Trinity School News & Blog
Peter Is Out of ICU
Great news for Peter and his family today. He is out of ICU and has been moved to the third floor. This means that he will also be able to join other children in the Lucile Packard Hospital school next [...]
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 [...]
Being Mean: Life on the Playground
Meanness happens. Moreover, sometimes meanness comes from your child toward another child. It might be planned. It might be the unthinking brilliance of the opportunity at hand. At some time your child will be mean to someone else. When being [...]
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 [...]
Where's My Candy?
Oh the indignation of some children last week at our first school store of the year! The array of snacks proffered didn’t meet some students’ expectation of full on candy. Why is this? Well, I’ve watched the kinds of sugar-rush-candy [...]
Ah-choo! and Unwanted Critters!
Where ever two or more are gathered… Sharing happens. We started our eighth day of school to find that more than students have come to Trinity School. A number of children and adults had a hard-hitting cold for a long [...]