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iPad the Means, Learning the Goal

Trinity School has a long tradition of putting educational technology tools where they belong – in the hands of teachers and students. For this reason, since the early 1990’s the School has placed into classrooms first computers, then laptops, then [...]

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How Students Learn to Write at Trinity School

Come hear how, from ECP through Grade 5, students engage with writing as they grow and learn through the grades. Learning at Trinity 2012 How Students Learn to Write at Trinity School February 1 in the Upper Campus Great Hall [...]

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Wisdom 2.0

I’m looking forward to the great line up of speakers at Wisdom 2.0 tomorrow. This link is worth the click! http://www.wisdom2youth.com/About

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Be Ready for 7:10 p.m. at Trinity School

I wouldn’t exactly call it a flash mob, but tonight will be an experience you won’t want to miss. You will hear from Trinity School teachers and personnel in a way you never have before. Here is how to be [...]

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What’s Ms. Still Doing in Ecuador?

Science, Garden, and Advanced Math Teacher, Marisa Still is in Ecuador on a field study in the rainforest to learn more about reptiles and amphibians in that ecosystem. To get there, Ms. Still traveled to Quito on Sunday. Read her [...]

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Grandparents and Special Friends Day and SSMARTS Night

Here is the schedule for Grandparents and Special Friends Day on Monday May 9: 8:00 Grandparents and Special Friends arrive and sign in on the patio. Guests can wait on the patio for classes to assemble at 8:25 or can [...]

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Four Ways Your Child Uses Technology

Learning at Trinity, our community breakfast and presentation, will highlight how teachers and students use technology at Trinity School. Assess/Differentiate! is teacher speak for two questions a teacher is constantly asking and answering: What does this child know? What is [...]

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Middle School Recommendations Sent

Contrary to all blog posting wisdom, I’ve been fairly radio silent for the past couple of weeks. The project taking up my head space (okay, that’s a Head of School pun) has been a serious act of love and care. [...]

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Come Back to School

Dear Parents, This is a hard blog post to write, but a needful one. Today was the first day of school after a two week break for Christmas and New Year. It was a too quiet day at Trinity School [...]

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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 [...]

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