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Repeating Great Words

One of the more amazing aspects of being human is that other people’s memories can become our own. Although we did not experience them, we can receive them secondhand and carry them as sources of humor, encouragement, or wisdom. One such memory...

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Single-Sex Classrooms

It’s October, and we are coming to the climax of the Iliad while the sun shines into West 7 and the fall breeze blows through the open window. We’re...

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Why Latin?

On the day before Midwinter break, one of my students, weary of new and obscure grammar, finally issued a complaint saying, “Why are we studying this...

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Trinity Academy Outdoors

Academy, from the Greek Ἀκαδήμεια, the garden in which Plato taught. Trinity Academy students spend a lot of time outside, and this time outside...

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Learning the Ropes

Do you remember your first day at a new school? There was excitement, of course—but perhaps a little fear or uncertainty mixed in. Will I fit in,...

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Project Week

One of the most important aspects of education at Trinity Academy is the idea that students take ownership of their learning. In the classroom we...

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Authentic Faith and Friendship Among the Community of Learners

Clear, beautiful voices rang out in the early morning classroom. Trinity students were chanting an ancient psalm together at Morning Prayer,...

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Singing

Jesus said that the mouth speaks from the abundance of the heart. Experience teaches us that tears also come as an overflow. I would group singing...

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How Humane Letters Makes Us More Human

In 9th grade, Trinity students begin their study of Humane Letters by reading the short story Revelation by Flannery O’Connor. The story is set in...

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Students at Quest opening.

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The Quest is On!

Every year, on the first Friday of the school year, something unusual happens at Trinity. Faculty and students arrive on campus to find tables piled...

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