GB Trinity Lutheran

Meeting Or Exceeding Standards

When teachers and students in Lutheran schools understand that God has a purpose for them, they respond with a desire to work toward excellence.

Green Bay Trinity Lutheran School holds its students to a higher academic standard, aiming to provide students with a rigorouous and comprehensive education. We focus on curriculum development, instructional quality, and practices to ensure academic excellence.  We recognize that each student is uniquely and wonderfully made. We implement strategies to individualize learning when possible and needed. We look to support students with the tools we have available in house or as provided by the state through various services. We continue to rank second highest in our community for our state report card for schools willing to submit their results to the state. 

Our teachers persue excellence in their daily devotion to be better than the day before. Faculty and staff are invovled in ongoing professional development to stay abreast of the latest educational trends, teaching methodologies, and technology. Certain days are taken off from the school year to attend workshops or work collaboratively on furthering our skills. Teachers are also encouraged to continue their learning through advanced degrees to become content area experts.  Multiple teachers on staff have obtained Master Degrees from various accredited universities. 

The Lutheran Mafia

One learns more of Christ in being married and rearing children than in several lifespans in study in a monastery - Martin Luther

Parents are a students' first teacher. Our staff embrace the knowledge and wisdom that can be shared from parents in efforts to meet the needs of every student.  At Trinity, we stress the importance of a positive partnership between the home and the school.  A main staple in this effort is regular communication. Each classroom has its own way of communicating to parents, but you can expect a teacher to communicate through: a weekly classroom newsletter, a weekly school-wide newsletter, remind app, parent-teacher conferences, and face-to-face conversations. We use FACTS as our student information system.  This online portal has means of communicating to teachers and checking grades. Keeping clear lines of communication helps establish a partnership that beneifts the student.

We have many volunteer opportunities that foster a positive partnership with the classroom. As grades go on field trips, we may need parents to help as chaperones. Chaperones are expected to complete a background check and safety training. We also have an active Parent Teacher League. This group of parents is responsible for running many events around our school. The biggest of those groups is the auction committee. Parents on this group easily meet their volunteer hours, and help coordinate and run the biggest fundraiser for our school.  We have multiple groups that requires a wide array of skills, talk to Mrs. Meerstein or Mr. Sawyer in the office and they'll gladly point you to a group that would fit your gifts and strenghts.  These groups help enrich our overall program that benefit our students. 

Planning For The Demands Of Tomorrow

People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions. - Martin Luther

Green Bay Trinity Lutheran School is not content with the status quo. Education is a fluid field and is constantly gaining insight and wisdom from previous generations. As we learn from the past we look to the future and how we can better inform our practices.  Through self examination and a growth-mindset, Trinity aims to prepare our students for the world of tomorrow. 

Accreditation is a method we use to keep our school on the forefront of theory and practice. We maintain accreditation with NLSA (National Lutheran School Accreditation). It is recognized as a rigorous process that keeps us moving and improving.  The accreditation process ends with a five-year action plan that seeks to improve good to great and take great to best. Through this process many powerful practices are identified that demonstrate our strenghts. It also identifies areas that we need to polish so that we can be better than the day before and ready to grow.

Currently, work is being down to physically meet the need of our growth.  We have consulted with the Association of Lutheran Secondary Schools (ALSS) for recommendations on facility improvements and growth.  We hope to put those plans into place and prepare for the growing classes that are moving through our grades. 

Making Disciples For Life

The LCMS values Christian education and believes that it must address the whole person in body, mind and spirit from early chilhood to higher ed.

Discipleship is learned, not inherent. It requires mentorship and guidance. Trinity has many opportunites for students to develop their skills as given by God. Our chapel families sit together in chapel and offer an opporunity for the younger students to see proper behavior modeled. The older students are given the opportunity to model proper chapel behavior. Chapel families meet multiple times throughout the year to complete service projects and form relationships. 

Discipleship often emphasizes the development of critical thinking skills within the context of faith. Students are encouraged to explore their personal beliefs, ask questions, and engage in thoughtful discussion that deepen their understanding of Lutheran theology. Lutheran education integrates faith into every aspect of a student's life, including academic studies. As a student grows in their skill they often will take the lead in offering prayers before or after a meal, volunteer for programs in their home church, and become active visible members of their church.