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August 2016

In This Issue

Athletic Forms

Online Registration

Parent Managers

Fundraising Fee

Athletic Fundraising

Schedules and Directions

Athletic Office

Quick Links

Athletic Forms

Schedules and Directions

Academic Calendar

Newsletters

Trinity School Website

Get Started with Scrip

Calendar

August 2016

15 Monday
Tryouts begin:

High School Soccer
Boys and Girls

Volleyball

Tennis

Cross Country

Boys and Girls

19 Friday

Girls Soccer

Varsity Scrimmage

@ North Shores

20 Saturday

Girls Soccer

Varsity Scrimmage

@ North Shores

Cross Country

Alumni & Family

8:30 a.m. @

Trinity

22 Monday

Girls Soccer
Var. Scrimmage

4:00 @
Trinity
Tennis
4:00 @
Bloom.-Kennedy

25 Thursday

Boys Soccer

JV 4:15 @

Rich Valley

Var. 4:15 @

Trinity

Girls Soccer

JV 4:15 @

Rich Valley

Var. 5:00 @

Highland Park HS

27 Saturday

Cross Country

Relay of Miles

8:00 a.m @

Blackhawk MS

Boys Soccer

JV 12:00 @

Highland Park HS

Var. 2:00 @

Highland Park HS

Girls Soccer

Var. 2:00 @

Visitation

Tennis

9:00 a.m. @

Stewartville HS

29 Monday

Boys Soccer

JV 4:15 @

Trinity

Volleyball

@ Trinity

C-Team 4:45

JV-Team 5:45

Var.-Team 7:15

Tennis

4:00 @

Tartan H.S.

30 Tuesday

Boys Soccer

JV 5:00 @

St. Croix Lutheran

Var. 7:00 @

St. Croix Lutheran

Girls Soccer

JV 4:00 @

Roosevelt Fields

Var. 7:00 @

Ettinger Field

2016-17 Athletic Newsletter Kickoff

Welcome to a new year of sports at Trinity School! This Athletic Newsletter will be e-mailed to all Trinity families each month. It contains essential information regarding Trinity School's athletic events, calendar updates and other news.

You can also find helpful information throughout the year on the Trinity School website under the Athletics Tab.

Athletic Forms for 2016 - 2017

Students must have all the athletic forms & a current physical on file in the athletic office to tryout or practice with a team.

Forms are not mailed to families, they must be printed from the Trinity website. Here is a link to the forms: Athletic Forms

It is a Minnesota State High School League rule that each athlete must have the following forms on file in the athletic office each year.

Annual Health Questionnaire
MSHSL Eligibility Statement
Parent Consent / Release Form
Parent Volunteer Form (one / family)
Physical (dated within the last 3 years)

New forms must be completed every year for each athlete (physicals every 3 years).
If you have not already done so, please send in athletic forms as soon as possible if your child wishes to compete in a sport during any season this school year. You may print the Athletic Forms from the school website.

Online Registration for Fall Sports

Registration for all fall sports will be done online.

A link to the athletic registration is located on the Trinity School website under Athletics. It should only take approximately 10 minutes to complete the registration.

Registration will be open during the following dates:

Thursday, August 11 - Wednesday, August 17

Cross Country
Tennis Wednesday, August 17 - Sunday, August 21
Girls Varsity Soccer
Girls JV Soccer
Boys Varsity Soccer
Boys JV Soccer
Varsity Volleyball
JV Volleyball
C Team Volleyball

Included in the online registration process will be an opportunity to join carpools to practices and/or games. If interested in carpooling, you will be asked to select several times when you can drive. This information will be used by each team's Parent Manager to arrange the drivers for the season. You will be sent a final schedule, so you will know exactly when you will be driving.

You may choose to pay your child's fees directly by credit card or by sending a check to the Athletic Office. There will be a $5.00 discount for paying by check. Please send a separate check for each child you are registering. Write your child's sport on the memo line of the check.

You must complete the online registration for your child to be included on the team roster and receive a uniform. Registration is completed when payment has been made and all athletic forms received.

6th, 7th & 8th Grade Sports

While some 7th & 8th graders will be playing on high school teams, any 6th, 7th or 8th grade student interested in joining a Trinity junior high fall sports team will have an opportunity to sign up during the New Student Orientation on August 23, 2016. Online registrations for junior high teams will open in late August. All families with 6th - 8th grade children attending Trinity will receive an e-mail with information about JH online registrations.

Fall Sports Tryouts

Fall Sports Tryouts are mandatory for students wishing to play on a varsity team. If a player is unable to attend due to a sickness, injury or some other extenuating circumstance, please contact the team's varsity coach as soon as possible.

8th - 12th Grade Boys Soccer Soccer

Tryouts and practices will be in Inver Grove Heights at Rich Valley Park Field C.

Monday, Aug. 15: Tryouts
8:00-9:30 a.m. (8th & 9th graders only)
and 3:30-5:00 p.m. (8th - 12th graders)

Tuesday, Aug. 16: Tryouts
8:00-9:30 a.m. and 3:30-5:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 17: Tryouts
8:00-9:30 a.m. and 3:30-5:00 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 18: Varsity Practice

8:00-9:30 a.m. and 3:30-5:00 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 19: Varsity Practice

8:00-9:30 a.m. and 3:30-5:00 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 20: Varsity Practice

8:00-10:00 a.m.

Note: Only 8th & 9th graders tryout on Monday morning. 8th-12th graders tryout Monday afternoon. All 8th-12th grade players should attend both morning and afternoon sessions Tuesday - Friday.

For questions, please contact the varsity coach, Mr. Hendrickson, at shendrickson@trinityschools.org

7th-12th Grade Girls Soccer

Tryouts will be at Rich Valley Park

Field B in Inver Grove Heights.

Monday, Aug. 15: Tryouts

4:00-6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 16: Tryouts

4:00-6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 17: Tryouts
4:00-6:00 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 18: Varsity Practice at Trinity

4:00-6:00 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 19: Varsity Trip

Varsity Girls leave from Trinity for a weekend of scrimmages at the North Shore.

For questions, please contact the varsity coach, Mr. Seipp, at jseipp@trinityschools.org

7th-12th Grade Girls Tennis

Tryouts and practices will be at
North Valley Park Courts
2800 70th St. E., Inver Grove Heights

Monday, Aug. 15: Tryouts
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 16: Tryouts

3:30-5:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 17: Tryouts
3:30-5:00 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 18: Tryouts
3:30-5:00 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 19: Tryouts/Team Practice

3:30-5:00 p.m.

For questions, please contact the varsity coach,

Mrs. Mulvey, at cmulvey@trinityschools.org

7th-12th Grade Boys and Girls Cross Country

Monday, Aug. 15: Team Practice

8:00-10:00 a.m. at Trinity School

Tuesday, Aug. 16: Team Practice
8:00-10:00 a.m. at Evergreen Community Church
(The former Trinity School in Bloomington)
East 88th Street, Bloomington, MN

Evergreen Community Church

Wednesday, Aug. 17: Team Practice

8:00-10:00 a.m. at Trinity School

Thursday, Aug. 18: Team Practice
8:00-10:00 a.m. at Lebanon Hills Regional Park
1350 Carriage Hills Drive, Eagan, MN

Lebanon Hills Regional Park

Friday, Aug. 19: Team Practice

8:00-10:00 at Minnehaha Falls
4801 Minnehaha Ave., Minneapolis, MN
(Meet at the parking ticket meter, just north of the Sea Salt Restaurant.) Minnehaha Falls

Saturday, Aug. 20: Alumni, Family & Friends Run

8:30-11:00 a.m. at Trinity

For questions, please contact the varsity coach,

Mr. Schoen at jesse.schoen@gmail.com

7th-12th Grade Girls Volleyball volleyball net

All tryouts will take place in the

Trinity School Gym.

Monday, Aug. 15: Tryouts

8:00 - 10:00 a.m. (9th - 12th grade)
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. (7th - 12th grade)

Tuesday, Aug. 16:   Tryouts
8:00 - 10:00 a.m. (9th - 12th grade)
3:30-5:00 p.m. (7th - 12th grade)

Wednesday, Aug. 17:   Tryouts
8:00 - 10:00 a.m. (9th - 12th grade)
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. (7th - 12th grade)

Thursday, Aug. 18:   Practices
8:00 - 10:00 a.m. (9th - 12th grade)
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. (7th - 12th grade)

Friday, Aug. 19: Practices

8:00 - 10:00 a.m. (9th - 12th grade)
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. (7th - 12th grade)

For questions, please contact the head coach,

Mrs. Balsbaugh, at jenbalsbaugh@trinityschools.org

Volunteering

Sport Specific Volunteering

To support the work of our coaches, every parent assists their children's teams in a variety of sport specific jobs, such as being a ball chaser for varsity soccer games or working admissions for home basketball games. Parents sign up for these jobs during the online registration process. Each team's parent manager will use the information collected from the registrations to set up a job schedule and will e-mail the schedule to the team.

Concessions

To help fund the athletic program, all parents with a child playing a sport during the fall, winter or spring sport season are required to sell concessions during the fall and/or winter. For example, a parent with a child who only plays softball in the spring, should sell concessions in the fall/winter. Each parent will receive an online sign-up sheet to select particular dates to sell concessions.

Parent Managers

Each team has two parent managers. Parents are required to serve as a parent manager for one of their children's sports teams each year. The duties of parent managers are described below.

Parent Manager #1

PM #1 schedules the carpools and home game/meet workers using information collected during the online registration process. The manager also communicates schedule changes via e-mail or phone calls.

Parent Manager #2
PM #2 is responsible for collecting uniforms and planning the post season party plus buying a gift for the coach. (A team fee is collected during registration to cover these expenses.)

Many parents have already volunteered for these jobs on the Parent Athletic Volunteer Form. If you have not already done so, a form is available under Athletic Forms

on the school website. Please send in your form, so you have a choice in the jobs you would like to do. Anyone who has not turned in a form will be assigned a duty where needed.

2016-17 Athletic Fees

To help fund the sports program, parents with a child participating in a sport at Trinity during the 2016-2017 school year must pay each of the following fees:

1) Pay the Sport Fee for each sport played by each of your children.
2) Pay one yearly Athletic Fee ($125/student, $250 family maximum).

The Athletic Fee is due in full at the time you sign up for your child's first sport of the year.

The Sport Fee and Athletic Fee will be part of the online registration process. You can choose to pay online by credit card, or send in a check to the Trinity Athletic Office.

Fundraising Opportunity

Scrip

The Scrip program allows you to purchase gift cards that you can use towards your own purchase of groceries, gasoline, food at restaurants and hundreds of other products through local retailers.

Gift cards are purchased and spent at face value
Cards are paid for at the time of each order and picked up at school.
The profit goes directly to the school through online accounting.
The profit margin varies from retailer to retailer.
Earnings through April 30, 2017 will be applied towards your 2016-17 Athletic fee refund ($125/student or $250 family maximum).

Getting Started

You can get started with Scrip at any time. To learn more, read the Getting Started with Scrip pdf then go online to Shop with Scrip.

Athletic Schedules and Directions

Athletic schedules and directions are listed on the MCAA Conference

website. Check this page for the most up to date listing of cancellations and changes to the schedules. On the right is a box with each team listed. Select one or more team(s) and click View for complete game schedules. Click the Calendar View drop box to select a listing of the events occurring either that day or week. Click on the location of each event, written in blue, for directions or a map.

A link to the site is also available under the Athletics Tab on Trinity's website.

2016-2017 Trinity Spirit T-shirt


	Designed by Stephen Brewer 2016-17 T-shirt design winner.

Show your school spirit at home and away games by wearing this year's Trinity Spirit Shirt!

To Order:

Link to order form:

T-Shirt Order Form

You can print out an order form from the link above, or turn in the order form that will be sent to parents with their Trinity Forms Packet. Additional forms will also be available at Trinity's front desk.

Orders are due Wednesday, August 31; the T-shirts will be delivered to students' lockers around September 15.

Trinity Spirit Wear

Trinity School Year-Round Online Store
Trinity families and friends are able to order Trinity apparel year-round and have it shipped directly to their doors. There is a broad selection of items: sweatshirts, t-shirts, hats, outerwear and more!

A link to the Trinity online store is on the Trinity website under the parents tab. Here is a link to the store: Trinity Online Store

Athletic Office: Room 216

Athletic Director - Pat Buchanan

651-789-2890 Ext 216

Email: patbuchanan@trinityschools.org

Assistant to Athletic Director - Catherine Mulvey
651-789-2890 Ext 416
E-mail: cmulvey@trinityschools.org

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