begins asking ‘Why?’ all the time, you know that the left brain is beginning to really kick in. Why? Because our left brain likes to know the linear cause-effect relationships in the world-and to express that logic with language” (The Whole-Brain Child, p. 16).

Keep that in mind when your toddler keeps asking “But…why?”!

No more remembering to get your order form in on Friday, no more writing checks, and no more searching your child’s backpack for your order (or worse, not finding it!)!

Click here: https://www.shopwithscrip.com/ and enter the TA enrollment code: 4578BBF63745 and then follow the prompts to register. It’s that easy!

Congratulations to the Middle School Forensics Team on their victory at the State Tournament held on Saturday, March 24th, 2018!

Head Coach, Mrs. Susan Mitchell and Assistant Coach, Captain John Kolbeck

Maria Bay
Michael Bay
Noel Brusnahan
Beatrice Meganck
Jane Meganck
Emily Mejia
Clare Murphy
Anna Nelson
Gianna Orlando
Joshua Pandl
John Peterson
Anthony Puchner
David Roman
René Vichiqué
Martin Scanlan
Rose Waddell
Christian Wolf
Gabriel Zignego
Vincent Zignego

Congratulations!