Trinity Prep Talks

The end of the school year for Trinity Prep staff is incredibly busy, incredibly heartwarming, incredibly nostalgic, incredibly fulfilling. We are wrapping up SO much - teachers are receiving final projects and exams from students, and feverishly grading them so all grades can be entered by one week from the last day of school.  (We do try!)  Admins and general staff are busy preparing for and hosting Award Ceremonies, class parties, class productions, and all the 'final' activities of the school year.  (This includes ordering about 20 dozen cookies and gallons and gallons of lemonade and tea, just for the Award Ceremonies!)  Hiring new staff.  Reviewing all curricula and making those decisions.  Making lists of the work that needs to be completed over the summer.  Incredibly busy. But, it is incredibly heartwarming to look at the students and think about how very much we have enjoyed them over the year . . . if you were at the Elementary Awar...

Classical, Shmassical.  😊  Why would Trinity Prep be 'classical' in its approach?  Especially to many millenials, 'classical' sounds old-fashioned, anachronistic, a bit dusty, like a book laying on a shelf for years.  It may well have good content inside, but you haven't ever picked it up to read, and your life seems okay. What is the relevance of a classical education? Fair question.  But first, we must define what we mean by classical education.  Different educators and schools define it differently.   What does it mean to us? At Trinity Prep, a classical approach to education means we commit to: Teach history chronologically, and study it every year.  History provides the contextual framework for the present.  Without a solid foundation in history, people cannot accurately understand and assess current events. Study history because, as Solomon says, there is nothing new under the sun. Everything that will happen in our lifetim...