Trinity School News & Blog

Come to the Opera – at Trinity School!

Grade 5 students wrote these enticements for you to come to The Elixer of Love: Please, everybody who is connected to Trinity School who likes drama, please come see Opera ala Carte. It plays the Wednesday after Thanksgiving break in the Great [...]

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Imagine, Create, Innovate

Sir Ken Robinson delighted an over-capacity crowd last night. Here is a bouillon version of some of his major points. We are alive in a time of revolution caused by the rapid rate of change in two major forces: technology and [...]

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If You Attend One Speaker This Fall…

Sir Ken Robinson is the one you don’t want to miss. 7:00 p.m. Schools of the Sacred Heart. Come early! The notes that follow are provided by Common Ground Speaker Series. Sir Ken is the 2011-2012 keynote speaker of Common [...]

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I Lost My Tooth: Conversation in Junior Kindergarten

We have been having some great discussions at circle. The children have been doing a great job of listening to the share and asking questions when appropriate. You have no idea how hard it is to – raise your hand, [...]

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Claim Your Happy

Reading The Happiness Advantage, I learn, with the research sources neatly annotated by Achor along the way, that having a positive outlook or, when down, being able to reclaim a positive outlook has helpful biological results on your body and [...]

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ECP 3-4 Parents Take on the Playground!

What a great community of parents! In concert with Teachers Emily and Sue, with input from Teacher Nancy, ECP 3-4 parents arrived this morning with tools, paint, and energy to tackle a robust list of playground improvements. A light drizzle [...]

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Book Fair Is Here!

“Good thing Penny Panic and Book Fair don’t happen in the same week. It would be too much!” – a Fifth Grader At the Lower Campus… Monday, October 18: ECP, Trinity Hall or outside, weather permitting 8:45 am-12:30 pm At [...]

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Penny Panic!!!

Penny Panic!

The children of Trinity School raise money that they will give away to worthy causes over the course of the school year. Each class tries to raise the most money by filling a bucket set outside the classroom door each [...]

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Free Dress Friday September 24

Here’s what you’ll want to know as you guide your enthusiastic free-dresser! Free dress is an option for children on both the Upper and the Lower Campus Free dress is generally the last Friday of the month Acceptable clothing does [...]

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JK's Gone Camping – at Trinity School

Junior Kindergarten went camping today on Trinity School grounds. They came prepared with flashlights, pillows, a friendly stuffed animal and the scary stories they had written just for an occasion such as this. While out and about on the wilds [...]

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