Making Headway With New Boys and Girls Sports Locker Room

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A lot is happening around campus this summer in preparation for our reopening this Fall, including the construction of a new boys and girls sports locker room.

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The Locker Room Project is providing a fantastic space for football, boys' and girls' track, boys' and girls' soccer and boys' and girls' lacrosse to have first-rate locker rooms. 

The new locker rooms will feature individual showers, touchless fixtures, personal lockers and team meeting space. Stay tuned!

TCS Kindergarteners Graduate in an Unconventional Way

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March 21, 2020

Kindergarteners were in for a treat on Graduation Day. Rather than cancel Graduation or conduct a virtual ceremony, Trinity Christian School decided to take an unconventional approach: a Graduation Day Parade.

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On Thursday, May 21, Trinity carried out its a Graduation plan that included a motorcade and an outdoor, open air ceremony. Trinity Families from across Coweta County decorated their vehicles in support of their graduates.

The parade route started at GO Church in Sharpsburg, and continued along Highway 34, and onto the Trinity campus, where dozens of supporters and onlookers spread out across campus to celebrate. The motorcade included an escort from the Coweta County Sheriff’s Department and the Coweta Fire Department.

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Students and their families remained in their vehicles, and tuned into 98.7 FM to hear a live broadcast of the ceremony.

Trinity’s very own Drum Corp performed, and the audience participated in a time of worship and prayer.

This year, 63 Kindergarten graduates will move on to 1st grade. Congratulations Lions! Job well done!

To view a complete gallery of images take during the Graduation Ceremony, click the link below to visit our online photo album.

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Trinity Christian HS Senior Receives Scholarship From Theatre Alliance

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Anyone who knows Kara Joy Bragg, knows that she is full of life and is always pursing great things, especially when it comes to music and theatre.

Kara Joy was recently awarded an Alliance Theatre Summer Intensive Scholarship, and is among the 2020 Shuler Award Nominees.

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TCS Involvement:

  • Thespian President

  • Member of National Honor Society and Beta Club

  • Served on Student Council

  • Co-President of High School Chorus

  • Leads worship with the Trinity Chapel Worship Team

  • Participated in over 12 theatrical productions at TCS


Future Plans:

Kara plans to attend Anderson University, a private Christian School located in Anderson, SC. She will major in Music Education and Minor in Dance and Theatre. She hopes to teach Music in the Fine Arts Department at a High School, and “spend the rest of my life singing and dancing!!!”

Congratulations Kara Joy! We look forward to your continued success.

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Trinity Playgrounds Receive Disinfectant Treatment

Our friends over at Firehouse Pressure Washing, donated their services by disinfecting our school’s playgrounds on Tuesday, March 24.

Michael Dingler and his Firehouse team used an effective sanitizing process to disinfect swings, slides, mini rock-climbing wall, stairs, and other high-contact surface areas.

We would like to thank Mr. Dingler and the team at Firehouse Pressure Washing for their support of TCS in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak. We are grateful for our partners in the community.

Trinity Christian School Receives Campus-wide Professional Sanitizing Service

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We take the safety of our students and staff seriously. That’s why we’re grateful for our friends at PENCO Restoration and owner Joey Pendley for donating their professional sanitizing service.

On Tuesday, March 24, they applied a safe botanical disinfectant throughout our facilities, including all high-touch surfaces, classrooms, restrooms, gymnasium, multipurpose rooms, weight room and more.

Join us in thanking Mr. Pendley and PENCO Restoration for their support of TCS.

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Trinity Christian School Makes Remote Learning Fun and Engaging

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On Thursday, March 19th, Trinity officially kicked off Day One of remote learning in light of the school’s closure due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) global pandemic.

In true TCS fashion, the school decided to incorporate fun and school spirit into virtual learning. The goal is to introduce creative and innovative ways of educating students and keeping them engaged.

We took a moment to hear from our principals on the difference remote learning is making. Here’s what they had to say:

HIGH SCHOOL

“TCS High School has now conquered Day 1 and 2 of remote learning. Different, yes. Lots of planning and recording, of course. Successful, without a doubt!  

This is all being done with a spirit of positivity and pressing on towards the goals that stand before us - to impact today’s student for tomorrow’s world.

The remote learning days are being provided through a variety of digital formats and platforms, and our familiarity with Google classroom is making this much easier than we ever could have imagined.

As a result of our technological capabilities, …we are able to educate and provide our students with the quality of instruction that they would receive in the classroom.

It is our sincere hope that we can all return to our schools soon but in the meantime, we will do our best to make lemonade out of lemons! Communication and flexibility are key as we’re all in this together!” - Kimberly Jones, High School Principal

UPPER ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL

“Virtual learning has been a huge success so far for Upper Elementary and Middle School. I’m so proud of our teachers and the hard work they have put in to making this transition to remote learning such a smooth process. We have been able to create meaningful connections between teachers and students through the Zoom platform which is allowing our students to receive the help and support they need while also allowing them to connect with their classmates as well.

Students have been working and submitting assignments diligently and our teachers have found new ways to connect our students with the necessary content, giving me great confidence that our students are receiving all that they need during this time of closure to progress more than adequately in their academics.

I’m so thankful for all of the technology and resources available to us during this time to make continued learning possible. Parents have been so gracious and their outpouring of supportive emails have helped encourage and sustain each of our faculty as they continue to adjust their methods of teaching. Our students have also provided great feedback and seem to be enjoying the new approaches to learning that they are being exposed to as a result. While we are all hoping this time away from the classroom comes to an end soon, I am confident that the measures we have taken will continue to serve each of our students well until we are able to return. - Adam Vinson, Middle School and Upper Elementary School Principal

LOWER ELEMENTARY

Our first two days of remote learning has been a success! I am very pleased with the quality of education our teachers are continuing to provide remotely. Our top priorities in Lower School were to continue to offer a quality education, to strengthen our spiritual focus, and to keep our TCS community connected, all while not overwhelming our parents of young children.

Teachers are utilizing ClassDojo, ClassTag, Loom, Zoom, Google Meet, and other applications to connect with students and their families through videos and live chat. This has been instrumental in maintaining a personal connection and keeping the feeling of community alive! We are continuing to offer Specials classes throughout remote learning to encourage the growth and development of our students in areas such as PE, Art, STEAM, Music, and Creative Drama. We are encouraging participation in PE type activities everyday to promote exercise and wellness during this time of isolation and social distancing.

The TCS community and culture is alive and well as staff and parents partner together to make remote learning a huge success. A big shout out to our TCS families who have given unwavering support to our TCS staff.” -Sherry Randolph, Lower Elementary and Early Education Principal

FEEDBACK FROM TCS FAMILIES

Students and parents alike have also expressed how much Trinity’s remote learning program is helping students continue learning. A flood of feedback has poured in through emails, Social Media and surveys.

“Being more involved in my children's assignments this morning has made me even more thankful for the blessing of having our children at Trinity. Up to this point, I have trusted that you were teaching Biblical principles and reinforcing what we are trying to do at home, but now I know that you are, and I am so grateful!” - TCS HS Parent

What a great school we have! Amazing teachers and staff. As I’m at work I get texts from my better half as he is directing this e-learning process. He says our daughter fussed a couple times, but after being able to see the posts from her teacher, seeing her friends and classmates all doing the same thing, life is much better at home. Today we are finishing out strong. This is a challenge for us all. God has made a way to keep each of us safe and well. [I’m] thankful for the staff at TCS, and how they too are making it fun for our kids to finish the year out strong.” TCS MS Parent

“First day of ‘virtual learning’ for our two TCS kids! Representing MS & HS! So far, so good... A huge shoutout to ALL of the teachers and administrators for preparing for this new learning experience! I truly hope though we can get back to our normal way of life sooner rather than later. But until then, we will remain home to help flatten the curve!” TCS MS & HS Parent

“Thank y’all so very much for the super organized packet pick up! I teared up a bit as I saw all your smiling faces! Driving through “car line” actually gave me a “normal moment” that I needed in this time of uncertainty. Prayers!” TCS Lower School Parent

“I just want to take a moment and say how very impressed I am with the staff and the entire Trinity family. Today as I breezed through the packet pick up line I thought about all the changes we had to make so quickly and how all the teachers/administration seemed to rise to the challenge. I have so many friends who are telling me their school’s difficulty setting up remote learning and they are in shock when I tell them what Trinity has set up. I have such confidence and pride in TCS. Even my kids’ track athletic staff has continued to text encouragement and send out newsletters to us. Honestly, I am beyond impressed. I am humbled by the dedication. It reminds me why we chose/choose to invest our money in this school and community for the past 11 years. Thank you Trinity!” -TCS Lower Elementary Parent

“I just wanted to take a minute & thank the principals & teachers at TCS. The first two days of remote learning has been great. You guys have gone above & beyond to make sure the students & even parents have all the information they need. The amount of time & work that has been put into the lesson plans & being easily accessible shows! It is great to be a TCS Lion!” - TCS Parent

TCS S.T.E.A.M. Program Teaches 2nd Graders to Program Software Through Gameplay

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Technology plays an important role in society, without question. That is why Trinity Christian School’s S.T.E.A.M. Program continues to focus on educating students about the benefits of technology with the use of fun and engaging lessons.

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Recently, 2nd grade students began learning the basics of Block Coding use Apple iPads for programing software through the use of gameplay.

Student first started learning about cardinal directions and how to move items. Coding with the use of characters from the game Angry Birds kept students engaged. Students had to develop sequential patterns to move the characters from one side of a puzzle map to the other. To do this, they had to stack code blocks together in a linear sequence. The block-based format of these puzzles helps students learn about sequences and concepts without having to perfect syntax.

Through gameplay, students are able to manipulate code and make the program do exactly what they want it to do. When they make a mistake they can see what their program is capable of doing and see where they need to make changes.

To learn more about academics at Trinity, visit our Academics webpage.

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GO Church Atlanta Makes Generous Donation to Support TCS

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Trinity Christian School is proud to recognize and thank Pastor JC Worley and the congregation of GO Church for their outstanding gift of $10,000 to the TCS Annual Fund. Thanks to their Kingdom minded contribution, resources will immediately be placed into use for an extraordinary classroom experience that will impact students for generations to come.

“Our ongoing desire to partner with Trinity Christian School (via the TCS Annual Fund) is to help them fulfill their vision / mission of educating, equipping and empowering their students,” said JC Worley, Lead Pastor of GO Church. “What we love is how they accomplish this by creating a Christ-like Culture! We really believe the TRINITY WAY works!”

Read Across America Week at Trinity

Photo credit: Samantha DePriest

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At Trinity, the Upper Elementary (4th - 5th) and Lower Elementary (Preschool - 3rd) students, teachers and staff are celebrating “Read Across America Week” March 2 - 6.

Fun classroom activities are planned with an extra emphasis on reading.

We are encouraging our students to dress down “Dr. Seuss” style in honor of the week. Check out the dress-down theme options below.

  • Monday, March 2: Cat in the Hat Day (wear red, black, or stripes)

  • Tuesday, March 3: Fox in Socks Day (wear your wackiest socks)

  • Wednesday, March 4: Wacky Wednesday (wear mismatched clothes)

  • Thursday, March 5: Character Day (dress as your favorite Dr. Seuss character)

  • Friday, March 6: Oh, The Places You Will Go Day (wear a college shirt or dress as your favorite career choice)

Photo credit: Samantha DePriest

Photo credit: Samantha DePriest

Photo credit: Samantha DePriest

Photo credit: Samantha DePriest


High School Senior Becomes Certified Nursing Assistant Before Graduating

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Senior, Ashlyn J., successfully passed the Certified Nursing Assistant Exam on 1/22/20. She is now a CNA even before graduating from High School!

Ashlyn has a huge jumpstart on her career in nursing by completing this program while only 17. The Trinity Family is very proud of Ashlyn for her dedication and hard work, and for setting the example as a trailblazer. She is leading the way for many more TCS students to pursue their career goals while still in high school.

Congratulations and GREAT WORK Ashlyn!

Senior Sharmari Reed Signs With Kennesaw State University

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Sharmari Reed, Trinity Christian School senior, signed a Letter of Intent to attend Kennesaw State University to play college football in 2020. TCS is honored to celebrate with Sharmari as he prepares for success at the collegiate level.

TCS recently hosted a celebration in honor of Sharmari’s decision to sign with KSU. Coaches and teachers, as well as his friends and teammates attended to show their support.

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While at Trinity, Sharmari played football and was named to first team All-State and first team All County twice. He also ran track with an appearance in the GISA State Championship. He holds school records in the 50 meter dash (6.26 seconds) and 200 meters (22.58 seconds), while also holding the second-fastest mark in the 100 meters at 11.01 seconds.

Sharmari is a well-rounded student who has his eye on pursuing a career in either Sports Management or Sports Medicine while at KSU.

The Trinity family is proud of Sharmari and his achievements on and off the field, and we look forward to seeing him shine in his future pursuits.

Congrats Sharmari!

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