Inside the Pride High School News - Volume 290

Keeping you plugged into the exciting things happening at the High School

 

Published December 14, 2025

Volume 290

 
 

Mr. James Wheeler - High School Principal

 

MR. WHEELER’S WEEKLY WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT

Dear Trinity Families,

As we enter Finals Week, I want to speak a word of peace and encouragement over your homes. This is a meaningful stretch for our students, a time to demonstrate all they have learned, to finish strong and to trust God with their efforts. While finals can naturally bring a bit of pressure, they also present a beautiful opportunity for families to come alongside their students with grace and support.

I’d like to encourage you to create a warm and calm environment over the next several days.  Studies consistently show that a quiet space to focus, reduced activity, fewer distractions and plenty of rest can make a tremendous difference. Fill your home with good food, encouraging words and the kind of peace that reminds our students they are loved far beyond any exam score.

Let’s help them study diligently and find confidence in the strength God provides. “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength” (Isaiah 30:15). May this truth settle over our households as our students prepare.

Thank you for partnering with us as we guide your sons and daughters toward excellence and a deeper trust in the Lord. Your quiet support often goes unnoticed, but it is never unfelt. We see God’s hand at work in the lives of our students and we remain grateful for the way you walk with them during this important season.

Check out our SCHOOL CALENDAR.

  • Dec 15-18: Christmas Dress Up Week

  • Dec 16-18: Half Days - Please see schedule below

  • Dec 19: Remote Day

  • Dec 20-Jan 4: Merry Christmas - Enjoy your break!

  • Jan 15: Seniors - Do not forget to order your cap and gown package!

Last week in Chapel

This week in chapel, our 7th-grade Bible teacher, Mr. Moore, challenged our HS students to reflect on the Incarnation as we enter the Advent season. Opening with a video showing a man lowering himself into a deep pit to rescue someone who had fallen in, Mr. Moore sought to emphasize that the beauty of the Incarnation is that the Son of God willingly lowered Himself into our world by taking on flesh, not simply to dwell among us but to rescue and raise us from the curse of sin. We looked in John chapter 1, Philippians chapter 2, and 2 Corinthians 8:9, which states: "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich”. Mr. Moore emphasized that meditating on the Incarnation this Christmas season is not simply a theological endeavor but an ethical call to humbly love and serve the undeserving in our lives as Christ loved and served us. Mr. Moore concluded with the challenge to allow the truth of the Incarnation to produce greater gratitude and humility in our hearts and then appealed to the lost to receive the Lord Jesus, believe in His name, and be born again as a child of God. (John 1:12-13)

Christmas Dress Up Week

December 15th - 18th 

Dress Code Guidelines for Spirit Week

  • No leggings. 

  • No boxer shorts

  • No silky pajamas 

  • No spaghetti straps, tank tops,  or tops with low V neck

  • Holes/rips/tears in jeans should not be above the knee  

  • Mesh/see-thru tops should not be worn unless there is a full coverage top underneath it.  

  • Tops should touch the top of the pants. If you lift your arms and I can see your skin it is too short and can only be worn with an undershirt. 

  • Shorts must be fingertip length. 

  • Due to our steps, skirts and dresses must be fingertip length and have shorts underneath.

  • Hats may be worn and open toe shoes

SENIOR Cap and Gown packages

Seniors... it is hard to believe that we are in December and graduation will be here before we know it! You are now able to purchase your Cap and Gown package.

The website is up and ready to place your order! Please complete this by January 15th. Once all orders are placed, they will be shipped to me and you will pick up your package from my desk. 

Steps to ordering online:

1) Go to www.scholasticimages.com

2) Choose Trinity Christian

3) Click on Cap & Gown Packages

Academic Matters


December Exams

Please see the schedule below for our December Final Exams. Since students get out at 12:15 on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, SAGE will be serving breakfast instead of lunch for those three days. Breakfast will be served from 8:00-8:50 in the Multi-Purpose Room.

Prayer Requests

The High School Administrative Team would love to partner with families to lift up prayer requests you have. Please fill out the TCS High School Prayer Requests form to submit a request. These requests will be prayed over on a regular basis and kept confidential among the High School Administrative Team.

“Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.” Colossians 4:2

PRAYER REQUEST FORM

FROM THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT

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AP EXAM FEE

The order for AP Exams has been placed, and students will incur a $50 fee per exam. 

Their Blackbaud accounts will be charged in December.

CLASS OF 2026 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS CHECK

The counseling department will be doing a final audit of senior transcripts during the first weeks of semester two in order to ensure all seniors have the required credits in order to graduate. Seniors who need to adjust their schedule in order to receive the necessary credits will be notified. Seniors who have questions about their transcript or credits needed for graduation should contact their grade level counselor during the first week of second semester.

SAT DATES FOR 2025-26

Registration is open for the March, May, and June test dates for the digital SAT. Most colleges, including those that are test optional, consider SAT scores when making admission and placement decisions, and for certain scholarships. 

Your SAT score is a proven way to show what you’ve learned and stands out on applications. 

Below are the upcoming test dates and registration deadlines for the spring administration of the SAT. These are high target dates for 11th graders especially to be taking the SAT. These seats will fill up fast, so don’t delay in registering in order to get the date that you would like.

You can register for the SAT AT THIS LINK.

To see dates and registration information for the ACT, click the link below. 

ACT Dates and Registration

COLLEGE PLANNING

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