Trinity Episcopal School of Austin

Trinity Episcopal School is a K-8 independent co-ed day school in Austin, Texas. The school was founded in 1999 in a rented blue house near the University of Texas campus. Since that inaugural year, the school has grown from 13 students to more than 500, moved to a 15-acre (61,000 m2) campus in West Lake Hills and built seven buildings. Trinity Episcopal School is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest and the Southwestern Association of Episcopal Schools.[1]

Trinity Episcopal School of Austin
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3901 Bee Caves Road

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78746

Coordinates30°16′53″N 97°48′31″W / 30.281426°N 97.808725°W / 30.281426; -97.808725
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TypePrivate school
Established1999
PrincipalJennifer Morgan
Faculty91
GradesK-8
Enrollment534 (2017-2018)
Team nameTornado
Websiteaustintrinity.org

Academics

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Trinity's Lower School uses a workshop approach for the teaching of reading and writing. Developed by Lucy Calkins of Columbia University, the workshop approach develops writers who have confidence in their own voices and fluency with a number of different formats and styles. Trinity's math program develops math fluency, treating the subject as a language to understand rather than a series of facts to memorize. The vertically integrated curriculum embeds basic algebraic and geometric concepts into the earliest math education and incorporates the workshop approach developed by Catherine Fosnot of the City College of New York.

In the Middle School, students have an opportunity to complete both Algebra 1 and Geometry by the end of their 8th grade year. Students can also earn high school credit for a number of other classes, including Latin, Speech, and Integrated Physics and Chemistry.

Trinity's Head of School is Jennifer Morgan.

Episcopal Tradition

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Trinity offers daily chapel in both the Lower School and the Middle School. The Chaplain is the Rev. Ken Malcolm.[citation needed]

Athletics

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The Trinity Tornado competes in the Austin Inter Parochial League (AIPL) in the following sports:

Girls: Cross-Country, Volleyball, Basketball, Lacrosse, Soccer, Tennis, Track, Golf, Swimming

Boys: Cross-Country, Tackle Football, Flag Football, Basketball, Soccer, Lacrosse, Tennis, Track, Golf, Swimming

Arts

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Trinity has an arts program that incorporates both elective courses and extracurricular activities. The school hosts a school-wide art show each spring, has several choirs and solo opportunities, and a drama department that produces a fall drama and a spring musical. Trinity's Varsity Choir won the Best in Class trophy at the 2009 Lone Star Showcase choral competition in Dallas.

References

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  1. ^ "SAES School Members". Southwestern Association of Episcopal Schools. Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
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