Trinity School News & Blog
Semper Paratus (Always Ready)
Did you know that Trinity School has: Emergency preparedness procedures documented for fire, earthquake, and campus lock-down Conducts an annual disaster simulation on the Upper Campus with students and personnel Maintains current emergency food, water, first aid, and shelter supplies [...]
Traffic Safety Education for Preschool Students
Safe Moves, a non-profit organization, and recognized leading authority in traffic safety education in the country, spent a morning with our ECP students sharing valuable safety tips when walking near cars or railroad tracks. The idea to bring in Safe [...]
Your Child Learned the Fun of Healthy Living Today
Trinity School Grade 4 students have lead school-wide service learning this quarter. Their theme? CANCER AWARENESS Fourth Grade students researched to better understand how healthy living can help prevent cancer. They schemed with representatives from other grades about how to [...]
Safer Internet Day Feb. 8th
Parent will want to take a look at Yahoo!’s new page on internet safety. And why not check it out today since February 8th is Safer Internet Day. Check out the family pledge for internet safety. Even if you don’t [...]
What's in Our Food?
Dr. Cecily Fitzgerald will speak to interested Trinity School parents on nutrition and the foods we eat on Wednesday morning, January 19 from 8:25 to 9:00 a.m. in the Trinity School Library. She has spoken to many parent and student [...]
But I Didn't Do Anything!
Bully. Victim. ONLOOKER. Ally. I’ve posted about bullies and about victims. Here are two things about the onlooker, the witness to the incident. 1. The bystander didn’t ask to be a part of the action. She was just there when [...]
She's Picking on Me!
At one time or another a child will take on one of these roles on the playground: bully, victim, onlooker, or ally. The bully – a person who chooses a sustained pattern of meanness. Not to say that bullying never [...]
A Bully, a Victim, an Onlooker, and an Ally Climb onto the Monkey Bars
For the fifth day Bully says to Victim, “Get off, you baby or I’ll push you off.” Victim says, “You’re the baby!” He gets off the monkey bars and spends the rest of recess watching in case the bully follows [...]
What You See Makes You 10% Happy
So where do you go for the other 90%? Shawn Achor, who spoke recently for the Common Ground Speaker Series, posits that the external world is only 10% predictive of happiness. The characteristics that serve as real predictors of happiness [...]
Why Trinity School Gives Your Child a Birthday Card
My desk is littered with birthday cards. They are two versions of the Birthday Prayer from the Book of Common Prayer, one for girls, the other for boys. One of my many delights is to write the card for each [...]