Dear Second Grade Families,

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!  I hope you had a blessed summer and are excited for the new school year!  I want you to know I am so happy to have your child in my class this year!  I am looking forward to an exciting, fun filled year of learning.  Working as a team we will make the most of this wonderful year of learning and growth.

I believe each child is a gift from God.  God has given each child a set of unique talents, abilities, and gifts.  It is my prayer that God uses me this school year to help your child grow in knowledge and wisdom.  It is also my desire to help each child discover and develop the awesome gifts God has given each of them. I look forward to teaching this special group of second grade students. 

This is my thirteenth year here at Trinity First Lutheran.  It is the first time I will teach a single grade class here at TFL.  I have done a lot of thinking and planning over the summer to prepare for teaching these children.  I have also prayed for my students over the summer and look forward to getting to know them this school year.

During the past several years at Trinity First I have enjoyed directing the children’s choir and coordinating the Spring Musical, working on the Fall Festival committee, and helping with the Christmas Program.  In recent years I have also assisted the basketball teams.  I look forward to working with the children of Trinity First in a variety of ways this year especially for the Spring Musical. 

Before coming to Trinity First I taught fourth grade for six years in Collinsville, Illinois at Good Shepherd Lutheran School.  Prior to that I taught fourth grade at Our Redeemer Lutheran School in Honolulu, Hawaii.  My husband, Todd, is a high school math teacher and a coach.  He will teach at Bethany Academy in Bloomington this year.  My husband and I live in Richfield.  We are both graduates of Concordia Teacher’s College in Seward, Nebraska.  In the spring of 2005 I completed a Masters Degree in education from Saint Mary’s University.  I love to learn and look forward to sharing this love of learning with my students.

Please feel free to contact me at any time if you have any questions or concerns.

Love in Christ,
Mrs. Terri Bentz

Mrs. Bentz's Contact Information:

School: 612-871-2353 ext. 18

Email: bentz.tfl@gmail.com



Welcome to 2nd Grade!
Mrs. Terri Bentz

“For we are God’s workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus
to do good works,
which God prepared in advance
for us to do.”

Ephesians 2:10